I love the bead work of the Huichol people of Mexico.
Artist Cathrine Martin of Our Exquisite Corpse partnered with a group of Huichol artisans to create 15 beaded skulls. All of them are sold out but they were available at LN-CC for $780 each. The beading is done on a layer of wax and each skull measures 5.25″ x 7.75″ x 5″.
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It’s been a while since I’ve painted anything for the apartment. I got pretty burnt out this time last year, doing 3 paintings in a row. (here and here)
This design by Matt Moore has been in my inspiration folder for forever. I had a huge empty wall in my living room that needed something big and bold.
Every time I went to a craft store, I hoped to score a deal on a big square canvas but nothing was panning out. Squares are kinda hard to come by. I finally ordered a 30″ x 30″ canvas from Dick Blick and after shipping, it came out around $24. I would’ve liked one even bigger but this will do just fine.
Just placing the order was intimidating. It means you. have. to. do. this.
I had about a week of waiting to get psyched up. It finally arrived on April 18th and I immediately mapped out the lines. No measurements. Just found the burst point and eyed it.
I really like the color scheme of the original so, I stuck with that and wrote down in each section what color to use. I wasn’t planning on buying any additional paint (but did end up getting 3 extras) so, I got it as close as possible with what I already had.
Here are some crappy progress pics. Of course, it would’ve been great to use my real camera and make a lil gif but that never happened.
day 2
day 5
day 6
day 7 (7 stripes to go!)
I really kicked it into high gear over Easter weekend while the bf was out of town. I don’t use an easel and instead hunch over the painting, canvas in lap on my bed or sofa, getting paint out of the bottle cap, turning it around as needed. My back was pretty much killing me.
The entire painting was done with a 1/4″ Loew Cornell angle shader and random craft acrylics and enamel paints I had.
Here it is all done!!! $27 and a week of my free time!
Oh yeah, I got that chair at Goodwill for $10 last week!
Being a perfectionist, I can see some tiny things I want to clean up but, I’ll take care of that in a day or two. I’ve had it and I’m DONE!
Here’s a post I did a while back to help you on your own painting!
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Yes, another art post. I’m feeling really uninspired by fashion right now.
A friend of mine was just sent a box of her old RVA magazines from her parents. As soon as she blogged about them, I sent her a tweet asking “that stack of rva mags – if you find the artist that paints hyper-realistic paintings of toys, will u tell me their name? xoxo.” Immediately she tweeted back “Tim Wilson.” We both searched and shockingly found a bunch of nothing. This article from 2004 and this small site. That’s it. No clue what he’s up to now.
I remember seeing his paintings in RVA years ago and my mind was blown. They’ve haunted me for years. Layers and layers of varnish leave the huge canvases smooth as glass. These tiny pictures can’t do his work justice. These are paintings people!
Tim Wilson – See Me, Feel Me (2002-2003), Oil on canvas – 42″ x 156″ – commission from the collection of Stephen Heighton
Tim Wilson – One Life to Live – oil on canvas – 20″ x 36″ – 2003
Tim Wilson – Rush – oil on canvas – 54″ x 64″ – 2003
Tim Wilson – Face Like Summer – oil on canvas – 36″ x 96″ – 2003
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I saw these drawings by artist Alexander Ross…
….and immediately thought about one of my favorite movies ever – Fantastic Planet (1973). When I was a teen, I used to hang out at this punk house all the time. One guy was/is an amazing artist, and two of his hilarious band mates, one worked at an obscure video store. You could pretty much come over any time of night, find a spot in the crowded living room to sit, someone would pass you a bong and you’d watch some crazy movie. This is where I first saw Fantastic Planet, Baraka, and a ton of other amazing films. Fun times.
Here’s the trailer for Fantastic Planet.
It’s really worth a watch, bong or not!
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A lot of you are probably already familiar with the glass art by Dale Chihuly. Born in 1941, he’s had a prolific career. I just watched a documentary on his process and it blew me away so I thought I’d share some of his pieces with you.
ceiling installation at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas
Temple of the Sun – constructed of hundreds of individually hand-blown pieces
2010 exterior & interior installations at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids Michigan
2010 (via)
actual Superyacht award, which Chihuly sponsored (via)
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We finally went to the newly renovated and expanded VMFA this weekend. I took pictures. The art nouveau area is my favorite.
(Mouse over for info)
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I have two Marimekko pieces… the bf got this shower curtain and piece of fabric for me for X-mas last year. My dad made a wooden panel and it’s hanging in our bedroom. They’ve been around for so long, even my mom had their fabric framed, hanging in her first apartment.
shower curtain
enormous wall hanging
Their Autumn fabrics are now out and I can’t say I like many of them at all for wall hangings, pillows, upholstery, anything. They used to have a lot of variety. You could get these big retro patterns but you could also find an intricate clean repeat. What do you think? I think it looks dingy, boring and old… and not in that good old way.
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I keep seeing these wonderful prints I want on my walls. I never wanted to decorate with small wall hangings. It starts to feel messy. A few large pieces were fine with me but now, I’m starting to justify a few groupings in my head because these prints are so great!
All from Little Paper Planes. Click picture to be taken to it.
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