I love this installation by Brazilian artist Tatiana Bass. "Penelope" touches on the "ambiguous movement of construction and de construction" unable to tell whether the threads start as a tangled mess outside of the church or inside as a 14' long carpet extending down the aisle into a loom. Apparently an ode to the Greek myth of Penelope. I'd love to see this in person!
Painting, drawing, and sculpture by San Francisco artist Rachel Kaye. Equally as amazing as her Outer Sunset "beach house".
I participated in a show earlier this month in Philadelphia at Part Time Studios called 'By the Yard'. The show consisted of 25 female artists creating fabrics, trims, and anything else that could be sold by the yard. You can now shop some of the goods from the show...I'm loving the floral trim by Emily Isabella.
A textile lovers dream! Hadley Holliday's new work evokes a feeling of indigo and tie dye but with acrylic paint in a variety of blues on raw canvas. I'd die for this on my walls! (discovered from the fabulous Simple Lovely)
I love these rock drawings from Caitlin Foster. I've been incredibly inspired by topography and patterns from the natural world as of late and these go perfectly; organic but graphic!
I discovered Mary Button Durell's work on Honestly WTF and was blown away! Her whimsical, paper sculptures resemble sea anemone, especially with the pop of neon color. She uses tracing paper, wheat paste, and acrylic or acetate paints to create these incredible organic "cells". Read more about the San Francisco artist's work here.
I'm so inspired by this project and the 'street art for a cause' movement. Boa Mistura, is a group of five Spanish artists who are participating in an artist residency in Cape Town and social art projects in Khayelitsha, a Cape Town township. They're focusing on a mural for a cycling school in Khayelitsha, called Velokhaya. Amazing. Beautiful. You can follow their project on their blog. (discovered via size too small)
I went down the rabbit hole of blogs this morning and discovered the most amazing embroidered shoes by Argentinian Rita Smirna for Chicco Ruiz. I'm not sure they're even available anymore as summer is coming to a close in Argentina but they were too great not to post!
Beautiful print and pattern inspiration from the archives of French painter, engraver, and textile artist, Paule Marrot. (Images from Natural Curiosities via Keep Feeling Fascination)
I love these pieces from the soon to open exhibit, 'Beyond the Quarter'. Anthropologie collaborated with 9 NOLA artists to create unique pieces celebrating the New Orelans art community. Show opens Jan. 19th at the Rockefeller Center Anthropologie. (via Casa Sugar)
A friend , frequent visitor to Hope and Union (husband and i's coffee shop), amazing illustrator, and musician, Nick Jenkins, makes an awesome calendar/coloring book. I'm really happy that 'May', my birth month has illustrated triangles. Very happy indeed!
