felt mistress in CR!

link

Artichoke

http://www.artichoke.uk.com/

the people that did the spider in Liverpool have created a four day festival of light in Durham recently

Shaun Tan

This is lovely, ‘Tales from Outer Suburbia’, echoes of Edward Gorey’s work and uncanny themes, but a really beautiful ending.  link

thanks to Bridget for sharing it.

Spoonflower “fabric of the week” competitions

Fabric Of the Week Themes Deadlines

Calendars : Fit a hanging calendar onto a quarter yard of fabric. Deadline is Monday, November 16, 2009.
Celestial: Starting from a non-digital piece of art — collage, painting or drawing — create a fabric design with a celestial theme. Deadline is Monday, November 23, 2009, at noon EST.
Children’s Clothing: Create a sewing pattern and design for an article of children’s clothing that includes — in one yard — all the pieces, cut lines, seam allowances and short instructions printed directly on the fabric.  Deadline is Monday, December 14, 2009, at noon EST.

Details and entry forms for all three of these contests can be found here .

nwsad craft collective

have a good looking etsy shop

http://www.etsy.com/shop/nwsadcraftcollective

Paper cut Illustrations

some links to great work
http://rob-ryan.blogspot.com/

http://anaserrano.com/ANA_SERRANO/home.html
http://www.polyscene.com/
http://shin.co.nr/
http://www.hunterstabler.com/
http://www.petercallesen.com/
http://www.ryoheitanaka77.com/papercut/
http://annievought.com/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardsweeney/collections/72157603518544554/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIvjVc7IffA&feature=related
a new beginning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz-Lv3OufkI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9Ys6esXhOE&feature=related

http://www.flickr.com/photos/briandettmer/

http://www.jeanjullien.com/

http://www.oonapatterson.com/
http://beautifulpaper.typepad.com/
http://collections.madmuseum.org/
http://www.sublackwell.co.uk/

Jean Julien

sorting a lecture on paper cut illustration and came accross Jean Julien, a nice antidote to the intricate doily/ Rob Ryan style cuts abounding.

http://www.jeanjullien.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This reminded me of a fairy tale workshop I did with L5 students a while ago, where we cut out story characters and landscapes in white paper as a way of thinking about archetypes.

Kronos

Recently Team Kronos City decided to compare their characters. Everyone sees a character differently so here are our versions. Here at Kronos City, we’d also like to see your ideas of Karl, which will be published here on the 20th of November, just before the Thought Bubble Convention where they will also be on display. Here’s a description of Karl:

 

‘Karl is a vampire, but one of the Donor Movement ones so he doesn’t hunt. He’s actually kind of anorexic, and doesn’t really eat at all. He’s about as threatening as a kitten wearing a top hat. He’s tall and very, very skinny. He wears very tight black t-shirts and jeans, so tight that you can practically see the bones through them. He has a cute button nose and tiny fangs. Vampire eyes are bigger than human eyes, and very expressive, but they are totally black, no whites or irises, and the pupil is a white dot. He has very pale white skin and pronounced cheekbones, and black spiky hair that looks like he spends far too much free time on it in the mornings and far too much money on hair product on it. He moves very gracefully, almost effeminately. He has pointy little ears.‘

Please send all your pictures to kronoscity@googlemail.com, along with your name and any internet contact details you’d like us to link to. Hope to see the interpretations!

jon klassen

http://www.burstofbeaden.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

thanks to matt roberts for the link

Raking Leaves

artist’s books http://www.rakingleaves.org/

from Dan’s ‘Twin Sketchbooks’ fb page- many thanks  to Olivia Chancellor for the link!