A very satisfying dialogue-free but richly soundscaped film from British director Nick Bennett featuring Welsh potters James and Tilla Waters, at work in their Carmarthenshire studio.
One for the ASMR bank.
Category Archives: Art/Craft
The embroidery of Parisian artist Cécile Davidovici – family memories sourced from home movie stills and stitched into linen. Of the collection, entitled ‘<<1988’ she sez:
When my mother died, I started watching VHS tapes from my childhood. I use primarily cotton and linen. I find it evokes the same warmth I feel when I think of my childhood.
Delightful/nightmare-inducing representations of various animals of the Chinese zodiac by designer Kim Yeonhee.
More here.
Loggo
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An elaborate sawmill and delivery system created by LEGO Technics machine expert The Brick Factory that reduces ‘logs’ into sawn, quarter-split segments.
Health Cuts
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Paperscapes
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The intricate layered paper dioramas of Japanese artist Ayumi Shibata – some small enough to fit in the palm of the hand, others encased in jars or big enough to step inside. Sez she:
White paper expresses the yang, light, (and) the process to cut expresses the yin, shadow. When the sun shines upon an object, a shadow is born. Front and back, yin and yang, two side(s) of the same coin.
Now for yeh.
More of her work here.
From ‘The Stoner’s Psychedelic Colouring Book’ (€7.50 +P&P) illustrated by Edwina McNamee.
Dude, where’s my crayons?
Sandman
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An incredible sand ‘painting’ created by an unnamed Senegalese artist working on the island of Gorée using a wooden board pasted with glue, over which he pours a few handfuls of coloured sand.
Wait for it.
Just Stoned
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The pleasing ephemeral stone arrangements of land artist Jon Foreman on the Pembrokeshire coast of Wales.
Each piece takes about four hours to construct, with minimal planning, much to the delight of beach goers who find them before they’re ultimately consumed and erased by the tide.
Midsommar
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A recent ‘fan-poster’ (top, and process work) for Ari Aster’s 2019 folk-horror ‘Midsommar’ by Japanese artist Yuko Higuchi.