[[inspired by]] Sarah Greaves

Clearly I like unusual things. Including art. Especially art. While clicking around on the internet, I happened upon Sarah Greaves's portfolio. And wow. Her portfolio is full of every day objects touched with embroidery. I love the idea of embroidery. How it looks, the history behind it, its connection with the stereotypical ideas of femininity. Anyways, the artwork clearly speaks for itself and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

  

I'd love to hear your thoughts on these amazing pieces.
photos via Sarah Greaves Art

[[inspired by]] Alphonse Mucha

A lphonse Mucha is one of my favorite artists. His work is so gorgeous and as a graphic designer, his advertisements are a big inspiration to me. His illustrations and incredible details are the pinnacle of amazing design. The products which were advertised with Mucha's posters often were top sellers as the designs were so beautiful. Mucha began a tradition of association of the female body and the sense of joy with products that continues into modern advertising. Artnoveauposters.biz has a great page about Mucha, which features more of his works and information about the artist and the art nouveau movement. 

 

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works featured starting from top left, going clockwise: Dusk, Job and Cognac.

[[inspired by]] clockblock on deviantART

DeviantART user clockblock's piece entitled En Masse is a beautiful piece created with letters. I love how accurate the shading on the hands is. This piece was incredibly well done,; it's too bad there are no other pieces like this on the user's profile.

xo, Kristen

[[inspired by]] Hanger Tea

There may be no words to describe how much I love the packaging on Hanger Tea. Making the tea bag into a tshirt and putting a clothes hanger in lieu of a string is genius. The boxes which house the "tea-shirts" hang inside a closet inspired box. Soon Mo Kang clearly designed the cutest and most desirable way to drink tea. Photos from Yanko Design.

[[inspired by]] Adriana Carvalho

I came across an artist by the name of Adriana Carvalho who creates the most beautiful, lingerie inspired pieces out of found objects. The pieces are sexy and dark and there's pretty much no way to describe her hauntingly beautiful pieces without looking at them. Make sure to visit the rest of Adriana Carvalho's work, my favorite collections are the "Love Series," "Road-Kill," and "Dama de Ferro."