Art

January 17, 2018

Artist Recreates Gritty Details of Abandoned Buildings as a Rundown Dollhouse

Street artist Alice Pasquini transports us into a transitional world with her new installation The Unchanging World. An almost 4-foot-tall dollhouse is the stage for her work, which has been brought down to a miniature scale in order to visually represent our transition from childhood to adulthood. At first glance, the 1:10 scale model appears abandoned by time. Yet, a closer look reveals the careful intention with which Pasquini has dressed the dollhouse.

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January 16, 2018

Hand-Knit Sweaters Designed with Specific Patterns for Urban Camouflage

Brighton-based photographer Joseph Ford collaborated with knitwear designer Nina Dodd (aka The Duke of Woollington) to create a photo series of camouflage clothing that captures the wearers seamlessly merging with their surrounding urban environments. Describing his work as “storytelling with a side order of off-beat creativity,” Ford’s clever, trick-of-the-eye photo collection titled Knitted Camouflage shows models wearing Dodd’s colorful, patterned sweaters against matching backgrounds, creating the illusion of disappearing torsos.

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January 13, 2018

Textile Artist Hand-Crafts Fuzzy Felted Animals Made From Wool

Philadelphia-based textile artist Holly Guertin (aka Ernie and Irene) creates three-dimensional, felted animal wall hangings. Using a needle and wool, the fiber art pieces depict portraits of fluffy creatures such as llamas, sheep, and alpacas, that look perfectly at home mounted on a bed of fuzzy felt. The tangible “meaningful pieces for beautiful spaces” are ready-to-hang with loops at the back of each piece. Guertin uses a combination of two techniques to hand-craft each piece.

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January 11, 2018

Artist Creates Rice Paper Sculptures Covered in Traditional Chinese Paintings

Beijing-based artist Peng Wei merges traditional Chinese-style paintings with rice paper sculptures. Just like a sophisticated version of papier-mâché, Wei casts her rice paper paintings around objects such as shoes, boats, and mannequin parts, including the bust and legs. While her paintings are rendered in a traditional Eastern style—featuring Chinese landscapes, houses, and day-to-day rituals—the sculptures’ forms are that of Western fashion-related items.

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