Francoise Gilot

Not planned, but this week is turning out to be a tribute to inspiring artists, textile designer turned fashion designer, painter turned textile designer, and painter turned love interest. Francoise Gilot, the incredible artist of her time and now, and the mother of Pablo Picasso's children is our feature today, found on the wonderful site, DesignSponge. To learn more about her career and life, check out this interview.

Sonia Delaunay

Sonia Delaunay(1885-1979): textile designer and artist, innovative and inspiring to this day.

Louise Richardson

Beautiful art by Louise Richardson. Found on the beautiful blog of Hand It Over.

Juduth Seng Trift

Half natural wood + half high gloss = Judith Seng's Trift project. Pretty interesting combo if we do say so ourselves. To see more of here work, go here.

Drawn by Roanna Wells

We just discovered the work of Roanna Wells. We decided to feature her items from her drawn collections, but if you visit her site, there are many other works in many other mediums to feast your eyes on. Enjoy!

Maryrose Watson Folio

Maryrose Watson takes the title textile designer to a whole new level. She actually creates her art with layering countless amounts of yarn. The texture and depth that comes from this is amazing. Read more about her and her work on her personal site.

Laura Carlin

We adore these artfully crafted bowls we found on the designer's own blog.  If you like what you see, (and we know you do), go to her site to see more of her fabulous work!

Interviews With People We Love: Lourdes Sanchez of Luli Sanchez

We couldn't be more thrilled to share our interview with artist and textile desiger, Lourdes Sanchez. We first featured her work back in April when her collection at West Elm dropped. We were inspired by her then, and after this interview, we are in even more awe of her and her studio, Luli Sanchez. She was so gracious when we featured her the first time, and this time it's our turn to gush. After reading her answers, we fell more in love with her and her unique style. She definitely paves her own way and designs because it's her passion. Pretty convenient that she's incredibly talented too, no? Enjoy! 

All images created by Luli Sanchez and are copyrighted 

 
Do you have a favorite artist/designer/photographer? 

No I don't. There are way too many fab creators to choose one. Some that come to mind at the moment are Pygmy women painters of the Ituri Forest, Agnes Martin, Warlimpiringa Tjapaltjarri, and have recently been loving the embroidered photographs of Maurizio Anzeri. Nature usually kicks my ass as the best artist.

Has there been a certain accomplishment/success that you are most proud of? 

Supporting myself full time as an artist despite the fact I am very dyslexic, reclusive, have a massive overbite, don't have a college degree and won't work with people if they are obnoxious. 

What's your favorite place to go to get inspired? 

There's no one place-  inspiration is everywhere- I mean, just having a human body is inspiring. I do love flea markets and vintage shops ,old  nature and art books from used book stores, fab Brooklyn clothing boutiques , looking at paintings by great masters close up at the Met, and wonderfully chic people on the streets of great big cities.

What would you be doing if it wasn't for Luli Sanchez? 

I'd be doing more watercolor painting and traveling. Which I will do eventually.  

Where can people learn more about Luli Sanchez?

My website is LuliSanchez.com

Inside Lourde's studio

Society6

Wesley Bird

David Fleck

If you are an avid reader (which we hope you are), you may remember a post we did called blurred vision featuring artists who mastered painterly, geometric prints. One was found on Society6, a great way for artists to have their work viewed, appreciated, and available to buy on different products. We thought we would revisit this site and feature 2 artists that caught our eye!

Booooooom...Lisa Congdon

Booooooom! is the fantastic site of where we found the stunning artwork of Lisa Congdon. Her mix of colors, prints, and textures fits right in to what we love and should definitely be posted on our blog! The site is full of other talented artists like Lisa and we can't wait to explore more! 

Abigail Reynolds

 

Although we do not appreciate all the 3D in the movie theaters...enough already!, we sure appreciate it here. These amazing creations were done by Abigail Reynolds, an artist with a long list of accomplishments (and for good reason!) These pieces are mesmerizing and we just had to share.

Featured Artist: D'eugenio Designs

As print designers having worked in freelance ourselves, we know how important it is to get the word out there about your artwork and design capabilities. We thought why not put our blog to good use and help other designers showcase their work to a broader audience. Welcome to our first "Shout Out" segment, where we are featuring the lovely children's prints of NY based designer, Jennifer D'eugenio. If you like what you see and interested in finding out more, please check out her site.