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Artist Sarah Graham on raising awareness for bipolar disorder and how art saved her life

Creative Boom

Sarah Graham has become a renowned British artist for her fun and joyful kitsch paintings, paying homage to familiar toys, sweets and brands from the 1980s and 1990s. She attempted suicide by overdose twice between 2005 and 2015 until she was sectioned in 2017 and then reclassified as Type 1 bipolar.

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Northern Lights: Chris Cyprus's paintings capture the bygone beauty of sodium-lit streets

Creative Boom

Manchester-based artist Chris Cyprus has recorded the distinctive glow of the city's sodium-lit lamps in Northern Lights, a series of 250 paintings illuminated with warmth from lights that are sadly no more. There's something magical about walking around at night.

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Sabina Speich crafts large-scale pizza, bacon and chips through her 'freestyle' method of crochet

Creative Boom

From eggs to bacon, pizza to noodle soup, the artist has no limits when it comes to subject matter and creativity. Art has been my purpose all my life," she says, having grown up in Winterthur, Switzerland, to an artist father who supported her crafts from an early age. © Sabina Speich. Sabina Speich is a creator of all things yarn.

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F5: Paper Artist Zoe Bradley Shares a Go-To Pen, Favorite Liqueur + More

Design Milk

“I aim to create a truly unique hand-crafted product from paper that celebrates the beautiful, unique architectural forms of nature,” said Wales-based paper artist Zoe Bradley. Zoe’s love of skill working with paper first emerged while making showpieces for designer Michiko Koshino’s A/W 2005 show.

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Pigasso: This Pig Enjoys Painting And Has Become The World’s First Pig Artist

Design You Trust

The artistic pig made a painting that was sold for roughly 20 thousand euros. Before, the record belonged to the chimpanzee Congo, which sold a painting for around 14 thousand euros in 2005. According to Joane, of his own free will, the little pig started painting canvases in a sanctuary located in South Africa.

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A Trailblazing Photography Collector Champions Black Artists

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Petros , Hadenbes, 2005. Courtesy the artist/Bradley Ertaskiran Jamel Shabazz. He dedicated it to showcasing photographs by Black artists. While many of these artists are now household names, Dr. Montague was one of the first collectors to recognize their work. He was just ten years old at the time.

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A Series of Ironic Illustrations of Pepe the Frog by Luca Boni of Naples

Design You Trust

Pepe the Frog is a cartoon character that originated from a comic series called “Boy’s Club,” created by artist Matt Furie in 2005. Pepe is depicted as a humanoid frog with large, bulging eyes, typically seen lounging or engaging in various activities.