This Blows!

Well not literally, I was trying to be funny. Mostly I just think you should check out this website, glasspipes.org pretty sweet. It's an "Online community for Glass Pipes" where people post pictures of pipes they have blown and such. As well this website isn't only a home to hand made glass paraphernalia there are also other glass items you may browse and purchase online, and communities throughout the website about other things. But really glass blown art is just unbelievably mind blowing and if only I knew how, I would make so many intricate contraptions. I just think it is such an ill recognized art form. (the pictures I have chosen are all of glass pipes. . . pretty nutty, eh?)

Sweet Style

While keeping myself well updated in BOOOOOOOM!, as usual I came across Nickolej Villiger. When I went to do a little bit of research on this Calgary, AB native all I could really find were his Flickr and his Facebook. So I will just leave you with a few of his 70's style inspired prints. I love the Peace sign one. It's called "Give Peace A Chance" SO CUTE!

53rd at 3rd

In Manhattan at 53rd and 3rd the Lipstick building resides. Standing at 453 feet tall it was built in 1986 and designed by architect Philip Johnson. Doesn't it look like a giant lipstick? Crazy! The coolest part is that it actually has a red sheen to it especially at night. It is pretty sweet looking.

Mark Ryden

These are some pictures from a painter named Mark Ryden. His Bio is pretty sweet you should def read it. The paintings are different, fantasy, surreal kind of pushing the boundaries. My favorite Galleries are The Tree Show, Blood and Gallery Three. All of them are worth taking a look at though. I love the Jimi Hendrix one and the girl crying blood one also I want to go to see his gallery in Seattle. Road Trip?

BOOOOOOM! He's Done It Again!

As I'm sure you've seen BOOOOOOOM! Has opened my eyes to another wonderful artist. Her name is Marguerite Sauvage and she does beautiful illustrations. Mostly of people or sometimes people bodies with animal heads. I love the use of colour and white. Like how she'll colour the main focus of the picture in a bright colour to draw your eyes in but then still outline other also important entities in bright colours. BRILLIANT! Her website obviously gives you a better look at her works but I chose quite a few because I just couldn't choose. I think my favorite has to be the ultra-luxurious looking girl chillin with the iguanas. Although the banjo playing monkey (below) def has a place in my heart.

An Addition To The Blog

So Fraggle Rock now has a little sister, Picture Show. There's a new link on my sidebar, because I'm all about easy access. Basically I post pictures that I randomly take and that I like. Another exciting thing, totally to do with this is I registered for school. I'm going to be studying Photojournalism and Commercial Photography, which I'm really excited about so hopefully my picture taking abilities get better as time progresses. 

ART ATTACK!

Motoi Yamamoto, another great gift from BOOOOOOM! Though I don't have much to tell you about this amazingly unique artist as I can't find anything about him online really. Basically he uses salt to make these large pieces of floor art. He's pretty much nuts, I'll keep trying to put in more research time to update you on his installments. As well, it reminds me of those Art Attacks! That would happen on tv sometimes and it was short, a british guy would take random things and make a giant picture on a field or something of the sort, same idea but these are way more intricate.

Pythonbrug

This is a picture of Amsterdam's Python Bridge or the Pythonbrug. It was built in 2001 by the Rotterdam Firm of architects and connects the Sporenburg Penninsula with Borneo Island. It is a walking bridge with wooden steps all the way up and across it, and is much bigger than it looks. I get really excited about unique but practical art-chitecture. Something that totally helps the area out esthetically but is practical. I walked for HOURS to get to this bridge because I didn't know that it was totally out of the main city of Amsterdam and actually had to walk across two other bridges to get there. An amazing sight and I'm glad to say that I have experienced it in real life. 

John Baldessari

                                                   


Since one of my great passions in life is photography I thought it's about time that I begin to share some of my favorite photographers with you. Firstly I would like to introduce you to John Baldessari. I thoroughly enjoy his work as I hope you will too, though technically he's classified as conceptual art I'm lumping because I can. The colors on black and white photo's are my favorite, I like that he always spots the faces out, it's like it makes the picture more . . . mysterious? It is a feast for my eyes. Bon Appetit!

                                                 

Oh My God I LOVE!

Take a look at Martin Margiela's website I love his 2008 collection, mostly the "artisanal" garments modified by hand, such unique ideas. How I wish I could afford and pull off his brilliance. Though the shoes might need to be tracked down and purchased, no matter HOW much money I don't have to spend on them they are wonderful. Oh, and don't be fooled the website, as it states is not under construction, just simple.