Janet Champ's Neutrogena Hands

Janet Champ. Print/Neutrogena

hellllll yeahhhhh.

Stairwell collages

Stairwell collages (magazine images on mylar) by Kirsten Kindler at ADA Gallery via Lorraine Glessner.

thankoon hair

Lindsey Wixson backstage at the Thakoon fall 2011 show in New York on Feb. 13.
Photo: Getty Images

Heaven Sent

This is the most recent collection called "Heaven Sent" by designer Frances Wadsworth Jones.

Kyle Goderwis

A deck of 72 tarot cards created from discontinued Pakistani rupee notes, local newspaper clippings and other found elements. | Alyssa Pheobus

Chloe Fleury //2010

Hemisphere Magazine Illustrations

Series of papers illustrations for the (arts) section of the magazine Hemisphere.

In collaboration with Art Director Rob Hewitt from "Curious Outsider".

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Chloe Fleury //2010

d.i.y. gift bows

more d.i.y. fun here at how about orange.

Gediminas Šiaulys

Gediminas Šiaulys

d.i.y. ornaments!

check out the instructions here --d.i.y. terrarium ornaments

also more fun d.i.y. projects can be found here! at the free people blog. good stuff i say!

Create Seed-Starting Pots From Newspapers

Instead of buying expensive peat pots to plant your seeds in, make these spiffy planting pots by rolling recycled newspaper around a glass or jar. The finished pots are sturdy and will break down quickly once they've been planted in the soil.

some marbling history and information

coptic inspiration

^Coptic bound marbled Somerset.
45 Section Coptic binding 6.2 x 16 x 5 c.m

felted inspiration

& Felting Stones: A Free Tutorial

beautiful jewels

Quartz Ring

pieces by, Adina Mills

more book inspiration

And so you want to be a fisherman...
By Susan Jaworski-Stranc
Newbury, Massachusetts: Apple Cider Press, 2000. Edition of 10.

Susan Jaworski-Stranc: "A family crisis was this book's genesis, which took place a few years ago between mother & son. The writing of the poem was a means of working out complex feelings and emotions surrounding a universal parental issue – letting go. The book form is a metaphor for the poem. Through the use of prickly metal edges, sharp hooks, the act of untangling the fish from the netting as well as the unfolding of fish assists the reader to relate to the milestone on an intuitive-cognizant level. This deeply felt experience was made concrete through the book arts to share with others."

Autumn Ahn- Gertrude's Hands: closed 1"x2"|open 2"x4"

Quercus
By Rebecca Goodale
Portland, Maine: Rebecca Goodale, 2009. One-of-a-Kind.

20.5 x 14 x 3" closed; 10.5 x 14 x 96" extended. Silkscreen printed oak leaves attached to a 13 cotton strings, which are in turn attached to the bottom and top of the maroon cloth-covered box in which the work is housed.

The Chestnut Oak (quercus prinus) is listed as endangered in Maine's official List of Endangered and Threatened Plants.

Lift the cotton loop attached to the lid's exterior and watch streams of leaves rise on 13 strings like flags on a ship's halyards. Quite obviously meant for display, the lid can be hung from the cotton loop so that the leaves flutter delicately in the wind. Fully extended this homage to the Chestnut Oak rises to 8 feet.

Beautiful books by Freya Diamond

Check out these Flag Books by Freya Diamond. I love the way she's incorporated the figures within the accordion, and how she's incorporated the use of the artists work. so so so good.


Emily Carr, A Body of Work
By Freya Diamond
Sante Fe, New Mexico: Freya Diamond, 2010. Open edition, signed and numbered.
4.375 x 8.5"; six leaves. Opens to 20". Flag structure. Illustrated paper-covered boards with ribbon closure.


Georgia O'Keeffe
A Body of Work
By Freya Diamond
Sante Fe, New Mexico: Freya Diamond, 2009. Open edition, signed and numbered.
4.375 x 8.5"; six leaves. Opens to 20". Flag structure. Marbled paper exterior with ribbon closure.
Freya Diamond: "I've dressed Georgia in her own artwork."


Frida Kahlo
A Body of Work
By Freya Diamond
Sante Fe, New Mexico: Freya Diamond, 2003. Open edition, signed and numbered.
4.375 x 8.5"; six leaves. Opens to 20". Flag structure. Illustrated paper-covered boards with ribbon closure. Paper title label.



Matisse Odalisques
By Freya Diamond
Sante Fe, New Mexico: Freya Diamond, 2007. Open edition.
4 x 5.75"; five leaves. Carousel structure with five openings, each three-layered. Illustrated paper-covered boards with ribbon closure. Diamond uses works like Odalisque with Magnolias and Odalisque sur fond rouge to form a theater in the round.
On the subject of odalisques Matisse with characteristic honesty said: "I do odalisques in order to do nudes."

antique jacob's ladder

inspiration and reference for projects i've been working on.

scholten and baijing, vegetables

recently the dutch designer duo scholten and baijings opened a retrospective at
vivid gallery in rotterdam. they called their exhibition 'from japanese furniture to vegetables'.