I’m loving these small objects by Chau Nguyen. The Houston-based artist and teacher created them as an experiment. She writes, “For my second test [below] of these tiny pieces (still unnamed) I used a rougher textured clay. Dreaming of a wall covered…
What makes something cute? Is it the size? The material? The content? Obviously, it’s a subjective term that varies from person to person. To me, something that is small, colorful, and occasionally cuddly is adorable. Some people might think otherwise.…
Ceramic artist Sue Tirrell describes her works as “folkloric pottery and sculpture with a modern sensibility.” And that they are. The scalloped-edged plates feature detailed, black and white drawings of different animals like birds, snakes, wolves, and rabbits. Behind them…
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…
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…
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…
Almas Pieters is an illustrator based in the Netherlands who creates her illustrations with things like textiles and embroidery thread. She uses a variety of stitches to create full color and highly textured works of three-eyed beasts, masks, and severed heads.…
This isn’t the first time I’ve featured the work of Romanian-based illustrator Aitch on Brown Paper Bag, but it is the first time I’ve shared her ceramics. The flattened and stylized depiction of animals and women focus a lot of decorative surface design.…