Embroidery
April 29, 2021

Artist Reimagines Instant Film as Embroidered Landscape Polaroids

While there are many innovative cameras these days, there is something to be said for the pleasant, tactile quality of a Polaroid. It has a playful quality that is only enhanced by its small, postcard size. Hong Kong-based artist Artemis imitates this popular form of photography by stitching colorful landscapes onto small, Polaroid-size pieces of paper, capturing environments from her own imagination. Her journey into embroidery art began four years ago, in 2017.

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Sculpture
April 28, 2021

Artist Sculpts Polymer Clay Into Colorful Swirling Landscapes

Sweden-based artist Alisa Lariushkina continues to find new and mesmerizing ways of using polymer air-dry clay. Inspired by famous painters like Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet, she masterfully transforms an array of Japanese air-dry clay into high-relief depictions of lush, bucolic landscapes. “I'm a self-taught artist, been working with air-dry polymer clay for about six years in my own technique,” Lariushkina explains to My Modern Met.

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Design
April 27, 2021

Glass Artist Handcrafts Octopus-Shaped Wine Decanter With 8 Delicate Tentacles

Glass is a relatively common material, but the sculptural works that some artists are creating with it are anything but ordinary. Chicago-based glass artist Josh DeWall is one artist who’s shattering the boundaries of the craft. He creates intricate, nature-inspired sculptures and tableware that showcase his incredible skill. He’s the maker behind this incredible octopus-shaped wine decanter.

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Painting
April 27, 2021

Vibrant Palette Knife Paintings Capture the Beauty and Strength From Around the World

Since graduating from the Florence Academy of Art in 2016, Spanish painter Elena Gual has continued to develop her artistic practice. She’s been building on and evolving from more academic techniques to establish her own bold, painterly style. Now based in London, the talented artist channels much of her output towards portraiture and images of the female form—transmitting the strength, power, and beauty of femininity with thick impasto upon her canvases.

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