Dana Bechert’s ceramics planters, plates, and funnels are hand-crafted pieces whose intricate patterns create simple beauty. She adorns her limited-color objects with quirky geometric drawing, where lines aren’t perfectly straight and triangles are different sizes. I love seeing this — it’s…
So… I was too busy on Thursday/Friday for a proper round up. Saturday it is, then! Let’s focus on illustrated products. Not just ones hat I’ve seen lately and liked, but ones that are selected by Píccolo. I’m one half…
Coins are pretty neat looking, if you ask me; I love all of their little idiosyncrasies. German-based designer Andre Levy has painted smattering of currencies in his series Tales You Lose (clever title!). He doesn’t just colorize the portraits already on…
It’s no secret that I love Leah Goren’s work (I included her ceramics in an exhibition I curated earlier this year). So, of course, I really enjoyed seeing the preview of her fall/winter 2014 collection of scarves. Available to pre-order,…
Pineapples are my favorite fruit to eat, but are my least favorite to prepare to consume. The sticky juice runs all over my counter, and that does not make me a happy camper. So, if you want my heart, all it takes…
Beccy Ridsdel’s ceramic sculptures are cut open to reveal surprises beneath their surface. Below the carefully-peeled layers are busy floral patterns that act as the lifeblood to Ridsdel’s plates and cups. She compares her work to a surgical experiment that’s in progress. The…
Elisa Strozyk’s work fools us. These pieces might look like cloth, they are actually made out of wood. The light wooden pattern folds into itself and looks soft and cozy. But, I’m sure that if you were to fall onto…
I love quilts and find their rich history fascinating. It’s something that’s been passed down countless generations and is not only a craft, but a form of communication and therapy. (Read about the AIDS Memorial quilt, for instance.) Quilts aren’t…
Maurizio Anzeri isn’t the first to embroider on photography and he won’t be the last, but I’ve always enjoyed his work. The thread acts as a bizarre mask that takes the photographs from ordinary portraits to surreal and subversive places. My…
Today’s Friday round includes illustrations that I’ve seen lately and liked. They’ve been liked on my Tumblr or repinned by me on Pinterest. Either way, they’ve stayed in my brain. There’s so much great stuff on the interwebs. I wish I could share everything…