Crayon Scupltures

Storytelling Crayons by Diem Chau.

FOUND: Etsy

1. and 2. Little People Dolls by Hasenpfeffer Incorporated.
3. Brontosaurus by bluebutterflyshop.
4. Girl and Boy Head Pillows by vintagejane.

FOUND: Textures

1. Unknown.
2. Unknown.
3. Elisa Strozyk.
4. David Galletly.
5. Peter Gregson.

“How can we have missed these beautiful compositions?”

This is work by Carmen Herrera, a 94-year old artist who is finally being discovered by the art world. The NY Times just ran an article on her: At 94, She’s the Hot New Thing in Painting.


"Last year, MoMA included her in a pantheon of Latin American artists on exhibition. And this summer, during a retrospective show in England, The Observer of London called Ms. Herrera the discovery of the decade, asking, “How can we have missed these beautiful compositions?”"

How indeed.

Winter Break Has Come.

I hope I get a glimpse of snowflakes as beautiful as this during these next two weeks. I love making paper snowflakes. I decorated an entire window at school with them!

Yarbleck.

Today I Feel Like This

FOUND: Cozy

It's getting cold here in Olympia. I went and bought a coat Tuesday after work. This kind of weather makes me want to curl up in my bed under layers of blankets. In fact, that's where I am right now...

1. Arnaud Loumeau

2. cosas mínimas

3. Gunta Stölzl

4. Patricia Urquiola

5. taklu4she on flickr

FOUND: Dwellings

1. Sarah Applebaum

2. Brian Rush

3. Edward McGowan

4. "Villa Julia", Javier Mariscal

5. space 1026

FOUND: Stefan Kanchev

From grain edit:

"Absolutely stunning work from Stefan Kanchev (1915-2001) who was a Bulgarian graphic artist. During his prolific career he designed hundreds of logos, posters, stamps, book covers, labels as well as graphics for TV. Much of his work is inspired by Bulgarian folklore and traditions.

In 1994 Stefan Kanchev was recognized as one of the top ten designers of trade marks in the world along with Paul Rand, Saul Bass and etc."

FOUND: People

1. Rachell Sumpter
2. moebius
3. Ruth Ishbel Munro

FOUND: Patterns

Clockwise from upper left:
1. Unknown
2. Louise Despont
3. Emma Kunz
4. Unknown

Unlike my last "found" post, I didn't find all of these on FFFound.

FFFFOUND Geometry

FFFFOUND! is an image bookmarking site, where users can upload images, and then mark ones they like. The site automatically gives you suggestions for more you might be interested in based on your choices, so it's basically a highly-addicting treasure hunt. The only issue: not everyone can join. You have to be invited to the site, which I have not, but it hasn't stopped me from spending hours looking through beautiful graphics and downloading my favorites. I'm going to have to search out an invitation soon though.

These geometry-inspired pieces are by (clockwise from top left):
1. Arnaud Loumeau
2. Jeff Depner
3. Unknown
4. Matthew Rich