Wundercloud!

Utopia - A solo show by Hara Katsiki

2011-09-23T06:41:00.000-07:00

If you have the luck to be around Berlin don't miss out a visit to West Berlin Gallery. I'm proud to have my sister exhibiting her work there. Her first solo show!

After making her way to Berlin three years ago, Hara Katsiki won the Illustrative Young Illustrators Award in 2010. From drawing to costume design, fashion, graphic design, and music, Hara Katsiki lets her creativity pick the medium. Currently exploring illustration, Hara Katsiki will debut her latest work at her very first solo show on September 22, 2011 at West Berlin Gallery. Doors open at 18:00 and it goes until 22:00.

Through this exhibition, Hara Katsiki plans on giving us a sneak peak into the fantastically romantic inner world of her thought-dreams. Always keen to experiment, this daring artist transcends the boundaries of imagination. Using her dreams as the main source of inspiration, Katsiki was inclined to define/refine her work for this show by using three primary colors: black, white and gold. Hara is also using ink on paper and wood, creating abstract pieces reminiscent of what she describes as “nature’s unspoken beauty”.

New wundershoes!

2010-11-10T12:12:00.000-08:00

This is the second pair of shoes I drew. It's been a while since I made those shoes for a friend of mine! I have previously posted the process of drawing a blank pair of shoes so if you want to make your own and need some tips, look for my post on the 13th of June. Good luck!

Digital Arts Magazine Masterclass Tutorial

2010-09-21T10:58:00.000-07:00

Digital Arts magazine came across my first collaborative project with Stephen Chan and asked us to join our forces once again to create a new shared piece giving an insight to their readers of how we collaborate and work together.

Our process was published in the Masterclass tutorial section of the September 2010 issue.

To purchase online visit Digital Arts magazine. This piece is one more journey into the world of Fairytale Asylum (Wundercloud + Stephen Chan) where characters live, play and kill together!

Wundercloud at Digital Graphic Battle!

2010-06-25T15:02:00.000-07:00

One month ago while I was visiting Berlin, I was invited to participate into a live digital graphics battle held between the West Berlin Gallery and Le Cafe Dune, Paris.

Participants from each gallery had 30 minutes to make an illustration from scratch, while the work and progress of both was projected on the wall, and also streamed live online! It was a sweet blessing knowing I had some people across the world following me live!

It was a very fun experience, not as stressful as I thought it would be - maybe I had relaxed a bit more after a couple of mojitos...!
The result and appreciation comes really from the faces, excitement and clapping of the people.

For more pictures and to see the illustrations that the other participants produced, you can have a look at West Berlin's Gallery Facebook page.

Sketch up your shoes!

2010-06-13T07:41:00.000-07:00

My creative mission of the week is customising some new plain and cheap shoes I bought!

You will need:
1. a cheap pair of shoes (especially if you are not sure how they will turn out)
2. textile markers which are used to draw on fabric
3. iron
4. sketchpads or paper
and last but not least...
5. imagination!

I first made some drafts on paper and I started drawing onto the shoes after I felt confident that I knew approximately the design that I would do. After the drawing is complete, it only takes few minutes to iron them so that the color is sealed and they are machine washable.

And here you go... new custom wundercloud shoes!

Yesterday's Lasers

2010-05-14T04:43:00.000-07:00

It was the end of a tough day working until late, when suddenly before I turn off my iMac I thought to load up the Photo Booth application for the first time and play around...Here are the results...unexpected and surreal! Shot with the Light Tunnel effects on and then I just did some color correction in Photoshop.

The crazy almost laser eye effect on the first picture is thanks to my huge glasses!

Campus Party Europe 14-18/04

2010-05-05T05:57:00.000-07:00

Having survived the volcano ashes, here I am, back to Liverpool ready to share some of my experiences from the Campus Party Europe in Madrid - a party that is considered to be the biggest event in technology, creativity and digital culture online in the world!
800 people from different countries participate in this huge networking party and I had the honor to be invited and also to present some of my work.

