Nina van de Goor, known as Ninainvorm on her Etsy shop, uses vintage ceramics and reinvigorates them with her colorful designs. Funny faces and simple, bold shapes are the focus of her work. They’re playful and are the perfect contrast to the…
Vera van Wolferen calls herself a “cardboardcraftswoman,” because she creates intricate and meticulously-constructed scenes out of cardboard. They’re incredible! Using the white/gray variety, she adds a few other materials that result in dream-like scenes. I love how the shutters, weather…
Stacey Page transforms discarded vintage photographs from banal to fantastic in her on-going series of embroidered portraits. Since 2008, she’s adorned men and women with bizarre headdresses, costumes, facial hair, and much more. This is both conceptually and visually interesting. I…
Sachie Kaneko, aka Kusafane, is the woman behind these sweet-looking ceramics. They’re meant as small sculptures as well as practical objects like vases and candle holders. In addition, Kaneko wants her handiwork to be something that has a positive association attached to…
I couldn’t find much on the work of Nico Masemula, a South African artist who produces charming ceramic figures. But, I love the sweet, simple nature of these objects. People smiling, reading books together, their arms around each other… real nice. Images…
Brazilian artist Evelyn Tannus paints beautiful surface designs on elegant ceramic statues of Greyhound dogs. She turns their normally-neutral-colored coats to hues like mint green, sky blue, and lilac. In addition, Evelyn draws flowers, geometric patterns, human figures, and much, much more on the…
Happy Friday! Today, my illustrative round up is of places that I can best describe as “I want to go there.” (Thanks to Lisa for that phrase.) They’re fantastical, dreamy, relaxing, and best of all? No snow or frigid temperatures!
Julie Van Wezemael is an illustrator based in Ghent, Belgium, and she combines painting and embroidery in her exquisite works. The use of thread is often subtle; here, you can see that it takes the place of lines that would normally be…
It’s no secret my love for paper sculpting, and so when I saw the Chanel Spring 2015 Couture Runway, I was instantly enthralled. The floral theme featured an arboretum of white cardboard palms constructed under a glass ceiling. And, better…
Matches, fire, smoke… that’s the idea behind today’s Friday roundup. There are a lot of neat matchbook designs out there, and it was my initial inspiration for this post. But, I wanted wanted to go beyond that and explore a…