This week we’ve b ceenelebrating creativity with Rachel Walker! She has provided Kuvva with wonderful wallpapers. We did a quick Q&A with Rachel to ask her some questions about her background and the creative process behind all her works.
Hi Rachel! Can you tell us a brief story about the lady behind this week’s featured wallpaper set?
Hello. I am Rachel Walker aka Walkerillo ( walker-illostration , get it ). I love cooking to Dean Martin, dancing, a nice martini, and bright red hair dye. I live in Windy Wellington, New Zealand and work fulltime from my messy home studio. I am now 27 but fortunately not a famous musician…
Trapped In Suburbia created a clever notepad with a writing area on one side and a ball pattern on the other side to encourage people sitting behind the desk to move. Just doodle away and if you’re unhappy with your new creation, just make a little paper ball and play some hoops with your colleagues. Sounds fun right? Get a copy right here!
This brilliant “snow globe” was designed by the UK firm Dorothy to raise awareness to protest against the construction of a coal-fired power station in 2009. Instead of the classic, christmas-like miniature snow scene, they constructed a miniature power plant spewing black, ashy particles. A very thought-provoking piece of work. They have only made 2 globes of which there’s only 1 left. If you have some spare change left, they’re more than happy to send you the last one for the price of 2000,- pounds.
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According to the guys at DOMO an information worker spends at least 9 hours per week on seeking the information they need. That’s roughly 2 hours per week based on normal 5 day work-week. However, what if the information we waste our time looking for was readily available at an instant? What could we do with the 2 extra hours per day?
Art has no boundaries. We’ve proven that with many of the works we have mentioned on our blogposts. Artists continuously experiment, discover and reinvent new ways as well as materials to make their art with. Although it’s an existing method, she uses a combination of carefully placed nails and thread. With this, Pamela Campagna succeeded in creating a series of exquisite portraits. Just like her previous series, beautiful works of art!
Colosse is a wonderful and heartwarming animation that blends real puppeteering with animation. It’s a short video about a wooden colossus having a hard time with a pestering little bird. Very amusing and from a technical point-of-view very impressive!
Yum Yum London created this hilarious, yet unexpected animation video about a guy and a bottle of ketchup. What happens then is something you’ll have to find out yourself. Just hit the play button and prepare to make a giggle or two. You should also check out his other animation and his amazing vinyl toy collection!
We’ve all seen Woodkid’s epic ‘Iron‘ music video, if you haven’t already, go check it out this instant! Woodkid recently brought out a new video for his track ‘Run Boy Run’ which, once again, blew our minds away. If you like his previous music video, you will most definitely like this one. His ‘Run Boy Run’ EP is now available on iTunes and will be part of his forthcoming album ‘The Golden Age’ which is expected for release by the end of 2012.
Using various components from vintage typewriters, Jeremy Mayer created this amazing sculpture by bolting, screwing and bending the various parts together forming it into a skull. This sculpture is among his many other works which even features a complete, life-size body. You can check it out on his website!
If you thought that these were photographs, look again. Sharon Moody created a series of impressive paintings as way to study the comics as objects by removing any form of feelings and nostalgia but maintaing their familiarity because of the impeccable detail she managed to add to the paintings. Either how, it’s amazing how one can paint such realistic painting let alone the patience you need to have to finish it!
