Showing posts with label soft sculptures. Show all posts
Showing posts with label soft sculptures. Show all posts

Wednesday, 11 May 2011

Saturday, 8 May 2010

Magical Mister Finch


Oh Yes!
Yet
Another
Wonderfully talented male blogger!

Ladies & Gentlemen
I'd like you to meet


Hugo the Owl

Magpie


Hansel the Moon Gazing Hare


Vincent the Fox
and

Pickering the Dodo


Finch likes to hunt
He hunts high and low for the lost and forgotten
blows off the dust
brushes up the velvet
brightens up the sixpences
then turns his finds into beautiful jewellry, creatures and birdhouses
All handmade with love
in Leeds, Yorkshire
(where I was born!)

Mister Finch
Blog

One to watch me thinks!



Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Let me tell you a story

Morgandy

I'd like to introduce you to a few new acquaintances

Linnet, who prefers her bird friends to people. She prefers mist and twilight to sunshine. the birdcage door is always open, a comfort rather than a cage.

Brenna, who knows of the secret garden behind the old wooden door

Corinne, who dreams of island life, wandering the cliff tops and collecting flowers.

These exquisite creations are the work of Nottingham-based mixed media artist Gillian Lee Smith. Love at first sight! Gillian has a lifetime fascination with storytelling, history, fairytales and folklore. Her work (painting, felt and soft sculpture) explores the expression and characterisation of human nature, a glimpse of the hidden, and is influenced by the Baroque and Victorian periods.
Each of her sculptural characters tells an original tale and endeavors to embody a whole lifestory with a single image, a way of seeking the perfect representation of our character. They are a nod towards her own imaginations, avid reading and childhood dreams.

Need I say more? Gillian's work is quite extraordinary, moving infact. Her sculptures have a soul. Why don't you take a look for yourself?

Friday, 18 December 2009

While she naps




Abby Glassenberg loves sewing and makes these beautiful one-of-a-kind soft sculptures while her daughters sleep. Why, oh why, has it taken so long for me to find her?

Thanks for introducing me to her work Laura!