Daily Art Muse

curiosity

today’s flickr find:
The cure for boredom is curiosity.  There is no cure for curiosity. Dorothy Parker

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rosemarie fiore’s pyrotechnics collage: do NOT try this at home!

Visual artist Rosemarie Fiore explodes live fireworks on blank sheets of paper, moving the containers around on long poles, seeping saturated color on to the paper. Fiore then adds blank paper circles, explodes more fireworks and repeats this process several times, resulting in a deeply layered collage, thick with color and circular motion.

Fireworks Drawing #7
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sina emrich’s work takes a new turn

Germany’s Sina Emrich is exploring wood as a wearable object, thoughtfully combining conical shapes to create organic neckpieces.  Emrich is currently finishing up a three-month Artist-in-Residence program at Sturt Contemporary Craft Centre in Australia, an experience that has given her the opportunity to make art without interruption.

Upside Down
Her blog shows several work-in-progress images, giving you [...]

eugenia pardue: paint as a sculptural medium

My eyes found a quiet place to rest this morning - a place where thinking stops and serenity begins; where the adage ‘less is more’ comes alive; where meditation is effortless and my mind is at peace. Eugenia Pardue’s white-on-white paintings - part painting, part sculpture -  are my guides today as I continue on [...]

moshiko’s polymer resin and precious metals

Jewelry designers worldwide embrace a variety of plastics in their work as the material adds visual interest and resolves design challenges such as weight. Moshe Botser (aka Moshiko) is a self taught jewelry artist who has been working with synthetic polymers and precious metals for more than twenty years. The Israeli artist gathers inspiration from [...]

davide salvadore’s blown glass instruments

While finishing up research for a post scheduled to be published this morning about an artist who works with resin and other plastics, I somehow found myself  looking at blown glass instruments. It is one of the things that I love about what I do - one minute I am writing about how quickly plastics [...]

tzu-ju chen pushes boundaries

Tzu-Ju Chen alters vintage photographs and a variety of Asian paper money that originally served as a “ceremonial offering of currency for the dead” to give her series, China - Silhouettes of Memory, the appearance of metal.  Chen, who has a Master of Fine Arts in Metalsmithing from Cranbook Academy of Art, forces us to [...]

grzegorz blazko: flair, style and craftsmanship

While I was surfing around the internet looking for information about yesterday’s feature artist I found one more jeweler from Poland to end our week.  Again, I couldn’t unearth much information in English about Grzegorz Blazko or his work, but one thing is clear: When you are looking at a Blazko, you know you are [...]

pawel kaczynski: metal pleats, crinkles and wrinkles

I don’t know much about Polish jewelry designer Pawel Kaczynski, but I can tell you that his use of steel, silver, bronze mesh and paint has resulted in numerous awards for the artist. Textile meets jewelry in an explosion of color and texture in this body of work.  The closures on Kaczynski’s cuffs and collars [...]

no broken hearts

Last week one of my yoga teachers shared a favorite quote, attributed to the founder of Kripalu yoga. I got goose bumps the moment I heard it.  It’s a dark, rainy day here in New York - a good time to reflect on the power of these words.  I’ll be back this afternoon with my [...]