Chinese artist and designer Li Hongbo makes sculptures out of paper. What first seems like a plaster sculpture turns out to be made out of thousands of layers of paper, glued and carved. The sculptures open like a flexible sculpture. Watch the video to see how it works.
Through his explorations of language Sam Winston creates sculpture, drawings and books that question our understanding of words, both as a carriers of messages and as information itself.
Esther Dudley, Lecturer in Design History, School of Art & Media Plymouth University:
“His methods of production are certainly of our time: statistics, data collection and analysis, computer programming. Yet he is dependent on craft as well: drawing, doodling, cutting and folding. Concepts are revealed and emerge through his interrogation, until they are utterly logical and clear. They are also inspiring, leading the viewer to a fresh understanding of an art that can be constructed from typography, opening onto a beautiful aesthetic composed of text as image.
Marijke van Oostrum is an artist whom I met through Twitter. I started following her because her love for dogs interested me. Later on I discovered her beautiful and interesting work. (Marijke says my scribbles have some similarities with her work but that's way too much credit)
Marijke first studied Textile and Pattern Design at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, a university of applied sciences for Fine Arts and Design, in Amsterdam. She was an intern at Benno Premsela, a well known Dutch designer.
Marijke's work covers a broad range of techniques but the main motive in her work is patterns, either colour and black and white. Her work show different themes such as 'Forrest'; painted patterns and black and white sketches sewn on cotton. Another theme I love is 'Evening'; streetlights, carlights, movement in light painted on wood.
Check out her website and discover other interesing works by Marijke.
