The paintings and illustrations of Anne Siems feel like a big dose of ephemeral power laced with magic. I love the strange characters she creates even more when paired with an animal or three, while their delicate facial features leave you wondering what thoughts might be going through their minds.
Janne Savon‘s Uusimaa is an ongoing photography project named after the province the images were taken in. It’s as much a personal search for a place as it is a documentation of where Savon resides.
We all see and experience our environment as personal. This is my exotic journey into my own sphere of life – Uusimaa became my eternal project.
CEILI AIR is meant to hang from the kitchen ceiling, bringing air filtration and dehumidification to one of the most popular rooms of the house. The height from which it hangs can be adjusted, and a light on the lower portion offers some space-saving ambiance. Fingers crossed that this student project becomes a reality.
Illustrator Iamiaa Ameen has a fun, loose drawing style with which to convey the deep feelings she favors. But I’d say that her artistic style very much includes the palettes she chooses and the way she mixes colors. It takes her art and all of that emotion to the next level.
Graphic Time is an abstract concept come to life designed by Raw Color. The result is a fully functional clock in graphic form, with three half circles representing hours, minutes, and seconds. The three components rotate as time passes, creating new configurations throughout the day.Graphic Time is available in two palettes, Nude/Lagoon/Pine and Slate/Sky/Aubergine, and is currently available for pre-order.
I’m really excited to share the work of Pittsburgh-based artist Haylee Ebersole with you because she uses an unusual material – dehydrated gelatin. Four years ago she bought 100 pounds of the stuff, learned about its chemistry, and has been using that same quantity to create her sculptures over and over again. Different additives create different textures.
Inspired by more traditional baskets, designer Saif Faisal created a group of cork trays. The soft square, circular, and loop shapes are made from two types of the material – one for the main piece and a second for the strap. They’re so beautifully versatile that you can use them in the kitchen, on your dresser, or even hang them on the wall.
An Italian artist working in London, Naomi Vona‘s work combines the things she’s drawn towards – photography, collage, and video art. Her latest creations are collages featuring vintage found vinyl covers, photos, and postcards. Vona creates an interpretation of the originals by using pens, paper, colored tape, and stickers to create a new life.
Vanessa German, sometimes. we. cannot. be. with. our. bodies., 2017
This past weekend I visited the Mattress Factory here in Pittsburgh for the first time in years. The non-traditional museum was founded in 1977 in an old mattress factory by artists to support artists, working in residence to create site-specific installations. Since then the museum has presented and commissioned new installation and performance works by more than 750 artists, and grown to take up three buildings in the city’s Mexican War Streets neighborhood. The museum supports established and emerging artists through a residency program that provides leadership, guidance, resources, and opportunities to create artwork that is unconventional, challenging and thought-provoking. The flexibility and inventiveness offered allows artists to respond to developments in technology, explore audience interaction, and challenge traditional artistic ideals and practices.
Dennis Maher, A Second Home, 2016
Dennis Maher, A Second Home, 2016
Dennis Maher, A Second Home, 2016
Dennis Maher, A Second Home, 2016
Dennis Maher, A Second Home, 2016
Vanessa German, sometimes. we. cannot. be. with. our. bodies., 2017
Vanessa German, sometimes. we. cannot. be. with. our. bodies., 2017
David Pohl, furniture music, 2017
David Pohl, furniture music, 2017
David Pohl, furniture music, 2017
William Anastasi, Untitled (Calisthenic Series), 1997
Vanessa Sica and Chris Kasabach, Unbrella, 2009
Allan Wexler, Bed Sitting Rooms for an Artist in Residence, 1988
David Ellis, Summer Quintet #17, 2017
Jene Highstein, Untitled, 1986
Bill Woodrow, Ship of Fools: Discovery of Time, 1986