1. Monday, September 08, 2014

    Ryan Sullivan Canvases

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    Painter Ryan Sullivan’s abstract canvases exhibited at Manhattan’s Maccarone gallery embrace environmental affects and the chemical reactions of paints layered on top of each other.  By tilting the canvases and waiting for time and gravity to act on the canvases Sullivan creates highly textured, fascinating surfaces.




  2. Wednesday, May 07, 2014

    Michael Hansmeyer Columns

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    Michael Hansmeyer is an architect who uses algorithmic architecture techniques, generative art mentalities, and CAD software to generate complex structures. He designs processes to generate objects. These columns of milled 1mm ABS plastic layers were exhibited at the 2011 Gwangju Design Biennale. They are eerie in their other-worldliness and are endlessly fascinating.




  3. Saturday, November 30, 2013

    Iris van Herpen Dresses

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    Micro by Iris van Herpen, in collaboration with Isaie Bloch

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    Skeleton by Iris van Herpen, in collaboration with Isaie Bloch

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    Escapism by Iris van Herpen

    Dutch designer Iris van Herpen is pushing the boundaries of haute couture through the use of new technologies. She combines innovative technology and unconventional materials such as synthetic boat rigging, processed leather sorts and the whalebones of children’s umbrellas to create visually stunning outfits.




  4. Tuesday, May 07, 2013

    BC 5×3

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    BC 5×3 at the Seymour Art Gallery is my second solo photography show.  It is a collection of photographs taken while traveling through British Columbia: Tofino, Merritt, Bella Coola, Vancouver, and Mount Seymour in North Vancouver. There are five groups of three images, and each triplet is distinct due to place, time of day, and the colour palette of the area. These groupings explore emotive environments, intense colour fields, textures, and multiple possible readings afforded by abstraction.




  5. Wednesday, August 17, 2011

    “Atmospheres” Photography Exhibition

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    These are several images from my first solo photography exhibition, Atmospheres, at the Artemis Gallery in North Vancouver.

    Artist’s Statement:

    Atmospheres is an exploration of light, object and shadow in a frozen moment of time – elements that define photography itself. The images of this exhibition are the product of ice slabs I created, some embedded with objects that become mysterious forms in blocks of ice. I used a variety of light sources to illuminate these transient pieces in order to achieve the serene, abstract environments that are captured by the photographs.

     

    My process of producing a final image includes the investigation of macro and micro views within my base photos to experiment with the effects of scale. Used as a tool for manipulating colour and contrast, the computer also facilitates my exploration of the mood within the image, and allows me to delve deep into aspects of abstraction and emotive space – the universe in my icebox.

     

     

     




  6. Saturday, June 11, 2011

    Water Carafe by Pieke Bergmans

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    Pieke Bergmans produced a limited edition of eight water carafes working together with glass blowers, pulling the bubble of molten glass into extreme shapes improvising with the craftsmen in the glassblowing process.  The resulting carafes are exquisite.




  7. Sunday, April 17, 2011

    Green Walls by Patrick Blanc

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    Patrick Blanc is a botanist and the creator of these gorgeous vertical garden walls. Based in France, he is at the forefront of garden wall design –
    www.verticalgardenpatrickblank.com. The world needs more of these green walls.




  8. Saturday, April 16, 2011

    AP Stool by Shin Azumi

     

     

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    The AP Stool designed by Shin Azumi for Italian manufacturer Lapalma  is produced from a single shell of bent plywood, maximizing plywood’s structural capabilities to produce an elegant, comfortable, sculptural form.