I felt satisfied in every aspect I was expecting the party to have. I enjoyed the talks about creativity, design and innovation from some leading people and companies around the world like Paul Bennett from IDEO, Ben Hammersley, editor of Wired UK, Sebastian Sylwan from the production team behind the film AVATAR who gave an inspiring talk and shared some secrets of the making of of the film, and many more.

The talks were only one part of the event, since while walking around the lounge and watching some talks outside the creative area you could see and meet a variety of talented people involved in science, modding, development, blogging and robotics. A huge mixture of people that have worked for NASA, to new and young talented stars - a really good opportunity for social networking and exchanging ideas.

Outside the events I was overwhelmed by some installation art and interactive interfaces exhibited on the Future Campus Area. Two of my favorites were the "Dreaming Pillow" an interactive installation inviting users into dream-like sensations and "Earthwalk" - an installation based on Google Earth.

Here are are the people that represented our Greek community in the conference that were a pleasure to meet and see their work. Emmanuel Vantarakis , Panagiotis Alefragis , Georgina Malavazou, Konstantina Zoehrer , Vasilis Magoulas , Emmanuel Vohaitis , Panayotis Vryonis, Kyriaki Iatropouli

Many thanks to the excellent organisation, help and care for everybody, until we are all back home, safe and sound!

Here is a nice idea: Handmade business cards

2010-04-08T06:10:00.000-07:00

Ok, so you are attending an event or a meeting and just realised you got no business cards left and no time to print more. Here is an idea... just make your own! What's more caring and personal than that? I know it might be time consuming but it's not so hard to make about 10 for fun. Between us, I know anyway that you will spend days trying to make up your mind on a design when it's time to print...

So set your mind free, open your drawers and take out your pencils, old cardboard, stickers, stamps or whatever you can think of! It's wonderful that you don't have to think square anymore. You can have triangles ones, round ones or even bunny shapes if you dare to cut the shape. It's up to you. You can make them all different or keep them in line with the others. Just try to keep a size that would fit comfortably in a wallet, and that's about it!

I'm posting my own experiment for you to see, as many as I have got left. I just had some cards printed finally but I really loved those ones I made by hand, and I will still be giving them out too!

People I've never met and conversations I've never had!

2010-02-22T09:54:00.000-08:00

These two illustrations are a cooperation between me and my friend Steven Chan for the Nobrow Competition. The competition is calling for artists to illustrate people that they have never met and conversations they never had.

That was a great fun project and my first collaborative illustrations. The work has been traveling between us back and forth until some hours before the deadline! It was fantastic and I think If there wasn't a deadline we could keep playing around and passing it to each other forever!

Steven Chan and I will be an illustration couple under the name Fairytale Asylum and this work is our first one! Be aware there is much more on the way!

Our Illustrations on Flickr:
People I've never met
Conversations I've never had

The Nobrow submissions on Flickr

Enjoy Ste's work at:
www.stephen-chan.co.uk

Wrong Love at the A Foundation

2010-02-15T04:44:00.000-08:00

After some long nights working on the design and video for the DJ set at the alternative Valentine's party Wrong Love in Liverpool held at the A Foundation, finally came the reward!

The event was mainly great and I really hope we will see more edgy and artistic night events in Liverpool again. I enjoyed observing the installations set up on the night and I also enjoyed a dreamy-like, one to one performance I experienced talking to a mysterious person while being blind folded and fed cake into my mouth. My imagination and curiosity are ready to explode since then, wondering about who was the person I talked with, and the environment where the experience took place.

One of my favorite moments was the kind puppet and his master Colin Eccleston in a sweet yet funny puppetry show.

The only unfortunate moment of the night was that I couldn't enjoy as much as it deserved the performance of my friend Kim Bumstead, as by the time he appeared a lot of people were behaving badly and drunk. One thing I would hope for for future events would be some sort of security for the artists and performers in these situations.

