CreativeMasterMind: Ben Weiner

I don't know how I've lived my life, thus far, without knowing 

about Ben Weiner.

I can't get enough of drawings and paintings of slight exquisite details recreated on a larger scale. 

I have a great deal of respect for artists who have this talent and Ben Weiner is defiantly one of them.

CreativeMinds United x Fly16x9

After recently discovering the invite to Fly16x9's screening at SVA (seen below) I had to find the rest. 

On February 11th FLY16x9 and Dear Dave, Magazine held a screening with a selection of FLY16x9's Fashion Films. The screening exhibited pieces shot over the last five years, some of which have never been shown before, including content not available on the web.

I love love love themmm!

Check them out.

Fly16x9's Fashion Films are outta sight.

Invite

My Favorites are 

Night for Day

-Zac Posen-

Shadow

-Louis Vuitton-

Tea a Tete

-Thom Browne-

..get ready to cry....maybeee

Missed Connections

-Zucca-

for more go to my youtube channel here

CreativeMind: Max Glaser

Check out Max Glaser. His work is stunning.
I too love constructing things from the 'broken', shattered and deconstruted.

Hes currently a masters student at SVA.

Heres a great article about him.

 

  

 

It's All Insperation

Although my work mainly revolves around the beauty seen in nature and through out the fashion industry, I draw my greatest inspiration from architecture, industrial and product design.

Thanks to blogs floating out in cyberspace(that I'm lucky enough o find) I'm provided with a wealth of inspiration. These are only a few of the amazing things creative minds are crankin out these days. 

Hilariously brilliant conceptual product design is my favorite kind of inspiration.

From FlexibaleLove 

Noteput By Jürgen Graef & Jonas Heuer

 

Noteput – Interactive music table from Jonas Heuer on Vimeo.

The Deafinite Style is a concept that turns a hearing aid into a piece of jewelry.

by  Designaffairs Studio

FLKS-a flexible workplace

Dutch designers Kapteinbolt has created a flexible workplace, called FLKS. The furniture features a desk and chair that fold out from two hinged sheets. Design firm Kapteinbolt says:
"We like to introduce FLKS (flex), a flexible workplace. Just open the panels unfold the table and the chair and put the plug in for light. The legs from the table and the chair are provided with special designed joints, pull and turn 90°.  

...brilliant!..would be great for art schools...

Arts and Craft Trash is Andrea Myers's Treasure

As much as I wish I knew what to do with the beautiful fragments of fabric and paper(a.k.a trash) left behind after completing a piece of clothing, collage or drawing, nothing I had dreamt up comes close to Andrea Myers's work. 

Check out her work, it's outta sight

Within my artistic practice, I maintain an interest in exploring the space between the two- dimensional and three- dimensional, hybridizing painting, printmaking and sculpture. I feel my work is dependent upon various processes, such as cutting as drawing, the relationship between deconstruction and construction, and the inherent malleability and vulnerability of my chosen materials, namely fabric and paper. I identify myself as a painter who constructs painterly sculptures and installations. I am interested in using painting as a matrix to work against and to stretch into the realms of other mediums. I look to painting to inspire color and form, and extract the formal qualities to reinvent the boundaries of painting.

Rift. 2008. MDF, latex paint, layered fabric.

16x 24x 30" each piece

                 machine sewn fabric collage!..craziness...

For five weeks in the fall 2008, she was the artist in residency 

at A Studio in the Woods, in New Orleans.

I really like this piece from this collection too..

A site specific temporary outdoor installation, the surfaces of the fragmented pieces are meant to reflect the canopy of the forest, while also suggesting references such as a broken mirror or glass, cracks in topography or a sprawl of islands.

 

 

One Love

 I believe you should always take the opportunity to collaborate.

 Although I primary work solo, I fell I've learned the most from collaborating with friends/fellow creative minds who work with a different set of tools. 

To me, collaboration always results is a win-win situation. 

