Domsai by Matteo Cibic
Inspired by the Tamagotchi (remember those?), product designer Mattio Cibic has created the Domsai - each one with its own personality, cactus and distinct dome.
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Brilliant!
Bob & Roberta Smith will be flogging this art slogan at the Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair at Under the Hood at the London’s Truman Brewery on 27 May. Other works on sale will be by Peter Blake and Tracey Emin.
We have a gallery of some the highlight for you to rummage through, here.
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This looks like a great idea, possibly also a way to combine ethnic dot art (Aboriginal) and Abstract art or even Seurat and Pollack…. the variations are pretty immense, definitely going to look into this!
Studio Art (9th-10th Grade) Vance Kirkland Dot Painting:
Up until this point I hadn’t really done any materials-intensive projects with my high school students, and I wanted to make sure to do one so that I had experience with materials management at the secondary level. My cooperating teacher was going to begin a surrealism painting project when I left, so I chose to do an “intro-to-paint” project to prepare the students for it.
I wanted to make sure they knew how to manage the paint studio, how to mix colors, and some basic paint application techniques. I was inspired by a Vance Kirkland project that I found on incredible art department. I chose Kirkland because his work drew a lot of influence from aboriginal dreamtime paintings, so I was able to also include a multicultural aspect to this project.
We began by priming our canvas with gesso, and then applying a layer of color for our backgrounds. Students then had to, using analogous colors, mix tints and shades to “splatter” onto their backgrounds. I created a “splatter-station” with cardboard boxes to contain the mess.
Once students had splattered their paint, I had them look for the interesting shapes that the spatters made and then emphasize them with “dots” of different tints and shades of analogous colors. Students were also given the option of using an accent color outside of their color scheme if they chose too. We used different sized dowels to paint the dots. Above are some examples of what they came up with.
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I’m thinking a trip out for this, yes indeed!
Liza Lou At White Cube
For the past six years, Liza Lou has maintained a studio in Durban, South Africa, where she works with Zulu artisans whose families have worked with beads for generations.
If you’re in London, don’t miss her stunning exhibition at White Cube, which closes this Friday, May 26!
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No need to wonder why I’m reblogging this, I love all things ‘Alice’…. even found a craft book called ‘all things Alice’ it is amazing, fingers crossed I will be making things from it soon!
alice in wonderland illustrations by john tenniel
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Yesterday’s outing to Tate Modern with the lovely Ed. (Taken with Instagram at Tate Modern)
Yes to igniting ideas and wow to this artists representation of it! That’s what South Africa needs to be igniting rather than fear, misunderstanding, ignorance…. sadly a long list, but with artists like these soon it will be ideas, art, community and conversation so lets get to it.
Igniting Ideas
This piece of art was created by a South African artist named Rae Alexander.
She created it using match sticks. Impressive.
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Drying prints …. Layer 3. (Taken with Instagram at The studio)
Chalk Board theme