So, enjoy my video compilation played during the event, and have a closer look on some artists and performers of the night, Kimbal Bumstead, Jayne Lawless and Improvisation Laboratory w/Fool's Proof Theatre.

Many thanks to Come into Land that brought as the event.
Looking forward to see more!

The owls are not what they seem...

2010-01-31T14:06:00.000-08:00

Last year I decided to decorate my christmas tree with handmade owls, so I gathered a creative team together and we brought to life a lot of cute creatures! The result was a lot of different personalities... smarter or sillier, handsome or short, geeky or fashionable. The owls have been watching us for a short time from the christmas tree, until the day I decided to let them out into the real world!

TIME MACHINE REACHES FUTURE!!! … nobody there …

2010-01-26T14:24:00.000-08:00

Inspiration and creativity is like a virus and spreads quickly... I was siting with my friend and she said to me about an article from "Wired" magazine that talked about stories that were only six words long, from sci-fi to fantasy, horror to romance.

Only the six words were enough to create an explosion in the imagination.

We decided to take a picture so that she could illustrate one of the stories... the pictures became 100 and in the end I found my self somewhere between illustrating some of the stories too and making a self portrait.

Thanks to Druantia for her beautiful photography and don't forget to have a read through her article!

The colourful world of Betsy Walton!

2010-01-21T04:31:00.001-08:00

First post of 2010... So Happy New Year!

I know It's been a little while since I've written, but you have to forgive me! It took me a long time to adjust after Christmas break, and I always enjoy keeping a distance to technology for a while.

Today I'm writing about Betsy Walton! A native Kansan who now lives in Portland. She decided to leave her full time job back in 2006 and dedicate her soul to her paintings. Her world has pulled me in there and I can't stop looking at her paintings and flying in those worlds. I'm fascinated by the way she is using the colour, the colour schemes and of course the dreamy drawings.

Have a look at her website and her blog which is very insightful as she talks in depth about her sources of inspiration such as novels and breath meditation.

Stop-motion@Liverpool Screen School

2009-12-10T16:02:00.001-08:00

Yesterday I had the honor to work within Liverpool Screen School's teaching team in order to run a stop motion workshop for the students of The Huyton Arts and Sports Centre school.

The procedure we followed was to show them some inspiration links, brainstorm with them, and then get them to make their storyboards.

It was a great experience observing people that do not have any previous experience with New Media and how easily they can become motivated to start developing ideas.

I think I saw the biggest excitement and focus in the team while working on the animation aspect, while moving things around. It allowed them to experiment and get a quick response by watching it every couple of minutes.

So after this experience I realised why stop-motion workshops are so fun and successful for new people. It is just that the result is quick, rewarding and impressive.

I was very pleased with the final outcome of only few hours fun and effort.

I hope that the little artists enjoyed it as well, and good luck in their future!

Have a look at my teams' movie Cardboard Xmas, as well as the work of the other teams.

Sketchbook Making

2009-12-10T08:44:00.000-08:00

Here are the outcomes of a user-testing session in making sketchbooks, in order to complete a workshop plan that I'm working on!! Thanks to all my talented friends and participants for all the help and support!

All creative people should use sketchbooks!! Record your ideas, draw, make storyboards and see your ideas evolve! Making your own sketchbooks, it is not only very fun but also very engaging and motivating! I look forward to use mine! It is great having a sketchbook that has a little bit of your personality!

There are several ways you can put a sketchbook together and ideas to make! Just gather a lot of all recycled materials and papers, stickers, folders and pens, set your imagination free and have fun!

See more details and videos on how to make them at:
http://www.accessart.org.uk/sketchbook/

Walls, Floors and Patterns in Cinema

2009-10-22T15:24:00.000-07:00

An element that I find exciting and always look out for when watching films (especially when they are directed by Lynch) are amazing, trippy and crazy patterns. I think that some of the most famous scenes in cinema history have been characterized by patterns, so I decided to post some of the most distinguished and loved ones.

