May 2012
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Personal Post: About to Change
Here is the time where we are anticipating for a new sunrise. There’s no need to live on a sunset.
There’s a change coming, and a hope along with it.
So cut your hair, paint your nails, do crazy things you’ve never done before.
You’re free, you’re beautiful, you are you.
Here is the time when everyone takes courage. There’s no need to crawl in fear....
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Robert Mickelsen’s Glass Sculptures
Artist Robert Mickelsen’s delicate glasswork is an opulent framework of crystals and form. The fluidity of the shapes take into character the entire feeling of beauty which the sculptures posses, whether it is a living or an animated object. the haunting appearance of these jewel-like facets shining through the whole creation is a unique expression of creativity which only the expert can muster.
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Mengyu Chen’s Paper Pop-ups
Animations turn to life at the pull of a flap—this is Mengyu Chen’s animated pop-art which involves the techniques of paper cutting as well as illustration. Through a black and white canvass, she is able to portray motions and movement of various time-paced developments, from the throwing of a paper plane to the growth of a plant. Looks difficult at first glance, but this one of a kind paper work...
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Paper Cut Illustrations by Bomboland Studio
With creations as humorously quirky and unique as its name, Bomboland Studio is a colorful collective of designers who puts together a one of a kind act with art as the main lead. Their paper cut creations are one of the most sought after mediums from them, as their designs are wonderfully bright and lively. Each scene is especially casted with light and shadows, adding to the colorful appeal...
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Haunting Sculptures by Kevin Francis Gray
A haunting figure of veiled personas, all heads down that seems to evoke a motion of mourning. These hoods cover their faces up to an extent, but one can definitely feel the tragic emotions being displayed through this amazingly casted objects. A mix of sorrow, regret and tears are the familiar themes of Kevin Francis Gray in most of his works, to which he is able to convey these emotions...
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Crocheted Portraits by Jo Hamilton
The word crochet is always associated with handmade bonnets, knit wears and home decors. But nobody has expected that it could also be used for illustrations as well. Artist Jo Hamilton creates amazingly intricate portraits using this traditional weaving technique, blending various colors of threads and yarns onto her artwork in order to reach a distinctive piece.
Learning how to crochet when...
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Mixtape Table by Jeff Skierka
Back in the old days, music fans buy loads and loads of cassette tapes to listen to their favorite tunes. Oldies will remember winding up the film back and forth in order to have a perfect playback when there was no rewind option yet. Now, inspired with that thought, Jeff Skierka creates his cassette-inspired object—in a sense of furniture. It’s a table meant for vintage music lovers. This...
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Paper Tokyo by Yumiko Matsui
Like a familiar high school diorama, only done in a larger scale, Japanese paper artist Yumiko Matsui creates a little representation of her country’s cities in its most admirable form. Through this, she shares the beauty of Japan with a Lilliputian world by reconstructing familiar regions in the district, giving the audience a clear perspective of what exists in the land of the Rising Sun.
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Daily Living Sculptures by Adam Niklewicz
Adam Niklewicz sure loves injecting a sense of humor into his conceptual masterpieces. He finds inspiration from everyday objects, ranging from an ordinary piece of bread to a memorabilia that is kept as a souvenir of the past. He recreates the traditional look of these ordinary items and gives a different perspective by transforming it based on his own style. His cheeky way of rounding up his...
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Thread and Nail By L-ABLE
Self taught artist Pamela Campagna works together with her husband Thomas Scheiderbauer in their venture, L-ABLE, a one of a kind studio which creates amazing artworks in many forms. Among their prominent creations are the thread and nail images, all based from old family portraits. While they are not the only ones who proceeds to create with this kind of technique, their works are notable...
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Environmental Reliefs by Gregory Euclide
Artist Gregory Euclide recreates the environment’s naturally astounding scenes into a small scale artwork which everyone can hold and admire for a longer time. He works primarily with paper, using it with various functions other than surface. An artist whose main concern is the interstice of nature as well as human living, he paints landscapes as a symbol for a changing process within the heart...
