Paper Flowers

I found somebody's blog that gives out templates and how-to of a few different flowers; I decided to try and create different flowers with the template/s.

Ranunculus
http://diyordont.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/tutorial-paper-ranunculus-flower-free.html

Roses

http://diyordont.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/tutorial-paper-rose-tutorial-and.html

Stephanotis

http://diyordont.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/tutorial-paper-stephanotis-flower-free.html

Gum Wrapper Flowers

I found this tutorial for a gum wrapper flower which I found really interesting; I actually like the way it's come out, but I think it looks a little too messy.http://sewmanyseams.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/tuesday-tutorial-gum-wrapper-rose.html 

I couldn't find a tutorial on how the person did these, but their blog has a few little projects with recycling materials and wrappers
http://trashintotreasures.tumblr.com/

Cathy Wu

Using dried fruits to create jewellery I found very interesting; I'd love to try doing this myself, however drying the fruit might take a large amount of time up.

I like the way she builds up the layers to create a flower look; I wonder if this would work with wrappers and newspaper

Upcycled Vases + Mary Jean

I found these really unusual vases made from rolled up wrappers while researching; I really like these vases and I'd like to try it out myself.
The artist is Mary Jean, she uses magazines and colourful paper to make these; she also makes flowers out of plastic bottles and decorations.
She sells most of her creations here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/MaryJeansThings?ref=top_trail 

I also found this interesting shaped one that I can't seem to find anymore of.



http://www.etsy.com/listing/87645788/pink-red-black-white-silver-upcycled

Nicola Freeman

Looking into Food Art, I came across these sculptures by Nicola Freeman, a graduate from Wolverhampton; I really like the way she's used plaster and acrylic to create the subtle hints of colour. Maybe I could use this technique and try out making smaller versions. 

Gaetano Pesce & Fish Design

These vases reminded me a lot of strawberry laces and looks as if it's done out of glass; I like how it looks like something it's not, another lead to look into maybe? 

Yaya Chou

Using sweets to create everyday objects and sculptures; I really like the way the light comes through the sweets and doesn't look like sweets until up close.

Joey Veltkamp

Joey makes these adorable little ghost like creatures in ceramics and has coated some with glitter.

I found them after searching through many pages of images looking for some sort of art/sculpture with glitter involved.

I really like these little sculptures, they're original and quirky, and some are very brightly coloured. They remind me a lot of the bright colours used in AMW, and Jim Lambie's record players.

http://www.i-m.co/jveltkamp/joeyveltkamp/etcetera.html 

Rachel Kaye

Rachel Kaye appears to be a painter, however, I found her through her glitter sculptures.

The two sculptures look as if they are mosaic almost with the way the glitter is shaped. I love the way that the colours contrast from each other and the glitter gives that perfect shine to it and doesn't look 3D, more like a standing flat pillar with no sides.

Her paintings are a lot different to these sculptures, as they're very abstract, the colours contrast each other and the patterns are also very unusual. 

http://www.rachelakaye.com/index.php?/works/

Jim Lambie

Jim Lambie was a large part of my inspiration to use the glitter aspect of AMW; the glitterized record player he did called "Ska's Not Dead" was one of the pieces I first looked at of his.

I like the way the glitter has picked up the details on the buttons and the way it brings it out against the white background. I'd like to try something like this on smaller objects, such as batteries or pens.

Some of his other work, such as with the brightly coloured tape, I find interesting as the colours really stand out and look interesting against the backgrounds they're put on, like the stairs and floors. They're so out of the ordinary and this is what I like about them.

Symmography

Symmography is the art of string using a piece of wood, nails, and string. 

The nails are placed in the pattern that is wanted and the string wrapped around the nails; I found it interesting as I started thinking as to whether this would work with crocheted or knitted lines, but on a larger scale.

The way this has shows the 3D I find fascinating, yet it looks quite simple as the string is just built up over each other to create the effect.
I'd like to try something like this, but with the knitted/crocheted string.

Tutorial: http://www.alinasadventuresinhomemaking.com/2012/02/a-symmography-tutorial.html

Magda Sayeg

Magda was one of the first people to start yarn bombing; she has worked with many famous companies like Mini Cooper, Absolut Vodka and Smart Car with her projects of crocheted or knitted yarn bombs. Some of her most famous projects were the yarn bombed bus in Mexico.
The colours she uses stand out against the normal everyday environments she puts them in, making them easily noticeable from large distances.

I'd like to play around with the colours I could use, inspired by how Magda uses colours to represent her own work.

http://www.magdasayeg.com/home.php

Juliana Santacruz Herrera

Juliana braids fabric, dyes it and uses these coloured fabric braids to fill in pot holes around Paris.
Her work I find interesting as she takes the fabric out of the textiles realm and into the sculpture. Her bright colours stand out against the plain grey road, a lot like Anthony Logan's work stands out against the environment he puts in it.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/39380641@N03/
http://www.designboom.com/art/juliana-santacruz-herrera-decorative-potholes/

Nike Savvas

Nike Savvas is an Australian artists whose less known here; she recently opened up a new exhibition in Leeds art gallery called "Liberty And Anarchy".
In this exhibition she uses ribbons and coloured string to create her sculptures that inhabit the room as well as large wooden frames.

The way she uses the string to create geometric inspires me to try something like this, but with a line of crochet to act as string, or even a line of knitting. I think it would have to be on a bigger scale than the sculpture, but the frame would be the main thing to create, maybe this could be done out of knitted wool instead of wood.

http://www.leedsstudent.org/2013-01-25/ls2/arts/art-liberty-and-anarchy

Megan Geckler

Megan Geckler uses flagging tape to create sculptures based around already existing architecture; I love the way she uses flagging tape and would love to try something like this with string, or maybe even a crocheted line. 

The bright rainbow colours really come out against the white, and in a way it reminds me of the way that AMW comes out against the normal miss world pageants. 

http://www.megangeckler.com/artwork.htm

Candace Bahouth

Candace uses pieces of china and glass to create mosaic shoes; I really like the way she's combined a modern object with the old style mosaic technique.
The broken mirror shoe are what interested me most as they link in with the way Logan uses the material for his crowns in AMW.

Though the broken china shoe is different, I took an interest to that as it has colour and the colour compliments the way Logan and the contestants use bright colours within the contest.

http://www.mosaicbahouth.com/Mosaic_shoes_boots_gallery.html