Some of the most legendary shots in my opinion that use patterns are: The Lodge from Twin Peaks, the Lady in the Radiator's stage in Eraserhead and The Overlook Hotel's carpets in Kubrick's The Shining. It's worth noting that both Lynch and Kubrick have been an influence to one another, specifically, Kubrick's vision for The Shining was heavily influenced by Eraserhead.

Some more beautiful patterns can be seen in the films of Wong Kar Wai, especially in 2046 and in The Mood for Love. Pedro Almodovar's scenes often consist of geometrical 60's wallpapers, and one of the sweetest use of patterns is in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Amelie.

2009-06-03T02:29:00.000-07:00

Jennybird Alcantara's art is full of narratives and explorations of opposites. It is a great example of observing how beauty and cruelty can be merged together and prove that nothing would be the same in the absence of either. Her biggest inspirational moments agree so much with mine too; the state of semi-consciousness! It is such a great moment, and happens to me often before I sleep, when I'm sunbathing, or while I travel...

I really love the first illustration "Daughter of Icarus" ..it brings to my mind the moments when my sister and I are taken apart by an airplane because we live in different countries :(

www.jennybirdart.com

It's beauty that captures your attention; personality which captures your heart.

2009-05-07T03:51:00.000-07:00

I saw the work of Elsa Mora a long time ago on Flickr, her 'Blossom Buddies' ...and I thought, what a beautiful mind she has!

Then today I realised that this thought is much more true than I ever imagined! After all that time, I came across her blogs and saw more of her work and read a lot about her life and perceptions. It's amazing to see how truly pure, lovely and talented she is, you can see it in everything she creates; paper sculptures, drawings, jewllery and most important the beautiful, poetic way she writes and thinks.

I was very moved by the quotes she refers to and the concepts that surround every project that she has made. The 'Inner Thread' project espcecially touched my heart. The sculpture is breath taking, but the impulse that inspired her to create this piece is even more inspiring. It's wonderful to see the beautiful ways that some people can find to interpret life and the events that are happening to them whether they are good, or bad. I wish everybody could express themselves in this way; so that anger, sadeness, stress and all those emotions that eat away inside us could be transformed into something beautiful.

Elsita's blog
Papercutting blog
Elsita on Etsy

Sisifus in his new home!

2009-04-30T02:01:00.000-07:00

This is Sisifus the Newest toy i made. He was born in Liverpool and traveled a couple of days later to sunny Greece in his new home and new owner! He has been sending me pictures of his life, since he is my first child that lives away from me. I think has been very well looked after and educated.

He is very sensitive and he likes hugging all his friends at once with his long hands. From the very beginning of his life he found out he loves lemons and peanuts. Though I'm a bit concerned about him and his big purple fur in that hot weather...he will definately need a swim soon and a lot of ice creams to feel better...have fun in Greece Sisifus!

Deep Hidden Miracles

2009-04-27T05:21:00.000-07:00

It's not 2D, 3D, science fiction, imagination or the inspiration of any designer! They truly exist, they're beautiful, odd and are beyond any dream somebody could have! They are the creations of Mother-Earth the first, infinite, unlimited source of extraordinary art!

See more from the stunning book "The Deep - Claire Nouvian"
or find more in Biology and nature books.

Natural Beauty

2009-04-22T07:33:00.000-07:00

I just came across the 2009 work of Camilla d'Errico and I'm absolutely dazzled! A sweet yet dark innocence at the same time! When i see her work I'm lost in colorful worlds where nature and people are one...well done!

www.camilladerrico.com
Camilla on Behance

Cybele + Attis

2009-03-12T02:50:00.000-07:00

This is Attis new friend, so he is not alone anymore...Her name is Cybele and she is adorable!

Attis
A Shy pink monster that lives in the wild woods. He climbs mountains, sleeping in caves and tall trees. He likes to play tough, but he is a scaredy-cat at heart! He enjoys being alone, but he still meets his friends often!

