Posts Tagged ‘clothing’

Artist of the moment……..Fraser Smith

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Fraser Smith makes incredible clothing items including bomber jackets, hats,and professional sports jerseys out of wood! All of the pictures in the gallery are all carvings. Each work begins with one piece of basswood. The work is then carved and Smith uses water based pigments to achieve the look of heavily worn objects.

Smith attended college at an Ivy league school, but I couldn’t find out which one.

Fraser Smith was born in 1958.

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A link to the website of Fraser Smith. Many more exciting works including long robes to look at here!

http://www.gofraser.com/

The artist is based out of Saint Pete’s Beach, Florida.

A brief interview with the artist in front of his artwork at ArtPrize 2013:

In this clip a longer interview with the artist at the ArtPrize 2013 event:

What a spectacular artist! Watching the wood become a soft material is magic!

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Artist of the moment……Su Blackwell….The Book as a medium!

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Su Blackwell is a British artist that turns ordinary items like books of stories, into the story itself! I couldn’t believe it when I first saw the artists work, it was like watching a Dicken’s novel come to life! What creativity. For her artistic education Blackwell attended the Royal College of Art located in London, England.  Blackwell has mastered the skill of design so that at each moment it seems something is in movement, be it trees or people. I enjoy her butterfly works the most, sometimes a dress or a book is in the middle of transforming into a butterfly.

price range information: Sorry none available.

A link to the website of Su Blackwell:

http://www.sublackwell.co.uk/

The artists finds her vintage books and clothing at second hand stores. She enjoys using very old books that may have worn edges or beverage stains, this also helps add intrigue in her work.

In this clip we see the artist working at her craft:

In this clip the artist cuts to music:

Some holiday cuttings here:

In closing, its nice to see one advantage the old book has over newer items like the Kindle or Nook, its ability to be used for an artistic medium of expression!

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