Music + pictures 5 : Kooks

Music + pictures {or even more simply, “music pictures”} is a collection of beautiful from around the interwebs while I’m on holidays for January – at the beach, camping, with my family. Have a fab New Year, and I’ll be back on the 1st...

The crafted object : Elsa Mora ~ papercuts

I admit it; I have been stalking the eminently admirable Elsa Mora for a few years now. Not only does she make fabulously sculptural papercuts, but her art extends into every facet of her life – she is also a drawer, a painter, a photographer, a maker of books...

Surface design : Sheri McCulley

Sheri McCulley’s art heroes are mid-century superstars – Betsey Clark, Mary Blair and Charles Schulz. “My inspiration comes from mid-century pop culture, classic stories and sayings, nursery rhymes, and the commercial art of my childhood. I always...

The crafted object : Su Blackwell {papercut}

Su Blackwell : papercuts In secret forests small creatures lie low and trees whisper their stories to each other through their leaves and branches. Light plays games of hide and seek with shadows as solitary wanderers search out their destinations. Birds sing quiet...

The illustrated object : Louise Jenkins

  Today I’m going into shady territory. As you know, I love all things craft, surface design and photography, and I usually leave illustration and graphic design to other folk better qualified to talk about them than I. However, Louise Jenkins has such a...