Cut and Paste




Today we have decided to cut out from a huge stack of decor magazines and create mood-board collages of our finds... Even Carey Mulligan is a decor inspiration in her vintage dress!

Inspiration board 1
Jewel tones, purples and rich greens
(magazine collage)

 


Inspiration board 2
Chartreuse / acid green as a accent colour
(magazine collage)

  



Inspiration board 3
Vintage and feathers
(magazine collage)

  

geometry inspires

Things we are loving right now:

Ikat prints

Lattice and woven motifs

Triangles

Origami polyhedrons



love the mix of geometric and raw materials




Neiman Marcus set of prints




funky!




the dirty/clean that we love!




these look edible (on Etsy.com)




Ceramic with a twist, love it!





Neiman Marcus prints

 


polyhedrons are cool

 


Manuela's 9-panel painting





Encaustic lattice paintings on mirror frames by Manuela

 


pair of vertical pieces by Manuela



Rooftops of Montreal

Only years of training in the commercial art business will enable one to spot a Canadian Art Prints poster on the rooftop of an appartment building in Montreal...  see for yourself!


Meadowlands II, by Tandi Venter




Bell Expressvue satellite dish landscape



Charming, isn't it?



rooftop landscape street view



Inspiration from Delft pottery



A painting by Kat - acrylic and wax



Printed material stretched as canvas then worked with wax
and gold transfer paper and acrylic.

Delft pottery comes from Delft in Holland. It's usually only blue and white and was made in proliferation in the 16th century. It was spread all over by the VOC (or Dutch East India Company).



Delft Pottery



More combinations

One (or more) a day. Here are a bunch of little jewels we are working on.

All together now

Then we tried some combinations

The King and Charlene are Dancing

 Our co-worker Charlene's space with all it's beautiful range of rich to pale golds and organic forms brings to mind the movie The King is Dancing (Le Roi danse), a 2000 film by Belgian filmmaker Gérard Corbiau about the Sun King, Louis XIV (he was the one behind the design and building of the lavish Versailles



Charlene's little Versailles corner

















A movie still from The King Is Dancing



The Sun King