research Rennie Mackintosh

Charles Rennie Mackintosh

research

Flavor paper

www.flavorpaper.com

research,this must be the place

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2ZLCbAi3hA

This must be the place by scoin

from faesthic magazine www.faesthic.com

collections of art & oddities from around the world! Features Dan Funderburgh amonst others!

research,Dan Funderburgh

Dan Funderburgh N Y

Dan is absolutely my favourite designer at the moment his work is stunning! He produces wallpaper and prints with paper cuts ,lazer cuts, drawings & cad. I am intrigued by his designs which feature very every day mundane objects that Dan has created patterns from, genius!Dan's wallpaper is available from Flavor Paper, watch the video link! I found this article which includes a brief interview with Dan from 2006 .http://pingmag.jp/2006/07/31/patterns-by-dan-funderburgh/

12ozphrophet.com

www.danfunderburgh.com

www.flavorpaper.com

Having just been given a new college brief asking me to look at examples of hard/soft i think that some of Dans work fits the bill.His designs very often include images that could be described as hard such as knives and axes along side soft images of flora and fauna.Some of his wallpaper design encompass the historical/contemporary theme which i have also been asked to consider.His red and white Chinatown Toile wallpaper is a contemporary twist on the historical toile design.I can see links from Dan's work in my own( although his is of a much higher standard) it is illustrative and he forms his patterns from recognisable images rather than abstract marks or mathematical geometric shapes , i aspire to be in the same league as Mr Funderburgh.
Dan Funderburgh

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