Wednesday : murAta Yuzi
Laura Visigalli, Agadir (2011)
“Laura Visigalli is an architect and freelance portrait photographer based in Milan (Italy). Laura took art, graphic design and photography in high school and architecture and videography at the Politecnico University of Milan, where she got a degree in architecture and interior design. Laura got into photography a few years back and since then her work has been exhibited and recognized many times. She’s mainly interested in portraying our parallel realities through the world of reflections and filtered transparences as can be felt in many of her pieces, where the model him or herself becomes transfigured into an almost abstract creature.” - The D Photo
Werner Aisslinger - Home of the Future
Surreal Street Art Explodes Inside a London Room during the Dulwich Festival
Just wrapped up in London was the Dulwich Festival, an event that brought together the biggest names in street art to create huge murals inspired by classic works found in England’s oldest art gallery, the Dulwich Picture Gallery. Old Masters like Rembrandt van Rijn, Nicholas Poussin and Giovanni Battista Tiepolo were given a special homage as the current leaders in street art remixed their esteemed predecessors’ works. For nine days, visitors flocked to south London to see how contemporary street art and classical art could combine to create something groundbreaking.
MAKE IT MODERN: DIY COLORFUL PLASTI DIP KEY TOPS
Supplies:
- keys
- Performix Plasti Dip Create Your Color
- Super Glue
- miniature figures or letters (I found a good selection of these at AC Moore and my local Artist & Craftsman)
- glass mixing containers (a note on that below)
- a pack of toothpicks, coffee stirrers, or small paint brushes
- a craft knifeStep 1: Figure out how you want your miniatures set on the key, and glue them on. Be careful and quick when you’re placing them – the glue dries fast and strong, so you won’t get too much of a chance to reposition anything. When considering placement, make sure you leave space for a key hole if you intend to use a key ring.
Step 2: Mix your colors – the tints are VERY heavily pigmented, so a little goes a long way. Keep in mind that less is more, and only mix a drop or two at a time. For example, I made a pretty aqua using about 2 drops of blue, 1 drop of yellow (pictured), and a drop of white. You really don’t need much. Start small and add slowly as you need.
Step 3: Here’s where the Plasti “Dip” was a little misleading. Since you’re using miniatures, you don’t actually want to dip the keys. Rubberizer is really goopy and fills in holes, so if you dip, you could end up with little blobs instead of figures or letters. Instead, use a brush or – what I ended up using – a toothpick to carefully apply the colors. If you apply too much or it hides detail around the edges, you can use a craft knife to trace around your miniature for more detail before you put on a second or third coat. It’ll look a little weird at first, but just pull off any little nubs you don’t want and it’ll work itself out after a couple more coats.
Step 4: Let the Plasti Dip dry for at least 24 hours before using, and you’re set!
Claude Monet, Soleil couchant sur la Seine à Lavacourt, effet d’hiver, 1880
“Claude Monet, also known as Claude Oscar Monet, 1840~1926, was a founder of French impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement’s philosophy of expressing one’s perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein air landscape painting. The term Impressionism is derived from the title of his painting Impression, Sunrise Claude Monet paintings.” - Fine Art Store
Théodore Rousseau, Sunset in the Auvergne (detail), 1844 (x)
