{ piece by piece, brick by brick }

i have always been a fan of lego and art sculptures, so when i came across brick artist, nathan sawaya my two geek worlds collided.  using almost a million pieces in his works, sawaya creates life like sculptures and pictures made only with lego.

           

      

nathan sawaya with one of his sculptures

{ urban art: yarn bombing }

i've decided to incorporate a "mini series" so to speak into my blog, that will be all about urban art. i am a huge fan of graffiti, installations, and live happenings and decided they need to be celebrated more often. living in montreal, and especially now that summer is around the corner, there are literally impromptu art sightings all the time.

one sighting that was recently unknown to me and it's becoming a huge trend is yarn bombing. this style of covering everyday city objects with bright warm fuzzy knit pieces has created so much buzz and it has its own book and site. check out two pics below of yarn bombing in montreal, and from other yarn bombers in different cities.

 

amazing work by Les VILLE-LAINES   { photo by mode.mange.musique }

i never noticed this alley till a street post was yarn bombed by Capitaine Crochet 

streetcolor

yarn bombing: the art of crochet and knit graffiti

yarn bombing: the art of crochet and knit graffiti 

yarn bombing: the art of crochet and knit graffiti

{ i kneed a brace }

normally i enjoy sitting on the couch on a sat afternoon, but generally not with a bag of cold ice upon my left knee. the price to pay for wearing platform heels and taking an awkward step forward i suppose. i did manage to purchase a knee brace...but im less than impressed with its bland grey tone. i then started thinking, i wonder if there were more "fashion friendly" knee braces out there? it looks like it hasn't been designed yet, but i did find an editorial from dazed and confused magazine featuring kinga rajzak sporting a few floral printed bands. thanks bunny BISOUS for the blog post!

   

    

              

     

     

     

      

{ threadless + steven alan }

threadless tshirts teamed up with designer steven alan to look for a new pattern to adorn one of his products during new york fashion weeks "fashion night out". i tried my hands at a pattern inspired by french stained glass artist claude bettinger. you can check out and vote for my submission called electric lines.

{ the drawings on the wall }

wall paper dies, and then it comes back again, and now it resurrects in a new form. the on going trend of wall decals is a new way of adding character to your empty wall.  i came across a company called blik that features wall decals designed by illustrators and graphic designers, that base their work on fashion, art, abstract designs, foliage, and pop culture.

my absolute fav decals were created by david bray and you can check out his page on blik here and see pics below.

{ peter jensen: a/w 2011 }

i came across peter jensen's photoshoot for his fall 2011 campaign during my search of favourite items from the catwalk. inspired by 60s danish model anna karina, jensen has created a picture of a vibrant, modern day love story and simply put, it is stunning!

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