Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Stocking Fillers Grumpy Ant plush toy by Aysha Tengiz If you have a friend who makes (or just appreciates) good art, check out the online shop of Aysha Tengiz, a London-based artist working within illustration, animation and textile design. It's packed with great products such as this plushie with a difference.

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Arts and Crafts Presentation Print Artist 481

Design Milk

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Photo: Katie Treggiden The project also included a collaboration with Granite + Smoke (pictured above with Jordan and Russell) whose colorful blankets featured the words from the exhibition title and with Custhom (immediately above). Photo: Katie Treggiden Barbara Gittings is a Brighton-based ceramicist, specializing in Nerikomi techniques.

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Arts and Crafts Coding Interior Design Exhibition 97

Creative Boom

APRIL 4, 2023

And while the results of these NLP tools range from the useful to the trivial, they still feel like something of a dark art with little useful connection to people's daily needs. Our cells became detailed, sculptural balloons. That's where Cohere comes in. We then explored the possibilities of this network.

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Inspiration Arts and Crafts Textures Networking 501

Colossal

JULY 6, 2023

” Embedded within a jetty of the San Francisco Bay, the sculpture was created by Peter Richards and George Gonzalez in 1986 and captures the sounds of waves as they crash into and fill the pipes, emitting a musical mix of gurgling and gushing noises as the tide changes.

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Arts and Crafts Sculpture Artist Exhibition 71

Design Milk

MAY 5, 2022

Set to reopen to the public on June 19th after a two-year long renovation (and a global pandemic), Copenhagen’s Designmuseum Danmark is introducing a new eight-exhibition lineup that you won’t want to miss. KINTO’s best-selling Sepia glassware evokes the same retro nostalgia as Brown’s Galleria pattern. Sepia Tumbler by KINTO.

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Patterns Inspiration Arts and Crafts Color 86

Colossal

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Seoul-based artist Yeesookyung ( previously ) fuses Korean and Japanese craft traditions in her elegant, gilded sculptures. Blending ornately patterned vessels with deities and animals, the delicate assemblages meld shards of discarded ceramic into new forms with bulbous sides, halved figures, and drips of metallic epoxy.

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Sculpture Arts and Crafts Exhibition Artist 101

Colossal

APRIL 28, 2023

Sexton enjoys papier-mâché for its versatility and accessibility, using additional readily available materials like cloth, wire, and acrylic paint to build up each animal’s unique textures, patterns, and colors. Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month.

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Animation Sculpture Artist Exhibition 98

Design Milk

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Kazerne is a 2,500-square-meter combined meeting, exhibition, and hospitality space housed in a former military police barracks (and adjoining warehouses) dating back to the early 19th century. The three-dimensional form was created using an intricate pattern cut into flat felt with no waste.

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Arts and Crafts Exhibition Sculpture Patterns 121

Colossal

JANUARY 30, 2023

Photos by Gary Mirando The natural patterns of turning tides and changing seasons illuminate the delicate porcelain sculptures of Martha’s Vineyard-based artist Jennifer McCurdy. In May, she will also exhibit in the Smithsonian Craft + Design Show in Washington, D.C. Find more on her website and Instagram.

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Arts and Crafts Sculpture Fine Art Patterns 100

Azure Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2024

First introduced during the spring installment, the new format for the show is centred around The Circles – content and event platforms that will serve as meeting points, showcases for products and concepts, and demonstrate the blurred boundaries between art and design.

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Arts and Crafts Sculpture Print Theme 80

Design Milk

AUGUST 25, 2023

It’s all inspired by the craft traditions and object culture found in their hometowns in India. In the accompanying article the designer explained his philosophy, ‘Art with function, Design without.’ Photo: soft-geometry, Venice Art Biennale 2022 3. degree chair” designed by Rasmus B.

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Arts and Crafts Exhibition Sculpture Architecture 94

Design Milk

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

” Their exhibition for Dutch Design Week 2023 was entitled Regeneration: Fashion From The Ground Up and explored what regeneration looks like in the fashion context through three lenses: Earth Care , People Care , and Fair Share. . “We are fortifying the groundwork for a brighter future,” they say.