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Bottle Flower Quadrilateral by Azuma Makoto
Initially driven by the prospects of music and the band, Azuma Makoto was given a new direction from being a musician into a botanical artist. In this venture he found success, for his works with preserved flowers has been accepted with delight by many floral designers who aimed to create displays out of these blooms. His newest creation, the Bottle Flower Quadrilateral, is the newest addition to...
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224 Porcelain Creates Decorative Porcelain...
Planters have always looked less decorative than the amazing blooms they are holding, for the sole reason that it should not overpower its contents. Japanese Porcelain Crafter 224 Porcelain however, recreates simplicity into a whole new look that makes their little planters stand out—or blend in. their porcelain products have been known to denote the most genuine beauty in its honest form,...
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Design Affairs Studio’s Foldable Speakers
Creative group Design Affairs Studio has taken into consideration the many music lovers and their need for the ultimate yet accessible gadget for their devices. Introducing the FYLM—a one of a kind speaker which is less bulky and much handy. The folding ability allows the user to carry it wherever, whenever. It is the perfect companion for those who wants their music in a much louder sense, and...
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Fu-Na’s Decorate-Your-Own Landskip Bag
Japanese collaborative duo Fu-Na creates a one of a kind bag that is as interesting as everything that goes along with it. This white and black bag is illustrated with natural trees and panoramas, all to which the user can attach various pins for their own bag-forest. The Landskip Bag itself is taken from a clever mixture of “landscape” and “skip”—an action by a person who feels so much joy that...
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Yuko Takada’s Tracing Paper Installations
Japanese born Yuko Takada Keller loves using paper for her main material in all of her artworks. However, what makes her creation so unique is the particular paper she uses—the one which is soft and opaque in kind. Using Tracing Paper in most of her art pieces, Takada was able to create a stunning vision of light imagery, mixed together with the illumination of light and the transparency of the...
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Book Art Diorama by Patricia Sarrafian Ward
Patricia Sarrafian Ward creates dreamlike, fairytale landscapes with her amazingly illustreated dioramas. A lover of known stories and narratives, she proceeds to tell the tale with her own perception through her creative hands. The labor usually involces paper cutting; something Ward knows best, and uses it to her fulles ability in order to portreay the familiar tale with much detail and...
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Typography | She stood in the storm
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Rouen's Diary | Continuum
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It’s been a long time since I went back writing my novel, and re-reading it again, I found it refreshing. For the first time, I finally liked my work (Hooray!). And it’s like I’m going to pursue this storyline. So far, the developments are surprising (I’m the writer and I’m surprised at the flow myself, haha), and I love the new ways fate has...
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Triangle Notebook by Tan Mavitan
Books and notes have always taken the form of rectangles, however, this time, one little nifty product goes beyond the shape to increase productivity. Artist and product designer Tan Mavitan has created a one of a kind notebook that one can immediately spot from first glance. Instead of having straight four corners, one can only find three angles to which this object rests its uniqueness. The...
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Still Life Paper Cut by FIdeli Sundqvist
Fideli Sundqvist repaints still life images with paper, glue and mixed media materials rather than a paint brush. Using her skills in paper folding, plus her eccentric way of protruding three-dimensional appeal to her works makes these objects appear as if they were the real thing. Like familiar dioramas students used to make during their high school days, the charming touch placed into every...
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Brooks Shane Salzwedel’s Layered Landscapes
Walk into a forest of an interesting concoction of shadows, mist and muted colors. This amazing landscape is created by the genius hands of Brooks Shane Salzwedel, an artist and design who works with monochromatic panoramas to make a world of enigmatic beauty. The amazing portraits he meticulously builds often employs different layers of media in order to achieve the dimensions and shadows needed...
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Under Foot Creations by Nic Jolly
Nic Jolly enjoys creating wonderful sculptures in miniature form—all exactly under foot. With this trademark, he recreates familiar daily circumstance in a liliputian scale. He highlights his own observations and thoughts about life’s journey, inspired by the things he has seen and felt. These miniature sculpture works are framed in museum quality box framed glass. Just like a little theater upon...
