Paper Sculptures by Suzanne Breakwell

Suzanne Breakwell was born in Coventry currently lives in Brighton, East Sussex with her family. She gained Higher National Diploma Photography at Bradford & Ilkley Community College, & then received graduate degree in BA(hons) Technical Arts Design for Film & Theatre at Wimbledon School of Art, London. Suzzane is a self-taught paper artist who creates gorgeous sculptures using wire, paper mache, corrugated paper, pages from books and cotton rag papers. For her pieces she gets inspiration from the natural world and it's rich flora and fauna. 

The artist shares on her website why she uses paper as the main medium for her work: "I adore paper as a medium & love the beauty & simplicity of creating my pieces from a medium that is so widely used in by so many on a daily basis. It’s the potential of the blank paper & what it might be able to become which sparks my imagination. I find the delicate yet strong characteristics of paper make it an interesting & versatile material to work with. It is this contradictory nature which fascinates me & its ability to continually reinvent itself never seizes to amaze & continues to push me forward developing new ideas & techniques."

The barn owl sculpture is a stunner! The tiny pieces of paper are shaped individually by hand to make feathers in different shapes and sizes. The paper feathers are left raw and rough at the edges to add texture. Her sculptures are brought to life by the use of colored paper and paper with text before they are mounted on oak stands.

Alice Mary Lynch

Somerset based textile artist Alice Mary Lynch creates delightful dolls with distinctive personalities. I am enamored by the fancy attires she sews with hand-embroidery and glass beads embellishments. The beautiful dresses are crafted meticulously for each of the dolls, you can mostly tell what character the artist wanted her doll to be at the time she was making the dress for example: the owl looks like a princess in the fancy dress or the hares who could be bride and groom in that white lacy attire. 

"Armoured with glass beads, crystals and talismen, they are glittering little warriors, watching out for us in the real world."- the artist's statement.

Alice has made costumes for music videos and short films, and has exhibited in boutiques and galleries in London, Paris and Somerset. Her clients include Anya Hindmarch, Alice Temperley, Marwood and Victoria Beckham.

Tony Fitzpatrick: A Collage Artist

 

Tony Fitzpatrick is one of the well-known artists of Chicago. He was a tattoo artist before he turned to large scale mixed media drawings, paintings and multi-colored collages. His work shows influence of everyday street life in Chicago, childhood encounters with Catholic icons, superheroes, owls and other animals. His collages generally have a primary image placed in the center that is surrounded by other images telling a story about it. It's like there are multiple stories all happening at once.

His collages are a beautiful mixture of handmade drawings, found images and ephemera like baseball cards and matchbooks, cigar bands, advertising and narrative text. His work is included in many public institutions as well as at the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. 

If you like, you can join him on facebook where he posts his new work and about his upcoming shows.

Beautiful Trays by Orla Kiely

1. Orla Kiely Owl Tray featuring owl print in hues of green and blue.

2. Orla Kiely Flower Spot Shadow Tray in black and white.

3. Orla Kiely Elephant Tray featuring elephant print hues of blue and red.

4. Orla Kiely Flower Spot Round Tray in denim blue and dandelion yellow.

5. Orla Kiely Flower Spot Round Tray  in ochre and duck egg blue.

6. Orla Kiely Flower Spot Shadow Tray spot shadow motif in black, ochre and duck egg blue.

New tray collection by Orla Kiely can be found at Unique and Unity. They ship internationally, you can find rates to your country on their website. 

Printable Blog Planner

Good morning friends, today's freebie is a great tool for all us bloggers. Whether you are a new blogger or a seasoned pro, we all need to keep ourselves on track and this printable can help you stay organized. The printable features owls, birds, flowers and other animals, and designed in a clean format style.

Martina of "Webby Wonder" has designed a blog planner in two different sections: the first one – "Setting up my blog" will help you plan for your blog with blog style, platform, themes, blog names, domain, widgets & plugins etc.; the second part – "Blogging the way I love" will keep you organized with the daily activities on your blog such as posts ideas, weekly posts calendar, things to do, inspiring blogs etc. It's a wonderful printable that you can print for yourself and a blogger friend. You'll have less stress and able to you run your blog smoother when you know what you need to do and when.