It’s been a while since I’ve featured photographic collages. I picked these works by Rocio Montoya because I like them and because they have a flora twist to them, loosely relating to yesterday’s post about Michelle’s Morin’s illustrations. The blooms seen…
I really love nature, ya’ll. Although I live in a city, it’s comforting to me to spend time in the grass and underneath the trees. I was in Cleveland this past weekend (see my Instagram) near Lake Erie, and it…
So these little creatures have been making their way around the web, and with good reason; they’re really neat! North Carolina-based artist Yumi Okita handcrafted these textile moths, using a combination of fabric, cotton, fake fur, embroidery thread, wire, feathers, and…
These beautiful images are by French illustrator Amélie Fléchais. They’re from her children’s book Le Petit Loup Rouge that was released in June of this year. It starts out saying: “Once upon a time in the middle of a thick and mysterious…
Book lovers and ocean enthusiasts… this post is for you! It’s hot in Baltimore (hello 99% humidity…) and sort of rainy, so these nautical-inspired accessories by Olympia Le-Tan (previously) seem very appropriate. The artist/illustrator/maker hand embroiders and appliques vintage book cover…
I’ve always had a sweet tooth, and my desire for sugar hasn’t faded as I’ve aged (will it ever?). So, when I saw designer/illustrator Charlotte Smith’s paper sculptures that featured delicious-looking cakes, popsicles, and other goodies, I was excited. The angular…
Irene Rinaldi is an Italian illustrator whose limited color and floral-heavy scenes are stylized in just the way I like. She depicts figures inside and outside, wearing stylish clothes and lounging on the couch. Aesthetically, I enjoy seeing the broken applications…
Illustrator Judy Kaufmann recently unveiled Hello Pattern, a collection of surface designs that she created. It features a wide selection of geometric, organic, and typographic forms that can be licensed and applied to paper, fabric, wood, and walls! While there are many more…
Delightful, smiling ceramics by Taehoon Kim. Their simplified forms instantly lighten your mood with their bright colors and larger-than-life scale. And even when these characters aren’t the happiest (like the drooping plant), they still exist as playful pieces of art. Via Art…
For those of you (this includes me) in your 20’s what do you think? Better or worse than you expected? Illustrator Natalie Adkins has a scathing, tongue-in-cheek look at what we thought life would be like vs. what it actually is.…