research,Tamar Mogendorff

Tamar Mogendorff

Born & raised in Israel now based in N Y.

Tamar's dolls are inspired by the handicrafts of her grandma, she uses vintage fabrics and antique buttons & beads to create her twee little works of art.Tamar's bird cages are another example of the hard/soft theme ,the cage structure which in reality is a hard material is represented in a soft floral fabric .I love any thing twee and vintage florals really appeal to me , i also love the colour choice of Tamar's work its definitely right up my street!

www.tmogy.com/

Research,Susan Graham

Susan Graham
U S A based in N Y

Susan produces sculpture, photography and installations. I think these animal sculpture are charming i love the lines and shapes that appear sketch like.

Very simple and straight forward yet intricate use of woven materials.Susan's sculptures are also interesting to me because i have been researching artists who use knitting with wire in their work. This research was for my summer brief for critical studies , i have found that knitting with mixed media can create some facinating structures and sculptures similar to the work produced by Susan Graham.

These sculptures also represent the hard/soft theme in that the animals who have soft fur or feathers are created in a hard material.

research,Rosie James

Rosie James U K

She likes to use stitch as a way of drawing with her sewing machine.Rosie sometimes uses hand stitch & screen printing in her work.The drawings created with stitch are very different to those produced with a pencil ,personally i think they are fantastic.

www.stitchdraw.blogspot.com

research,Portia Munson

Portia Munson

U S A Portia is a visual artist who uses mixed media to create paintings ,sculptures, photos and installations.These images are brilliant examples of collections,Portia is an avid collector and is drawn to colour .

www.portiamunson.com

Research,Aric Obrosey

Aric Obrosey

Wow i am in awe , the complex detail of the paper cut glove and his drawn lace and chains are astounding.

research,Joetta Maue

Joetta Maue

I think Joetta's work is lovely ,she is inspired by the turmoil of emotions experienced by humans ,the ups & downs of life, she uses text in her resent work which you can see on her website. I really like the use of old fabrics in neutral tones and the way Joetta creates a narrative in stitch it is very clever and very striking.

www.joettamaue.com

research,Karen Searle

Karen Searle

U K textile artist,Karen has written a book about contemporary artists who use knitting as their craft of choice.I discovered Karen whilst researching for my essay over the summer for critical studies. Her sculptures are created with knitted or crocheted materials and are unusual and eye catching.Having read more about Karen's work i now appreciate that the use of knitting as a way to create art and structures is a definite possibility, some thing that i had not previously considered.

www.karensearle.com

Wall frieze

In The Night Garden was created by Anne Wood & Andy Davenport and is produced by the BBC.
In the night garden.

During the summer i painted this frieze on my step daughter's baby sons' bedroom wall, it was great fun my children helped as well !

research,Amy Ruppel

Amy Ruppel

USA illustrator & surface designer


Amy Ruppel

Research Julia Rothman

Julia Rothman

N.Y

Julia graduated from Rhode Island School of Design in 2002, the same year she set up a company along with Jenny Volvovski and Matt Lamothe called Also, www.also-online.com

She also writes a book blog www.book-by-its-cover.com

Julia works both digitally and with hand drawn designs , i particularly like her hand drawn work ,i like the lines and the compositions she produces and her company ALSO website is well worth a look!

Research,Lene Toni Kjeld

Lene Toni Kjeld

Danish textile designer

This wallpaper collection consists of 8 patterns which combines 2 different repeats.The paper is produced in Denmark using traditional rotary print.

I am a massive fan of this wallpaper,it changes and transforms from florals into geometrics and back again, pure magic!

Research,Lene Toni Kjeld

Lene Toni Kjeld

Research,Steven Harington

Steven Harrington

USA artist /designer he is co founder of National Forest Design along with Justin Krietemeyer.Clients include Urban Outfitters Catalogs,Burton Snowboards and Nike.

Steven draws influence for his art work from old 1960's & 70's encyclopedias, second hand shop purchases and the music of the Moody Blues!

I think his work is great,he keeps it simple lots of shapes with cartoon type character .You can see the colours have been heavily influenced by 50's and 60's illustrations.It is distinctive and lively and although it remodels the old school it is very current !

www.stevenharrington.com/

Research, Steven Harrington

Steven Harrington

Research,Birgit Amadori

Birgit Amadori

German illustrator now living in California.She specializes in Vector illustrations,clients include V.W ,Virgin Atlantic,Lufthansa cargo and Suzuki.

I think Birgits work is beautiful,the two examples shown have a fairy tale, dreamy feel which could also be interpreted as hallucinations !

www.amadori.org/

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Birgit Amadori

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Lauren Child is an English author and illustrator, she is best know for her childrens books Clarice Bean and Charlie and Lola. I love her illustrations very much she collages the pictures using patterned fabrics from her childhood, some times from old dresses she wore or from curtains from her family home. I also like her use of text to create part of her pictures , very creative and immaginitive.

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Lauren Child