Inspiration
Trompe l’Oeil too
I’ve been posting about murals on every Monday for a while now and I’ve seen a lot of trompe l’oeil but there were a couple here on Web Urbanist that I had not seen before that I thought were interesting. Like these. They are pretty phenomenal and wild. This ceiling mural of trompe l’oeil putti is a classic, however, by Andrea Mantegna and the other ceiling is by Vasari and Zuccari in the Florence Duomo and the bottom, I sadly cannot remember from my Art History days. This is wonderful, modern trompe l’oeil mural work by William Cochran, who I’ve written about before. I was lucky to take a workshop…
A Venture into Viral-Like Expanses Via Paper Art
I thought this interview with Charles Clary, a Tennessee artist out of Nashville was fantastic. Yatzer does a good job of interviewing Clary to see how his creative process clicks. His experiments with paper kinda take on a “viral” quality — building upon forms that cause the viewer to reflect on spacial relationships that grow and go beyond what is expected. Here is Clary’s own description of his work: By layering the paper I am able to build intriguing land formations that support both mechanical and organic life forms. These strange landmasses contaminate the surfaces they inhabit with their viral growth, transforming the space into a suitable living environment. Towers…
Inspiration for Creative Process in the New Year
The New Year always has new potential. In many ways, it offers you an opportunity to start off on a clean slate so here are some inspirational ideas for filling your mind with creative ideas, as discovered on Feeling Fuzzy, The Creative Process Explained and through Rory O’Sullivan and Simon Bruyn’ video called, Rethink Scholarship at Langara. Although this video is from the start of 2010, coincidentally enough, I think it is a timeless approach to creative thinking. The innovative way it is described here, makes it all the more memorable. Because I like the music, although I don’t know what it is, I’ll keep it for Kick Starting the…
