Artist Emily Yeadon of Homemade Trap combines textiles with natural history. She has created an extensive “faux entomology collection” that features moths and butterflies that are often perched on fabric mushrooms. The colorful threads and fuzzy fur reflect concepts seen in…
It’s said that the eyes are a window to the soul. If that’s the case, Helen Hodson’s ceramic creatures convey an unassuming charm that is sure to make you grin. Adorned with painted googly-eyes, the sculptures feature delightfully rotund animals—including…
After years of seeing air plants and reading about them online, I finally got a set of my own. And let me tell you—they are great! Air plants require little care and can easily adorn ceramics that aren’t equipped to…
I look at a lot of cat illustrations, and I can say without a doubt that one of my favorite feline painters is Rae Ritchie. Her gouache illustrations feature sumptuous color and details made with brush strokes, which is perfect…
Georgina Taylor paints exquisite creatures on paper. With detailed lines and inky washes, she brings lanky birds, reptiles, and mammals to life. They often stand among tropical plants, but that’s about all that Georgina tells us about their locales. Her…
Last year, I discovered the work of Lucie Brunellière and her illustrated publication, The Very Jungly Jungle Book. The colorful pages are, in fact, very jungly—there are more than 50+ animals hidden within! Now, she’s released a similarly busy book called The…
Trained as graphic designer, Freda Cheung has gone analog and sculpts leather creatures by hand. “I’ve always been interested in the ocean,” she tells Frankie Magazine. “Some of my digital artwork shares the ocean theme. Then I saw other artists making animals…
Hiné Mizushima (previously) creates a fantastical world of out of felt. Using that, as well as other materials like beading, she produces portraits of beetles, cephalopods, and clams. Each of her colorful has an astounding level of detail, and her felt…
Welcome to the exquisite world of Meadow and Fawn, where delicate creatures fit on your fingertips. The small sculptures are created by a lady named Alexis, whose inspiration comes from a “deep love for nature.” Through her online shop, she…
If you feel comforted by tiny animal companions, then RamaLama Creatures is going to make you real happy. Small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, the adorable polymer sculptures are hand painted with a ton of intricate detail…