Art directors Will Hudson and Alex Bec created the lovely If You Could Collaborate project. 

Check it outtt.

"If You Could Collaborate is the fourth annual If You Could exhibition. Aiming to provide a platform for the finest creatives from all over the world to question their conventional working methods and outcomes. The contributors have been challenged to produce something a little unexpected, by working with a partner of their choosing from any discipline, profession or background. There is no brief to answer, or format to honour – the only limit being the enterprise and imagination of the artists involved, and a liberal 12 month deadline. Below are all of the pairings, and their outcomes."

Andersen M Studio

x

LekaGape

here!

Fontaine Anderson

x

Deanne Cheuk

 here!

I came across If You Could Collaborate when hunting for news and info about my idol Deanne Cheuk. 

Because she does it all, she is who I want to be. 

(some of her work below)

CreativeMind:Andreia Chaves

Warning: 

Hold on to your jaw..because it may fall off.

These conceptual footwear designers by Andreia Chaves are outta sight...well trying to be...check out her 'Invisible' shoes!!

 I want to experiment with the Invisible shoe and wear them in different environments

(from the beach to the Saturday Night Fever disco dance floor).

"The fact that I grew up in a chaotic city like Sao Paulo, full of contrasts, being in contact with such diversity and constant exposure to different visual inputs, has inspired me in how I think and conceptualize my shoes. Looking at my work, I can clearly see influence coming from my South American sense of versatility.  Also in the mix - what I have been experiencing in Europe."

 

other designs

(viaYatzer)

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I love this little video.

light bulbs+my creative thought process=this video

What Watt? from Tim Fishlock on Vimeo.

Stay It, Type It and Share It With Style PART2

This is another batch of lovely words expressed in a lovely fashion that have rolled my way.

This was my fist batch.

I wish I knew/could find all the artists responsible for them...

 

said by Levi Stauss

(below)

 

 

  

I'm pretty sure this (below) was 'painted/written' by

Mr. Ralph Steadman

aandddd

MUSIC!!

The pop/soul duo, Nikki and Rich, are new kids on the block and I like them a lot. Fun and 'put you in a good mood' kinda music.

Cat & Mouse (Album Version) - ...

..I'm diggin Next Best Thing too..

Marit Fujiwara+Julie Krakowski= Divine Textile Design

I don't like to sew. I reallllly don't like to sew.
I only choose to sew if I have envisioned something I must create(..like jewelry or a bag of my own design) and I'm in the mood. I love to draw because when I plant my black pen on the page I get instant gratification. I have complete control over the piece's success or failure.

When I'm sewing I have to find a 'nice' machine to work with, approach the machine with caution, make sure it has what it needs/wants to function and then I can proceed with my project. For me, 87% of the time the machine throws a tantrum and what should take moments to finish takes hours...or days.
School has taught me this.
This is why I don't like to sew and which is why I have a great deal of respect for those who have mastered it and can literally sew fibers into works of art. Although the machine creates the piece, the design of the textile gives life to it.

Exquisite textiles, such as these, are what makes the fashion world go round.

Innovative textile design dramatically influences and inspires style trends and collections far beyond the fashion industry.

When first I came across Marit Fujiwara's work (awhile back via the lovely Ms. Susie Bubble ) I couldn't quite grasp its exquisite detail. My eyes had to take it in doses and it took quite some time for my eyes to adjust to it's many levels.
Her work is gloriously 'overworked' and has incredible flow. Creating such soft, organic and 'light' beauty is rarely accomplished from textiles with sooo much depth and detail.
This is what makes her a master of her craft.
I agree Susie, All Hail Marit Fujiwara.

 

 Samples

 

 
 See more of her work on her flickr photostream.

 annNnndd

Checkout Julie Krakowski's beautiful work.
I love reading about what influences each one of her collections and the techniques and materials she uses to execute them.

My favorite collections

Coffee and Cigarettes

and

Mutation