Tag archive: CRAFTING
Paperland by Niklas AlmSwedish still life and advertising photographer Niklas Alm started exploring the world of photography as a kid in his parents darkroom. Since 2001 he has been working with both editorial and advertising commisions, winning awards in Epica Awards, New York Festivals and Sony World Photography Awards among others.His passion for creating interesting environments and images …
human organ jewelries by Percy LauI don’t know if I absolutely love these human organ jewelries or if they scare me a bit. The accessories are made by London-based artist Percy Lau. You can order them for 15 pounds each on etsy.com.
plastic perler beads celebrity portraitsAmerican artist Steve Moore or pxl8r creates inconceivably detailed depictions of famous faces entirely from perler beads. The brightly-colored plastic pieces are arranged in 11 x 11in squares then melted with the heat of a clothing-iron into photo-realistic mosaics of contemporary celebrities. Pxl8r is able to produce highly-detailed visions of easily recognizable faces by studying an …
DIY Washi Tape Laptop KeyboardHere the latest costumize hype! Personalize your macbook (but I guess it also works on other notebooks) with Japanese Washi Tape. This tape is very tin and a slightly transparent so you can still see which key is under the pattern! You can purchase Japanese washi tape from Le Box Boutique on Etsy. There are hundreds of …
TREND ALERT: COSTUMISED VINTAGE JACKETSThree weeks ago we had a blogpost about an editorial Ten jackets by ten artists. To celebrate the DIY ethos, Attitude Magazine asked a selection of artists and designers to hand-customise a vintage jacket exclusively for them. These hand customized vintage jackets seem to pop up everywhere in street style lately. So for all the cool …
CROSS STITCHED fashion CAMPAIGNIn her first major collaborative project, irish-danish-born, england-based artist Inge Jacobsen has reworked photographer sebastian faena‘s autumn/winter 2011 fashion campaign for designer Georg Jensen. The artist cross-stiches over the eight photographs of the series, which features Danish model Freja Beha Erichsen, navigating the divides across realistic imagery, traditional craft, and contemporary design. Jacobsen’s eight works compose the spring / …
3D printed tapestry glassesFusing traditional crafts with rapid prototyping technologies, Chloë McCormick and Nicholas O’Donnell-Hoare have designed a customizable pair of 3D printed tapestry glasses. The frames are printed with tiny holes through which you can weave color yarns. I love the idea of being able to change the sales of your glasses. I do find it a little disappointing there are …
cardboard vacuum cleanerThe Vax ev is a high performance vacuum cleaner constructed for optimum sustainability, using recycled and recyclable materials that reduce the burden on landfill. The corrugated cardboard panels that form the body of the Vax ev are easily replaced if damaged and cost just a tenth of the price of an equivalent plastic panel. They are …
cool videoclip: against the grain“The new music video for ‘Against The Grain’ from emerging Melbourne indie-folk artist Hudson sees him collaborate with film maker/animator/VJ Dropbear (aka Jonathan Chong), producing a vibrant and colourful clip based around a mainstay from our humble artistic efforts throughout childhood – coloured pencils.”