Inspiration

© Jacob Sutton

Do not go.

Come back to me.

My life is meaningless without you.

 Pavel Titovich ©

Where are you going when you slip silently out of the obscurity of my  weary mind?

 A place where I have no access to...

 Where are you hiding while I squeeze my exhausted brain cells? Who is your adulteress at these desperate times? Who you give your elusive grace enlightenings in these creative blocks that threaten to overwhelm me with unbearable frustration?

 Pavel Titovich ©

How do I summon you back? How can I ensure you that it's the best for you to be with me? I will treat you well, respect you, like a queen, and give you the full credit of our combined work.

Pavel Titovich © 

If you are reading these words dear inspiration you should know that there is no one in this blue ball in which we live in that longs for you like me. That cherish the moments with you more than a king cherish his crown and a leopard his spots.

 Jarosław Kubicki ©

Do not go.

Stay with me.

I can not go a single step without your guiding hand, without the relief I feel when you appear and the logic of your influence on me.

/ShikMa

© Jarosław Kubicki 

For the presentation tomorrow

The final collection- Fashion Illustration

My client board

technical drawing 

My book

Some time ago I made this clay sculpture,  I started it because I wanted to express how I see the concept of book and how i feel about it.

I wanted to show that for me a book is really not a square of printed paper, a book is something flexible, malleable, expressive, dynamic, like a fabric, as you read it is shaped by the person you are.

I left the cover hard and square as in my eyes it's the steady gate into the world of imagination that is held within.

I carved in the clay words and sentence from my favorite books

 and I played with it's form until I felt it got to where the work expresses the feelings that I tried to explain in words...

It's a Book

I wanted to share with you some of the things that stimulate me and give me inspiration along the way...

I want to start with this cute video by Lane Smith, this is a book trailer video for a short animated film based on Lane Smith's 'It's a Book', an adorable picture book for children that celebrates traditional books. 

There is something romantic in books and maybe some people see tham as outdated and outmoded, but between the romantic character and the perishable and morbid nature of tham to me they just always remain  enchanted.

Here's another artist that uses books in his works, he arranges them in space, builds with them architectural sculpture or carving them  to create a whole new shape. His name is Miler Lagos.

Here is a short explanation about his work: 

"Miler Lagos’ sculptural works and interventions invite the viewer to reconsider an object’s material properties. By rendering paper and sculpting foam, Lagos produces objects which appear to be made of solid wood or cast bronze. While his works initially seem to be revisiting disputes between the original and its copy, his choices of material or subject matter often engage with local environmental or specific political concerns.

Lagos has made an extensive body of work by developing a technique of carving piles of compressed paper into singular log-like forms. In El papel aguanta todo (Paper can handle anything), 2008, Lagos incorporates various reference books into this process to create an installation of tree-like sculptures. In each piece the books’ spines and titles are left partially revealed, drawing attention to the physical quality of these specialised texts. On the other hand, the abundance of printed material included in the installation points to the homogenising nature of the books format."

This was taken from The Latin American Art Journal - here

 Interesting detail to me is that he chose in this piece and in other pieces to use the books cover as the structure interior

Almost all the pictures were taken from the artist site 

Alicia Martín - tornado of books

"Artist Alicia Martin's tornado of books shoot out a window like a burst of water from a giant hose. The Spain-based artist's sculptural installation at Casa de America, Madrid depicts a cavalcade of books streaming out of the side of a building. The whirlwind of literature defies gravity and draws attention with its grandeur size. There have been three site-specific installations, thus far, of the massive sculptural works in this series known as Biografias, translated as Biographies, that each feature approximately 5,000 books sprawled out around and atop one another.

Biografias 2003, site specific installation, Casa de America, Madrid
"piece in motion"

Martin's giant book structures give life to the inanimate objects filled with knowledge. By constructing the curving towers with a rather free and disheveled exterior, while maintaining a sturdy core, the books' loose pages are free to blow and rustle in the wind, allowing the piece to be further animated. Take a look at the short video, below, to see the piece in motion." 

From- http://www.mymodernmet.com

"pages are freeto blowand rustle in the wind"

"approximately 5,000 books"

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Jardines II
2003, c-print, cm 165x110
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2007, MUSAC, Leòn
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 Cordoba, Spain 2010
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For more info about Alicia Martín you can go to Galleria Galica website here

:And this week I also came across a charming short animation

Inspiration board

Well, I had some difficulties with the inspiration board because at some point my brain was working overtime thinking about the subject...

So here is what it comes to in the end I'll show you some of the process of formation the inspiration board so you can see how it happened and how I got this result:

This is the one I finally chose

Do you have any insights?

"One day I found a big book buried deep in the ground"

One day I found a big book buried deep in the ground"

I opened it, but all the pages were blank

and to my surprise, it started writing itself

One day, I found a big book buried deep in the ground

I'm a fountain of blood

In the shape of a girl

You're the bird on the brim

Hypnotised by the Whirl

Drink me, make me feel real

Wet your beak in the stream

Game we're playing is life

Love is a two way dream

Leave me now, return tonight

Tide will show you the way

If you forget my name

You will go astray

Like a killer whale

Trapped in a bay

I'm a path of cinders

Burning under your feet

You're the one who walks me 

I'm your one way street 

I'm a whisper in water

Secret for you to hear

You are the one who grows distant

When I beckon you near

Leave me now, return tonight

The tide will show you the way

If you forget my name

You will go astray

Like a killer whale

Trapped in a bay

I'm a tree that grows hearts

One for each that you take

You're the intruder hand

"I'm the branch that you break

Bjork - Bachelorette/

And here are some gorgeous images I found,amazing pieces of art by the artist  Brian Dettmer , made out of books he carves:

:that's a video explaining how he does his art, very interesting

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7366166n&tag=mncol;lst;1