Tag Archives: art
Giant Melting Crayon Sculptures
Tennessee artist Herb Williams has been commissioned to construct 3-D flames out of 60,000 to 70,000 Crayola crayons that melt and warp under the raging Texas sun. Blazes have become a very serious threat in Texas this year, as the state endures its worst drought in history. Unwanted Visitor: Portrait of Wildfire opened October 7 to educate the public about the [...]
Moving Sculptures
Since becoming obsessed with the movement of a little green caterpillar in 1999, Reuben Margolin has been making awe-inspiring wave-like sculptures. Seeing his nature inspired visions come to life can be truly hypnotic.
Upcoming Interview: Akiko Stehrenberger
We’ve talked about (and praised her) before here, and we thought we could all use a little more Akiko. Coming really really soon, our exclusive interview with the illustrator/art director/really friendly person herself by our guest contributor and interviewer extraordinaire Justin Lee. Get stoked, it’s a heffer. Image via Interview
Circuit Board Furnishing
The creations of Theo Kamecke are beautiful in their aesthetics and intricate patterns that come from old boards from the wee years of computers where one will take up an entire room. Through marquetry, these old boards are given a new lease on life.
Contraband Exhibition and Book
This image is one of a set of 1,075 photographs that were shot over a five day period last year by Taryn Simon. The photos are from contraband that came from passengers and express mail that entered the United States from abroad at JFK Airport in New York City. I’m not sure when the book [...]
Tenu What?
We recently visited the Japan Foundation (in Toronto) and took in the Tenugui exhibit. What are Tenugui you ask? … Tenugui are towels made of bleached cotton, approximately 34 cm wide and 90 cm in length. The exhibit displays many different Tenugui clothes from different periods and they have a really informative video running that shows [...]
Interviews: David Chou
To kick off our ongoing series of Interviews, here’s introducing David Chou, a (formerly) Toronto-based fashion designer who’s in the midst of a big relocation to Japan. We’re glad he managed to come up with responses to a few of our questions, (and even let me into his studio so I could snag one of [...]
The Evolution of Solondz’s ‘Life During Wartime’ Poster
*UPDATE: The ultra-talented illustrator of the posters below is Akiko Stehrenberger, who so kindly contacted me to set the record straight about the evolution of this poster. Slight changes to the text below have been marked with an asterix. Thanks so much to Akiko for her comments (and you should definitely check out her site [...]
Top 7 @ the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibit
Sure, Nathan Phillips Square isn’t exactly the most “artsy” of venues, but you need a place this massive to fit in all the work. The Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition is excellently curated (and juried, I might add), resulting in hundreds of talented artists and skilled craftspeople in one place. This year may very well have [...]
Another reason to buy, not pirate, music.
Once in a while you come across an artist or band that smacks you across the face with their awesome-ness and you don’t have to grow to love them, or try really hard to appreciate them, you just do. Right away. This summer, it was love-at-first-listen for me when I happened across Local Natives. Well, [...]
