We’ve seen a massive trend in the use of objects to build visual images and photographic portraits. The Patternbank team spotted these amazing unconventional portraits recently. Artist Guy Whitby, aka WorkByKnight(WBN) is the creative mastermind behind these mesmerizing visual statements. Using anything from crochet elements, keyboard keys and discarded buttons to recreate celebrities, paintings, landscapes and animals in these hands on art pieces.
Mark Bradford is known for his grid-like abstract paintings combining collage with paints. Bradford’s “A Truly Rich Man is One Whose Children Run into His Arms Even When His Hands Are Empty” (2008), nearly 9 feet wide and 9 feet tall, according to Maxwell Heller in The Brooklyn Rail, “calls to mind the charred and shattered windshields of cars burned in riots—black, webbed with streaks of light, sleek. If studied section by section, it offers traces of the artist’s sensual, tactile process, revealing delicate layers of found material sliced and sanded, lacquered and pasted until transformed.” View more of his work here.
Jazmin Berakha is a visual artist from Buenos Aires, Argentina – she painstakingly creates these beautiful embroideries exploring the possibilities of textiles in contemporary art. She has always been obsessed with colour-printed fabrics and this is evident in her work. Her meditative sowing process allows the artist time to painstakingly create these multi-patterned wonders. Check her website for many more beautiful creations. Tumblr.
These crafted photo-real studies are the amazing work of Spanish illustrator Oriol Angrill Jorda. Whilst studying printmaking at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, Oriol explored a hugh variety of techniques including pastel, watercolours, colored pencil, white pencil on black textured paper, acrylics, graphite, charcoal and so on. These experimental explorations carved the way for his unique and mesmerizing style. Oriol’s recent mixed media works combine landscape visuals with portrait studies, creating a fresh take on the photo-real illustration trend we are tracking at the moment.
Elegant styling combined with the use of paint adds an artistic sense of fun to this beautiful editorial for Please! Magazine. The stunning 3D texture of the paint creates abstract patterns, and the covered face of the model provokes a curious visual for the viewer. Paint and art direction by graphic designer Leslie David, photography by Nagi Sakai.
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| Long ago when mobile phones were the size of houses and the closest thing to the internet was the loading screens on a zx spectrum. There was a kid who could almost always be found scribbling away. Conjuring up imagery of anything and everything from hyper advanced cars to magnificent beasts. That kid was Scott Balmer. After graduating from Duncan of Jordanstone college of Art & Design in Scotland, Balmer started life as a freelance illustrator and has never looked back since. Patternbank is digging Scott’s trippy graphic explorations in colour and pattern. With clients like Umbro, The Guardian, Howies and The New York Times magazine already tapping into his creative mindset, he’s definitely one to watch. See more of his illustration portfolio here. |
Patternbank are loving the handcrafted neon bright ‘Pop Art ‘statements by Morgan Blair. Morgan is an artist based in Brooklyn, NY. She is interested in using pattern, symbols, and pop culture references to explore hypothetical scenarios from a cryptic future-past. Her work has been exhibited around the U.S. and internationally. See more of her work at morganblair.com
Innovative interior designer, Pernille Snedker Hansen is using marbling, a technique that has almost vanished in contemporary design, to create wonderful, vibrant effects on pine flooring. Focusing on highlighting pure natural patterns that are embodied within nature, gorgeous on trend colour combinations – soft chalky pastels and pop brights – accentuate the structure of the wood. Find more about Snedker and Marbelous Wood at snedkerstudio.dk
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