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Artist Blog: Moda Botanica (3/11/10)

Moda Bontanica is a collaborative business ran a small group of entrepreneurs. With backgrounds in floral, horticulture and event planning, the company provides highly designed floral arrangements. Although their work is typically shown at weddings, family events and corporate functions, they also compete in shows and competitions to display their craft. The business is located in the center of Philadelphia.

I found this company after researching several creative blogs who admire their prestigious craft. I've always respected the design element of floral and bouquet construction. It is a small art form in comparison to the large scale craftsmanship of gardens and landscaping.

What caught my attention with Moda Botanica was their participation in the Philadelphia International Flower Show. The shop won best in show for their garden display. From the photographs, it seems that each contestant was given trucking containers (I'm not quite sure of the terminology for this). The containers were externally decorated with graffiti and spray paint. This is the finished product once Moda Botanica set up their display:

Idea Blog (4/8/10)

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Artist Blog: Double Whammy: Jeanette Lunde

Jeanette Lunde is a graphic designer in Norway. I stumbled across her blog last night and found these:

I think these are charming flowers. Made from foil, they seem like they belong in a very pristine environment. I think this is an interesting option if I continue to create sustainable art.

Show Proof

Submission to the Anderson Gallery, none of the work was accepted.

Idea Blog (4/1/10)

This will be pretty short. I feel pretty satisfied about my concept and I've been getting a lot of great feedback from my peers. At the moment I am researching about Plant sexuality. Basically investigating the male aspects and relationships between plants. So I'm planning on expanding on this post.

At the moment, I am beginning to build a vine of paper marketing material. I have found a location for my sculpture. An ivy covered tree in front of the Anderson Gallery, Richmond VA.

Hope everyone in the area is enjoying the weather. It's gorgeous out!

Artist Blog: Olafur Eliasson 3.28.10

In my class Contemporary Issues in Photography, I was given the assignment of a reading discussing ecstasy(not the drug, the feeling). The text outlined the history of the term and how the emotion can be employed when viewing art. It also included examples of artists which have achieved work worthy of such terminology. One of the privileged artists is Olafur Eliasson. Eliasson is a Danish-Icelandic artist famed for producing a multitude of instillations in public space. The reading described one of his works, The Weather Project (2003). This project was for the Turbine Hall of the Tate Modern in London. Using humidifiers to create a mist and a hundreds of monocrhomatic lamps, Eliasson succeeded in creating an illusion of the sun at twilight. The hall ceiling was covered with a large mirror allowing the visitors to see themselves as tiny black shadows amongst the "sun." The display attracted two million visitors, many who interacted with the piece by laying on the museum ground to bask in the glow.

Eliasson work revolves around bringing the 'natural' phenomena into an unorthodox place. By doing so, he encourages the viewer to consider their physical environment. His works inspire and allow room for contemplation.