I've found a cracker for you today!

The brilliant Shaz Madani.

Paper Jewellery

Lovely paper-ish things by MXM Jewelry

Of course I have to include the paper book pendants by The Black Spot Books

Stunning paper flowers by Blush Envy

Pretty paper earrings and necklace by Vector Cloud. 

Amazing Books and Drawings

Through his explorations of language Sam Winston creates sculpture, drawings and books that question our understanding of words, both as a carriers of messages and as information itself.

Sam Winston. My new favourite!

Wow!

Beautiful paper sculptures by Anna-Wili Highfield.

Alicia Martín

I just found this ingenious book scultpure by Spanish artist Alicia Martín, purely by chance. Right up my alley!

Blogging from the train

Just testing. I've got a new phone, so I can start blogging during my hefty commute. Might need a bit of practice though!

In the mean time, meet my cat, olga.

Lampshades

I have just added some of my hand made lampshades to my Etsy shop. I can make these in any size/fitting and in any design, colour, or using any quote. Sorry for all the shameless self promotion this weekend!

Karen OLeary

Just wanted to share a few of these hand cut city maps and pen and ink drawings from Studio K, Karen's Etsy shop. Of course, I love the London one the most. So beautiful...

Fairy Rings and stuff.

I know that everyone has posted about Amy Ross a million times, but I just really love her work. I first came across her work at the ArtStroll in Atlanta (which I highly recommend). I just thought I'd share a few more images. The Fairy Ring piece has always reminded me of Time Capsule by Alison Gill (below), which I saw at my favorite exhibition of all time, Dream Machines at the Camden Arts Centre. 

Three Pictures I Would Love for Christmas.

The Last Days of Disco by Hollis Thornton Brown available here. 

12 London Shopfronts by Melody Seal available here. 

Duck Magnolia by Amy Ross available here. 

Shinique Smith

Oh dear, it's been rather a long time. I'm not sure where the past three months have gone. I am in the process of starting up a proper little business for myself. At the moment I'm designing a range of paper bridal bouquets with boutonnieres and various other things. So far I'm really pleased with the outcome, and excited about it. I'll be opening the shop soon!

In the mean time, I am only working three days a week (at my real job) at the moment, so I have much more time to be looking for cool stuff and putting it here for you to see. It's great to have more time to do my work and research. I feel like an artist again!

Today I have found this amazing mixed media installation by Shinique Smith. I am really into calligraphy at the moment (since buying this amazing book by Denise Lach), so I expect you'll be seeing a bit more of this kind of stuff over here from now on.

I'm pleased to be back! 

I-wish-I-could-do-this calligraphy by Denise Lach