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Jeremy Holmes grew up in Cooperstown and studied at the State University of New York at New Paltz where he graduated with a BFA in Sculpture in 2007. After graduation he was awarded a Windgate Fellowship, which has allowed him to travel the country and be a full time sculptor for the last year. Jeremy is now living in Cooperstown working as a woodworker and creating new sculptures for an upcoming exhibit.
Jeremy Holmes Website
http://www.holmesarts.com/
After watching the movie, “The Lonely Maiden” I was captivated by a piece of art that was the main feature. It didn’t take long for me to find the artist who created the piece and was absolutely stunned to find out that the painting had been done in the past year by a very talented artist, Jeremy Lipking.
Browsing through his site was an absolute joy as I discovered more great works by him such as “Porcelain”, “Reclining Nude Figure”, and “Danielle”.
I only wish they the prints came in posters as I think I would have to paint the whole house in them.
Jeremy Lipking’s Website
http://www.lipking.com/
The India Shop, located in England, is a gift shop that specializes in Fairtrade products. One item though that stands out in their vast collection are these newspaper bags that are entirely made from recycled newspapers and Bollywood movie posters!
The India Shop writes, “The organisation was started in 2004 by street children who wanted to give something back in return for the opportunities which had allowed them to escape desperate circumstances. These elder children, now married with children of their own, generate an income by making newspaper bags and jute items. This allows them to take care of thirteen street children that they have saved from the streets surrounding Delhi train station. Support for this wonderful project means that these children can enjoy going to school and playing, rather than pulling rickshaws, shoe polishing, rag picking and worse.
The newspapers are collected by bicycle rickshaw calling at residential homes for any read newspapers. This is why sometimes your bag will have a completed crossword!”
The India Shop Website
http://www.theindiashop.co.uk/
The India Shop Newspaper Bags Products
http://www.theindiashop.co.uk/acatalog/Newspaper_Bags.html#a2128
More about Fairtrade can be found at Fairtrade.net
http://www.fairtrade.net/
Down south we have a lot of fly’s and I do mean a lot. Most of the art that we see around here are the ones created with fly paper. If you stand back far enough, you can almost see a game of connect the dots.
With that being said, Magnus Muhr of Sweden found a creative way of displaying the dead little critters. Magnus has created a wonderful little gallery of Dead Fly Art where he composes the little nasty things into comedic wonder. Make sure you view his other collecton of fine photography.
Magnus says (translated), “This started several years ago on a warm-up party when I get bored found a dead fly on the balcony on a summer evening o immediately thought “ahaa” if I get a pencil o camera … O on the way it is:) may now orders for these small “paintings” that I sometimes sell.”
Magnus Muhr on Fotosidan (site is in Swedish)
http://www.fotosidan.se/gallery/view.htm?ID=230148
Magnus Muhr’s Website
http://muhr.area81.se/
Katie Steuernagle has came up with a cute but ingenious way on how to make toy “Where The Wild Things Are” dolls out of toilet paper rolls. Simple but elegant and totally creative!
Katie Steurnagle’s Website
http://matsutakeblog.blogspot.com/
Katie Steurnagle’s Etsy Shop
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5311113