Cybele
A fluffy hungry, girl that only eats butterflies - that's why her fur is so bright and colourful! She admires Attis - spying on him in the woods when he thinks he is alone! When they meet they Brush each others hair with their feet since they've got no hands...

For cat lovers!

2009-02-09T02:21:00.000-08:00

A world completely inhabited by cats came across my eyes yesterday. Susan Herbert, a painter who prefers cat models, has repainted a variety of known masterpieces, replacing the original models with cats, in pieces like Da Vinci's Mona Lisa, Marie Antoinette and many more. Some of her publications explore the Middle ages, Impressionism, Shakespearean drama, Western Art like Manet and Michelangelo, and also scenes from classic movies.

Her work has a funny, bizzare feeling about it without the atmosphere of the paintings ever feeling humorous. The cats' facial expressions are very sophisticated and serious most of the time.

What I also love about her, is that she successfully reflects the specific movement, characteristics and techniques of the original artist but its also different at the same time too.

I couldn't find much of a bio of the artist, I only know she herself loves cats and her pet stars in the paintings quite often.

See more of her innovative work at Chris Beetles Gallery.

The story of the lonely monster

2009-01-24T14:15:00.000-08:00

This is my new little creation and his adventure in the woods as he described it to me when he got back home from his walk.

" I've been waiting for my imaginary friend today in the park...When he showed up we immediately started playing hide and seek, climbing on the trees and relaxing by the sea! It was such a peaceful day. The birds were singing songs to us and the flowers where laughing with our mischief.

We had all the time to sit down and dream, talk and enjoy the beautiful scents of the woods. Then we were swinging by a broken gate watching the cars pass by as my fur blew in the strong wind . We got the train back eventually after we watched the sun go down.

I hope I will find him tomorrow in the park again..."

If you want to see many more pictures of his adventure checkout my Flickr stream!

Kaleidoscopic eyes

2009-01-19T02:52:00.000-08:00

These are the experiments i did this weekend with a 'kaleidoscopic' lens and my camera. The results came out magic! Some experimenting brought out crazy colorful and beautiful patterns and also other more scary and dark compositions. I love the patterns that can be created by the blending of a face and body parts, and the complex patterns that appear from some other objects like Lego, lighting shades, toys, fruits and more!

The set up if you want to experiment too is pretty simple. The 'kaleidoscope' is actually a type of prism mounted inside a piece of recycled cardboard that I aligned with the camera lens, so that when you look through your camera's viewfinder, your subject will appear in a symmetrical, kaleidoscopic pattern!

By changing the distance between the kaleidoscope and camera, as well as playing with the camera's zoom, the patterns shift and change as the light moves through the prism. Just moving the kaleidoscope slightly can produce totally different patterns - there are an infinite number of ways to shoot the same subject! Have fun!

2009 - Last year for Polaroid Instant Film

2009-01-05T07:03:00.000-08:00

Happy 2009! The last year for Polaroid Instant film!

Buy it, play around, love it and make the most out of it this new year because the last Polaroid films expire in September 2009...

I fell in love and bought my Polaroid Spirit 600 CL recently in a flea market in Berlin, but haven't taken a lot of pictures yet since the last films available are very expensive, but i can say it's definitely a big loss for all Polaroid lovers. The bright side is that Fuji has released their own instant camera, but unfortunately the film cannot be used for Polaroids.

If you got some time though, share your pictures and stories in Flickr, sign the petitions in savepolaroid.com and enjoy taking pictures!

Mr Tri

2008-12-15T10:58:00.000-08:00

He is Mr Tri, my little new creation. He is a bit mischief and likes jumping on my lego tree... Merry Christmas everybody!

My Fisheye

2008-12-05T14:16:00.001-08:00

So as i promised before here are some pictures i've taken with my fisheye...Don't judge me too strict..it's more difficult than i thought, but i keep on trying. At first i started taking pictures without thinking too much (the number one rule of lomography!) but with no sunny weather and my poor skills i ended up with loads of grey boring photos. It's quite rewarding when you finally manage to get a good one though!! So now i keep notes on a sketchbook and doing experiments with the flash, the shutter, the light so that i get to know what worked well end what didnt went so well...keep your eyes here for news of a project that will bring together lomographers in a cool new experience!

