Patternbank love the chaotic rhythms of New Zealand based artist James Cousins. With not an ounce of Photoshop trickery, Cousins paints alluring abstract imagery that mixes nature and erratic pattern forms. These sublime impressions are scored with geometric patterns, grid statements or concentric circles, creating a variegated visual filter and further distorting the image beneath. Check out more of his work at Ryan Renshaw’s gallery site.
We Make Carpets is an art collective consisting of Stijn van der Vleuten, Marcia Nolte, and Bob Waardenburg. They make temporary structures that resemble carpets from a distance. The Patterbank team’s favourite piece is the intricate pattern form made up of pastel coloured plastic cutlery. The artists have also made carpets out of medical tape, cotton balls, balloons, screws, cocktail sticks and pasta. The carpets are temporary, made on the spot with no thought out plans or sketches beforehand. See more of these wonderful pattern pieces at wemakecarpets.nl
Vladimir Stankovic is an amazingly creative illustrator from Finland. Stankovic works with a variety of mediums – from watercolors, tempera, colored pencil and markers. Patternbank love the way he mixes colors, in his surreal and some what spooky illustrations. Take a look at the rest of his strange nature studies on Behance net
Pixel Noizz works with generative structures on the Audiovisual and Art Field and experiments in Interactive Visual Design. He lives and works in Berlin, Germany. We love the lo-res, glitchy, 8-bit quality of his work that embraces randomness, compression and noise. He’s a busy chap and and has been involved with many Art Projects, Gigs and Festivals in Europe. For more great work check out his website and his Flickr site.
Cara Barer’s work raises questions about the evolution of the book. As Cara puts it “With the discarded books that I have acquired, I am attempting to blur the line between objects, sculpture, and photography. This project has become a journey that continues to evolve.” She also adds “No important books have been injured during the making of any of these photographs.” Check out more of her stunning work at carabarer.com
Collage is always an inspiring and creative method of producing amazing art and textile statements. These beautiful and captivating pieces are the work of New Jersey artist Jill Ricci. Patternbank love her composition of layers and colours, that evoke a contradictory and simultaneous sense of realness and fantasy. Taking visual inspiration from all corners of the global, Jill’s work entwines elements of Morocco, Berlin and Vietnam. Check out more of Jill’s work at jillricci.com
These vibrant, visual explorations are the stunning work of San Francisco artist Tobias Tovera. Lush and complex, the layers of fine tissue paper create amazing pattern forms and visual structures. Patternbank love the intense colour depth and abstract imagery that are unique to each artwork. TobiasTovera.com
These mesmerising natural world studies are the work of Bristol based artist Rose Sanderson. Patternbank love her use of colour and mixed media canvases, which can be anything from discarded book covers to aged and decaying wallpaper.
Rose explains ‘Inspired by the natural world, especially that which is generally unnoticed or disregarded by others, current work focuses predominantly on the fragility of life and representations of freedom.’ Rose has exhibited in a number of locations including Bath, Brighton, Plymouth, London, Glasgow, Amsterdam, Brussels, New York and Singapore. Rosesanderson.com
