Last week I sent out a creative invitation to put googly eyes on inanimate objects. The responses on Instagram made our heads spin! Below are a few selected from the whole googly bunch.
courtney.wooten
crabasa
crabasa
crabasa
crabasa
crewmar
ersliwinski
ersliwinski
imcpierson
imcpierson
Kvanous
laura_2137
laura_2137
loveandsqualordesign
loveandsqualordesign
mbontragerart
mmimitb
mmimitb
onlymojofrog
onlymojofrog
punkcass
punkcass
sori.m.e
tawmsart
tawmsart
wsl_creates
wsl_creates
zeldastarfireomb
Stay tuned! The monkeys are gathering their favorites for week 2 of the #30SAL Challenge. Posting soon!
The Representation of Fireworks in Early Modern Europe “Fireworks are intrinsically fleeting, transitory, fugitive. Their power lies in the brutality of their transience: dying the instant of their birth, consumed in the act of consummation. There is something ironic, even poignant, then, in the attempt to render permanent through the medium of art a phenomenon …
[image_with_animation image_url=”7035″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] I prefer a perfect sheet of Rives BFK, baptized in a bath of holy water and dabbed by angels wings, printed with hesitant optimism and an aneurysm when an imperfection emerges, but William Kentridge, he throws it down. That man can work the paper. Torn pieces, inked, and carefully …
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[image_with_animation image_url=”7183″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] I’ve been making more monotypes. I can’t seem to put them down. The exciting discovery of what comes out of the press is as neurologically rewarding as opening wrapped presents. Better maybe. The invitation of the ghosted plate, cold blankness eliminated, grey tones and shapes invite me to create …
Eye Love You; Selected Googly Eyes from the 30SAL Challenge
Last week I sent out a creative invitation to put googly eyes on inanimate objects. The responses on Instagram made our heads spin! Below are a few selected from the whole googly bunch.
Stay tuned! The monkeys are gathering their favorites for week 2 of the #30SAL Challenge. Posting soon!
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[image_with_animation image_url=”7183″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] I’ve been making more monotypes. I can’t seem to put them down. The exciting discovery of what comes out of the press is as neurologically rewarding as opening wrapped presents. Better maybe. The invitation of the ghosted plate, cold blankness eliminated, grey tones and shapes invite me to create …