Onedotzero Adventures in Motion

2008-12-05T08:08:00.000-08:00

It's been a while since it took place but I thought it's worth posting some pictures of the 2008 onedotzero Festival at the BFI in London. I didn't see all the screenings but everything I saw was definately worth the trip. I once again saw Musicotherapie Film which I'd seen in the past at the Pictoplasma Character Animation Festival in 2007, and I'm still wondering why it wasn't on the final DVD collection... one of the funniest animations ever! Worth mention was the work by David O'Reilly, Tokyoplastic (who premiered the first of three animated shorts, "The Praying Machine"), a superb collage animation by Run Wrake, and many other great works by artists from around the globe. Also worth a mention is John Raskin's fantastic "I Met The Walrus"; a continual flow of surreal visualisation, illustrating every word spoken by John Lennon in an impromteu interview with 14 year old Beatle fanatic Jerry Levitan in 1969.

The film Choking Man was also a sweet story with nice little animations by Marina Zurkow. There was a post screening Q&A with director Steve Barron as well as Octavio Gómez who played the film's chronically shy protagonist.

Doodle earth was one of the fun interactive installations. Selected Illustrators have created an animated city film, upon which the public was invited to take a pen and add to the evolution of the city!

80's Fantasy

2008-11-07T04:43:00.000-08:00

After hours of watching some of my favourite 80's cartoons last week like "She-Ra the Princess of Power"... got a bit influenced and created those illustrations...

For More Sci-Fi, Futurism and Fantasy art have a look at this blog!
Sci-fi-o-rama

Matt Pyke at the Liverpool Design Symposium

2008-10-24T02:22:00.000-07:00

Matt Pyke, founder of Universal Everything and former member of The Designers Republic gave an inspiring lecture yesterday at
the Liverpool Design Symposium. I liked the way he thinks, finding design inspiration in everyday life as well as the furthest reaches of science and technology. His inclination to look outside of graphic design and it's inherently urban outlook is no doubt responsible for bringing us the beautifully organic and procedural works that reflect his love of being close to nature.

The studio's work gives a very good lesson about teamwork and what can be achieved through collaborations, regardless of physical distances.

He is currently working on Advanced Beauty, a DVD collection of 18 minimal video sound sculptures that you shouldn't miss.

Raindrops

2008-09-13T18:20:00.000-07:00

Every time a child says "I don't believe in fairies, warned Peter Pan , "there is a little fairy somewhere that drops down dead . By her paintings Margaret Tarrant did as much to stop this happenings as J M Barrie did by his writings.

This is what is written in the end of my beautiful illustrated book...

Margaret Tarrant born on 1888 in London was a talented painter that have illustrated many classic stories, along with some fairytale series that i just started reading. I travel into those stories before i sleep and they make my dreams sweet and fairy...Every little picture is an inspiring lovely piece.

"...The crowfoot loves the sunshine but rain does not appeal. The raindrops' pitter-patter it does not like to feel. So when the rain is starting , the anxious fairies cry: come quickly undearneath, my dears, and from the rain keep dry! They pull the crowfoot under, and hide it from the rain. Beneath the pond they hold it till sunshine comes again. And then they lift it gently, it spread its petals out, and all the little fairies come and dance around about..."

This are some words from the book "The Water Fairies" written by Marion St. John Webb.

You can find some work of Margaret Tarrant at www.artcyclopedia.com
www.chrisbeetles.com

Goodbye La Princess...

2008-09-08T02:28:00.000-07:00

Yesterday the Liverpool's Princess finally escaped dramatically forever. The giant spider (Fifty feet high, 37 tonnes) was wandering around to the streets of Liverpool for a while, making everybody feel amazed! The music accompanying her and the wet cloudy weather were making the scenery so real and atmospheric... Quite an addictive show, as many people -thrilled by the sight of it, even though it was cold and extremely busy, were following her around for hours! I've never seen so many people before in the streets of Liverpool. A marvelous creation brought by the French company "La machine" which will stay forever in the minds of the people who had the luck to experience a bit of the magical story!

