- black & gray
I love looking at Marisa’s (Needles and Sins) photostreams of tattoo conventions… I haven’t seen any black and gray tattoos up to this standard in person so I’d love to find myself at one of the great conventions in Europe or the UK.
This beautiful work is by Abey Alvarez of Lowrider Tattoo.
- nearly alice time
Matt Lucas is going to be so fantastic to watch as Tweedledee & Tweedledum, just looking at this still showing that characteristic head tilt, that man is hilarious! According to what I’ve read, Tim Burton found some inspiration in the creepy twins from The Shining :)
I’m really looking forward to seeing this movie, visually it will be stunning, I hope the story is as impressive.
And just because I’ve mentioned it (even though the story is butchered from the original book it’s still a pretty awesome movie):
- circus wedding
I came across this photograph via Design*Sponge, I think it was a post about artistic people and mentioned the creative wedding of one couple. I took a look at the rest of the images, but it was just this one photo of the cake that got me interested.
What a perfect cake – a perfect wedding cake! It’s fun and elegant, not taking itself too seriously, just what a wedding would need I think. The most simple of photos that makes me want to run away and take photos of everything :)
- hobbyists
That Hobby Looks Like a Lot of Work
Interesting article on the successes and pit-falls of turning your hobby into a business. The focus is on women who have quit their day jobs and used etsy to sell their art. This is something I have been considering for some time, I set up a new etsy account which you can see is completely bare and spoke to a number or artists/craftists who sell their wares by combining multiple online shopfronts and markets around the state. I think the best advice I received was to just put something out there, and then keep going.
For me, 2010 is the time to see what I can do :)
- creative clock
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Coolest Clock Ever? from A3Network
I’m posting this because a. I think it’s an interesting and creative idea that took quite a lot of dedication and patience from the artist to film himself redrawing the time, and b. The idiotic comments and the posters’ need to point out that there is no man inside this clock…. wtf?
Reading that gave me a bit of an eyebrow raise, surely people don’t need it spelt out to them that there isn’t a little man inside the clock continually redrawing the minute hand on this clock?! That’s my grumble for the day :)
- tim burton @ moma
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I really enjoy Tim Burton’s films, they’re so visually rich and beautiful and always just suck me in to another world of fascination and colour. It was lovely to hear him speak and see some of his illustrations.
- banner jewellery
Handcrafted jewellery from laurelhill
I really like these silver banner jewellery pieces. I don’t have words for the banner cuff, it would be difficult for me to pick one phrase I really wanted to have around my wrist. The Tiny Banner bracelet is so sweet! Definitely take a look at the rest of handcrafted silver jewellery from laurelhill, all of the pieces look beautiful… I just happen to really like banners :)
- cherish
Cherish, (m)art design store at Gallery Artisan
I really like the (m)art design store so I’ll be taking myself along to see what’s on offer in this new showcase, looks good so far :)
- mad scientist
The Young Mad Scientist’s First Alphabet Blocks from XylocopaDesign
Beginning life as pen & ink illustrations, these blocks have been laser cut from maple without using any dyes or chemical finishings. They look fun to me!
The key to a successful education is to begin learning at a young age – but did you realize that students receive absolutely no education about *mad science* in the public school system? It’s appalling, considering the demand for mad scientists in this modern world, but it is true.
- nyc garbage
Infinitely more interesting souvenir than the usual, very cool project that began as an experiment in packaging design.
100% authentic HAND-PICKED from the fertile streets of NY, NY.