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The Illustrated World of Albert Ceriteño
Mexican illustrator and designer Albert Ceriteño loves infusing his roots into his every artwork. The celebration of bright colors, strong lines and emotive faces are apparent in his creations, where the zesty tradition of Mexico is known for. Glowing with bright and bliss, Albert Ceriteño illustrates with vividness and enthusiasm, and his works capture the feeling of passion and pride which he...
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Musical Mugs by Central Crafts
Every musical artist will fall in love with these musical mugs. Meant to inspire those who are lyrically inclined, one can find the motivation to create beautiful melodies even by sipping their morning coffee, a hot chocolate, tea, or their nightly milk. A perfect company for those who seek harmonies with tunes, Central Crafts specifically created these set of alluring mugs to match those who are...
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Public Space Origami by Nuria Mora
Known for her vivid, large scale abstract murals found in the urban zone of Spain, street artist Nuria Mora moves to another venture with her three-dimensional paper sculptures spread within the Tirso de Molina Square, into the downtown metro of Madrid. These captivating pieces immediately attract viewers. With bold and bright colors, unique shapes and forms and strategic placements, these...
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Folded by Eva Black
Using found and used paper for the entire work, Eva Black exhibits her unique creation which she dubs as Folded. This unique structure was created from salvaged material, saving mother earth’s remnants and manufacturing an aesthetically beautiful item which can be showcased. She has collected these papers over time, using different mediums. From old artworks, collected paper bags, stationery,...
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Typography | Psalm 139
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Typography | I believe...
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Typography | In God
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Rouen's Diary | The Perfect Substitute
We’re finishing the ‘Collecting Strangers’ arc, and we’re leading the way to the ‘Teaching How to Sing’ chapter. I’m super excited culminating scenes for Rouen and the band, but I feel too lazy to write everything down. Oh, if only the words I could think of immediately gets written into a notebook? Wait a minute! That could work for another good story!
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Furniture Cake by Sapore Dei Mobili
Do you have a taste for furniture? If the answer is yes, well, these furniture are not meant to be sat upon, but are made to be tasted. Sapore Dei Mobili created an amazing baking ware which produces this Lilliputian collection of chairs, tables and lamps that will entirely complete your mini living room. However, theyâre not meant to be prolonged, for these fluffy cakes should be eaten at...
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Wooden Sculptures by Gehard Demetz
Wood Sculptor Gehard Demetz evokes a curiously dark emotion from his amazing wood works. Enveloped in smooth details with various fractal forms that adds an abstract appeal to the whole piece, his sculptures are haunting with his characters’ hollow eyes, intriguing emotions, and thoughtful items which they hold in their hands. Based in his insights, these children resemble characters which depict...
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Stitched Pictures by Evelin Kasikov
Graphic Designer Evelin Kasikov uses threads instead of pens in her portraits. Confusing as it may seems, Kasikov is an embroidery illustrator—bringing a new twist to the famous tradition of art making. Honing her taste for designing, she is able to concoct various illustrations which in detail, are filled with hundreds of stitches that makes up the general whole. While it may sound laborious at...
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Rainbow Net by Toshiko Horiuchi MacAdam
The Takino Suzuran Hillside National Park in Sapporo, Japan features an amazing landscape of rainbow colored crochet nets which spreads all over the entire area. The vibrancy of the color flows at the light of the midday sun, and the children can enjoy the experience of playing all over this playground, secured with the safety nets created by textile artist Toshiko Horiuchi MacAdam. The Rainbow...
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Paper Forest by Lighting and Kinglyface
Amazing designers Anna Fulmine and Victoria Shahrokh, also known as Lighting and Kinglyface, have created a stunning set of installation for Tunnel 228, a project between Punchdrunk Theater and Kevin Spacey. Creating a whimsical forestry in the dark, with a dense plantation of heavily trunked trees, all built and planted by using only paper. The shadow and light played by these figures creates an...
