Dreaming of blossom and butterflies, whilst loving the observational work in the paintings of Kaori Someya.
Stunning observational work and often a consoling glow of light in the works of Japanese artist Kimio Muraoka 村岡貴美男.
Felipe Alonso's portraits are apocalyptic, devastating in their observation and clarity of sinew and suffering.
Sensitive layered paintings featuring children by artist Jean-Pierre Larocque, who works across a great variety of mediums to thoroughly explore his subject matter.
Paintings by Gommaar Gilliams often dwell on themes, I adore his works that use the swan as a shape and emotion.
Although I haven't blogged ceramics here for years I often save beautiful ceramicists and ceramic finds on my Pinterest and one of these ceramicists has led me to these works by Rob Strati who using smashed fragments of historic ceramics, has been reinterpreting and growing these scenes using biro on paper and then sometimes animating the results. They're a unique and interesting take on broken crockery.
"This work was inspired by a plate from my wife's late mother, Barbara. One day it was dropped and shattered. Some time after, I picked up a pen and started working on the "Fragmented" series, exploring the possibilities of things broken and the stories that can evolve from them." Robert Strati
Janny Bruinsma's paintings use a mixture of collage paint and textile to create the texture of thought and feeling and evoke the passage of time.
This is the world's weirdest picture book. The kit of the . During the nursery practice, there are a lot of gardens that use origami as a play material, but there are surprisingly few play gardens that use arigami. "Rigami", but not just a present. This is an origami picture book that creates all kinds of expressions with a twist. No matter how you do it, a story will be created, "There you go!" 100%ORiGAMi
Rekko has created an interactive book using layered origami papers which can be torn away and the individual way in which they tear creates a unique story to be interpreted again and again.
Ayako Motonaga is an artist who combines embroidery with collage and assemblage. Normally I put all my textile finds on my Thread... blog but I feel this work suits the art room better, deliciously quirky, elegant and funny.
