Katharina and her husband purchased this 1960s home that was once a holiday property and hadn't been updated since it was built. While living in it, the couple has done a fantastic job taking it
Beautiful bathroom interior design is an interior design trend that is being embraced in recent years. Bathroom interior design gives yourself a complete look at a style for yourself. At the same time
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Jason Leonard invited us to Archipelago Gallery, his Northeast Portland building. The primary business run out of the space is the Affiche Studio which specializes in vintage poster restoration. He has been perfecting his craft since 2003 and has accomplished some truly special restoration project
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Good artist lighting for painting is essential to producing quality art. Learn what kind of lights are out there and which will work best for your studio.
happy wednesday mes amis, i hope all is well in your world. today was a little different, we sort of took some time off to tool around and get into a new mindset. my guy and i have been working fro…
Where all of the ideas come from I design and construct one-of-a-kind sculptures and produce all the clothing and hats with vintage or antique fabrics, trims, and embellishments. I begin with a general design in mind, sometimes with a thumbnail sketch, but most of the time I see the finished work in my mind, and then build it allowing the sculptures to evolve as I work. I create props, such as fireworks or lanterns from scratch or adapt items from my collections. Available materials often decide the final outcome, an entire personality or sculpture developing from one item. A glimpse at one part of my studio. I love holiday celebrations and the decorations that go along with them. My inspiration comes from my collections of vintage and antique holiday decorations, vintage fabric, antique laces, trims, and miniature props that I buy at the thrift stores or make to have on hand. Interior design and fashion, the paraphernalia of magic tricks, as well as the designs and graphics on fireworks are a great source of inspiration. Ideas for new characters and items drop into my brain continuously; the hard part is finding the time to make them. Here is a close-up of my desk. This is what is called a glamour shot, it is sort of tidy. I usually work on several sculptures at a time consequently it is a horrendous mess when I am at work. My journey as an artist - from art school to now I was born and raised in Victoria BC, Canada and have lived in Victoria for most of my life. I attended the Vancouver School of Art and have worked as an artist and designer for over 35 years. In art school I produced mixed media sculptures and worked in set design and construction, receiving a scholarship at the end of the first year. After leaving art school I pursued off-loom weaving and basketry techniques for sculptural forms. I received a Canada Council Explorations Grant to explore woven sculptural forms using the basketry and off loom weaving techniques and had a summer installation at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. Two pieces of my work were exhibited in the 1980, "International Miniature Textile Show", in London, England, Europe and North America. I also had work appear in “American Craft” magazine. Me a few years ago painting Jack-O-Lantern heads and Black Cat heads for ornaments that I was producing. Despite these successes, I felt frustrated with contemporary art. In 1985 I came across Margaret Schiffer's Book, "Holidays - Toys and Decorations", bought a copy and was amazed at the quality and detail in the German candy containers and toys. My immediate reaction was, “These are the items that I want to make!” I began to create sculptural toys and figures, candy containers, feather trees, pull toys, jack-o-lanterns, marottes and decorations inspired by the turn of the century holiday ornaments. I bought several old hand turned spindles and used one for the handle of this extravagant party rattle. This giant portrait rattle, Jack as the Autumn jester, is 22 1/2 inches from the base of the handle to the tip of the autumn leaves About ten years ago, I realized why I had felt so frustrated creating contemporary sculptures using the basketry and off-loom weaving techniques, I was trying to be a serious contemporary artist but at the sacrifice of my sense of humour. I get bored very easily working in one medium; I need a variety of creative outlets. Working in paper, cloth, metal, composition, or whatever is required to complete a sculpture suits me perfectly. I created this garden scene on our kitchen table to display five Spring shoe sculptures. The flowers and grass are fake but the marble is real. I also produced props for parties, malls and shops. The prop making and the holiday inspired sculptures fueled one another giving me wonderful ideas. I love working on a very large scale for a large prop, as well as on meticulous detail for a small sculpture. The 8 foot tall stork candy container, the wing lifted to reveal all of the small cabbage candy containers inside. The rest of the cabbage candy containers that didn't fit are at the base of the stork. Over the years I have created props for private parties: an enormous caterpillar sitting on a five foot tall mushroom, nine foot crayons, an eight foot free standing stork candy container, filled with 6” cabbage candy containers intended as party favours for a baby shower, and for a local shopping mall, a family of four articulated pumpkin headed scarecrows, a mother, father, brother and sister, that hung from the high ceilings in the mall’s centre court. The parents were sixteen feet tall and the children were ten feet tall. This scarecrow family inspired my first Hallowe’en candy containers.
lulu ~ watercolors, gouache and oil pastels on old paper - approx. 3" x 4 1/2" it looks like lulu might pick a fight with the next person that wanders by! i've painted ten faces on these cards now and they've all been a joy, even feisty lulu... on december 19th the sun shown in my art room windows illuminating it entirely. the same thing happened yesterday as the sun was in the same position it was in before the solstice. i know, i know, the sun's not actually moving, it's the earth - but it certainly looks like it's the sun! i love to watch the movement of the sun, especially at this time of year... the wall behind my chair - that red thing is a blanket on the back of my chair... i snapped a lot of pics, ha! this is what was on the table. it's a 7" x 9" sennelier journal that this lovely person gave to me. i'm really enjoying working on a bigger page... and i'm getting close to finishing another pocket moleskine, and still painting on the cards. i like the diversity of it all... i don't have a link to the sennelier journal - i'm not sure if they are available online. i've just discovered stillman and birn journals, though, which seem very promising. click on 'paper specifications' (top right on the home page) to quickly see what kinds of papers are used in their journals. XO
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Space to Create: Australian Artist Jessica Watts. Studio tour and interview with Sydney painter Jess Watts.
I’ll be in my studio painting and visiting with folks from 5pm – 8pm on First Friday, July 2nd!
It has been an eventful past five days. Beginning with a large tree falling in our yard and missing our house by inches, and a trip to the emergency room the very same night (in a completely unrela…
A collection of whimsical art studio spaces. Find inspiration for your art studio here along with practical organization tips for your art studio.
Though she is still a student, Soey Milk's name has been on the lips of many in the art world as the young artist's work continues to appear in galleries and art fairs — from the recent exhibition, "Supersonic Electronic Invitational," at Spoke Art to Corey Helford Gallery's booth at Scope Miami Beach during the most recent Miami Basel Week. This early foray into the gallery world hasn't stopped Milk from experimenting with her style. When Hi-Fructose visited the artist in her quiet Hollywood studio last weekend, she discussed her new interest in textiles from all over the world — a fascination that has made its way into the colorful, abstract drapery in her latest paintings. Read more after the jump.
A blog about Elizabeth Maxson's design, photography, food, travels and storytelling. Living with gratitude in Elizabeth House Style.
Peek inside this she shed for backyard decorating ideas, garden inspiration, art studio ideas, and more.
Lundagård är livet på landet, familjeliv, byggnadsvård, gamla hus, återanvändning, loppisfynd, auktionsfynd, diy, vintage- och retroprylar.
During the summer of 2018, i built a pottery studio. here’s how I did it (in brief)…
I thought I would give you an update on my studio and the barn/shed redo. It’s all done now and looks fantastic! What an amazing place! The history of the barn is very interesting. Originally, it was the workshop for Griffith Tablecraft. Some of you Australians may remember the business and the location – Treetops […]
Tips for setting up your jewelry studio. Whether it's a home jewelry studio or a small space we will talk about layout and organization!
