Schism Chasm Cataclysm, 2011 Acrylic on cut paper, papier-mâché, acrylic, wire, wood
Behold the beautiful work of Lauren Clay, a New York based artist who works with brightly coloured card and paper to make these magical sculptures. She describes the works as 3D realisations of her large scale drawings, which are also incredible and can be seen on her website.
See below for a beautiful film about her work, watch it!
Photography by Wilfried Louvet
Today I have been searching the internet for a particular brand of French pastels called Henri Roche. The reason being that my boyfriend and I saw them featured on a documentary earlier this year and he mentioned how much he liked them - I cleverly took note of this at the time, smugly thinking that I could save myself the inevitable last minute Christmas shopping panic. Read the rest of this entry »
My apologies for bringing Lin Morris back down to Earth, but I’m starting to think that every product should have an accompanying process video set to electronic, moody music. In this case it’s the F.Light by French designers Bold Design. The lamp was inspired by Bold’s visit to a manufacturer where they found a workshop that took great care in the accuracy and finishing of its products. F.Light was designed to accentuate the know-how of the Verney-Carron workshops pictured here. The focus is on the quality of manufacturing, and thank goodness — the whirring machines exude precision and grace. Side note: something about the pieces fitting perfectly together at 1:48 makes my heart skip a beat. I could watch that 5 seconds of video on a loop. Weird? Or entirely expected given my lifelong obsession with Tetris?
- J.Lin
I love my dress form. How interesting to see How It’s Made — a great show on the Science Channel.
- J.Lin