Embroidery rocks. For proof, witness Architecture in Helsinki's video for "Like It Or Not".
According to the credits page, the video was made by Mathematics, but the artwork looks to me to be the fine stitchin' of Megan Whitmarsh (aka Tiny Industries), who is well-known for her mini embroideries of such natural wonders as yeti and rockstars.
Fecal Face has posted a nice interview with Megan, along with lots more great images of her work.
I am inspired by a desire to be optimistic about the future of humanity. I like to combine the everyday and the junky parts of modern life with the iconography of the supernatural and fantastic and thus transform the mundane into something magical feeling
My favourite part of the video is probably the head-boppin' guy in an orange jumpsuit in the floating pirate ship... who seems to be the pyrotechnician from this other Architecture In Helsinki video!
More kids' drawing goodness. Plus a yeti, which is greatness.
This is The Heavy's video for "Coleen". Bonus: here's a little snippet on the animator, who won a prize at the Radar Festival Awards for his fine yeti work.
If you liked the YoungMe NowMe project, oh, you'll like this.
For YoungMe NowMe, people restaged photos of themselves as children... Korean artist Yeondoo Jung steps it up a notch further by recreating childhood drawings as photographs.
The results are pure fairy tale.
Have a look at all the drawings photos in Yeondoo Jung's Wonderland series.
When I grow up and all my dreams come true, I will have a beautiful studio space like this one. This workspace belongs to Geninne, who has just moved out of a gorgeous cabin (which I've had a crush on for a while) into a gorgeous house. Look at that kitchen, oh my.
Be sure to have a look at her artwork. Yes, it's gorgeous, too.
Jennifer McGregor - House and Favorable Company If you live in Vancouver, this one should resonate with you - and make you laugh. "Classic" Vancouver houses are photographed alongside matching desserts: a pink and white stucco house with a trifle, a yellow thatched roof house with a nanaimo bar, and so on.
Claire Henry I love Claire's pottery. These little dioramas are filled with patterns, owls, miniature vases and other treasures.
Nicole Leong These dragons are busting out of their teapots. To make them even better, Nicole planted them in shops in Chinatown to observe them in their natural habitat.
Lauren Mycroft - The meaning gets lost somewhere between you and me Lauren embroidered spam and parts of emails onto dozens of sheets of crumpled paper, with threads and words hanging loose and tangled all over the place. People couldn't help but get up close and try read the mysterious messages.
Alana Kyle - The same, but not Details! Details! And patience! Hundreds and hundreds of girls in striped shirts - the ultimate "spot the differences" game.
Sally Hutcheon - Braids and Bangs I love the texture and patterns of these drawings. Elegant and beautiful and a little odd, too; always a nice combination.
Ooh, I wanted to do this - nice one, Siobhan. At 17: growing-out dyed red hair, necklace I made that I wore every day, thrifted t-shirt, two kinds of plaid, no pink ever, lots of rings, docks.
At 30: practically-natural hair colour, silver jewellery (but no rings, as I keep losing them), clothes that fit me, love pink, chucks.
Pictured above is one by Robot Johnny. It's a fun meme; you should play, too. Here's my sketch:
Project 2: YoungMe NowMe asked people to recreate a photograph of themselves as a kid.
Some of these are downright hilarious, some are a little creepy. This challenge from Colorwars is closed now, but I know exactly which photo I would've recreated if I were to enter one... hmm...
I love mangoes. I adore them. But ever since I left Montreal and the best little corner fruit store in the world, where they stocked precut mangoes (which were also the tastiest, ripest mangoes I've ever had), I've felt that every one I've had has been less than a perfect experience.
Let's use the internet to help fix that, shall we?
Magpie & Cake is a Canadian blog about crafting, music, and other wonders. It's written by Siobhan and Lindsay, two crafty girls with three provinces between them.
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I love mangoes. I adore them. But ever since I left Montreal and the best little corner fruit store in the world, where they stocked precut mangoes (which were also the tastiest, ripest mangoes I've ever had), I've felt that every one I've had has been less than a perfect experience.
Magpie & Cake is a Canadian blog about crafting, music, and other wonders. It's written by Siobhan and Lindsay, two crafty girls with three provinces between them.