October 26, 2006 | New Art | by Zolton |
Best known for his colourful Element skateboard decks, Don Pendleton is an artist whose work is so distinct and creative it kinda makes you want to curl up into a ball and pretend you never saw it. Before making the transition to the ‘other side’ of the deck, he was a quality skater in his own right, as he told the Crownfarmer website: ‘I was sponsored by Steadham when I was in high school. And I went on to have some pretty respectable sponsors. My last board sponsor was Acme, and a lot of rad ams came off of that team. I never got any editorial coverage but I had a small but fun run at it back in the day’. [see also Zsolt Gyarmati]
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October 26, 2006 | New Fashion | by Andy |
Hand-crafted in New Zealand, WAS Bags are made from ‘recycled billboards that would ordinarily be destined for the dump‘. The materials are individually selected from chosen billboards before being cut, washed, pressed and sewn to create durable and hard wearing bags, each one unique in its own little way. [see also Jeremyville Sketchels]
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October 25, 2006 | New Illustration | by Zolton |
Having worked out of Antwerp, Belgium for some time now, Swedish illustrator Jenny Mortsell has just moved back to Stockholm where her trademark pencil portraits are in demand for use in ads and magazine editorial. She received an MA in Graphic Design & Illustration from Konstfack University in 2004. [see also Momoko Hatano]
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October 25, 2006 | New Fashion | by Andy |
Depending on the mood of the girl on the check-in counter, by flashing a Tinymeat passport holder you could: a) score an upgrade and fly upstairs in style, b) secure a date, c) cop some extra attention from security, or d) achieve nothing but the feeling of being cooler than the rest of the crowd. If b) is your prefered outcome, go with the ‘Bears are Smelly’ design. If you dig attention and suspicious glances the ‘Thrifty Cuts’ design might lead to option c). Either way you’ll guarantee an interesting experience. [see also Dynomighty Design]
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October 24, 2006 | New Products | by Zolton |
The new Michael Lau NY Fat figures come in a 14-inch high metal ‘Crylon Tin’ and were recently launched at his gallery in Hong Kong. They are ‘clad in a maharishi or mhi camouflage print jacket, all of which are direct copies of existing 1:1 scale jackets’. [see also Dalek; Tristan Eaton]
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October 24, 2006 | New Photography | by Zolton |
I love the work of Swedish photographer Max Berggren. It seems very raw and honest; as if there are few windows beneath what’s captured in the frame. [see also Peter Franc]
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October 24, 2006 | New Photography | by Zolton |
Hailing from Toulouse, France, Alain Astruc shoots only film, ‘negative and instant, in medium and large format. My style has grown out of the desire to escape the kind of intellectualism I had to deal with when I studied literature’. [see also Libby Clark]
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October 24, 2006 | New Illustration | by Zolton |
Melbourne-based designer, Simone Jessup, specialises in creating illustrations for the fashion industry. She graduated from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and spent some time working out of Spain before returning to Australia. [see also Deanne Cheuk]
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October 23, 2006 | New Fashion | by Andy |
Innovating ‘a new way to look at time’, Matthew Waldman founded Nooka watches after a long fascination with how few options there were for time display. Contrary to more traditional displays, ‘the visual mass increases as time passes, giving weight to an ephemeral and abstract concept’. Nooka timepieces are available with leather and metal mesh bands and the inspiring displays are housed in stainless steel casings. [see also Bleu Limited]
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October 21, 2006 | New Products | by Zolton |
These bears remind me of my childhood. They take me back to a sweet place where trading cards were currency and sherbert was the best damn thing since sliced bread (white, with hundreds and thousands on top). Ok, time for a nap. [see also Beck Wheeler]
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October 21, 2006 | New Art | by Zolton |
New York artist Reed Anderson studied printmaking and art at the San Francisco Art Institute before staging solo exhibitions at a number of prominent American venues including The Clementine Gallery and Brooklyn’s Pierogi Gallery. [see also Leandro Sanchez]
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October 20, 2006 | New Illustration | by Zolton |
So I have this recurring dream. Well, not really a dream as such. More a footnote on the thesis on life; a ‘mental meandering’ where my mind flows to a secret place which only I and Paul McCartney can access. Read more
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October 20, 2006 | New Products | by Zolton |
Issue three of my favourite Aussie zine – Hungry – is out and is packed with all sorts of illustrative goodness based around the theme of Space, which is kinda ambitious given that there’s so damn much of it out there. There’s only 300 copies available, so you better get in quick. Special features this issue include ‘a hot sticker sheet, to cut and stick where ya want, and a ‘poster to put on your bedroom ceiling and dream of the stars’. Nice. They’re having a launch party at Little Rebel in Fitzroy, Melbourne on Friday October 27. [see also Hungry Zine two]
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October 20, 2006 | New Art | by Zolton |
Young Sydney artist, Fleur Childs, was ’staying at Arugam Bay, a remote beach community on the east coast of Sri Lanka, when the Indian Ocean tsunami struck. With the works that make up Boxing Day, Childs relives and reimagines her experience of riding the wave that killed over 200,000 people‘. Childs is a graduate of the College of Fine Arts. Her exhibition, Boxing Day, is on at Sydney’s Blank Space Gallery between October 26 and November 1. [see also Lyndel Yeo]
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October 19, 2006 | New Products | by Zolton |
Spanish designer Marta Sanchez Oms studied at jewellery at the Massona School before specialising in gemology at the University of Barcelona. For the past five years she has created her own intricate pieces from her workshop in Barcelona.
