Evan Hecox

I’ve always been a fan of Evan Hecox. This is a little clip by Felipe Lima, curated by Arkitip, that shows how he goes about producing some of his work.

Evan Hecox from Arkitip, Inc. on Vimeo.

Michael Leon

Michael Leon doing some painting.

Michael Leon Skulls from Arkitip, Inc. on Vimeo.

Ayaka Nishi

Ayaka Nishi makes some amazing jewelery that are more like pieces of art. I like anything relating to bones… so I love her latest collection.

from her site…

“Inspired by the simple beauty found in the shapes and forms of the natural world, Ayaka Nishi endeavors to create jewelry of unparalleled beauty and exquisite craftsmanship. A unique feature of her works is that they exist simultaneously on two levels: they serve as compliments to the wearer’s wardrobe while at the same time they stand alone as singular works of art.”

Lisa Black

Lisa Black makes some of the best work I’ve seen in a while and seeing as though I haven’t posted in a while it makes sense to get going again on a high. Be amazed.

Paul Barbera

“Paul Barbera was born in Melbourne, Australia. Paul works between Melbourne and Amsterdam, also living in various locales that include Berlin, Prague, Singapore and Rome. During this time, he has established himself as an interiors and fashion photographer, working with publications like View on Color, Bloom, Elle Decor, Freudin, Grazia, Vogue Living and Jalouse.

Working on advertising and editorial work while also expanding into new projects that include books and exhibitions…” …this is where my love of Paul’s work come in (not that I don’t like his commercial work). His projects LOVE LOST and WHERE THEY CREATE are saving my sanity at the moment, so I’m glad I found them when I did. The images are real, they are honest and they are simply beautiful. Anything that cuts through the make believe glamour and bullshit of the mainstream money culture has my respect. I love the way Paul see’s the world and recommend you take a look at his sites to see his work in full context.

Gallery images taken from Paul’s LOVE LOST project.

Bert Spangemacher

Bert Spangemacher is a photographer. The emotion he has captured and the power coming out of his travel photographs could only be described as epic. His portraits are stunning and his studio work simply beautiful. Take a few moments from your day and absorb life as seen through his lense… You can see him in action here.

Mike Davis & Henry Lewis

One of my favourite artists Henry Lewis has been visited by Fecal Face. Some nice shots of his studio and how the guy exists. Also some pics of Mike Davis’ work for a show the two had in January. Check it out…

Cade Martin

A look at Cade Martin’s client list tells you this guy knows how to shoot. A look at Cade Martin’s work tells you this guy has something worth saying.

Iain Macarthur

Iain’s work is described as surreal and unique in its own way. Using mostly pencil, watercolours and pigment pens he creates portraits of ordinary people but create them in an unusual way by embelishing patterns and watercolour effects into the portrait to give a vivid explosion effect. Making there faces from something plain to somthing entirely bizzare and wonderful at the same time.

Kate Toropygina

I stumbled across Kate’s character illustrations on Behance and I now have several new super hero crushes. These girls are amazing and damn sexy! Kate resides in Kiev, Ukraine. Her website (or atleast the link from Behance) isn’t in english so I can’t tell you anything more about her. But her work is slick. I also think hooded capes need to start making an appearance in suitable fashion collections.

This Long Century

THIS LONG CENTURY is an assembly of inspirations, observations and ideas that exist purely through invited contributions from people considered outstanding within their field of work.

THIS LONG CENTURY is a collaboration between Georgina Lim, Stefan Pietsch, Jason Evans and Kate Sennert.

Stephanie Choplin

Still a student at l’Ecole de Design Nantes Atlantique in France, Stephanie Choplin has a couple of really nice product designs under her belt already. Check em.

Fredrik Oscarsson

Some of Fredrik’s work leaves me hanging. But there’s a lot of good coming out of his brain. Anyone who produces work aimed toward the real cracks in the world has my respect.

Michael Steele

I really enjoy Michael Steele’s work. You should go check it out. This is the artist statement from his site:

“As an artist based out of Melbourne Australia, I have had a keen interest in anything creative from a very young age. Over the years I have explored various mediums and styles such as, illustration, oil painting and digital media.

With this new series of artworks that I have created as part of the “Cluster” series, I have been able to explore various styles, techniques and mediums by portraying what I see around me and then present these influences artistically. These influences that I have portrayed come from various avenues, such as the media, memories, people, textures, technology and so on.

