Category Archives: Furniture

Treedom

Design student Sharon Sides scanned arboreal patterns, then etched them into metal to make these most original pieces……thanks WabiSabiStyle

…watch her process in the video below…

Sarah Fanelli

Brian Nash Gill

Leonardo Da Vinci, ‘Copse Of Trees’, 1502…

Leonardo da Vinci<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
A Copse of Trees, 1508<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
red chalk on paper<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
height: 191&#160;mm  / width: 153&#160;mm<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
Such simple natural drawings by Leonardo da Vinci&#8230;they remind me of the way a Wordsworth poem feels.</p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
<p>Leonardo da Vinci<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
Storm over a valley in the foothills of the Alps, 1506<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
Red Chalk on Paper<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
height 200&#160;mm / width 150mm

Gustav Klimt, 1900-1903…

Fir Forest I - Gustav Klimt

The Tall Poplar Trees II - Gustav Klimt

Birch in a Forest - Gustav Klimt

 

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Uppercase Blog!

Check out some paint chip art over at the wonderful Uppercase Magazine blog today, featuring some of my work, and other artists who love to incorporate paint chips into their work too…

Veronica Diago

paint chip landscape / pc mio 009.JPG 320×320 pixels

Lisa Soloman

Lisas Solomon Chamomile illo //  LS_chamomile_B.jpg 265×320 pixels

In love with Lisa Solomon's new paint chip series  -  / lsolomon.jpg 287×421 pixels

Geninne Zlatkis

Paintchip illo, gennines artblog, via MEW / Picture 8

Paintchip illo, gennines artblog, via MEW / Picture 9

Tim Fraser Brown reconstructs Manet‘s ‘Bar at The Folies-Bergère‘ with 5000 of them…

Nite Kongtahwarn was inspired to create this pixilated Marilyn upon reading an ApartmentTherapy how-to

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Matt Kennedy of Port Rhombus Design makes witty shelves…

Modular Paint Chip Bookshelf

Garrendenny Lane Wallpaper Panels

Avril Loreti‘s placemats & table runners…

Placemats - Paint Chip Placemats - Set of 6 Colors

Paintchip Table Runners - large

… and I even like the series of Sherwin-Williams ads, too…

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The Perfectly Imperfect Home

The point of decorating, as far as I can tell, is to create the background for the best life you can have‘, says Domino Magazine’s Deborah Needleman in her book The Perfectly Imperfect Home, beautifully illustrated by textile/fashion designer/illustrator Virginia Johnson

…Have a scroll through the book here, check out Virginia’s website here and glimpse her illustration process thanks to Toronto Life here

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Alphabets Part II

Jill MacDonald…and a nice interview with her at IllustrationMundo

Mia Nilsson

Greg Morgan

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…and who designed this lovely fabric?…

Daffodil alphabet by Vladimir Koncar

Daffodil flower Graffiti alphabet a-z

Penelope Dullaghan

Susan Farrington

Animals

Early children’s alphabet books

The ABC Cook Book, Children with Big Blocks

Denise Fleming’s ‘Alphabet Under Construction‘…

Melissa Sweet‘s alphabet cards by Eeboo

…and her ‘Sleepy Little Alphabet’, written by Judy Sierra

Alphabeaties by Sharon Werner

Alphabeasties typography kids design books abecedarian

Alphabeasties typography kids design books abecedarian

Ida Pearle‘s alphabet cards…

AAKKOSET Bookshelf from Ugandan/Finnish designer Lincoln Kayiwa

Chest of drawers by Kent and London

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