Leah Evans

So jeal of Leah Evans. 

Images taken from www.designboom.com and apartmenttherapy.com

I have been getting a little tired of all the map art I've been seeing recently (funny, because I've been recently embroidering a map) but Leah Evans takes it to the extreme with her intricate quilted maps. She has serious skills and patience which I am so jeal of. 

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Jon Braley

So jeal of Jon Braley.

Images taken from http://butdoesitfloat.com/ 

Jon Braley's paintings remind me of the Sublime, or a zoomed-into-nature-Caspar David Friedrich.  A moment where nature has taken over. What I like most is that you probably have a completely different opinion. 

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Adam Eckstrom and Lauren Was

this is it 2010 discarded lottery tickets, romance novel covers, wood and found objects 108" x 156" x 168"

So jeal of Adam Eckstrom and Lauren Was.

Tonight my non-winning of the Lottery sent me into the depths of the internet with google searches like "Lottery Winner Unhappiness" and "Where are the Lottery Winners Today". I'm not sure how I stumbled on Adam and Lauren's sculptures while searching for other's unhappiness but just the wee google image picture was enough to make me stop and take a looksie. 

Using Lottery tickets and romance novel covers they make beautifully intricate patterns on constructed frames. These are so reminiscent of the articles of the greed that sometimes comes with becoming grotesquely rich overnight but also, all I could think was how many dumpster did they have to crawl into to get that many lottery tickets?

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Images taken from http://www.ghostofadream.com/

Yumiko Arimoto

So jeal of Yumiko Arimoto.

Images taken from sina1986.com

I think she may have more hours in the day than the rest of the world or maybe I'm just an incredibly slow embroiderer, either way I haven't seen such beautiful work in a very. long. time. 

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Tsehai Johnson

“Spill #4”, 2010, porcelain, 70 x 42 x 12 inches 

Image from http://www.plusgallery.com/

So jeal of Tsehai Johnson.

“Pattern Control (Installation View)”, 2009, Ceramic, Variable Dimensions

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“Exploding carpet”, 2007, porcelain, 9 x12 x 2ft

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“Exploding carpet (detail)”, 2007, porcelain, 9 x 12 x 2 ft

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Tsehai is a ceramics artist from Denver who has woo'd my heart with her porcelain sculptures. 

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Laura Grossett

So jeal of Laura Grossett. 

Laura was an undergrad the same time I was but part of the older and wiser clan (a senior while I was a junior) and I always was so jeal that I smell when I saw her work. 

Her work applies different mediums inspired by the concept of the organic, generally in decay. 

She is now working on her masters and is expecting to graduate this year. Check out her website but make sure not to drivel on your keyboard.

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Matthew Sage

So jeal of my main man, Matthew Sage.

Matt has one impressive resume and I always wonder how he has the time to do the things he does.  It's probably that he is constantly doing something.  His drowsy-dark collages and glass work give me goose pimples down to my knees. Plus the man really knows how to use a photo copier. 


If his flyness couldn't get more fly he also runs a cassette tape label, Patient Sounds, plays in the band M.Pyres, and has a solo project Starling Murmurations. 


This guy needs a nap.








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