Archive for the ‘inspiration’ Category
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
Last year at the Smithsonian Craft Show I fell in love with the hand-blown glass work of Carrie Gustafson. What makes her glass work unique is the intricate patterns on vibrantly colored glass. At the time I was taking a basic glass blowing class which made me appreciate the details and beauty of her work even more because let me tell you glass blowing is really hard.
Her technique: On the surface, Gustafson applies an intricate web of stencils on the top layer of ‘flash glass’. Next, sandblasting through to a second, translucent under-layer reveals a matrix of light.
Check out more of her amazing work here.
images via here
Tags: carrie gustafson, fancy seeing you here, fancyseeingyouhere, glass blowing, hand-blown glass, sarah hanks, Sarah Hanks Ltd.
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Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
Over the weekend I attended the Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration exhibit at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. I left the exhibit completely WOWed! His extensive experimentation and mastery of printmaking is crazy genius. The exhibit shows his process which makes the prints even more mind-blowing. I was most impressed with a self portrait that was screenprinted with over 200 colors and his fingerprint portraits. This is a must-see if you live in the DC area!
More about the exhibit here.
top image: Self Portrait via here
bottom image: Philip Glass fingerprint portrait via here
Tags: chuck close, chuck close prints: process and collaboration, corcoran gallery of art, DC, fancy seeing you here, fancyseeingyouhere, printmaking, sarah hanks, Sarah Hanks Ltd.
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Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
Adorable 4C screenprinted bicycle poster by Barrel. The second addition of this print is available for pre-order in their shop.
A screenprinted poster designed by Allan Peters for Artcrank 2010 in Minneapolis. (aka a poster party for bike people.) Check out Allan’s entire portfolio—it’s all fantastic design work; really, really top notch. I especially love this birth announcement.
both via French Paper Sample Room
Tags: allan peters, artcrank 2010, barrel ny, bicycles, fancy seeing you here, fancyseeingyouhere, french paper sample room, poster design, sarah hanks, Sarah Hanks Ltd.
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Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
The summer display at the Free People store in Tysons Corner features about six custom bicycles hanging on the walls. All of the bikes are completely unique featuring different materials, colors & styles all very fun and whimsical. I’d love to ride around Bethesda on this green one—how cool are those flower wheels? I was only able to snap the picture above before I was told that I wasn’t allowed to take pictures. I found the two pictures below on the Free People blog and I am pretty sure there were in the store as well. If you get a chance to visit the store it always has a great display, very inspiring.
Tags: bicycles, custom bicycles, fancy seeing you here, fancyseeingyouhere, free people, free people bicycles, free people blog, San Francisco, Sarah Hanks Ltd.
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Monday, June 7th, 2010
New tab “Crushes” added to the top of Fancy Seeing You Here that features links to my super crazy talented friends and blogs that I adore. Check them all out and who knows, they may help spark your next great idea.
views of christian williams, david everly, alison yard medland & christine zona sites shown above.
Tags: blogs, crushes, fancy seeing you here, fancyseeingyouhere, links, Sarah Hanks Ltd.
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Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
Last night on Bravo’s 9 by design the family traveled to London and were honored to meet their favorite artist Ann Carrington. Let’s just say it was love at first sight when I saw Ann’s Pearly Queen made out of buttons. (Reminds me of Lauren Levy’s exhibit Beneath the Palm of my Hand. I wonder if Lauren was inspired by Ann?) Ann uses many different mediums for her artwork, even though the button pieces are definitely my favorite; safety pins, forks, seashells, old jeans—turning common objects into something much more beautiful. So inspiring. I hope to own one of her pieces someday. Check out more of Ann’s work here.
images via Ann Carrington site
Tags: 9 by design, Ann Carrington, button artwork, button queen, fancy seeing you here, fancyseeingyouhere, Lauren Levy, pearly queen of Bow, sarah hanks, Sarah Hanks Ltd.
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Monday, May 17th, 2010
I had the most wonderful long weekend visiting my good friend ZonaFoto in New York and New Jersey. The weekend started off on Friday with a full day in NYC—Soho shopping, The Impossible Project store and a breathtaking performance by the Sa Dance Company. On Saturday we took a trip to the Jersey shore, Seaside Heights to be exact. It was a lot bright colors, cheesy games, vintage signage, fried food and stuffed animals, no snooki sightings though. On the last day we headed back into the city for a visit to the Lomo store and a couple visits to Kid Robot. All in all, a fantastic, busy, tiring and inspiring weekend…sigh, now back to reality.
top images: The Impossible Project store, Lomography store, street vendor art
bottom images: Jersey shore
Tags: Christine Zona, jersey shore, lomography store, nyc, sa dance company, the impossible project, the impossible project store, zonafoto
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Thursday, May 13th, 2010
COLOURlovers is one of my favorite sites to scope out the most current color trends and I just discovered that they have a blog! The blog covers daily trends, new products and inspiration like Pantone’s Fall 2010 Fashion color report shown below (complete article here.) I’m in love with Lagoon, Woodbine and Oyster Gray. Definitely check out their site and blog for all your colour needs.
Tags: color, color trends, colour lovers, colourlovers, fall 2010 colors, fancy seeing you here, fancyseeingyouhere, pantone fall 2010 fashion color report, sarah hanks, Sarah Hanks Ltd.
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