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Collaboration at Cope-Arnold – Darkness and Beauty

By Patternbank On April 18, 2013 · In Inspiration

Nicolas Alan Cope and Dustin Edward Arnold are two talented photographers who met through a commercial project in 2007 and began their first collaboration in October 2009. They combine the mediums of painting, chemistry, sculpture, fashion and installation to great effect creating some impressive projects. Stamen (2010) featured here, shows their interest in the abstract applied to conventional floral arrangements, evoking a dark and almost decaying beauty that transpiers into other areas of their work. Have a look at their ongoing projects at cope-arnold.com.

Psychedelic Tropical Safari – Basement Jaxx

By Patternbank On April 17, 2013 · In Inspiration

If you’re looking for more print trend inspiration for Spring/Summer 2014, look no further than Basement Jaxx’s new video by Big Active’s Mat Maitland. This Psychedelic visual safari takes you on a real journey through some of the key prints themes coming through for S/S14. These include: Tropical Utopia and Scientific Nature from Patternbanks Spring/Summer 2014 Print report Part 1. Other trends translated in the video’s visual exploration include: Tribal Geometries, Fantastic Aqua-Life Earth + Cracks and Fantastic Safari from our Première Vision + Indigo S/S 2014 Print trend report.

The promo, co-directed with Natalia Stuyk, features Mat Maitland’s signature collage style along with specially made items by French hair stylist / fashion designer Charlie Le Mindu and make-up artist Isamaya Ffrench. Maitland also shot the sleeve image which similarly uses a Le Mindu headpiece. (Video at the foot of page)

El Anatsui – Monumental Works

By Patternbank On April 17, 2013 · In Inspiration

El Anatsui’s amazing installations and wall sculptures need to be seen to be believed. Using thousands of aluminium bottle tops and other found materials such as wood and clay he moulds and shapes these magnificent pieces. Like vast folded, sculpted and pieced together fabrics that shimmer and sparkle, they tell cultural and economic stories of their past use. Gravity and Grace : Monumental Works by El Anatsui is his first solo exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, New York, showing Until August 4th, 2013. Definitely a must see!

Raquel Aparicio – Folk Tales and Fairytales in Watercolour

By Patternbank On April 11, 2013 · In Inspiration

Fairy Tales and Russian Folk stories come to life in the skillful hands of Illustrator and artist Raquel Aparicio. Romanian born Raquel left her native land and travelled the globe to study her art. Edinburgh and Spain became her home during her time studying with a year spent at the Illustration Academy in Florida to top it off. Patternbank loves her delicate fluid style and the painstaking attention to detail in her floral decoration.Her list clients include Nylon, Nokia and Orange with other commissions made for a variety of publications such as Elle magazine, Rolling Stone and the New York Times. See her website for more inspiring work.

Peggy Wolf – Fashion and Sophistication

By Patternbank On April 9, 2013 · In Inspiration

German born illustrator Peggy Wolf has a unique style which is always recognizable. After studying Fashion Design, Peggy began a career in interior design, with both influencing her illustration technique. Her well known fashion inspired designs sell on Etsy and Culturelabel, but Wolf has more recently collaborated with with knitwear designer Iben Høj creating a series of illustrations for her A/W 2013 lookbook. Check out her website for a sneaky peek.

Luís Alves – Patterns with Soul

By Patternbank On April 8, 2013 · In Inspiration

Patternbank love the intense mixing of patterns going on in Luis Alves fabulous illustrations. Alves is a illustrator and graphic designer based in Lisbon, Portugal and from his work you can see how he loves to mix patterns from vintage tiles and textiles to create something new and modern. Alves uses a mixture of digital and marker based techniques in his work combining a love of soul and funk which can be found in commissioned posters on behance/UrbanMyth.net and his Flickr page.

Molly Rose Freeman – Urban Constallations

By Patternbank On April 5, 2013 · In Inspiration

Street artist Molly Rose Freeman lets her art transform urban spaces. From soulless, uninspiring surroundings her paintings develop and grow, ‘I use basic geometric shapes so they can become anything, move any way they want. I don’t know what the wall will look like really until the very end. It’s exciting to be surprised, to make something without fully understanding what you’re making. That’s the magic’. Her interest in geometric shapes within sacred spaces, throughout history and culture, have led her to recreate this within urban landscapes. Molly has worked within Street Art groups and outreach programs such as Livingwalls and The City Speaks, in deprived areas throughout the US helping to inject energy and spirit through art. See all her latest projects on her website.

Album de Aves Amazonicas – Biodiversity Heritage Library

By Patternbank On April 4, 2013 · In Inspiration

These beautiful illustrations of Amazonian Birds were created between 1900 and 1906 and have been given a new lease of life by the BHL. The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is a consortium of natural history and botanical libraries that cooperate to digitize and make accessible the legacy literature of biodiversity held in their collections and to make that literature available for open access and responsible use as a part of a global “biodiversity commons.” The BHL has digitized millions of pages of taxonomic literature , representing tens of thousands of titles and over 100,000 volumes. The Biodiversity Heritage Library Website.