Ceramicist Suzanne Sullivan produces pottery with intricate surface decoration that creates an awesome illusion. When viewed from a certain angle, the objects look like 2D ink drawings. They’ve got bold, flattened designs reminiscent of a sketchbook, with a consistency in line weight…
I’ve written here before about my penchant for 100 days projects, and artist Samantha Russo has recently completed one that’s full of color and pattern—plus, it’s all contained in her sketchbook. Page after page, she uses paint, markers, and pastels…
Stephanie Kelly Clark calls herself a “thread painter,” using embroidery to create picturesque landscapes and natural splendor. Her style of stitch is often subtle with various hues mixing on fabric to depict crashing waves, vibrant sunsets, rolling hills, and cloud formations.…
1. Black Rabbit Enamel Pin by Eradura 2. Girl and Tiger Dish by Lisa Junius 3. Embroidered Collar by Casa Tienda de Amelia B 4. Mystery Cactus! by Close Call Studio 5. Red Fox Sleeping Mask by Julien & Emily Design 6.…
Creating typography, in general, is challenging, but it’s even more so when done by hand. Lavanya Naidoo has excelled at producing clean, bold text, and she did it entirely out of paper. Her beautiful piece A Thorn in My Side…
Earlier this fall, Anja Sušanj shared a series called City, based on a book by Alessandro Baricco. The text influenced her greatly through the years, and was part of the inspiration for these drawings. “City is also the name of…
Katy Biele transforms her colorful paintings into equally-as-vibrant hoop art. Her 2D pieces are created using watercolor, and then elements of them are translated into thread on fabric. “I love the different textures that we can have on watercolor paper…
1. Lily Moth Necklace by Misfit Makes 2. Ferocious Collar Pins by Vivien Mildenberger 3. Pink Swan Planter by Kitsch Kitchen 4. Wooden Dolly Parton Magnet by Jodi Lynn’s Emporium of Doodles 5. Laitia Necklace by Black Lune 6. Verdant Slipper by Charlotte Olympia 7. Say…
How often do you see a redheaded person walking down the street? Probably not that much—people with this hair color account for less than 2% of the population. Illustrator Elizabeth Graeber celebrates these rare individuals in her book A Field Guide to…
Self-taught illustrator Jérémy Combot says that he’s “guided by passion” in creating his fashion-centric portraits. The colorful and intricately detailed—just look at all those lines!—feature a dizzying array of motifs that vibrate when placed next to one another. “Mixing patterns that are…