Orange County California based illustrator Cheeming Boey, re-invented the styrofoam cup, or at least its use as blank canvas for his distinct black and white illustrations. This proves to be a lucrative niche as his cups sell for up to $220 a piece.
Copyright 2009 Boey
Copyright 2009 Boey
On a recent browse trip to somethinbeautiful.blogspot I stumbled across the amazing work of Georgia Russell. This Scottish artist (1974) uses a scalpel instead of a paint brush,and books, old photographs, postcards and other paper objects instead of canvas. With her unique and meticulous (and as it appears time-consuming) technique, she transforms the paper in stunning 3D objects.
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Her agents website describes her work as follows:
Russell slashes, cuts and dissects printed matter, which she then manipulates and re-constructs into extravagant, ornamental, sculptural paper-works. The decorative qualities and inherent potential of her found ephemera are fully exploited as she transforms books, music scores, prints, newspapers, maps or photographs – sometimes with flamboyant colour and wild cutting, or with discreet play on the subject or title of her printed matter. Her works hover between object and image.
She was born in 1974 in Elgin, Scotland, and studied Fine art at Aberdeen University and the Royal College of Art. Various prestigious museums acquired her work including the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Memoire 2001-2002
Posted in Design, designers and online finds
Tagged design, Georgia Russel, origami, Paper art, scalpel art
On a recent trip to California we stopped in the Rat Pack’s playground; Palm Springs. This desert oasis was an ideal escape for the stars to flee Lala land for the weekend. Also, Hollywood studio’s often had offices and lots in the desert and contracts required the stars to live within easy reach of their work. To avoid having to take the drive back and forth every week many stars decided to buy property there. In many cases commissioning famous architects like Albert Frey, Raymond Loewy or Richard Neutra to design lavish bungalows or retreats. At the same time, the US economy and post WW II optimism caused for Americans to take their shiny cars and exploring their country’s back routes. Palm Springs was a popular destination resulting in demand for affordable lodging. Many motels sprung up, and, along with many of the private homes built back then, are still there to see for todays visitor. This makes Palm Springs heaven for those admiring mid 20th century architecture.
While there I took a tour of some of the most stunning examples of architecture from this era.
Kendrick Bangs Kellogg's Chart House restaurant
Front of building
Palm Springs visitors center. Originally designed as a gas station by Albert Frey
Kaufmann house, designed by Richard Neutra
Royal Sun Inn hotel, architect unknown to me (anyone?)
Albert Frey's Palm Springs City Hall, detail
Hopefully, come November, I’ll have a bit more time to focus on this website and post even more regular updates. I have many big plans for it. Keep an eye out for a possible webshop even! To kick off its jump from blog to professional website, I have treated it with a proper url. www.homevoyeurs.com. I think it says it all.
Make sure to continue checking it for design, architecture, unusual buildings, TV and movie homes and the occasional celebrity home.
Posted in General living and fun stuff
Tagged celebrity homes, design, homevoyeurs, new website, webshop
Home voyeurs.... a peek into homes 