Chanel I love you.

Iv been spending a few hours researching aka online browsing, droolling at what I can not afford. My new NEED (not want) is a Chanel brooch....my intent is to save for one...for about 5 years.
The little beauty I have my eye on is called the shanghai brooch, designed by Karl Lagerfield (Karl...I eternally salute you). It encorporates traditional chinese art..Karl is of course very cultured. Elegant, classy and beautiful. It would also match every item of clothing I have in my wardrobe...who knew!!

http://www.chanel.com/en_GB/

Yuken Teruya

A new artist I have found, very modern work & very interesting; He has a few projects that are really interesting...not your run of the mill, his ideas behind his art are really quite witty, one of which is named for the world to come he mimicks the Japanese government of who stated an area exposed in a helicopter crash was prohibited by all civilians to pass the gate yet managed to have pizza delivered to the area...he made a piece using pizza boxes. very clever chap.

Yuken Teruya is very eco in his tools... he is an ecoFriend (as they say in the eco/arty world. Much of his resources are from toilet rolls and carrier bags...yes seriously. I think he certainly deserves the 'eco' title.

Take a look on his site:  www.yukenteruyastudio.com/

Japane-asy

Currently keeping me on my spindly toes is the beautiful art of Japanese drawing, I have been looking at ancient and new, observing the technique,colours and media used in Japanese drawings. In three words I would describe the Japanese technique as precise. influential. beautifully balanced. (ok that was four words!). Iv found that old and new have managed to maintain the same single philosophy, that cultural heritage of Japan is always shown to be appreciated, none of the work is westernised..congrats to the Japs.

So, here are a few of my own pieces, all of which are a few developments of Japanese drawings that I have pondered. This is my very first upload of my work...be gentle.

*all original pieces were found in Bamboo in Old Japan, Martin Brauen, Arnoldsche. P192/193*

Japanese bamboo scroll

Below is the original piece which is a Japanese hanging scroll of Bamboo. I have used Indian Ink, charcoal pencils, recycled paper and tissue paper to develop this image in various ways. *and a bit of creative photography of course*

'snowfall in the Ryo Garden'

'snowfall in the ryo garden' is shown in the below collage below (middle upper right is the original picture). I have developed this using Indian Ink, pva glue, white acrylic, recycled paper, tissue paper and cartridge paper.

'Spring mist and beady drops'

The piece I have recreated from the original Japanese piece named 'spring mist and beady drops' ( shown in the collage below, bottom right, note this is the original and not drawn by myself). I have used a mix of media to recreate: Cartridge paper, Indian ink, recycled paper, plain paper and water colour.

2011: the year to go against the grain.

Im not a 'making new year resolutions' kind of girl...but in a moment of new thought I decided I need to work in a tidier work space with a little more organisation **controversial really as creative people are generally very untidy, which is how I have justified my messiness of late**  none the less I am going against the grain and getting my space tip top and tidy.

Iv organised my work in to my new union jack antique look storage chest aka my new pride and joy in my home and I have made myself a work mat (courtesy of John Lewis winter homeware magazine).