Tiny ink-inspired tapestries from a needlepoint ace
Passing her needle through cloth instead of skin, Ontario-based artist Ursula Thompson creates tiny sewn canvases inspired by classic tattoo designs. The self-taught Canadian “Thread Wizard” hand embroiders bright red roses, ships, anchors and skulls, creating beautifully shaded needlepoint tattoos sure to make even Sailor Jerry proud.
Thompson sells the needlepoint tattoos online through her Etsy shop. Just like tattoos, prices vary depending on complexity, but typically span $60-100.
Roland Flexner est un artiste français vivant à New York. Doté de multiples talents, il s’exprime avec toute une série de dessins faits à l’encre, notamment autour de bulles d’encre, pour un rendu splendide. Une belle sélection de ses oeuvres abstraites est à découvrir dans la suite.
Pare che la cartuccia a spirale duri il doppio…sempre che la penna non sparisca subito! Desigend by Han Chi-hoon, Kim Yeon-soo, Park Byong-gon e Kim Sung-geun, resta per ora solo un prototipo. {Via}
L’illustrateur anglais Iain Macarthur propose une nouvelle série de visuels autour des animaux intitulée “Wildlife”. Toujours dans un style étoffé et composés d’éléments naturels et de motifs géométriques, ses oeuvres impressionnent par leur richesse. Plus d’images dans la suite.
Graffiti’s favorite marker reworked by one of art’s favorite conceptual sculptors
Like most artists, Tom Sachs is very exacting of his tools. He does a lot of tagging and signing as part of his work and is very particular about the pens he uses, even selling a personalized Sharpie from his website. As part of an exchange with graffiti artist and Krink creator KR, Sachs recently began using his pens and liked their opacity and extreme permanence so much so they decided to collaborate.
The Tom Sachs x Krink collection includes their latest release—a K-12 permanent paint marker with a new roller ball tip created in white exclusively for the set. Think of it as your new white out. Additionally Sachs and KR designed a new barrel and top for the classic black K-70 permanent ink marker, as well a red K-77 permanent paint marker with a special slow drip and quick dry formula. The pens come with a handsome handmade stand using Sachs’ trademark “Police Line Do Not Cross” wood stock, shellacked for durability.
A limited edition of 100, each signed and numbered set sells online for $550 from Tom Sachs and Colette—where you can catch Sachs’ “Trunk Show” through 31 October 2010.
Defining the pigments of the imagination for almost 50 years, Pantone sets industry standards in color. Its matching systems and guides are essential in graphic arts, industrial design, fashion, cosmetics—when finding, referencing or producing the precise hue, tint or shade is critical.
Keeping to its tradition of innovative solutions, the Carlstadt, NJ-based company today launches The Plus Series. A complementary video, “360˚ Color: A Peek Inside Pantone on the Release of The Plus Series,” (made by CH filmmakers Gregory Mitnick and Ami Kealoha) offers a behind-the-scenes look into the system’s development and products with the folks at Pantone and notable designers, including Swissmiss founder Tina Roth Eisenberg, RISD President John Maeda, and Doug Jaeger, President of the Art Director’s Club. The short, along with the new look and feel of Pantone, comes from the creative minds of the multidisciplinary Base, who worked with Pantone to come up with a fresh identity, framing the new plus series within “a context that references the classic Pantone Chip.”
After continually adding sections to its book, Pantone reorganized the chromatic families to fluidly relate to each other. It also introduces 224 brand-new colors and three on-trend categories: pastels, neons and metallics. For those who prefer to go paperless, Pantone digitized its fan decks with its Color Manager software.
Scott Campbell, who’s inked the skin of celebrities, supermodels and Hell’s Angels, opens his first solo NYC show this week at Ohwow Gallery with an all-new series of sculptures, paintings and intricate drawings under the title “If You Don’t Belong, Don’t Be Long.”
Owner of Brooklyn’s vaunted Saved Tattoo studio and the artist behind tattoos gracing the skin of Marc Jacobs, Lily Cole, Courtney Love, as well as the late Heath Ledger and Dash Snow, Campbell’s fascination with the various cultural treatments of tattoos carries through to his fine art practice. From folklore to prison life, he likens the art of tattooing to that of storytelling, with each piece representing a memorialized tale. On paper and other mediums, Campbell’s signature illustrative style translates seamlessly.
The mostly black-and-white collection of works includes ornate latticed designs and cursive phrases “tattooed” with lasers into dollar bills. Stark images of makeshift tattoo pens—inspired by a visit to Mexico’s Santa Marta prison, where Campbell applied his craft to some of the inmates—mark a new visual style for the artist.
His second solo show with Ohwow, “If You Don’t Belong, Don’t Be Long” opens this Thursday, 29 April 2010, and runs through 30 May 2010.
Une animation 3D mêlant à la fois du papier jet d’impression, et un traitement à l’aquarelle et l’encre. Une combinaison étonnante pour un rendu très réussi durant près d’1min30. Une direction et animation de Benjamin Ducroz, sur un sound design de Samuel Acres.
Magpie Studio ha vinto con questo poster, il premio indetto da Gavin Martin Associates per promuovere il loro nuovo inchiostro a base vegetale. Scelta azzeccata! [Via]
Une publicité dirigée par le réalisateur Niko Tziopanos, et produite par Troublemakers et Weareflink. Tout simplement baptisée “Ink” dans un format de 60 secondes, elle est destinée au célèbre groupe de chaînes de télévision : Central China CCTV.
Une direction artistique de Wu Hao. Bande son : Supreme Music.
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