Hello everyone!
For the last week I have been posting a lot of materials I found for my research paper I thought it will be a lot easier to start a new blog as there is so many interesting artists working with threads and fabrics that I would like to share some information about them with you on my new blog Thread and lines. Mimi illustration will still have some information about books and some interesting exhibitions and artists and of course my work and what I'm up to in spare time so please visit them both I hope you will enjoy it.
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Wednesday 31 August 2011
Image 35: Best of British Illustration 2011
Few pictures from the Image 35 exhibition in Bankside Gallery. I have to admit that I was going with hope to see really amazing cutting edge new illustration work and I have to admit there was a little bit of nice and interesting work but mostly it was what you can see in any good magazine or nice book. Maybe I just move more towards fine art or I'm just stuck somewhere in between commertial and more fine art work......
Lisa Solomon
Lisa Solomon is a US based artist creating mixed media works revolve thematically around domesticity and craft.
Friday 26 August 2011
Jenny Hart
Jenny Hart Austin based artist working in embroidery and a founder of Sublime Stitching a design company started to make hand embroidery once again popular.
Richard Saja
Thursday 25 August 2011
Evelin Kasikov
Evelin Kasikov London based graphic designer who created and developed CMYK embroidery technique during her studies at Central Saint Martins use typography and grid systems to challenge preconceptions about embroidery. Her work shows perfectly the use of traditional craft technique in completely new modern way. More about Evelin here
Alli Coate
Wednesday 24 August 2011
Kate Jenkins
As I'm doing my research I'm finding lots of really interesting work made with fabrics and threads. I've decided to publish all my interesting finding on this blog as this will also help me to categorise my research and make it easy to use in the very boring process of writing.
I love very funny crochet work by Kate Jenkins, represented by Agency Rush Illustration. From the 1st of September she's taking over Rebecca Hossack gallery to do Kate's crochet market more information about the exhibition here
Monday 22 August 2011
weekend
I had great weekend and finally found some time to see Trace Emin exhibition in Hayward Gallery and have some time for nice shopping. One of my new findings is a book Urban knits which is nice collection of playful ideas of using knitting and crocheting. It's seems that fabrics and threads are recently my object of interest but I guess it's because it's my Ma paper subject as well.
Friday 19 August 2011
Wednesday 17 August 2011
Perfect afternoon
I'm really enjoying crocheting and drawing just moved to the second plan for the moment. This afternoon I got myself treat a blueberry cheesecake from Peyton and Byrne where I have to admit the selection of cakes is amazing. And after sugar bust I am back not to drawing but crocheting.
Tuesday 16 August 2011
I love Apple Mint crochet books
As I got really in to crocheting and I am looking on different books and textile artists. I found those amazing crochet books form Japan they are cute and have great ideas and patterns to work form it looks that they are mostly in Japanese however I'm still tempted to get one of them and try it out. I'm just afraid they might be addictive. They are published by amazing Apple Mint publishing and so far I found they available here and here.
Saturday 13 August 2011
Back to creativity
After few weeks of doubts and lots of thinking, eating massive amount of unhealthy food.I think I'm finally back on track with creativity and inspiration as well as subject of my research essay. I am also back to making some delicious and healthy food so no more pizza and chips and as a challenge to boost my creativity I've started to learn crocheting which is going not as bad as I thought but still need to focus more on counting chains. I'm so happy to have my powers, inspiration and creativity back so I'm looking forward new and exiting plans.