Amiens Street, Dublin 1, earlier today.
(Pic: Oisín Kane)
Category Archives: Art/Craft
Winged backpacks by Belarussian Etsy seller Volha Kotova – sculpted, layered, handmade confections of felted wool.
Currently out of stock owing to an inevitable flurry of orders.
The geometric water colours of Jacob Van Loon (Above: ‘8th & Main’ [1,2 and video], ‘Pershing’ [3,4] and ‘Haish’ [5,6]). Grids of boxes drawn and redrawn over layers of white-out fluid, like abstract architectural plans, sometimes neatly filled, sometimes haemorraging colour. Sez he:
By the time I have a final sketch, the layers of primer are caked up and full of valleys and ridges created by broad brush strokes. “When I’m ready for color, it’s not just about pragmatically filling in the spaces, it’s about putting paint down, letting it travel in the valleys and ridges, and seeing where and how it all comes to rest.
A clever anamorphic by Czech graffiti artist Milane Ramsi: his name written backwards with the background painted in to create the illusion of floating 3D typography.
Handmade woollen rugs by Argentinian artist Alexandra Kehayoglou: a treat for the eyes, a playground for your pets, a bugger to vacuum.
Previously: Rug Life
Blanksy
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Brendan writes:
Bansky was at Kilcock train station [Co. Kildare].
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An eye-candiful paper art sculpture entitled ‘I Am Here’ by Tokyo based French architect Emmanuelle Moureaux – 18,000 rainbow coloured silhouettes of women, two girls and one cat which you can either take at face value (as evocations of multiplicity on the crowded streets of Tokyo) or have explained in more depth here.
Giant floats made from dahlias for the Corso Zundert Flower Parade in the Netherlands earlier this month.
More here.
Irish wrestler Fergal Devitt
Last we saw of intrepid pro-wrestling globetrotter Fergal Devitt, the Bray, County Wicklow man had signed with World Wrestling Entertainment (that’s the ex-WWF to the ’80s childer).
Debuting with its Florida-based NXT brand/division/etc., Fergal capitalised on his reputation from grappling exploits in Japan (where he was the subject of an RTÉ documentary), Mexico and Europe.
He become NXT’s biggest star as it began taking off, with touring and merchandise for WWE’s alternative product swelling around his arrival and championship reign…
…as Finn Balór (above), mild-mannered veteran by day, body-painted manimal on fight night.
So it seemed like the dream coming true for 35-year-old Fergal when he was finally called up to WWE’s main roster after nearly two years.
The creation of a new top championship for WWE’s Raw brand created an opportunity for Devitt to oppose storyline corporate golden-boy Seth Rollins at WWE Summerslam last month for the newly-minted WWE Universal Championship.
Customary ridiculousness of the title’s moniker aside, it placed Devitt right at the centre of the action.
Until this happened…
In the course of some scuffling on the floor of the Barclay’s Centre in Brooklyn, New York, Devitt went full-force into the guard rail surrounding the ring.
He not only separated his shoulder, but popped it back into place on camera, before proceeding to finish the match, becoming the champion of the world before 17,000 rabid fans in the process.
After finishing the morning’s media appearances, Devitt got his shoulder checked out, and with a career’s damage taking its toll, WWE doctors told him he’d need immediate surgery and 3-4 months’ recovery time.
Fergal had been champion for less than twenty-four hours before relinquishing the belt, after a sixteen-year career.
What’s left of a story to tell?
Why, the Rocky comeback, of course, and WWE are already all over it, generating sympathy and support in anticipation of his return bout and inevitable rematch with Rollins, showing footage of his surgery and day one of his physical therapy.
Mmf.
Fake FIGHT!
Previously: Fergal Devitt on Broadsheet
Wire sculptures by British artist Candice Bees, whose early training as an illustrator lends her creations the bold, gestural lines of pencil sketches.