LIttle People return

I think I've blogged about urban artist Slinkachu's Little People projects twice before, but recently I saw some more images of his/her work and thought I'd love to share them. This is pure street whimsy and delight .... I'd love to discover some Little People in the streets of a sprawling city like London.

Place hair here

For some reason artworks and other things made with human hair totally creep me out, and my husband knows that I squirm even looking at photos of traditional Victorian keepsakes such as locks of hair encased in glass, let alone things like the revolting hair and fingernail (yes, you read that correctly!) doily that was offered on Etsy last year for US $200 ... {seriously, who spends the time making and advertising this sh*t?!}.

.... but over at Regretsy this week April posted about some quite fascinating hair-based jewellery, so delicately crafted I can (almost!) look at it without getting the shivers. Melanie Bilenker illustrates quiet scenes from domestic life by embedding individual strands of her own hair in resin - she's very talented and I'm impressed with both her technical skill and the sheer novelty of her work:

What do you think? Does disembodied hair make you feel a bit icky, or is it just another neutral, natural material with plenty of potential applications?

Julie Blyfield - creative inspiration

I like the way artist Julie Blyfield interprets the objects she finds on the Australian coast:

More woolly goodness

I love this crazy knitted skeleton by Los Angeles-based artist Ben Cuevas:

 (via Regretsy)

Peter Lippman

Photographer Peter Lipman's advertising images for Christian Laboutin include sumptuous recreations of classic paintings. Very pretty!

(via Retronaut)

Blowing bubbles

Dutch artist Ellen Urselmann transforms everyday objects with delicately blown glass ...

Sleek!