Beautiful animation by Elizabeth Hobbs of Spellbound Animation…
…her charming 2010 animation, ‘Little Skipper’, a simple, lovely idea…
…and her wee film, ‘My Recurring Tiger Dream’ written and narrated by K.T. Tunstall…
U.K. artist Mark Hearld has an exhibition, ‘Birds and Beasts’ at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park until February 17th…
Mark Hearld: Birds & Beasts from Yorkshire Sculpture Park on Vimeo.
and look at this gorgeous poster he designed with Simon Lewin for The Fry Gallery‘s exhibition, ’The Fry Menagerie’, highlighting the works of Edward Bawden, Eric Ravilious, Chloe Cheese et al, within their lovely collection…
…and here’s his new book, ‘Mark Hearld’s Work Book‘…
…thanks AllThingsConsidered…
Here’s a magical, articulated puppet for The National Theatre’s production of Michael Morpungo’s ‘War Horse’. A life-sized horse has been created by Tony award-winning designers Adrian Kohler and Basil Jones, co-founders of the Handspring Puppet Company. Below, they give a TED Talk, illuminating their process of making and animating their ‘Joey’….
…read more about them at CNN here and in The Guardian here…
I love the sculpture of U.K. artist Sally Matthews. She seems to get the shagginess of animals just right. Below, her deerhounds are made with hay, mud and graphite, while others are made with bronze, wood, steel and cow-pats…
..from the very humorous site DogShaming…
Stella Baggott…from Fiona Watts’ 365 Things to Draw & Paint…
Maurice Sendak‘s signature…thanks RayBoasBookseller…
and here’s my contribution to Camilla Engman’s Morran Project…
Sumptuous, simple and direct, flora and fauna by Japanese artist Miroco Machiko…
