Patternbank have been tracking Michael Mew’s work for some time now and thought we’d share to those who have not seen his stunning visuals. We love the energy of Mew’s mixed collage paintings, that layer antique flea market finds with pictorial flower studies. Vintage type collides beautifully with hand drawn botanical florals. Check out more of Mew’s work on his portfolio site michaelstudio.com
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 and new forms of creative collage are huge trends influences many artists and apparel graphics at the moment. Patternbank stumbled across these interesting art forms from UK illustrator Charles Williams. His technique of using textured and found paper to build his structured portraits and typographical experiments have a real fresh edge to them. Williams is already making an impact, with clients like Nike, VW, BBC, GC and Uniqlo already on his books. madedup.org
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
Patternbank spotted these incredible transformed cardboard pieces by German street artist EVOL. These stencils statements show great attention to detail, depicting light and shadow that transforms surfaces of consumer packaging into fascinating, seemingly multi-dimensional pieces of art.
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
Pure Analog, we love it – real paper and card, a pair of scissors and few dabs of glue, Virginia doesn’t need no expensive Mac and Photoshop – her exquisitely crafted collages reveal a beautiful use of colour and an abstract and refined sense of space. We are loving this photographic, hand-made collage look. She is a Chilean artist and you can find more of her great work on her website or on Flickr.
These interwoven stencilled patterns mixed with free-hand drawing are the inspiring paintings of artist Reed Danziger. San Francisco-based painter Danziger creates densely patterned paintings in a distinct colour palette combining visual motifs from the man-made and natural worlds. Movement dominates Danziger’s works, with shooting bands of stripes and DNA-like strands flowing off the edges of the compositions – inspiring stuff.
