finally started my etsy account!

it's finally up! 

so check it out --> http://www.etsy.com/people/gravehumor

all summer i have working on getting this etsy account up... 

(i have been procrastinating like crazy) 

but it's up now! 

 here are some photos...

they're pretty cute, very light weight

Eh. 

not bad for my first try at laser cutting. 

bosch, flemish painting, surrealism and rowan mersh?

i'm currently attending a northern renaissance art class

which i do enjoy 

but much of the class goes something like this:

madonna and child 

christ as the man of sorrows 

st. anthony,

st. christopher

st. grumble grumble 

christ as the man of sorrows 

madonna and child 

madonna and child 

the annunciation of the grumble 

christ as the man of sorrows 

madonna and child 

more madonnas and grumble 

the altarpiece of st. grumble 

grumble grumble... 

grumble. 

until... 

this week we studied the works of flemish artists from the 15th and 16th century

which are pretty much

 awesome. 

and for some reason i couldn't help but see a relationship between Bosch's work and that of surrealists, Salvador Dali and Rene Magritte

 top: Bosch, bottom: Dali

 top: Flemish School, bottom: Dali 

which got me thinking about fashion... 

can fashion be surrealist? 

or have a surrealist aspect to it?

maybe in the work of Rowan Mersh? 

not completely convinced, but his abstraction of the female form leads me to believe that it could be considered surrealist fashion.  

 side panels: Bosch, center panel: Rowan Mersh

top: Rene Magritte, bottom: Rowan Mersh

ok... too funny not to post.

my niece has one of these dolls and although i always found it creepy i never knew where it was from...

now i know! 

and knowing is half the battle...

Cesar A. Martinez.

a continuation of last weeks post...

this artist (Cesar A. Martinez) is clearly inspired by Richard Avedon's fashion photography. both of these artists show the frontal view of the figure and use a similar, bright palette to catch the viewers eye. 

i really love it when people are inspired by other peoples work.  

it's similar to a bee and flower relationship. a bee takes the pollen for something that is already beautiful, and without hurting or dismissing the needs of the flower, the bee creates a honey comb. and although both may rival one another in terms of what is beautiful in nature, they each have there own attributes that make them exceptional. 

lol. 

it's been a really chill weekend and i do love metaphors. C: 

works by Cesar A. Martinez and Richard Avedon