Blogging break

Sorry for the recent blogging break, we are having major renovation work at home – hope to be back soon. The weather has been great over here, hope you are out and about enjoying the sun! Finally, congrats to Julie at Belle Vivir for her wonderful news.

The fox and the hare

The fox and the hare [a skulk of foxes and a husk of hares], a beautiful blog exploring collective nouns (visual or otherwise) launched by Gracia, Elaine and Louise. Do hop over to show your support for this fun project. ** Lines & Shapes V2 is online: BLOCK a solid piece of hard substance having […]

Peepwool

Amy Arnold {Wisconsin} is an artist whose medium is wool, whose method is sewing, whose madness is Peepwool. ‘The peepwool are an expression of my inner world and my experiences as a mother-among other identities-and reflect my experiences of intimacy, separateness, bewilderment, frustration, wonder, and joy. Yet the peepwool clearly have identities and agendas all […]

Tsilli

Tsilli Pine‘s recent work, ‘the figures’ is a series about the topography of money in human consciousness, the power of numbers and how much they dictate, both psychologically and actually. ‘These pieces were made with pigment, vintage paper and cotton thread on rice paper. The color palette is intentionally restricted to red and black: the […]

‘s Baggers

‘s Baggers (named after a local fried-potato dish), the world’s first fully automated restaurant in Nuremberg, Germany is the brain-child of business man Michael Mack. Diners place their orders from touch screens and the food (on colour-coded miniature train-cars) is sent flying from the kitchen in the roof via a system of metal tracks helter-skelter […]

Notebookism

Notebookism stems from our mutual love to create on paper, ‘The smell of smooth creamy paper sends our hearts aflutter. The delicate tinkling of nib against inkwell accelerates our pulse rate. We stare endlessly at the first blank page.‘ {flickr} * Moleskinerie

Pikaland

Congrats to Amy at Pikaland who launched a fantastic project PikaPackage ( a monthly promo and marketing tool connecting illustrators and artists who are selling online with their audience ). The participants get an ad space on their Galleria and a free Pikapackage {flickr}. There will be ONE free giveaway, and the rest to be […]

Efen Lin

Efen Lin graduated from Tokyo Designer Gaikuin College in 1997 and working for the creative department of Dentsu (Taiwan) Inc. subsequently. Her work has been published in exhibitions, illustration books, publications, newspapers, magazines, advertisement, store designs, TV titles, etc.