Pattern Pulp

Venice: Circling Nature




Artist Don Suggs has a fascination with circles and enjoys incorporating them into his work. His latest pieces are inspired by the colors of nature in select environments that he then distills into glossy painted concentric circles. Taking up two floors, his exhibition displays work using this concept in two different ways.

The first floor shows Suggs’ Abyss Pools and Travertine Springs, inspired by the color palettes of dark pools and mineral springs, crafted into layered circles against a white or grey background. On the second floor, Suggs’ presents his Paradise Prints, which are archival inkjets inspired by landscape, printed in small editions of five or fewer. Click here for more info.

L.A. Louver: 45 North Venice Boulevard, Venice, CA, USA

 

June 18, 2012 | By: Shayna Kulik

Friday Quick Links!




1. Striking photographs reflecting the ritual adornment of masquerades via Patternbank
2. Love this idea for an outdoor terrarium via Poppytalk
3. Entranced by The Gourmet Tea’s pop-out shop in a São Paulo via Plenty of Colour
4. Lovely florals & use of heat vs. water in Alexandra Levasseur’s art via Art Hound
5. Absolutely awe-inspiring wearable textile art by Marit Fujiwara via Trendland
6. A fan of Brendan Smith’s use of color and bold paint strokes via The Artful Desperado
7. Sarah Yakawonis’ quilled paper anatomy via This is Colossal
8. Digging this DIY decoupage bag idea via Honestly WTF
9. Fantastic vintage blueprint light fixture via Design For Mankind
10. Matisse is everywhere via Miss Moss
11. Amazing hand-knit art that you can climb around in, too via The Jealous Curator
12. Luis Gonzalez Palma’s ships set sail on a sea of bedding via Design Crush

Contributed by Emily Gup

June 15, 2012 | By: Shayna Kulik

Twitter Influencer: Owen Gildersleeve




Owen Gildersleeve is a London-based designer and illustrator with a penchant for paper-cutting. His work focuses on a range of hand-crafted techniques and styles, frequently collaborating with photographers, animators and stylists to help bring his ideas vividly to life. Since graduating from the University of Brighton in 2008, Owen has worked with an array of international clients, and in 2011 was awarded the Art Director’s Club Young Guns award.

Owen is also part of the Evening Tweed Design Collective, a member of the Many Hands online store, and one half of the band Old Mayor. His twitter feed is abundantly friendly and full of positive energy. A true intersection of his interests, Owen shares his many projects, thoughts and frequently chats with and gives props to his peers.

 

June 15, 2012 | By: Shayna Kulik

Making Music Videos with Lesley Morphy




In this cultural movement we call DIY, we’re constantly tasking ourselves to do more with less. The race to showcase wit, creativity and innovation through basic, everyday materials is evident throughout the web. Today we continue with Lesley’s adventures in set design. As you’ll see, she’s mastered various backdrops using materials anyone can pick up at the local market or hardware store. The magic is in the details, the lighting and the application.

From Lesley: I’ve Art Directed multiple videos for Clifton Bell (The Ghettonerd Company) and most times I need to be innovative. One department will get the majority of the funds and it usually fluctuates from one video to the next.

Even if your budget isn’t huge, if you’ve got an amazing director, crew and talent, it’s often worth taking the project, as it can be very rewarding, and you’re forced to get creative.

Usually the challenges are pretty big, as you have a single day to set up and shoot multiple sets. You have to work in overdrive and it’s usually a 16-18 hour day.

I’ve been lucky to work on major events, but with the music videos, you literally have to create art while the camera and lighting crew is trailing behind you.  I’ve resorted to borrowing hair dryers from the stylist to dry the wet paint on the ground before the artist steps foot on set.

Coverage by Lesley Morphy

 

June 15, 2012 | By: Shayna Kulik

Book Review: Woodcut




Trees have always been lauded for their majestic beauty, holding a serene and calming fascination for many. Connecticut-based artist Bryan Nash Gill has turned this love into a unique and lovely art form by creating stunning large-scale relief prints from the cross sections of trees. Gill’s prints reveal the sublime power locked inside a tree’s arboreal rings, patterns not only of great beauty, but also a year-by-year record of the life and times of the fallen or damaged logs.

The artist rescues the wood from the property surrounding his studio and neighboring land, extracts and prepares blocks of various species—including ash, maple, oak, spruce, and willow—and then prints them by carefully following and pressing the contours of the rings until the intricate designs transfer from tree to paper.

These exquisitely detailed prints are collected and published here for the first time, with an introduction by esteemed nature writer Verlyn Klinkenborg and an interview with the artist describing his labor-intensive printmaking process. Also featured are Gill’s series of printed lumber and offcuts, such as burls, branches, knots, and scrubs. Woodcut will appeal to anybody who appreciates the grandeur and mystery of trees, as well as those who work with wood and marvel at the rich history embedded in its growth.

Imagery via Mint Design Blog

 

June 14, 2012 | By: Shayna Kulik

Textiles: Watercolor Washings




When it comes to Pattern Pulp, I usually prefer to separate church and state, and by that I mean my personal artistic ventures from what we’re seeing around the web and the world. At times the reasons are proprietary, though I’ll admit there’s a fair amount of art that’s never seen the (internet) light of day, and I figured, why not share a bit more? Here’s a snippet of work-in-progress from the past week. It’s a watercolor wash. The final results will be much more muted and translated into a textile, though I love these florescent extremes. I could see this as a velour burnout, as cotton bedding or even applied to an accent wall.

 

June 13, 2012 | By: Shayna Kulik

Tracking Repetitive + Awesome.
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