Pierced Perfection

You know you're a phenomenal worthwhile artist when you don't even have a website and your pieces are making rounds all over the internet.  This is the case for ceramicist Terry Hogan.  Terry was brought to my attention via a blog written by one of her friends; Gary Jackson.  According to Gary, "...Terry does not have a website to show off her work. She should.  Instead, I do my best to promote her work for her.  She’s not one to toot her own horn. "  I like her already. 

 From the limited information given on his website, I have gathered that Terry is an art student living in Chicago.  She often presents her work at the Lillstreet Art Center (so if you have a chance -- go check it out!) and loves the patient art of fine details.  Despite the lack of information, a lack of interest is not present here.

The minute you see one of her creations, your eyes are blessed with soothingly symmetrical patterns.  These geometric pricks and prods are the result of (what must be) hours and hours of patient work.  Oh how I wish I could graze my hand over these pieces.  When asked about the glazing process, Gary responded "A lot of these pierced porcelain pieces go unglazed. Terry leaves many of them plain, or with just a simple liner glaze. Sometimes she rubs an oxide or underglaze into the impressions just to make them 'pop.'"  

Thank you Gary for being a good friend to Terry and to us enthusiastic art watchers.

All Photos Courtesy of Gary Jackson

Supercolour

I have recently stumbled upon a beautiful French illustrator/designer Clémentine.  She is the owner and creator of the art brand Blule, and creates unbelievably darling watercolor paintings for her excited customers.  As she puts it: "Blule is my brand for everything Illustration. It's kind of my superhero mask." And I must admit, of all her works her superhero series is easily my favorite.  She successfully portrays these hard-working BAMFs in the most unsuspecting media -- watercolor.  But she does not rid them of their power or strength by using such a sheer and delicate instrument.

So pick your favorite too!  Check out her website and rummage through all of the beautiful options.  Are you team Superman or Batman?  It doesn't matter.  Buy them both.  Superheroes unite.  (You MUST click this link for Keone Madrid's unbelievably beautiful choreography to "Lois Lane")

She currently resides in Sydney, Australia but ships worldwide, so you have no excuse for not buying one of her pieces!

http://boutique.blule.fr

WISF

"This blog is about fashion and everything that inspires it, such as art, design, nature, photography & many more. I like to pick beautiful fashion related pictures and match them with photos that I find related to them for different reasons, for instance colours, shapes, sensations, concept."

This blog started by Italian art-student Bianca Luini has been one of my favorite escapes in the past few weeks.  Luini finds beautiful fashion-related photographs and pairs them with (shockingly compatible) photographs of anything and everything in the world.  Whether it be a piece of nature, a man made building or a stray object, she successfully finds two shots that work delightfully well together to create a single comprehensive piece.

http://whereiseefashion.tumblr.com/

Wrapped up.

I will be the first to admit that I've been lazy with my blog posts by posting videos (still high quality work) instead of full collections of photos.  Here is my apology in the form of Ukrainian photographer Vadim Stein. 

Stunning.

Enra

PLEIADES

Performamce & Choreography : Saya Watatani , Maki Yokoyama

Director : Nobuyuki Hanabusa

Animator : Seiya Ishii , Nobuyuki Hanabusa

Music : Nobuyuki Hanabusa

http://enra.jp

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Melting the World

Sunga Park, South Korean designer and illustrator creates these lovely watercolor landscapes of various cities across the world including London, Paris, Busan, Istanbul, venice and Oxford.  These paintings are stunning in numerous manners; obviously aesthetically brilliant but also in a more resounding way.  One looks at each of these pieces and feels a lost memory, something everyone can relate to.  Something you wish you could remember perfectly, but is hazy with a few lines of details that you cannot shake.  The creation of a memory is a beautiful thing in and of it self, but I feel that Park truly captures these moments on paper.  I wish she could do a time-lapse of making these pieces, and truly save the movement and flow of a memory.

The Power of Empathy

This powerful short helps us understand the difference between "empathy" and "sympathy".  These words often get misused and miscommunicated in our daily lives.  The animation encompasses the two words in a simple, clear manner and allows the audience to truly understand (and enjoy) the power of empathy as opposed to sympathy. 

"Dr Brené Brown reminds us that we can only create a genuine empathic connection if we are brave enough to really get in touch with our own fragilities." 

Voice: Dr Brené Brown

Animation: Katy Davis (AKA Gobblynne) www.gobblynne.com

Floating Underwater

We all remember the glorious Japanese artist who painted photorealistic goldfish -- not on a canvas, but literally within the folds of their natural habitat.  

Well the impressive technique continues to thrive under Boston-based artist Jessica Dunegan's very talented hand.  "Working with epoxy resin, poured in layers with acrylic paint, the artist's creations are almost sculptural works of art as the pigments are encased within different levels of the translucent material." via MyModernMet

月

to the moon

Art thou pale for weariness

Of climbing heaven and gazing on the earth,

Wandering companionless

Among the stars that have a different birth,

And ever changing, like a Joyless eye

     That finds no object worth its constancy?

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) 

Photography: Klaus Kampert