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Fashion Exhibition Arts and Crafts Sculpture 104

Design Milk

JANUARY 3, 2023

New York-based Liz Collins is a queer feminist artist and designer who’s known for her use of bold abstract patterns, inventive materials, and experimentation with fiber. Through a playful sense of color and evocation of gendered labor, Collins creates her own disruption of the boundaries found between art, design, and craft.

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Patterns Color Arts and Crafts Gallery 98

Colossal

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Some of the collectively made works depicted “animals such as a tiger, meaningful kanji, a picture of the Japanese imperial flag, or just geometrical patterns,” the artist tells Colossal, and often were stitched into vests or sashes so they could be worn. “Red thread symbolizes human connection in Japan,” she says.

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Sculpture Exhibition Artist Patterns 101

Design Milk

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Abandoned Treasures is his collection of sculptural furniture made of abandoned material to explore the creative potential of what we throw away. They were displayed in front of posters advocating for the role of craft in design. “Trash for you is treasure for me,” says Dario Erkelens.

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Sculpture Architecture Industrial Design Patterns 112

Inkbot Design

JANUARY 9, 2024

Here are the top picks in this category: Art and Design Books From modern to contemporary works, art books give designers eye candy to admire and draw ideas from. Some examples: Taschen’s The Art Book : A visual dictionary covering 500 influential artists and their most famous pieces from medieval times to today. $14.49

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Arts and Crafts Adobe Graphic Design Art 65

Colossal

JUNE 6, 2023

All images © Catalina Swinburn, shared with permission “The cloak is a talisman from harm, keeping one safe and secure throughout transitions,” says Chilean artist Catalina Swinburn , whose elaborate sculptures use thousands of pieces of folded paper to explore world history.

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Arts and Crafts Sculpture Travel Exhibition 71

Design Milk

DECEMBER 22, 2022

At this year’s Design Miami/ 2022, the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) collaborated with Mexican studio Cerámico Suro to present SCAD AT MIAMI , a stunning and immersive installation that celebrates contemporary art, culture, and craftsmanship from abroad. ” Nicolas Barrera. ” Lauren Clay.

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Arts and Crafts Patterns Color Art 98

Colossal

MARCH 27, 2023

All images © Janny Baek, shared with permission “I’ve always been drawn to art in different ways, but sculpting clay by hand seems to come most naturally to me. Asymmetrical and bulbous, her otherworldly sculptures are redolent of boulders, cacti, coral, or micro-organisms.

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Sculpture Exhibition Textures Color 91

Design Milk

JUNE 9, 2023

Peters’ multi-disciplinary approach integrates technology as a means to an end, rather than an end itself, an ethos in full display across these ceramic sculptures. ” Each sculpture of the Dyadic Series is digitally crafted using a customized 3D printer, a machine Peters hacked to produce the convincing textured design.

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Print Sculpture Arts and Crafts Patterns 98

Azure Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2023

This is especially apparent in South Beach, where Ocean Drive presents a long row of art deco hotels splashed in pastel shades and illuminated by bright neon signage. That said, don’t mistake the city’s weeklong program of art and design events for a celebration of empty visual excess.

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Gallery Arts and Crafts Sculpture Presentation 102

Colossal

MAY 16, 2023

All images © Oliver Chalk, shared with permission Hewn from solid hunks of found timber, Oliver Chalk ’s vessels ( previously ) embrace the natural grain and gradients of different types of wood to reveal voluminous functional sculptures. Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month.

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Patterns Sculpture Textures Gallery 86

Colossal

MAY 23, 2023

An exhibition opening at the Design Museum of Chicago this summer brings together works by ten artists and collectives that answer this question through data, color, tactility, and material. Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month. Help Us Knit a Century of Chicago Weather!

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Exhibition Programming Artist Art 67

Colossal

JANUARY 13, 2023

“Where We All Meet” (2022), paper sculpture, 1 x 1 x 1 meter. In pieces ranging from delicate, individual sculptures of staircases to large-scale, immersive installations, she instills a sense that the viewer is a part of the interactions of figures within each scene. All images © Layla May Arthur, shared with permission.

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Sculpture Architecture Artist Art 77

Colossal

AUGUST 18, 2022

From her studio in Canberra, Australian artist Sally Blake ( previously ) twists and plaits copper wire into baskets and sculptures evocative of the organic matter ubiquitous around the planet. All images © Sally Blake, shared with permission.

