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the fence as lace

the fence as lace

It’s ability to create illusion, define space without and within, and it’s dichotomous nature allures us. It is a protection and an exposure at once. It is a controller of the senses and an elevator.

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POP and Paper

POP and Paper

Some favourites from the current exhibit ‘Pop: Design, Culture, Fashion’ at the Fashion and Textile Museum, London. The ready-to-assemble couture is perhaps a forerunner to Miyake’s …

 

Frieze and the golden-seamed china

Frieze and the golden-seamed china

…I’m left with this gorgeous sculptural piece in the memory, joined with seams of gold; tactile and re-appropriated globules or cold, crackled china.

 

Louise Despont

Louise Despont

Her drawings are an amalgam of imagery from the bookplate to patchwork and archival draftsmanship.

 

London Frieze 2011

London Frieze 2011

“Thinking Sphere” hangs imposingly in mid air, high enough to have to bend double to reach underneath, but low enough that one has the urge to wrap one’s arms about the joyful circular structure.

 

Miro at the Tate

Miro at the Tate

The vibrancy of colours is striking. This vibrancy is not least a result of the layering and building up of the canvas surface, but also the placement of colours in relation to each other.

 

the beautiful weeds

the beautiful weeds

So why should weeds be beautiful? Perhaps because they bring us back to earth, provide us with honest labor in ‘weeding’ and trimming, and when they are properly tended enable us to enjoy the magnificently beautiful, or delicious; depending on the other plants one has planted in the garden.

 

compelled to make marks: a classical perspective

compelled to make marks: a classical perspective

I’ve been thinking on the question of what compels me to draw. This has led to questioning what has moved other artists to pick up …

 

Alisa Andrasek: Biothing; the curve and the built

Alisa Andrasek: Biothing; the curve and the built

Andrasek’s practice works under the studio title ‘Biothing’ in which embodied feelings are entwined with abstract relationships. The creation of ideas for Biothing are based on this relationship and harnessed by the use of digitally generated diagrams.