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3D Paper Illustrations by Chloé Fleury
Artist Chloé Fleury loves illustrating. But instead of using the traditional pen and paper style—she takes off her pen and uses paper entirely for her work. Sounds ridiculous? Then be astounded at her amazing cut and fold paper illustrations, all set forth in a bright and vivid world of colors, characters and fun. Fleury sets forth to a different dimension in illustration by putting a whole new...
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Felted Lamps by Dana Bachar
Tel-Aviv based designer Dana Bachar has created something new and interesting with her Felted Lamps. A unique lighting object, enveloped in the soft cushion of colorful felts materials, these illuminations sets forth a soft flow to which gives a wonderfully romantic effect. The overall designs evoke a touch of genuine honesty and sensitivity, which Bachar was able to put together in a genius...
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Jelly Bean Paintings by Kristen Cumings
Kristen Cummings creates spectacular paintings out of the most extraordinary art material one would never expect—Jelly Beans. While one may think it must be quite enjoyable to work with these delights, a large art piece from these materials can be pronounced such a hard work. She spends hours on putting together meticulously intricate paintings from thousands of these sweet treats. One will be...
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Personal Post: Overcoming Ngarag Day
Ngarag is a Filipino slang for an exhausting toxic scenario, usually a lasting period which drains all of one’s energy and sanity. This is one of those days, where work and obligations seem to mix in. Well, even though I should say that this is lighter than what others are carrying on their backs, I could say the weight of juggling three, four, five different accountability in one would be...
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Typography | Isaiah 43: 2
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Jun Mitani’s Amazing Origami
Jun Mitani is a magician of his own kind; but instead of performing surprise acts and stunts that will generally create a life-or-death situation, he surprises his audience as well with his amazing knack for paper folding. Hailing from Japan, where the art of Origami has originated, he was able to create this design into a notch further by making amazingly intricate art pieces out of an ordinary...
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SpongeBoB Character Papercut Craft
Up and coming crafter and artist ddi7i4d from deviantArt’s league of independent designers has created a wonderful paper world for a character everyone knew and loved. He sets his eyes on the undersea world of SpongeBob Squarepants, that bubble yellow sponge who discovers adventure and life with positive and joyous charm. Along with his friends, these aquatic personas are not being built to life,...
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Rachel Whiteread’s Village
Rachel Whiteread creates this wonderful display of a landscape; a view of a rural village at night. this includes a stunning number of 200 vintage dollhouses, each of them made entirely by hand and evoke a variety of architectural styles which makes it resemble a little Lilliputian village. Assembling together what she has collected for many decades of salvaging old materials and breathing life...
April 2012
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Angel by Richard Sweeney
This is a lovely array of a long haired, white skinned lady; dancing with gloriousness with waves of movement splashing upon her. Her face is lifted up to the heavens, and these streams of cloth-like waves are like wings which flaps from her back. This amazing sculpture is created by Richard Sweeney; a beautifully crafted piece that is complete with heavenly details in pure white color. However,...
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Needlework Art by Louise Saxton
Artist Louise Saxton recreates an array of wonderful illustration by the use of old needleworks. Picking up discarded fabric materials such as linen, cotton and tulle, she puts them together to make one mass of media and assembles them in such a way that the old becomes new again. Saxton breathes new life into this old needlework that they appear to be more stunning than before, creating a large...
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Bubble by Luka Fineisen
A curious perspective of shiny, transparent spheres, all lined up on the floor with an illusion of a giant brocade of bubbles settling down. One would be surprised to see these round mass, smiling as if they were genuinely created by a large bubble maker and are huffed into a large decorum of childlike play. It may be daunting not to touch any of these, but don’t worry; none of these bubbles are...
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Thread Typography by Dominique Falla
Typography is one of the most popular forms of design nowadays. Using text as the main piece of art, various forms, fonts and emotions have been derived on these sayings which personally appeals to any avid reader. The concept can go from simple to complex, all of which particularly illustrates the statement which it indulges in. however, typography artist Dominique Falla has decided to do more...
