Art, Fashion & Design

@Shalini Ramachandra's post Art is in the Eye of the Beholder has an image that reminded me of the article she probably got it from! How many times have we, as a layman observer wondered about pieces of abstract art and joked that it could be a toddler's work 😆

Attached is the Wall Street Journal article that dispels the fallacy and while still confusing to 1/3 of the survey respondents, the inexperienced eye is more discerning of art than we give ourselves credit for!

#wallstreetjournal, #art, #contemporaryart

everyone will have their own interpretation".

― E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly.

Indeed! This feature added last week to our neighborhood park speaks tp E.A. Bucchianeri's point. I invite fellow qv women to voice their interpretation. I for now am stumped. At first I thought these were bird houses or scarecrow inspired features to keep the huge geese population that visit the pond!

I am writing this to highlight the message 're-use no excuse' by QV Woman @Papiya Banerjee who, in this short video talks about design re-use, and upcycling. It is a concept that has been around for long, but always heartwarming when someone we know actually does something like this! See the video here

Does anyone else have examples like this? Something they have done, seen or heard of?? I'd like to know... any designers among our members??

#desingforgood #designupcycle #sustainabledesign #designreuse

(Image credit https://peteandsuehill.co.uk/explore/green-women/)

The brainchild of artists Pete and Sue Hill, Green Women are made of mud and grass, like much of the brother-sister duos creations (mostly they use mud, plants, steel and mosaic).

I have seen this at the Heligan gardens in the UK, but I assume the Green Women sculptures can be replicated anywhere as long as the weather is supportive and materials available. Not sure how one would attribute copyright to the original sculptors!

I find these sculptures oddly relaxing and sad...I keep thinking one day I will make something similar but small in my own tiny garden...hmmm...better to have a goal than just say oooh and aaaah and move on, right? At least it motivated me to write about it and tell others about this...

Just search for Green Women or Mud Maids, you'll find plenty of hits. Pinterest has loads of hits...