deborah bowness, designer from uk.

since 1999,
deborah bowness has been designing
a collection of ready-made digitally
and hand-printed wallpapers.
private homes and businesses
can be re-invented by installing these
trompe l'oeil pieces.
each drop is hand-finished
so these ready-made images
can be tailored to meet the needs
of your colour scheme.

ann wood, art crafter from brooklyn, ny.

ann lives in brooklyn, new york
near beautiful prospect park.
some of her favorite things are:
ships and shipwrecks, paper mache,
books about exploration, dioramas, swamps,
the out of doors in general, magazines, libraries,
felt, flea markets, horses, dogs, cats,
things that are victorian and things that are small.
she makes things, paint,
and draw for her life and livelihood.

she works with mostly found, and salvaged materials,
many of them vintage or antique garments.
there is a kind of affection and tenderness in the re-use
and re-purposing of things that were once personal
and perhaps treasured possessions.
much of her inspiration comes from these materials
as well as from many of the ideas
she has been infatuated with her whole life:
smallness, intricacies, miniaturization,
collections, repetition;
lost or abandoned things discovered and rescued;
the idea of haunted and enchanted places,
things and creatures; the setting of a tiny stage.

lenka, the ethereal songstress from australia.

there once was a little girl. she was born in the bush.

her parents called her lenka. her first friends were trees.
her father played the trumpet, she sang with him when she was 6.
she grew up a bit. they moved to the big city (sydney).
she went to school. she danced a bit. she acted a bit.
she went to art college. she started to sing a bit more…
she joined a band called decoder ring.
they created an album called somersault,
which was the soundtrack to a feature film called somersault.
it won lots of awards. she got called things like an “ethereal songstress”
a “pocket rocket” and “breathy, strangely haunting.”
she flew on a plane and landed in los angeles.
she hid away in studios and emerged with new songs.

i'm totally in love with her image, tailor made on her,
thanks to a great artist as james gulliver hancock.

soon a post dedicated to him.

cristiana couceiro, illustrator from portugal.

this post is dedicated to sarah.
_______happy birthday!!!_______

cristiana couceiro,

illustrator, graphic designer and photographer from lisboa, portugal.

she creates some very attractive collages
mashing up retro and contemporary.

dolan geiman, a mixed media artist from chicago.

dolan geiman is a mixed media artist
creating original paintings, collages, constructions,
and limited-edition reproductions.
produced from salvaged wood, found objects, and other recycled materials,
geiman's eco-friendly artwork emerges
from a folk art tradition infused with a contemporary, urban style.
originally from virginia,
geiman currently lives and works in chicago.
his artwork has broad appeal to collectors and decorators alike,
successfully weaving together the rural with the urban
and the vintage with the contemporary.
motifs such as rural america, woodland creatures "specifically birds,"
and country music are popular and reoccurring themes,
creating an artwork that introduces
a modern aesthetic while remaining true to its rustic roots.

available online via etsy.