Artistic life

[itscolossal]

In the Greenhouse: A Towering Figure Enclosed Within a Glass Greenhouse by Susanne Ussing

[lustik]

Adrienne Doig - Martin Browne Contemporary

[lustik]

 Flora & Fauna - Adrienne Doig - Penrith Regional Galley

[medici12]

New Linde Ivimey video up on our You Tube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/MichaelReidArt

[tracystirzaker]

Saw Linde Ivimey's work at Martin Browne Contemporary. Macabre and beautiful, uses bones and detailed textiles techniques in her sculptures.  References included death and rebirth, the black dog of depression.

[sweetpeapath]

Minneapolis windfalls…

by India Flint

eco printing (natural dyeing)

[tracystirzaker]

This artists works in textiles and on paper with eco dyeing - the work is beautiful, natural, intriguing, subtle, calming.  She uses bark, leaves and earth in her practice.

http://www.indiaflint.com

[tracystirzaker]

Family portrait conceptual.  Intriguing use of western cutlery to represent family members.  Male and femaie members represented by fork and spoons.  What does the Family dinner mean show about the family?

[nikkirocena]

‘When I draw, I draw the void. Not the line. I focus on the nothingness around the line. It is a sort of meditation. My mind is clear. My focus is on the mere moment. There is only this one moment. Everything is still. Never thoughts are louder and feelings profounder than in this moment. My mind transcends into bare presence. Personality becomes formless and nameless. With each breath the emptiness is filled more and more. With every line I get closer to my origin…’

John Franzen (Each Line One Breath)

http://mister-nobody.tumblr.com/post/59638396410/when-i-draw-i-draw-the-void-not-the-line-i

(via missnikkirocena)

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J.D. Okhai Ojeikere - Hairstyles

[tracystirzaker]

JD Okhai Ojeikere photographs are intriguing and fascinating. They express so much about the women and their cultures.

[cofanartsylvia]

A diagrammatic representation of an area of land or sea showing physical features, cities, roads, etc: “a street map”.

a maplike delineation, representation, or reflection of anything

"A representation, usually on a plane surface, of all or part of the earth or some other body showing a...

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[tracystirzaker]

Mapping

[alexiscofas2]

Mapping: What is it?

 Mapping is creating graphic representations of information using spatial relationships within the graphic to represent some relationships within the data. - Wikipedia

make a map of; show or establish the features of details of - Wordnetweb

map, map out (plan delineate, or arrange in detail) - Wordnetweb

Resources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapping

http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=map

[tracystirzaker]

Textiles Artist - the frayed work gives a richness.  The stitches appear random but pull the work together.

Faded, frayed ... pieced and layered ... as cloths are joined and patched together eccentricities in surface and stitch are revealed.

Contrasts in colour, texture, seams and raw edges, form their own visual language.

Each stitch, both considered and instinctive, becomes a painterly mark ...  evoking a sense of landscape, both physical and emotional ... traces of journey  ... suggestion of cypher ...

[tracystirzaker]

Pam Hovel is a Bendigo based textile artist. She developed an interest in felt making in 2004 and has won awards for her work in various textile exhibitions including the Australian Sheep and Wool show. Following her creative instincts, she began her search for sustainable art practices. After exploring different techniques and fibres she developed a beautiful, soft felt fabric using super-fine Merino wool. Consistent with being inspired by nature, only eco-friendly and sustainable dyeing practices have been used. All dyes are derived from plants, predominantly eucalyptus, and sometimes with the enhancement of found metals. No harmful chemical mordants have been used. This is slow dying indeed, taking up to four weeks to complete. These truly organic garments are unique, each with a relaxed Australian feel.

I love the influence of nature in her work and her eco friendly practice.

[tracystirzaker]

Textiles and objects utilised in these art and sculptures by Holmes.

[tracystirzaker]

Susan Freda

Such intricate work.  So much light passes through the work giving it such a delicate, fabric like look.

  Born: 1974 Providence, RI Susan Freda’s love of the dress form began while she was a student at the Rhode Island School of Design. Her studies explored armor and body coverings as well as traditionally feminine weaving techniques such as crochet and knit. Over time she developed a system of looping, similar to crochet, and began building installations, sculpture and jewelry.

Working from a spool of wire, Freda weaves continuously from a single strand. This method is efficient and minimal and leaves room for her organic and ephemeral design. Her close attention to line and form give her sculptures the ability to function as three-dimensional drawings. Shadow and light are an integral part of the experience of the work that often incorporates glass, resin, and handmade paper. Transparency and layered line create veils and atmospheric line throughout the work.

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