Michele Astolfi 

Italian artist Michele Astolfi experiments with different materials such as silk, crystal, natural stone and resins to create stunning works of art.Born in Bologna, he completes his studies through Italy, Switzerland, United States and Paris. He gets an unexpected success with this collection. His work evolves in this direction, creating unique objects by the use of new techniques and materials, up to precious and exclusive collections for the furniture field.The exclusive collection of precious sculptures of animals is intended for interior decor, home furniture. Unfortunately there is not much information about the artist on the net.

All images copy right by Michele Astolfi

Nakis Kasnaklari. (Embroidery Hoops) 

Cocukken nakis kasnaklari denirdi simdi tam olarak Turkce ne dendigini bilmiyorum ama eminim sizler benim ne demek istedigimi anlamissinizdir. Bu kasnaklarla sadece nakis yapiliyor diye dusunmeyin ben sizlere ilham verecek bir suru sey buldum.Evinizi dekore ederken bu fikirleri is alanlarindada kullanabilirsiniz.Bu tarz seyler yapip satabilir yada etkinliklerde kullanabilirsiniz.Mesela bir organizasyon,okul kermesi,kafeterya dekorasyonu,cocugunuzun odasini dekore etme yada benim yaptigim gibi salonunuzu yada hobi odanizi dekore edebilirsiniz.:) Size fikir benden yapmasi sizden. Bana yaptiginiz uygulamalarin fotolarini mail adresime atarakda ulastirabilirsiniz burda sizin fikirlerinizi de paylasabilirim.:)

image source is various: (http://bit.ly/1PnQVeC ) and pinterest. 

What a Lovely Autumn  

Bizim buralarda yani Londra'da sonbahar geldi bile.Zaten Londra`yi bilenler bilir dogru durust yaz olmaz buralarda.Bu benim blogumda yazdigim ilk Turkce yazim oluyor.Simdiye kadar yazdigim yazilarim sadece arastirmalarim,dergi icin yazdigim yazilar tarzinda iletiler oldu.Dergi demisken part time olarak yazi yazdigim Amerika`da yayimlanan ama dunyanin heryerine iletilebilen bir tekstil,fiber dergisi.Benim gibi tekstil delileri icin mukemmel bir dergi.Abone oldugunuz taktirde ister online isterseniz de adresinize kadar gelebilen bir dergi.Dunyanin heryerinden sanatcilar ve calismalari hakkinda bilgi edinebilir,degisik calismalari gorup ilham alabilirsiniz.Sergiler,fuarlar hakkinda da cokca bilgi yeraliyor.Blogumda sag tarafta linkini goreceksiniz.Fiber Art Now dergimizin ismi.Bu arada yakinda cok buyuk bir tekstil fuarina gidecegim buraya fotograflarini da sizler icin eklerim.Diger yillarda gittigim fuarlarin fotolarini da yuklemeyi dusunuyorum.Artik bir karar aldim ve blogumdaki yazilarimi daha kisisellestirecegim. Kendim ve yasantim hakkindada sizlere bilgiler verip yaptigim calismalari,sergilerimi sizlerle paylasmaya karar verdim..Artik daha sicak bir ortamda sizlerle gunluk yasantimi paylasmayi,sizlerinde benimle ayni seyi yapmanizi isterim.Guzel dostluklar ve paylasimlarda gorusmek uzere.. :)

Kate Jenkins

Kate combines an artist’s eye for colour with a witty imagination. Using her background in fashion and talent for design, Kate creates amazing, innovative crocheted pictures – each one an original. Kate’s philosophy that anything can be created from yarn as long as it is made with love, has been translated into several very successful exhibitions throughout the UK and USA, including a recent one at Liberty of London. Much of her inspiration comes from living in the vibrant city of Brighton.

Graduating from the University of Brighton in 1995 with a degree in Fashion & Textile, Kate works out of her studio and shop in Brighton. In her previous life as a successful knitting consultant, she sold her designs to fashion labels Marc Jacobs, Missoni, Sonia Rykiel and Donna Karan before establishing her own label Cardigan in 2003 which produces gorgeous fashion and home wares. 

She has crocheted art pieces of the nation’s favourite food, transformed spaces into a knitted and crocheted garden, knitted a fantasy dinner party setting complete with crocheted bottles of champagne.

All images copy right by Kate Jenkins

Christopher Wilde (C.K WILDE )

Christopher (or C.K.) Wilde is a collagist who creates with currency. Wilde painstakingly cuts various shapes out of paper money from around the world to form collages with economic and political undertones and overlays.

Using countless fragments of world currencies C.K. WILDE creates collages that speak to the myriad ways in which money intersects with culture, politics and society. Wilde’s colorful narrative images employ currency as both a formal investigation and visual critique of money’s capacity for divisiveness and destruction. He draws upon sources as varied as American agriculture, weapons of mass destruction, fables and fairytales, the political imagery of Francisco Goya and Diego Rivera and the illusory concept of “Money for Nothing.” In intricately wrought collages Wilde points to the forces that separate us, simultaneously evoking our present state of global unrest.

 The relationship between art and commerce is another theme that cannot be avoided when an artist cuts and pastes with money. Wilde bases a lot of his works on found images that he develops into his own compositions, which he will lay down on museum board before skillfully applying his umpteen bits of currency so that they abut in order to keep to the ideal of an even surface. The resulting puzzle is then sealed with wax. A tidy alternative to keeping it under the mattress. (source)

 All images  Copyrighted by Christopher C.K. Wilde