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Patterns Sculpture Gallery Exhibition 100

Eye on Design

AUGUST 22, 2022

Her research and authorship challenges the traditional design canon by uplifting the stories and work of unsung makers, and her design practice pushes forward new ways of thinking in exhibition design and the curatorial process. . She moved up quickly in the company, beginning as a staff designer before transitioning to art director by 23.

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Graphic Arts and Crafts Graphic Design Education 66

Colossal

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

All images © Studio Ibbini, shared with permission Artist Julia Ibbini and computer scientist Stéphane Noyer of the Abu Dhabi-based Studio Ibbini ( previously ) continue to collaborate on intricately constructed works that fall at the intersection of art and mathematics. Keep up with the duo’s latest sculptures on Instagram.

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Sculpture Gallery Art Exhibition 96

Colossal

JULY 11, 2022

The heavily patterned works, which have shifted from functional to decorative, are made by hand-knotting wool and layering the yarn into lush, textured motifs. Huotari begins every work with a color palette and surface, whether in the form of a wall-based piece or a freestanding sculpture.

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Sculpture Arts and Crafts Textures Gallery 72

Colossal

DECEMBER 29, 2019

Japanese artist En Iwamura creates large ceramic sculptures of heads with minimalist facial features. Holes and slits reference eyes and mouths on the oddly-shaped forms, while uniform grooves traverse the clay surfaces in complex patterns. All images © En Iwamura.

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Sculpture Arts and Crafts Artist Gallery 99

Azure Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

His gamble paid off and in 2007, he opened his eponymous studio , where he envisions an impressive array of product and furniture design, as well as art direction and interior architecture, for such international manufacturers such as Ligne Roset, Bonaldo, Buzzispace, Varaschin, Casamania, La Chance and Another Country. JERRY VAN EYCK !melk’s

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Architecture Arts and Crafts Exhibition Manufacturing 97

Azure Magazine

MAY 20, 2022

We walked the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) and WantedDesign Manhattan from end to end, stopped into dozens of showrooms in SoHo and Tribeca and saw everything from a shade made out of eggshells to a hug machine designed by a group of students from New York’s School of Visual Arts. It’s set to launch in 2023.

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Manufacturing Exhibition Gallery Arts and Crafts 72

Colossal

JANUARY 18, 2022

Her quotidian designs adorn tools and commodities typically associated with masculinity, warping both assumptions about gender and the limits of construction and craft. “I am more interested in the dialog between the object and the image, not so much the lace pattern specifically. x 5 inches. x 69 x 23 inches.

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Patterns Arts and Crafts Gallery Sculpture 84

Colossal

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Nearly 50 artists have contributed to Potluck , a group exhibition opening this week that celebrates the joys, comforts, and disgusts of sharing a meal. Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month.

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Exhibition Gallery Artist Patterns 84

Azure Magazine

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Here, she chronicles several of the city’s top exhibitions. Among the major themes of LDF 2023 was an emphasis on sustainability (expressed through alternative materials and processes); the rise of more collaborative, cross-cultural approaches to design; and a resurgence of craft production techniques like weaving.

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Arts and Crafts Exhibition Gallery Production 95

Colossal

JUNE 5, 2023

Titled a resilience of things not seen , the exhibition referenced the Book of Revelation , the apocalyptic Christian text that Zapata encountered frequently as a child in an Evangelical home. ” “A resilience of things not seen” (2022), installation at John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

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Architecture Gallery Arts and Crafts Exhibition 81

Creative Boom

MARCH 7, 2022

Through exhibitions and text, her work pushes the boundaries of design and uses the material environment as a lens to understand the world in which we live. After an early career as a lawyer at a magic circle firm, she began her art career at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Maggie Holladay. Photography by Bobbie Brown. Her inspiration.

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Inspiration Arts and Crafts Art Artist 402

Azure Magazine

JULY 1, 2020

In addition to these storied vessels, which range vastly in scale, he also relays more personal experiences in his sculptural works. Why you should know them: Alongside her practice, Shaw-Collinge is a core member of the collaborative Indigenous curatorial platform Ociciwan Contemporary Art Collective. Oxbow Architecture, Saskatchewan.

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Architecture Arts and Crafts Portfolio Artist 135