A Cluster to me resembles images or objects grouped together to form something larger. I feel this gives images or objects a stronger presence, rather than being displayed by themselves, creating a much more dynamic experience for the viewer.

I am constantly exploring new avenues within this theme.”

Hydro74 aka Joshua M. Smith

“Hydro74 is a Orlando based designer, otherwise known as Joshua M. Smith. The soul purpose of his career is to push the boundries in doing what he feels is relevant to the market as well as extract various elements and trends to be able to offer them up in his own personal work. But let’s be honest. He does what he loves because he loves it. Not because he has to do it, nor is he forced to do it, but rather he is passionate about doing what he does. He firmly believes in having set style tones, yet a sense of diversity to make any various project unique to the demands that are set forth.”

Daniel Davidson

“Davidson’s “mirror drawings” have been an integral part of his work for several years. Using watercolor pencil, he draws one side of the image in its entirety, then sprays the paper with water, folds it in half and buffs it vigorously. The paper is sprayed and buffed repeatedly until the drawn half is successfully “printed” on the opposing side, creating a complete, and completely symmetrical, image. No additional drawing is added.

Previously Davidson’s mirror drawings focused almost entirely on faces and included a cast of down and out archetypes, often representing facets of the artist himself – his inner cop struggling to maintain order, his inner miner searching for gems of creative inspiration, his inner biker eager to buck authority and hit the open road. This constant immersion in the idea and creation of mirror images triggered Davidson’s recognition of seemingly symmetrical compositions all around him, from childhood memories to his every day life. Darth Vader in his TIE Fighter screaming through the Death Star trench, Diane Arbus’ “Identical Twins, Roselle, New Jersey, 1967,” and a perfect ice cream sundae are just a few that suddenly gained new meaning, and from Davidson, a new appreciation. And while they were rarely truly symmetrical, Davidson realized that his human mind chose to see them that way, perhaps because their perfection and balance are so soothing and reassuring. The artist began collecting and playing around with these visuals and this notion.

By adopting many of his earlier ideas and directing them outward, Davidson has created a new body of work that is rich with political and social commentary (ranging from a beautiful wedding cake with two happy grooms on top to a Drill Sergeant preparing his troops for war) and nostalgia (including portraits of Kermit the Frog and The Guinness Book of World Records’ Worlds Heaviest Twins), yet doesn’t lose touch with the deep sincerity and irreverent sense of humor that have always been present in his work. Even Davidson’s installation of “Double Stuff,” with all 32 works hung perfectly symmetrically on a single wall, indicates that while he may take the quality of his work and the depth of his obsessions quite seriously, he is still able to poke fun at himself.

Daniel Davidson began his career while still attending San Francisco Art Institute as one half of the collaborative team Beattie and Davidson. After several successful exhibitions and extensive inclusion in museum shows worldwide, Davidson branched out on his own. His work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions at Galerie Schuster in Frankfurt, Pierogi in Brooklyn and the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego, to name a few. Davidson currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.”

Pamela Love

I was out and about the other day and spotted an unreal necklace that tempted me to don the metal for the first time in a while… then I stumbled across an amazing jeweller, Pamela Love. Whilst checking out her latest lookbook and her stack of colabs I found the piece I went crazy over instore! Check out her work.

Phillip Lim

Juan Francisco Casas Ruiz

Juan Francisco Casas Ruiz produces absolutely amazing large and small scale drawing using nothing but a blue ball point pen! His paintings are insane as well, but i just love the large scale ball points. You have to go check out his work!

Estelle Dévé Jewellery

“born in south of france 24 years ago, and now a recent resident of melbourne, estelle dévé has always been interested in jewellery and its different forms of interpretation. self-taught, she is just to launch the fruits of her first chapter in jewellery design. her debut collection: “for j.d, with love and squalor”, serves as homage to the acclaimed j.d salinger, writer of the classic piece of fiction “the catcher in the rye”. using pewter casting of found objects as well as dramatically heavy gold and black metal chains, the collection reinterprets through jewellery design, events and characters of the 1953 book of novels, “for esmé –with love and squalor”. one item of jewellery has been designed for each novel of the book. as an example, the novel “down at the dinghy” tells the story of a mother that only manages to communicate with her young son by pretending that they both are u.s navy officers: the “down at the dinghy” ring is made out of two broken u.s navy rings (a small & a big one) cast together symbolizing both characters and attempts at communication.”