Art Kaleidoscope

Between art and craft

Illustrator Suthipa Kamyam

Illustrator Suthipa Kamyam. Pencil Drawing. Raven Illustration of Nordic Fashion Biennale 2014. Frankfurt, Germany

Pencil Drawing. Raven Illustration of Nordic Fashion Biennale 2014. Frankfurt, Germany. Illustrator Suthipa Kamyam

Graphic designer and Illustrator Suthipa Kamyam is from Bangkok (Thailand). In 2006 she graduated from Faculty of Fine and Applied Art of Chulalongkorn University with BA in Creative Art (Honor). Two years later she had her MFA in Design (Individual Specialization) after graduating from HDK-School of Design and Craft, in Goteborg, Sweden. Kamyam worked in Goteborg and Bangkok as a Graphic Designer and Illustrator. Since 2011 she has been a freelance Illustrator. Her ​​portfolio consists of monochrome works executed in graphite. It’s hard to imagine how much endurance, patience and love needed to create such a work of excellence and technique quality. Maximum detailing, competent interpretation of textures and line-up on a sheet give excellent results, appreciated by customers and prospects, and professional artists.
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Illustrations by Amy Dover

Illustrations by Amy Dover

Bear your teeth. Graphite on cotton. Illustrations by Amy Dover

Illustrations by Amy Dover
Beautiful British artist and illustrator, Amy Dover is from County Durham, North East England. She creates beautiful pencil drawings reflecting the dark side of human nature. And this hidden world originates in the folk tales, mythology, and fables of her childhood. Illustrations by Amy Dover touch the eternal themes of death and life, loss, failure, greed, humiliation, and deceit. Characters of cannibalistic crows, beasts, humiliated bears, and the innocence and loss of a dead sparrow. She makes us think, and this matters.
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Paper sculptor Sher Christopher

Paper sculptor Sher Christopher

‘Sorrow’. Impressive work by Paper sculptor Sher Christopher, British artist

British paper sculptor Sher Christopher creates amazing things from paper, they look like origami, but they are not. Her sculptures and portraits are complex and expressive, as if they live their own fairytale paper-life. Noyeworthy, she manages to convey complex emotions … For instance, this young woman whose pain is palpable.
According to Sher Christopher, the sculpture ‘Sorrow’ is a very, very personal piece, an auto-biographical one. In 2009 Sher’s Mum was diagnosed with cancer, with a brain tumor, and had only a few months left to live. It was the most devastating news. Sher couldn’t work at the time, and was utterly lost. This image was a recurring one in her thoughts and dreams, and the only image that began to express how she felt.
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Thread illustrations by Miyuki Sakai

Thread illustrations by Miyuki Sakai

Blueberry pie, fruit and citruses, still life. Embroidered Thread illustrations by Miyuki Sakai, Japanese artist

Thread illustrations by Miyuki Sakai include series of art works – office, garden, powder room, street, cafe, girl’s best friend, supermarket, people. Imagine how much patience, skills and overall awesomeness an artist needs to create such intricate thread illustrations, which are actually embroidery? According to a talented Japanese artist Miyuki Sakai, he has been creating illustrations for more than twenty years. Meanwhile, for embroidering his award-winning illustrations he uses a sewing machine.
Miyuki Sakai grew up in Osaka, Japan. While a child, Miyuki watched her mother make her family’s clothes and she adopted the sewing machine for her unique style. After she graduated from the Art college in Kyoto, she moved to Tokyo and started working as a free-lance illustrator, taking part in several art exhibitions. Her work in a Martha Stewart living article called ‘Viva la tarte!’ won a bronze prize for the editorial design category in ADC 2011 awards. Miyuki Sakai lives in San Francisco.
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Silhouette photography by Naveed Mughal

Silhouette photography by Naveed Mughal

Lovers point. Stunning Silhouette photography by Naveed Mughal

Silhouette photography by Naveed Mughal
Self-taught Pakistani photographer, artist and fashion model Naveed Mughal is from Darogawala, Lahore but since November 2007 he has been working in Kuwait. According to Naveed Mughal, photography is his passion, either he is shooting or being shot. Naveed is a young and handsome model, and his photography art is worth watching indeed. Although he is just a beginner and a learner, yet his photo art, and in particular, color combination is totally inspiring.
Luckily, Naveed Mughal shares his thoughtful ideas and pictures on his website pages. His photo gallery – a colorful world of beautiful sunsets, evening landscapes, amazing nature, and animals.
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Doll Artist Marina Bychkova

The Cathedral. Artwork by Doll Artist Marina Bychkova

Duomo di Milano inspired doll “The Cathedral”. Artwork by Doll Artist Marina Bychkova

Doll Artist Marina Bychkova
Born and raised on the shores of the Siberian river Tom, in the city of Novokuznetsk, Marina Bychkova is a talented doll artist. From early childhood she was interested in the nature of the dolls and fell in love with them for ever. Meanwhile, when the girl was nine years old, her family immigrated to Canada. There she graduated from the Institute of Arts. According to Marina, she has always loved dolls, but in 2002, her love for them has grown into profession. After a long search of the media, Marina found perfect for her designs and ideas material – porcelain. Her very detailed dolls belong to the world of contemporary art – sculpture, painting, and jewelry art.
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Russian artist Anna Berezovskaya

Russian artist Anna Berezovskaya. Winter Cherry, 2007. Oil on canvas. Private collection

Winter Cherry, 2007. Oil on canvas. Private collection. Russian artist Anna Berezovskaya

Russian artist Anna Berezovskaya
Born in Yahroma of Moscow region, Anna has been painting since the age of five, when stayed alone at home with her fantasies and imaginary world. And her wonderful world was – knights, ladies in period costumes, fabulous cities and whimsical trees.
Meanwhile, in 2000 Anna started training in a private art studio in Abramtsevo, and there she found a teacher who helped her develop her own style. The next year, Berezovskaya entered the Abramtsevo College of Industrial Arts. After graduation, she began working with several art galleries of Moscow. Noteworthy, in 2005 Anna Berezovskaya became a member of the Creative Union of Artists of Russia. In March 2006 she started participating in solo and group art exhibitions in Russia and abroad – USA, Luxemburg, Holland, Hong Kong, and Singapore.
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