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Rebecca Haysom
Rebecca Haysom is a South African artist who lives and works in Johannesburg. She completed a Bachelors degree in Fine Art at Michealis, UCT, in 2005. She works primarily in the genre of portraiture gleaning inspiration from pop culture, personal narratives … Continue reading
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Tagged Artist with Sloth, Aviatrix, Back from the WIld, Cornucopia, Girl with Great Dane and Monkey, Looking for love in all the wrong places, Michaelis graduate, portraiture, Rebecca Haysom, Self-Portrait with Monkey, South African artist, Spinning a Yarn
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Sophie Alda
Sophie Alda is a freelance illustrator, painter and prop maker based in East London. She works primarily in a light pastel tonal palette creating surreal and fantastical compositions. Some of her paintings appear as a fragmented narrative that unfolds in … Continue reading
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Tagged British artist, creation mythology, folklore, gouache, painter, Sophie Alda
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Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize
The National Portrait Gallery is one of my favourite galleries to visit when I make the trip to London. Given that it is limited to the genre of portraiture, the collection is less daunting and curated in a carefully considered … Continue reading
Posted in art/craft, polaroid/photography
Tagged A War's Legacy - Birth Defects In Vietnam, Adam Nadel, Alma Haser, Bag, BP Portrait Award, Clare Shilland, David Chancellor, Hendrik Kerstens, Huntress with Buck, Huong In Hanoi, James Stroud, Jasper Clarke, Jordi Ruiz Cirera, Margarita Teichroeb, Menonos, Merel, Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, The National Portrait Gallery, The Ventriloquist, Together and Alone, Wen
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Eyes as Big as Plates
Eyes as Big as Plates is an ongoing creative collaboration between Riitta Ikonen (Finland) and Karoline Hjorth (Norway) where they dress senior citizens in organic outfits inspired by Finnish and Nordic folklore. The first part of the series was produced in collaboration with local senior heroes, … Continue reading
Sign Painters
In 2010, film makers Faythe Levine and Sam Macon started documenting traditional sign painters and their craft. Here is a little more about the project. “Sign Painters, the first anecdotal history of the craft, features the stories of more than two … Continue reading
Makers & Brothers
“Makers & Brothers is a project developed by two brothers, Jonathan and Mark Legge. It is an online retail venture founded on simple things; the handmade, objects of integrity, contemporary vernaculars, a curation of everyday design and craft.” I really … Continue reading
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Tagged ceramics, craft objects, design objects, furniture, jewellery, Makers & Brothers, online store, stationary, textiles, tools
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Sound & Ceramics
Misa Kumabuchi is the artist behind this series of beautiful ceramic vessels that deal with the subject matter of people and sounds.
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Tagged ceramic vessels, Misa Kumabuchi, Mushimegane Books, sounds
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L’MAD Collection
My friend Jelena told me about L’MAD, otherwise known as Lucy MacGarry Art & Design. L’MAD is “an arts-based production company that curates unique and limited edition collections in a variety of media. Working directly with established and emerging African artists, L’MAD explores … Continue reading
