Spoons – ‘ Reincarnated’

Artist: Anne Schwegmann-Fielding

Exhibited at the European Commission Representation in the UK  (Part of residency at Arts Reverie, Gujarat, India)

Materials: Indian bangles and mirror

Take discarded materials and everyday objects and give these to Anne Schwegmann-Fielding.

Lo and behold! You have ‘Reincarnated’ artwork!

Discarded materials such as crockery, jewellery and shattered glass, buttons and everyday objects like utensils, tools, logs, hard hats, and mannequins get transformed by artist Anne Schwegmann-Fielding into sculptures, mosaics, jewels and ornaments.

Anne Schwegmann-Fielding has been creating artworks for public spaces and private clients for the last 15 years.

The core of her work lies in reuse and recycle with a sense of history and ancient craft of mosaic and thus “the ordinary is made extraordinary.”

At the moment I wish to be in London as I want to see Anne’s work at the exhibition organized by The European Commission Representation in the UK

‘REINCARNATED’

A series of objects transformed by Anne Schwegmann-Fielding

(Time and Date: 10am-6pm, 9 to 19 December 2008 – Monday-Friday,

Venue: European Commission, 8 Storey’s Gate, London SW1) 

If I could afford to buy her artwork I would go straight for these stunningly beautiful spoons as my all time favourite Christmas gifts.

Continue reading for more of Anne’s work …..

Shisha Kitsch

(Shisha meaning mirror)

mosaic, recycled

Mosaic of infamous Wivenhoe bookshop

crockery glass and buttons

Kuppa Birds

 for the Love London Festival at London Zoo

Materials: mosaics using broken crockery, old buttons, coins and shattered glass and teapot spout

Watering Can

Medium: Shattered Glass

Created as part of research and development residency at Writtle College, Chelmsford.

Garden Fountain

Private Garden, South Woodham Ferrers

Shattered and Vitreous glass

Click all the captions below images to see more of  her work.

Bookmark her website which is under construction.

In my last post there has been heated discussion via comments about the current terror attacks on Mumbai. There is in depth first person account + analysis, a word of advice and some very strong words.

(Still seething with anger) in wake of a bit inflammatory situation arising between India and Pakistan I want to say something albeit differently (i.e. design way)!

A flower for

Rawalpindi

New Delhi

And Lahore

from Designflute  (because these are my views) and

By Meera Sethi (as these are her creations)

I think an artist becomes immensely successful when a common man is able to express his/her views through an artist’s versatile work.

Here I am expressing my geopolitical views through artist Meera Sethi’s beautiful geometric patterns.

Make no mistake → this flower is only for people of Pakistan and India and for all peace loving beings! THIS IS NOT For politicians of these two countries or for that matter any country!!

Now about the artist whose work is so voluble.

Meera Sethi is a talented multi-disciplinary artist living in Canada and New Delhi.

Her design studio misc. (meera sethi creative) specializes in digital and print communications, branding, photography and illustration.

Meera talks of creating positive changes through her work.

Continue Reading for a glimpse into Meera’s work…

A few images from Meera Sethi’s photography portfolio↓

Arch.i.tecture (series), 2005

Arch.i.tecture (series), 2005

Arch.i.tecture (series), 2005

Her art work↓

Nataraj, oil pastel on mylar

Nataraj, oil pastel on mylar

 Begging Bowls, 2005, ink on paper

Mix Master, 2007, ink on paper

And last but not least: xoxo→ Meera Sethi way ↓

Check her work hereand via her blog here.

frog – digital art

Artist: Jyotsna Bhatt @ Saffron Art gallery

A very talented Vadodara based ceramist and potter Jyotsna Bhatt’s work as part of Digital Art exhibition. It is while learning sculpture she discovered her interest in making three-dimensional figures.

untitled – digital art

archival inkjet on paper

Rat a cat – stoneware double walled form

@ Lemongrasshopper Gallery

Her ceramic works includes images of cats and dogs. She hates repeating forms and that is why she doesn’t like to go commercial.

@ Suruchi Art gallery

The dome of a wheel is one of her favorite forms When the dome, made of clay, is partially dry, she cuts it, etches on it, joins it together and makes a design.

Artist and Illustrator: Stephen Crowhurst

Black vaes – Art Project

Canada based  Stephen Crowhurst is an artist, art director, designer, curator and illustrator. His work has that hand crafted look mixed with contemporary design technology. 

Let me tell you first :-

this is not my line. This is the title of a painting by Indian Artist N.S. Harsha.

we come, we eat and we sleep

N. S. Harsha tells stories through his art!

N. S. Harsha’s art has ensemble of figures and political convictions. His paintings tell stories in the modern Indian narrative tradition and popular art like in Bazaar styles, poster art, Pahari miniature folios and text-book illustrations. It is evident in the form and treatment of his flattened figures, skewed perspectives, wit and fine lines. He captures the global in local imagination.

We come, We eat and We sleep

    Media: Acrylic on canvas

    Size: Triptych Size 5.5ft x 28.5ft (panel size 5.5ft x 9.5ft)

We come, We eat and We sleep

N. S. Harsha’s oeuvre includes painting, large scale installations and community projects.

N. S. Harsha lives and works in Mysore, Karnataka.

Harsha has just won the UK’s Artes Mundi prize.

(to see more images go here)

White Shadow

    Media: Cloth nailed to Ground (Public Park)

    Size: 45mt x 65mt (approx)

white shadow

Site-specific work for Fukuoka Asian Art Museum

Project designed for TVS School, Tumkur

    Media: cloth pasted on rock

    Size of each shadow: 6mts 

Project designed for TVS School, Tumkur

Melting wit

Medium   acrylic on canvas 

Cosmic Orphans

    Media: Emulsion wall paint

cosmic orphans

a site-specific painting installation at the Sri Krishnan Temple created for the Singapore Biennale.

All images courtesy Bodhi art and ‘Melting wit’ image via Artnet

Jeff de Boer is a Calgary-based multi-media artist known for his original and quirky works in metal. He creates pieces like suits of armour for cats & mice, rocket lamps as well as exquisitely crafted pieces like these ones →

                                          corporate ties

                       made  with aluminum, brass & leather

                                      corporate ties

   made of aluminum, brass, bronze, leather & mixed media

Le Corbusier creations meets a photo artist from Chandigarh

He was trained to be a graphic artist and painter instead he picked up camera. His is conceptual photography. Without delving into technicalities I call him one of the best Indian photo artists.

Diwan Manna freezes us with his black and white creations. He photographs kitchen workers who work endlessly inside hot dark four walls. 

He is from Chandigarh, a city designed by Le Corbusier. So one fine day he went to France to capture Le Corbusier creations. Here is the result:

Above images are from Le Corbusier Firminy and Le corbusier-Master of light series.

                         all images from Wheels of time series

                                        alienation series

                                  dhaba- kitchen workers

                             Rooh Punjab di (soul of Punjab)

                                       Varanasi series

                               Borobudur, Indonesia

Click to enlarge all thumbnails.

You can use his photo creations as greeting cards from his website.

                                                   I can see! ?

                                                                All knowing! ?

Statements on life, today, tomorrow and yesterday :that’s what I think of this artist-photographer’s work from Saudi Arabia– Manal Al-Dowayan.

(I like her work so much that I think I would do one more post on her.)