inspire :: andrew myers

found via twitter by @sixcentpress and core77 | images by andrew myers

Artist Andrew Myers sees pegboards as a pixelated canvas which he then drives screws into at varying depths and then paints them creating unique 3D images. See more of his work here.

inspire :: pentax art

Ever wonder what's inside your camera? Artist Todd McLellan went the distance and dissected old cameras to create some breathtaking pieces of art. See more of his work here.

inspire :: we make carpets

(pasta)

(plastic forks)

 

(coffee cups)

I originally came across we make carpets from Design Love Fest. It's quite amazing what designers Stijn van der Vleuten and Marcia Nolte and visual artist Bob Waardenburg can do using everyday materials! See more of their work here.

inspire :: Isaac Salazar

image found on Cafe Cartolina

Sometimes I come across things and say to myself, "how in the world do they do that?"

Doesn't Isaac Salazar make it look easy? He uses simple arithmetic and an exacto knife to fold book pages from simple letters to more complex and intricate fonts. Each piece can take anywhere from a day to two weeks depending on the design. See more of his work here.

inspire :: paper - cut - project

found via whoorange

Loving these paper hairstyles by Nikki Salk and Amy Flurry of paper-cut-project. Their custom made paper art installations are fueled by a love of fashion and an appreciation of the grace and nuance of this (paper) humble material.

See more of their work here.

inspire :: clémentine henrion

found via meet me at mikes

At first glance, they look like a collection of helium balloons. Upon closer inspection, they are actually made from fabric and then stuffed. Speechless right? These amazing pieces are made by Clémentine Henrion. Go check out more of her work here.

inspire :: yulia brodskaya

found via gang of four

Combining her love with typography, paper and highly detailed handmade craft objects, Yulia Brodskaya quickly earned an international reputation for her innovative paper illustrations. Aren't they beautiful? She's done work for numerous ad campaigns and clients from around the world including Starbucks, Orange Mobile and Neiman Marcus to name a few.


To see more of her paper, and other work, visit her website here.

inspire :: mark khaisman

found via Apartment Therapy

Have you checked out Mark Khaisman's Tapeworks? He painstakingly layers 2 inch swaths of packing tape over plexiglass until images form. He considers his works to be "conversations with light, and if tape is his paint brush, then light is his blending medium."


Check out more of his work here and here.

inspire :: jenine bressner

Remember Jenine Bressner from Handmade Nation? She was the one that was working with molten glass while being interviewed. Completely cool and calm while drawing glass rods in and out of a hot head torch flame that is almost 2000 degrees. Each bead is made by hand one at a time and usually takes 1 to 2 hours then another 5 hours in the kiln. Isn't her work amazing? Check out her flickr page here or on the handmade nation trailer at around 2:02 here.

She's on the Martha Stewart show today as part of the Maker Faire series. You can watch the video here if you missed it.

inspire :: toilet rolls

found via meet me at mikes / work by Anastassia Elias

Like Pip says, we seem to be always going through toilet paper around here. That's why I only buy the double rolls. Who would have thought that you could turn toilet paper rolls into art? Simply fantastic.

You can out more of Anastassia Elias' work here.

inspire :: daisy lew

(found via Eclectica)

Check out these New York City mixed-media, pop-up books by designer Daisy Lew. Pop-Up NYC is a series of books inspired by New York City icons (the Big Apple, the Chrysler Building). From one angle (top view), the image represents an icon while another icon, represents the cityscape (side view).


Check out Daisy's full portfolio on her website by clicking here. I highly recommend it.

inspire :: post-it installation

(found via Ads of the World and Apartment Therapy)

The world's largest artistic billboard made of post-it notes was made using 112, 640 post-it super sticky notes to celebrate the 30th Anniversary Student Design Contest hosted by Post-it Brand from 3M. The installation, designed by Allison Hilgert, 17, and Ysanne Taylor, 16, from Lecanto High School in Florida, was open to the public for 5 days in the Grand Central Terminal's Vanderbilt Hall.

inspire :: Scott Wade

photo from i core (found via TinyMeat)

Graffiti artist, Scott Wade, uses ordinary artist brushes to draw on the back of dusty car windows. He lives near a dirt road covered in caliche - a mixture of limestone dust, gravel and clay - which, when driven over covers the car in a fine, white dust.

I don't know about you, but whenever my windows got dirty, the only thing that I ever drew were hearts and maybe the occasional 'hi' and 'hello'.



You can see more of his work here.