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Latvian-born, UK-based artist Henrijs Preiss cites Russion Icons and Renaissance paintings as primary influences, but his paintings are surprisingly non-figurative. The images seem to draw from a cryptic system of iconography, as if they were panels from the temple walls of a futuristic solar cult. Read more
Skeletonbreath pound out some pretty raging post-punk anthems with a violin taking the lead rather than a vocalist. The trio can get surprisingly loud, despite frontman Robert Pycior’s classically trained virtuosity.
This is at last the artist the 1960s was desperately trying to produce. Mark Dean Veca’s installations electrify galleries and museums with an ethereal pop ecstasy the previous generation only dreamed of. This is the drug we have all been waiting for. Read more
This gourmet paint is made by only two dedicated paint makers without fillers, just pigment and oil, like it should be. There is only one store that sells it and it is run out of the Elisabeth Foundation for the Arts building in Chelsea, New York. They have a table set up there so you can play with and mix any of the colours together to see its effects. I usually go to pick one tube up and hang around asking questions to one half of the duo, Gail, and usually leave with five tubes, having learned a lot about the history and the process behind each colour.
I don’t get Flight of The Concords. I just don’t find it funny. I also don’t get most comedy these days. It’s so derivative and clichéd. Everyone wants the same laughs. I like comedy that pushes the boundaries in strange ways. Fonejack is one underground unit that have had me rolling around on the floor with their real life skits. Read more
The My Town In My Home collection of hand-knitted fashion by Yoshikazu Yamagata and Mafuyu was exhibited at this year’s Amhem Mode Biennale in Amsterdam. Sure gives a new twist to the saying, ‘wherever I lay my hat …’ [see also the Brain Bag by Jun Takahashi]
This website hosts a nice collection of quirky, sometimes mind-boggling, sculptures from around the world. There’s a certain Dali-esque feel to a lot of them – those surreal, dreamy hallucinations turned into a warped reality. I’ve always been a sucker for art that really catches you out for a few seconds, and these certainly do that.
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I live the upbeat, feel good tempo of the new single — A Hundred Hearts — from Philly group, The Swimmers. Off their latest album, People Are Soft, this song is a strangely fitting anthem for the blustery day outside.
Good thing Kris Kuksi channelled the trauma of growing up with an alcoholic stepfather, his disdain for ‘the typical American life and pop culture’, and his fascination with the macabre into obsessive, baroque assemblages, paintings, and drawings. Read more
With the recession still biting, it may be time to whip out the glue and the cardboard and make your next pair of cool kicks. Don’t know how they’d manage in the rain though? Read more
T-post: the world’s first wearable magazine
So here’s the scoop. Every six weeks, T-post subscribers get a new t shirt issue in the mail, with a news story on the inside and an artist interpretation of that story on the front. Yes, we agree. It’s clever, clever. Read more
Check out Mike Stimpson’s Lego reinterpretations of classic photographs. Stimpson’s version of Malcolm Browne’s iconic 1963 photograph of the self-immolation of Thich Quang Duc is particularly twisted. Read more
Wolfmother. Rock n roll. Mystical lyrics. Heavy riffs. They have a new album out, Cosmic Egg, and we have five copies to giveaway, along with their debut album. To enter, tell us your favorite Wolfmother song and the city you live in. Yo! Two fingered salute. Read more
Designed by Andrea Corson, the Caviars Round Top Ring, is made from sterling silver. The Caviars sparkle like diamonds, sitting upon an organic band. We have it for sale in the Lost At E Minor online store. Read more
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