A Flask Full of Fun

These beautiful risograph prints by Sister Arrow are available at Many Hands.

Sister Arrow is an artist and illustrator working with drawing, painting and animation.

Her inspirations include nature, metaphysics, sci-fi, primitive life, caves and Japan. She is the creator of an imaginary pygmy cultivar super-race called Sumo Babies.

Working with themes of preservation, display and discovery of hidden information, often in reference to ethnobotany, her new paintings and prints explore theories of the 4th dimension, wormholes, and the quantum world.

Clients include: Island records, Dazed & Confused, V&A Museum, Okido Magazine, Florence & the Machine, Friendly Fires, Sunday Best records.

The two works of art are soon to be the next addition to my growing furniture and art collection for my new flat.

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Zoo Flask £20
Terrarium £15

Giving New Life to Broken Crayons

If any of you have the experience of watching me attempt to draw a stick man, you would agree that I'm not the most artistic of people; my doodles usually include captions. 

However, the other day I uncovered a packet a crayons in the back of the cupboard and decided to start drawing. 

5 minuets later I was left with 3 broken crayons and a page of flowers, sunglass wearing smiley faced suns and a pond full of fish -imaginative. 

After popping my crayons in the bin I googled 'broken crayons'; mainly due to guilt over my heavy handed-ness, and partly because of the waste 5 minuets of play time had created.

A minuet of searching revealed this picture: a bloody marvellous piece of art  that only costs a packet of crayons.

Beats my stick men hands down. 

In Search of Domestic Art Perfection

Since I will be searching for a new home with my beloved boyfriend in the next few months, I have divulged myself into an activity most women do when they have any excuse... to shop. 

-hey, a flat needs a lot of 'things', and if those things are pretty and colour co-ordinated I wouldn't complain (I do need to look at them every day after all...). 

On my search for (as I explained to my partner) 'a bit of colour and culture', I stumbled across Texas artist Kristine Kainer. 

Food photography is a weakness of mine, I am obsessed with food and think it's a beautiful thing; and what I love about Kristine's paintings is the simplicity and innocence in which she had captured it. 

Below is a sample of her work; a few quick snaps cannot give her justice, so check out her website here.

All pictures copyright of Kristine Kainer.  

Space Matters

For Turkish artist Mehmet Ali Uysal, space is paramount, hence the title of this body of work, ‘Space Matters’. 

He has learnt to reshape the space around him by transforming every day sights into quirky works of art. 

The above picture is my favourite piece in his collection; if only more art was infiltrated into our every day scenes to brighten up walks to work or dull lunchtimes...

My Origins Advert

The Origins advert for my magazine; made by me by timelessly arranging individual petals, leaves and grass blades.

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Flower Fresco for Perrier-Jouët Cuvée's

These great flower frescoes are a work of art created by Jo Lynn Alcorn for the print campaign of French champagne Perrier-Jouët.

Alcorn's enchanted imagination has been set loose and cast upon the job of having to create an equally elegant advert to celebrate the character of each Cuvée.

Five fluttering decorations were made for the collection, all hand cut from paper.  

It's true what they say, simplicity can sometimes produce the most beautiful creations. 

Culinary Flags

Thai flag made from Sweet chilli sauce,
shredded coconut and blue swimmer crab.

I adore this beautiful series of edible flags which savour the culinary delights of the world. 

They were produced by Whybin TBWA as part of a print and online advertising campaign to promote The Sydney International Food Festival. 

The collection includes 18 different dishes which represented national dishes from countries around the world. 

Here a few of my favourites: 

Australian Flag made from Meat pie and Tomato sauce.

South Korean flag made from Kimbap,
Soy and Chilli Sauces.

Lebanon flag made from Lavash, Fattoush, and Parsley.

Vietnamese flag made from Rambutan,
Lychee and Starfruit.

Italian flag made from Basil Leaves,
Spaghetti and Tomatoes.

Indian Flag made from Chicken Curry, Basmati Rice,
Sag and a papadum Cracker.

Früute Tart

New Los Angeles based pastry shop Früute found their match made in 

sweet tooth heaven when they hired Ferro Concrete

to brand their mouth watering bakery concept.

The design direction for Früute uses an exceptionally clean, modern 

and natural aesthetic, creating an engaging and unique experience 

for a premium product that’s entirely unordinary.

Sea Salt Cramel: I love the attention to detail
with the single flake of salt on top. 

My favourite here is the Wasabi Tart: It looks great and incorporates
strong hot flavours with sweet undertones. 

These deserts appear on so many levels beyond food, beauty was the first to come to mind. 

“We are like fruit matchmakers” they said when speaking about their philosophy,

but they seem to have matched a lot more than fruit to create these 

unforgettable pieces of food art.

Seen as their products are mini works of modern art and contain unique, 

mouth watering flavours 

it's surprising they only retail at $3 each!

The Ingredients: 

I also have a love of simple, clean photography, and thought their ingredient pictures where a quirky way to show what is in their products. 

-Imagine seeing a photographic list of ingredients for other products such as Coca Cola, Crispy Cream Doughnuts or Iceland ready meals....

Art Organisation

Organisational skills aren’t usually something you look for in an artist, but in Ursus Wehrli‘s case, they’re definitely something of value. 

Famous for his “Tidying Up Art” books which deliver deconstructions of the works of Van Gogh, Botticelli, Pollock, and many other masters, the Swiss artist and comedian is pushing his visual manifesto for a more organized and categorised take on art.

His upcoming book “The Art of Clean Up” brings this concept a little closer to home with Ursus sorting out things we encounter in everyday life. 

A bit compulsive, yes. 

But definitely a neat sight to see.

Water Lillies

I am so captivated with this picture by Chris Frazer Smith.


An oversized print of this in my office would have me mesmerised...

It surprised me that there's not much coverage on Frazer Smiths work 
-he's defiantly one to watch out for! 

Domestic Goddesses

I’m captivated by the domestic series by Boston-based painter Leslie Graff. 

The images are so pretty and idealised (heels in every image — is that a statement?). 

The originals go on sale in October and you can buy the series as notecards in Leslie’s shop. 

So domestic art, should it show the nitty gritty day to day life at home, or the idealised family happily living together? 

Design Seeds

For anyone studying art, interior design, fashion or make up, I highly recommend you visiting Design Seeds. 

This portfolio of beautiful pictures picks out the primary colours within it, heightening your awareness of colour concepts and blends. 

It is also perfect for anyone decorating their home as the portfolio is also downloadable to your Iphone, which can be taken to any paint mixing store so you can choose the correct shade. 

 Check it out and let me know what you think: http://www.design-seeds.com/