WhILSt i ShOuLd HAve beEn WORking!

For my trend forecasting project i have been looking at recycling, upcycling and revamping. By trawling through blogs i have come across some interesting, inspiring and frankly weird vintage and recycled art. One that caught my eye was this Teabag frame. The artist Armen Rotch, infuses tea bags in different ways and then almost uses the variation as his pixels to create patterns.

 Coincidentally whilst flicking through Elle decor, these quirky tea bag illustrations by Charlotte Farmer caught my eye. I have realised that when asked who my favourite artists are i often go for illustrators.

  

Other  Illustrators i have come across are 'Girls can tell', an artist who specialises in illustrated home wear. What makes hers especially interesting is the wording she uses in her designs. She describes herself as having a 'Diagram obsession' and this is what i think attracts me to her work.

Something else that caught my eye was 'Swoon' a street artist from New York who specialises in illustrative, life sized figures going about their business in the city. I think i was attracted to the vibrant colours and rustic back grounds she chooses. It is messy, energetic and patterened, which appeals to my love of textlies.

I have become quite interested in street art since watching the Banksy film, "exit through the gift shop". As well as being inspired by the unique street art he comes up with time and time again, it also caused a huge debate amongst my friends as to whether this film was in fact another clever ruse by Banksy? The New York times movie reviewer commented he had created a new genre, 'the prankumentary'.