First post of the year! I’m not taking resolutions this time, except I need to either post more often or rethink my post strategy. It will probably be the later, soon as I get around to thinking about it! In the meantime, here’s my second collage on treehouses. It’s another tea house by Terunobu Fujimori, an unconventional Japanese architect whose work is playful and clever.
As far as small structures go, tree houses are my favorites. Walking in my neighborhood the other day I saw one up in a tree, and I suddenly remembered how much I liked them when I was a kid. My brother, sister and I would gather whatever pieces of wood we could find, nailed them against each other on four sides, put a cover on top, added a few pillows inside, and it became our sanctuary. Never mind that spiders would find it just as comfortable as we did.
Last week at the Renegade Craft Fair I met the artists from Sérigraphie Cinq Un Quatre, a Montreal studio that bears the name of its area code, 514. I was browsing through the pile of posters displayed in their booth when I overhead one of the artist, Jason Cantoro, saying he and his studio partner, Alice Jarry, were from Montreal.
Last weekend was the Renegade Craft Fair, for the second time in Los Angeles, but for me it was my first experience. It took place outside in a large park north of Chinatown, apparently known as "the cornfield". Events of all kinds easily go unnoticed in a large city like L.A., and I don't remember how I learned about this one, but I'm glad I went, it was quite a huge event with over 200 artists!
I would have never thought of plasticine as a tool for illustrations or how beautiful the results could be. But look at these incredible images from the spanish artist Irma Gruenholz. I just love the poetry of her work. It's a gem I found buried in an article from smashing magazine. Makes me want to run to the closest art store and grab some clay!
I don't always look through deals daily candy sends me but I'm glad I did for these tile tattoos from Mibo. They were on sale at 2jane.com. I had seen them before it seems, but this time they caught my eye. It's super easy to install, and I love the results! You would think these have been painted on. All I needed for this border is 3 sets of 6 tattoos, not bad for a such a transformation!
After making the cards I got inspired to use the geometric forms to make other characters. At work we were doing sites for extreme sports magazines and I liked the motion connected to it. Instead of making cards I drew these in illustrator and made them into magnets. Later on I animated a couple snowboarders in flash.
