This Cross-stitch is so cute, it almost inspires me to take up a needle. (via)
It’s one thing to see a pattern, and it’s another thing entirely to see what a real person has done with it. The crafty lady who did this one also tried this. (via)
The patterns are both from the lovely book, Japon au Point [...]
Tags: Craft · Cuteness · Design · art
Not just a tasty treat, rice makes for some fancy artwork. And no, I’m not talking about your name written on a grain of it. (Another fun find from Designboom.)
Whole fields, planted with rice of varying colors, create these images.
“Annually, the rice fields of the aamori perfecture town of inakadate, japan are coveredwith large [...]
I have seen a lot of papercraft, and yet, I was still blown away when I saw the work at K. Hayashi’s Paper Gallery. How does he do this? And how does he make his paper look like felt? If the blog weren’t in Japanese, I might know a little more but suffice to say, [...]
Okay, I guess this is a little misleading but hey, sculpture is 3D, right? These works are beautiful, and just completed their run at the Tomio Koyama Gallery. The ceramics were “created during Nara’s stay with the Shigaraki Ceramic Sculptural Park since last February…This show will be his debut using ceramics.” (Images courtesy of Hypebeast.)
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My mom is one of those mothers who brings me clippings. Magazines, bits ripped from the newspaper, and armloads of tidbits she thinks I’d be interested in. This visit she brought me the catalog from an exhibit I wish I’d been able to see in NY.
The work of Tokihiro Sato makes me want to build [...]
Every once in a while, I peek at Hi-Fructose to see what Contemporary Art wonders they have to show me. This week, two Japanese artists who are working with recycled materials to create their art.
First, the Sneakers as Sculpture work done by artist Mita Shiniti, and recently on exhibition at the Gallery Speak For. According [...]
Sunday Date - Hiro Kurata
I’m needing an art fix, since I can’t make it to Design Festa. Until I can, I’ll have to keep exploring Azito, an online gallery of contemporary Japanese art, dedicated to making it approachable and accessible, if not necessarily at Etsy prices. (via)
“The artists represented by Azito are highly acclaimed in Japan for [...]
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I wonder how much a last minute ticket to Tokyo would cost me so that I could spend May 15th and 16th at Design Festa. Billed at Asia’s largest International Art Event, the festival gathers nearly 3000 artists and crafters for two days of exhibitions, music, and food celebrating art. (via) The festival, which happens [...]
Tags: Fun · Special Events · art
We are Star Wars fans here at my house, and you already know we love Japan. It’s inevitable that we would love these Star Wars meets Japan works by cartoonist Steve Bialik. (via) Star Wars characters in feudal Japan equals awesome!
Not enough Star Wars for you? I suggest you look at the illustrations while listening [...]
I am loving the colors in this photography by Mika Ninagawa. She shows at the same gallery as Yoshitomo Nara, another one of my favorites. I love the vibrancy of these flowers, especially as Spring beings to hit here in Western Massachusetts.
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