While looking through Etsy yesterday, my eye was caught by this beautiful Japanese woodblock print called Sage Forestscape, by Lana Lambert of Pistoles Press . I was starting to think I was a pretty dab hand with a blade, but when I saw Lana’s cutout book Arbouricon I (see below), I was left speechless. How …
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Pistoles Press
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Tamlin Blake
I mentioned this exhibition in the post that follows, but then decided that it really does deserve a whole blog post of its own. I went to Tamlin Blake’s show, Birthright at the Bell Robert’s gallery last evening. The work that really stood out for me was this one called Abundance (Nguni hide), painstakingly made …
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A good hair day
I’ve been commissioned to make a couple of lampshades with very liney drawings on them for a shoot, so I’m thinking about lines a lot at the moment. Here’s one thought. A while back, while browsing on designersblock, I found this amazing work by Melanie Bilenker . Inspired by the Victorians who made lockets of …
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Object language III
I found this on the kitchen counter at work yesterday. I’ve no idea what it’s for, which makes it even better.
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Object Language II
More objects found on my kitchen counter, spelling out a message I just can’t read. Is somebody trying to tell me something? I had a very glamorous weekend.
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Array
Sometimes I’m so slow. Last night I finally realised I’d be crazy not to see Paul’s show (called Array) at Art on Paper gallery, so I booked a last-minute air ticket to Johannesburg on Saturday morning to make the 3pm opening. Yippee! He’ll be showing this large-scale linocut called Fan, along with an embossing and …
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Vessel Wednesday – Early bowl
Carson runs Vessel Wednesday each week, now with its own dedicated Flickr group! My previous post for Vessel Wednesday was perhaps a bit lateral, so this time I have a real bowl. This turned jacaranda wood bowl was a wedding present from one of my brothers and his wife. It’s made by John Early from …
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Object language
I found these lying on the kitchen counter. They seem to spell out a word I can almost read in a language I don’t understand.
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Scrapbook
A couple more favourite pages from my scrapbooks.
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