Since everyone is touting the launch of the iPad as the next generation of books, we thought we’d take a look at the fine art and craft of bookmaking. REAL bookmaking. This fascinating short documentary (just under eight minutes) by John Carrera of Quercus Press takes a look at the entire process of creating Pictorial [...]
Last month we posted about a project in Detroit by Gregory Holm and Matthew Radune. The Ice House was an architectural installation meant to call attention to the foreclosure plight in the city. The project was completed, and Holm contacted us this week to point us to the video above which he and a film [...]
Etsy artist Stukenborg creates stunning letterpress prints using dice. The ancient, but still-in-use process consists of inking hundreds of dice, placing paper over the top, and using a roller to transfer the ink. The indentions or “pips” on the face of each die as well as the space between each die creates the pattern. By [...]
As we’re sure our regular readers know by now, we love anything that changes the way we look at things. Today’s artist is no exception. Kim Rugg’s meticulous work takes something familiar and reconstructs it. In the instance above (Tentacles, 2009), it is stamps. Rugg cuts stamps into tiny pieces, reassembles them mosaic-like in new [...]
Look again. That’s not just a typical American tourist. Washington, DC-based artist Alexa Mead transforms three-dimensional objects (including people) into two-dimensional-seeming works of art. By applying paint to models Mead changes the way we see what is in front of us. Shown above is “Timmy”, painted head to toe to look like art. Visit her [...]
In honor of spring springing on Saturday, we present a couple of images from artist Levi van Veluw’s ‘Landscapes’ series. Levi van Veluw is an artist with a unique perspective. Don’t call his work self-portraits. His photographs of his body covered in various materials are works of art in themselves. The entire process is self-made, [...]
Apartment Therapy has a great post on vintage WPA posters created during the 1930s and ’40s. The posters are part of the By the People, For the People: Posters from the WPA collection which you can view online. You can also order posters in various sizes for your own collection of classic American design. By [...]
Fabio Viale is an Italian sculptor working in…styrofoam? Rubber tires? No, he’s actually adept at sculpting that most Italian of materials: marble. Viale blends the exceptional with the mundane by sculpting normal objects out of a beautiful material. Check out his site for more of his work, including a functional marble boat! Fabio Viale
Aggravure is a series by French artist Baptiste Debombourg depicting the fall of Phaeton in an unusual medium. The image is based on The Four Disgracers (1588), engraved by Hendrick Goltzius, after Cornelisz van Haarlem. Debombourg spent nearly 75 hours creating these works, and after the jump you’ll see why.