Gregory Euclide ’s relief paintings deal with the contradictions between the projection of idealized, as the artist says in his statement:
“My work explores the way we experience nature and how this is tied to the cultural practice of constructing landscapes as idealized images.
When we are in nature we experience the world through all of our senses in a dynamic way, but at the same time we are framing what we see through the cultural expectations we have absorbed through representational systems [...] It is impossible, then, to have a true, non-mediated experience of nature even though we may long for it…”
capture #1
Struggling swept canyon’s focus toward tangents
Held on history’s material desire
Posted on August 17th, 2009 by marica zottino
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Human Motions is an amazing rapid-prototyping sculpture project by Peter Jensen in cohoperation with Materialise-MGX…
“Based on his ideas on transposition and movement the artist Peter Jansen uses shapes of the human body to create energetic spaces.
In his earlier works he focused on open spaces, created almost free of matter and weight.
In his recent sculptures he captures sequences of human movements in space and time, in a single frame.”
Love them.
Thomas Flair
Arabesque
Heel Daojin
Nude descending a staircase
Posted on August 6th, 2009 by marica zottino
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The Tahsi-Tapil graduation project by Tanya Shin…
“The graduation project is all about seeking for a new aesthetics, forms and materials in jewelry design.
My collection is inspired by plant parasites, and making from organic garbage, like: pomegranate seeds, passionflower, lemon, pomelo and Margosa tree seeds.”
Posted on August 3rd, 2009 by marica zottino
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Charlotte Daffern’s creations…
“…My investigations inform new enquiries which develop my progression and understanding of the world around me. I enjoy the juxtaposition of various elements and concepts that compliment and contradict each other such as irreverence with sophistication and exorbitance with rebellion. This results in an equivocality that spans a range of discourse subject matters relating to gender, fashion, sociology, culture and history.”
Acid Housewife- escape apron
Teddy bear hood
Teddy bear pearl necklace
Posted on July 31st, 2009 by marica zottino
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Matthew Ames FW09 collection…. Gorgeous.
Posted on July 28th, 2009 by marica zottino
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Amazing contemporary jewellery pieces by Jane Gowans…
“Don’t say it, read it.
Watch it, feel it.
React.
Without speech, a mood, a reaction, an emotion, can be understood. My work demonstrates this physical communication.
Too close or not close enough?
Hold.”
Hold
Strangle
Point
Posted on July 22nd, 2009 by marica zottino
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What about fairytales and happy endings? What if the dear, beloved princesses we used to know were just ordinary, contemporary women?
In her brilliant fallen princesses series the photographer Dina Goldstein shows her vision of the most famous Disney princesses set up in their ordinary, daily and even troublesome lives…
SnowWhite
Cinderella
Jasmine
Belle
Posted on July 15th, 2009 by marica zottino
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I’ve been there… An early 20th century circus set up in the gorgeous Old Fishmarket building in Trieste has been the perfect frame for this great happening showcasing the most interesting upcoming talents from all over the world.
Since the first edition, ITS spots and supports young talents and, as said in the presentation which introduced the show, “the greatest result of all was touching the hearts of many and changing the lifes of some”…
Here are a few pics i took but I’ll be back with more…
For a complete list of the winners, go here
Alice Knackfuss – Diesel Award
Mason Jung- Fashion collection of the year
Masha Lamzina – Fashion Special Prize
Elise Gettliffe – I-D Styling award
Michael Van Der Ham – Vertice award
Chau Har Lee- Accessories collection of the year
Yuima Nakazato- Ykk award
Posted on July 12th, 2009 by marica zottino
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Sandra Ackermann’s paintings mix up elements taken from graphic and vector illustration, fashion photography and collage techniques, all balanced to create sophisticated and contemporary atmospheres in which women always have a primary role, even if otfen put in contrast with foreign elements, such as soldiers, or architectural drawings…
Hochstromspannung
Die springer
Leere
Schneesturm
Posted on July 9th, 2009 by marica zottino
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Silvia Pavanello is a young Italian fashion designer who started her own brand, Still goes on, after cohoperating with several well-known italian brands. All the bags are made with high-quality italian leather, finishings and linings and are a great balance between contemporary taste, fresh colours and a vintage mood.
Silvia now lives and works in the Tuscan countryside together with a team of young creatives, in a lab/show-room which once was an industrial outbuilding. The space is named OFFICINE904 and it’s a hub for research and development of projects related to fashion, interior and cookery.
for info contact Silvia: silvia.pavanello@904.it
Posted on July 7th, 2009 by marica zottino
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Hanna Hedman’s pieces are not simply jewels, they are a symbolic representation of our feelings and our inner, emotional, fights. They’re a sort of touchable sum-up of situations everyone may get involved. Besides… they’re beatuful.
“Beauty might be seen as vain, but I find it interesting to contrast beauty with the unpleasant, serious and not so nice. The sad and disgusting can also be something beautiful. I use beauty to get the viewers attention, but there is so much more that I would like to convey other than beauty. Human weaknesses and underlying defense mechanisms are often themes that recur in my work. (…)“
Brooch: Enough tears to cry for two series 2008
Copper, paint and synthetic fiber
Necklace: Enough tears to cry for two series 2008
Copper, silver, paint and synthetic fiber
Necklace: Enough tears to cry for two series 2008
Copper, silver, paint and synthetic fiber
Necklace: Enough tears to cry for two series 2008
Copper, paint and synthetic fiber
Posted on July 6th, 2009 by marica zottino
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The delicate, melancoholic, bittersweet illustrations and paintings by June Leloo…
Sayoko
Getsuei
Hansuke
Posted on July 1st, 2009 by marica zottino
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The stunning, impressive works by Antony Crossfield…
“Through my art I seek to queston and undermine traditional conceptions of corporeality whilst exploring the relationship between the body and identity.
Western thought has traditionally viewed th human subject in a dualist way, as consisting of two separate entities – mind and body. Epitomised by Descartes, this view insists thatto be a self is above all to be distinguished from the other, to be ordered and discrete, a self secure within the well-defined boundaries of the body, capable of existing independently of the body rather than actually being the body…”
Foreign body #2
Narcissus
Typographic epidermal sclerosis
Posted on June 29th, 2009 by marica zottino
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The classy, elegant, sinuous textile jewels by Israel Roca…
” Medusa is a limited edition collection made of unique pieces, made in silk with buttons from the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s, ornaments for hats from the early 2oth century and a long list of details found on trips made all over the world, that provide each piece’ a story itself…”
Posted on June 25th, 2009 by marica zottino
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Fascinating jewellery made out of rubber gloves, pearls and mixed media by Min-Jii Choo…
Posted on May 25th, 2009 by marica zottino
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The bittersweet, melancholic, dreamy imagery of Joe Sorren…
In the morning, in the tide (annunciation)
The mushroom hunter
Bump
Posted on May 18th, 2009 by marica zottino
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The designer gas masks – high fashion protection project by Diddo Velema…
“We are in a state of perpetual war… Perpetual war breeds perpetual fear.
…Deep down, we are afraid we may never be satisfied. An expanding archive of branded myths and icons feeds this fear. Designer Gas Masks is an attempt to visualize this state of mind. Because it is only by first acknowledging and then challenging fear that we will all be able to breathe a little easier”
Posted on May 14th, 2009 by marica zottino
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