southern artists: katie runnels
it's impossible to mention shop scad without talking about its former art director: katie runnels. katie was responsible for the interior design and decoration of shopscad and proposed the original design concept for their website, as well as curating fine art submissions, styling website photography, and creating artwork and design concepts for promotional materials.
in addition to the amazing work katie did for shopscad, she's done equally amazing work on her own, through her studio, the constant gatherer. katie is primarily a mixed media artist whose collage-style sculptures have become a big hit on sites like etsy and poppytalk handmade. she has a real knack for combining found objects (which are often vintage) and turning them into beautiful sculptures, vignettes, and yarn wreaths.
for me, katie's work represents a powerful segment of the young southern artist community. she and her counterparts have a great respect for the art, objects and traditions of the past and always seem to find creative ways to work these actual objects and fragments into their contemporary work. i personally love katie's use of non-traditional accents like vintage scrabble letters and vintage millinery flowers, but her work is so wonderfully varied that there's always something for everyone.
click here to read katie's blog and see past and current work...
{guest blogger grace bonney} goin' south: artists below the mason dixon
[image from our world travel]
hi everyone! i'm so happy to be posting over at barb's site this week- it's always fun to step away from my site for a bit and talk about something different.
although most southerners wouldn't consider my home town of virginia beach "the south", i've always found myself strongly identifying with the traditions and culture of the deep south. even though we're technically south of the mason dixon, this week i'll be focusing on some of my favorite artists who are well below the line and whose work is steeped in the imagery and stories of my favorite part of the country. [there are so many incredible artists to post that i'll be narrowing my focus to scad alumni- in hopes that i can come back again in the future and cover more artists outside of georgia]
so thank you to barb for having me and let's get ready to head south...
southern artists: stephanie howard
when it comes to discovering great southern artists, i owe a debt of gratitude to shop scad. the savannah college of art and design creates and celebrates so many incredible artists and designers that i always discover someone new when i'm down visiting.
one of the first artists that i really connected with was stephanie howard. i'll never forget when i first saw her work- i had this other-wordly feeling, as if i was seeing a picture of someone i'd known in another life, in another time. i was standing in front of one of her "shag queen" portraits and was haunted by the look on the woman's face, and in awe over stephanie's illustrative style. she uses tiny lines and hash marks to create each piece (almost like intaglio printing), something you can only tell when you're up close to each work.
what i love most about stephanie's work is her reliance on the stories and imagery of the deep south. i've never seen a young artist whose work seems so in touch all things 'southern gothic'. i'm always showing her work to friends, some of whom find the women's faces in stephanie's work to be almost eerily sad- but that's what i love about her work. there's a haunting look in each face, and a sense that each woman she draws has a story to tell, laying just below the paper.
to see a selection of stephanie's work, click here.
*stay tuned for more from the south this afternoon......
lovely giveaway
head on over to oh hello friend to participate in this fantastic giveaway!! xoxo
wonder cabinet
came across these original works by Amy Walsh...... an animal hybrid series combining plant and animal forms...... and find them beautiful and interesting to look at. I love that they are printed on old book pages and think they would look great hanging in a series.... the ink colors and patterns are so pretty!
have an awesome weekend!! xo
my weekly deer post.......
this piece was featured the other day on one of my favorite reads and I just thought it was fantastic! So..... just in case you hadn't already seen it.......
have a fabulous thursday! xo
*piece by cornerstone finishing guild.
guest artist {blue moss}
Well, it's that time again.....this weekend is First Fridays here in Greenville!! Knack will be open with some new treats and this month will be extra special because my pal michelle from bluemoss will be the guest artist!! I absolutely can't wait to see her new designs... they are always flawlessly executed and perfection !
If you are local or even close to local ....say 10 hours or less away {hee hee} .......come down to Flatiron Studios and pick up a piece of goodness you will treasure for a lifetime! If you can't make it, don't be downhearted ... you can shop online at her etsy store! xoxo
a tuesday treat for my knack friends...
Recently I have become acquainted with the work of the very talented husband and wife duo Emiko and Mark from f2 images and am just really loving what I see! The color and texture in these photos is just fantastic and has a dreamy quality to it! I'm a goner!
As a treat for all of you my dear readers {and only you}...... for one whole week from the date of this post Emiko and Mark have extended a very generous buy one get one free on any print 12x12 or smaller!! Just enter the word "knack" in the message to seller section and the equal or lesser value will be refunded to you! Can you even believe it?! How on earth did such greatness transpire! I for one am going to have a hard time choosing because there are just too many good ones...... BUT I think I'm narrowing it down to "wired" and "once" or maybe "lazy summer" or....... hmmmmm
Also, I have been keeping track of their blog which is a delicious daily treat as well!! Enjoy this my friends and have an awesome Tuesday! xoxo