Polish illustrator, graphic designer, and painter Gosia Herba favors interesting proportions and pastels making ordinary people and objects take on a fresh perspective in the process. Cubist influences are evident throughout, and the end result is 100% intriguing.
I have stupidly small hands that look kind of ridiculous with large rings. Back in high school – shout out to the 90s! – I’d stack my fingers full of chunky silver rings, but the style gods have smiled upon us and much has changed since then. Not only are tiny thin rings the preferred look, but I also now prefer gold. Check out these thirteen favorites.
Very Tiny Rings // Arch Ring // Typographic Scenery Rings
Thin Gold Turquoise Ring // Emerald Baguette Stacking Ring // Tiny Hammered Gold Ring
White Gold Svea // Kalan // Slim Horizontal Baguette Ring
Bezel Diamond Ring // Petite Arrow Band // Nina
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London-based Jessica Dance is a textile artist and model maker specializing in tactile handcrafted models and props. So, super creative basically. Her knit foods and objects are full of amazing color and texture and I want nothing more than to slip those Nikes on!
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If you love 20th century minimal abstract art you have Imi Knoebel to thank, he’s been a huge part of its formation. Imi often works with large scale modular shapes in an ongoing investigation of form and medium, much of his later work is known for bright palettes and color relationships. It’s easy to see his influence on any number of today’s modern artists.
Do you love your bathroom? Me either. It’s not that it’s an eyesore, rather it’s just not my style. (If you’ve noticed, I’ve never shared a tour of either of the two in my house on the blog.) I’d love to do a little renovation of at least the main bath on the second floor at some point, so I’m always keeping my eyes open for inspiration, I’m usually drawn to lots of white, black, and wood. Maybe some subway or patterned tile, nothing crazy. Have you ever done a bathroom renovations? Because even the idea of it intimidates me. In the meantime, have a peek at these twenty beauties.
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Rachel Peck‘s illustrations are half inspired by amazing 80s graphic art and half fantastical cartoons. The Colorado-based artist creates some seriously bold and playful works that are usually focused on food, patterns, and objects depicted through pastels and thick line work.
I’ve had the same piece of art hanging at the top of my stairs for nearly two years and have been wanting to change things up. I actually have a folder on my desktop of my favorite photos I’ve taken, with the hope that one day I’ll print and frame them as art. So when Artifact Uprising reached out about their brand new floating frames I was ready, willing, and completely prepared.
After some hemming and hawing I narrowed it down to this shot of a group of surfboard blanks that I snapped in San Diego a few years back. It’s a really muted photo and I love that it blends in with the wall color so well. I uploaded my iPhone image to Artifact Uprising and a week or so later a very safely packaged framed print was on my doorstep. (A huge deal, I’ve had several pieces show up broken from other companies.)
After watching a video and using the handy template they sent along to hang the float frame we were all set. So sleek, right?! The frame grade acrylic is thick without weighing a ton like glass, and the brass-coated bolts give the entire piece such a polished look. Such an impact!
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I’ve been sleeping the kind of sleep that pulls you deeper when you’re trying to wake in the mornings. The kind that feels like a fight to escape, unlatching its fingers from you one by one. Peter Gronquist‘s paintings somehow remind me of that feeling, the various hues ebbing and flowing as you rise closer and closer towards the surface.
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10/ Sweet Dreams
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12/ Greenlid compostable compost bin
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