Don't forget to have a look at the previous magnificent Artichoke production in London "The Sultan's Elephant"

www.lamachine.co.uk
www.thesultanselephant.com
www.artichoke.uk.com

Lomography at Skyros

2008-08-27T11:36:00.000-07:00

It's been a long time since my last post... I've been lazy, enjoying the Greek sun and the summer... so my first post after a while will have a hot breeze about it!

These are some of the first experiments that we did with my friend Zoto's "new" but "old school" Holga camera while we were on holidays.

Not thinking of compositions and ways to take the perfect picture, clicking wherever and however the scene is and waiting for unexpected results is the key!

We had some fun and I can reassure you that it's a totally addictive hobby, if you bare in mind that my friend received one more even better model of Holga this morning....and I'm preparing to do an investment soon too!

Find more about lomography:
http://www.lomography.com/
http://lomography.gr/

My little kid, Arthur...!

2008-06-24T13:27:00.000-07:00

It took me two days to bring my little Arthur to life. He was originaly made to star in some animations for my website "Save our oceans". Unfortunately I didn't have the time in the end to use him . He still is my beloved first handmade toy though. His body is made from wire so that he can move his head and parts. He has fluff from a pillow for filling, various fabrics for his turtle skin and buttons for his nice eyes.

On the pictures you can see some of my work process and finally his latest excursion on the park.

Screen Printing

2008-06-20T15:58:00.000-07:00

On Friday me and some other super geeks decided to attend an old school screen printing workshop and learn some basic stencil design techniques. These are the goodies we manage to make after two hours sketching, cutting and printing our designs into fabric...The rest is the lab we were working in that i found very interesting...

For more information about the facilities see Cuts Liverpool and the Art Organisation.

Art in the streets of Berlin

2008-06-19T15:31:00.000-07:00

Such a creative city...Art and music are all over Berlin! You can discover hidden creatures on the walls ready to pop out and start walking and teasing the people around on the streets. Grunge walls and grafiti wherever you turn your head, no need to go far there to find some inspiration...

This are some pictures taken while visiting Berlin for the latest Pictoplasma Animation conference on 2007 and a second visit on Easter. Once you 've been once, there is no way you won't want to go back!

Design Show Liverpool 2008

2008-06-19T12:58:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures from the Design Show that started yesterday at an old warehouse in Liverpool. Catwalks, arts and crafts, furniture, jewllery and many more were exhibited. Worth mentioning was the building itself (The Contemporary Urban centre) that was a pleasure to walk around ... For more details about the show have a look at
www.designshowliverpool.com

The pictures I'm posting contain work from www.petraboase.com which i promised her a link to my blog...A girl with briliant clothes, canvases and toys for kids (or people that still consider themselves kids..!)

What got me well excited was also the handmade moving toys of Mr Robert Race www.robertrace.co.uk that him and his wife kindly let me play around with all of those...(risky, but i didn't break anything!)

Gustav Klimt- My new source of inspiration

2008-06-18T05:49:00.000-07:00

Tate Liverpool Exhibition of Gustav Klimt...A brilliant artist...thin lines, erotic bodies, golden details, symbolism, byzantine and japanese influences are some of his characteristics. An exhibition that is strongly recommended.

I was thrilled by the golden phase of Gustav Klimt and his project "Beethoven Frieze". Erotic and elegant, it made me want to travel back in time and see the world in Vienna with his eyes, listening to the music that he was inspired by...

My First Post

2008-06-15T13:53:00.000-07:00

Hey...Finally got some time to start uploading some things i want to share.. I always liked keeping diaries, gathering small things to remind me sweet memories of places and people... so i'm quite excited...

Excuse me for my poor english too..