Miniature Painting

Painting on coins by Jacqueline Lou Skaggs

coins by Jacqueline Lou Skaggs
Abe’s Millennium, 1973. Painting on coin by American artist Jacqueline Lou Skaggs

American designer Jacqueline Lou Skaggs came up to coins in a very creative way – she paints miniature pictures on them. She says that as a conceptual artist she is interested in the idea of the possibility of the use of money as a canvas. Painting on coins by Jacqueline Lou Skaggs is a time consuming art work. Some were drawn almost immediately, portraits require more time – the slightest inaccurate touch of brush could spoil the whole picture and the eyes or mouth turned into something shapeless. Before work every penny had to be carefully cleaned. To do this, Jacqueline used alcohol and for drawing she used the smallest brush.
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Applied Art

Tapestry by Andrey Madekin

'Wanderer' 200x140 cm, 2013. Tapestry by Andrey Madekin
‘Wanderer’ 200×140 cm, 2013. Tapestry by Andrey Madekin, Russian artist of applied art

Tapestry by Andrey Madekin
For nearly 30 years Russian artist of applied art Andrey Madekin has woven about forty large tapestries (three square meters) and approximately the same number of small, within one square meter. The main topic for him is Biblical and ancient mythology. Tapestry by Andrey Madekin is inspired by the works of the ancient civilizations of Egypt, India, the Byzantine iconographic canon. Also by works of masters of the twentieth century – Cubists and meta physicians of early twentieth century – Picasso, Braque, Chirico.
Born in 1963 in Moscow, Andrey Madekin grew up in a family of textile workers. His great-grandfather – Pavel Nikanorovich Derbenyov before the 1917 revolution was a major textile entrepreneur, from 1894 to 1905 was mayor of Ivanovo-Voznesensk, now the city of Ivanovo. Madekin graduated from the Faculty of Applied Arts of the Moscow Institute of Technology (MGUS) in 1985. He became a member of the Union of Artists of Russia in 1990. In 2003 worked as a chief artist of the Russian units in the American company “Carpets Design Company”.
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Architecture

Stained glass windows by Edward Burne-Jones

Stained glass windows by Edward Burne-Jones
Stained glass windows by Edward Burne-Jones

Stained glass windows by Edward Burne-Jones (1833 – 1898) – congenial Pre-Raphaelite English painter and designer, one of the most prominent representatives of the “Arts and Crafts Movement.” Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones was born in the English city of Birmingham. Sir Edward Burne-Jones was a unique person widely known throughout the world for his beautiful stained glass windows, which were performed with the closest friend of his life William Morris. They met in Oxford, while studying and then walked through life together. Stained glass windows, made ​​by his sketches and cartoons in the “Morris & Co”, can be seen in churches throughout England.
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Applied Art

Textiles art by Sophie Standing

Black-Rhino. Textile embroidery by British fine artist Sophie Standing
Black-Rhino. Textile embroidery by British fine artist Sophie Standing

Textile art by Sophie Standing is complex collages of cloth. British fine artist Sophie Standing was born and raised in England, in the county of Hampshire. In 2003 she moved to South Africa and now lives in Kenya. Variety of African flora and fauna, and passion for fabrics and textiles motivated her to create a stunning gallery of animals and landscapes, embroidered in a unique technique. Sophie Standing studied wood, metal, ceramics and textiles art at Liverpool Hope University. Sophie has worked with different mediums, including ceramics, stained glass windows, weaving, dress making and finally – textile art. The works of fine artist Sophie Standing can be found at art exhibitions and private collections in Kenya, South Africa, UK and Germany.
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Jewelry Miniature Mosaics

Italian micro mosaic jewelry

1820-1830 Italy. brooch
1820-1830 brooch. Italian micro mosaic jewelry

Italian micro mosaic jewelry

Micro-mosaic is painting, laid with tiny pieces of glass called tesserae. In some cases, the number reached 5000 per square inch (2.54 x 2.54 cm). This technique which came into vogue in the 17th century and flourished in the 18th century in the Vatican Mosaic workshop, continues to this day. Also there were workshops in Venice and Florence. Micro mosaic jewelry became popular in the 17-19 centuries in connection with the fashion for travel among the aristocracy. From their trips travelers brought souvenirs – micromosaic depicting historical sites, or sent to their relatives as postcards with pictures on them. Especially popular were the Italian ruins.
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Sculpture

Hyperrealistic wood carving by Fraser Smith

'American Jacket' Carved wood & mixed media, 2010. Hyperrealistic wood carving by American artist Fraser Smith
‘American Jacket’ Carved wood & mixed media, 2010. Hyperrealistic wood carving by Fraser Smith

The art technique creating the optical illusion is known as Trompe-l’oeil. American wood carver from Florida Fraser Smith has mastered this technique to perfection. Hyperrealistic wood carving by Fraser Smith is so deceiving that viewers when looking at these sculptures, can not believe it’s not a real cloth. The artist himself says – “I might be the only person in the world that does what I do, but there’s probably a really good reason for that”. At each exhibition he is dealing with the same cry: “Wow, is it really made ​​of wood?”. Yes, it is – Fraser carves all his works from the soft wood stains and oil paints. Fraser himself believes, that it is not even accurate simulation of textile, but simply human psychology. Coming to the exhibition the viewer sees the jacket and automatically thinks about it as a jacket made of textile, nothing else. But when they find out that it is a wood painted clothing, the brains reconfigures, and here comes the surprise.
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Applied Art

Textile animals by Karen Nicol

Textile animals by Australian artist Karen Nicol
Textile animals by Australian artist Karen Nicol

Australian artist of applied art Karen Nicol was fascinated by the work with textile materials in early childhood, because her mother and sister were professional embroiderers. Surrounded by pieces of fabric and all kinds of accessories, the child used them for her play, not even noticing how the game turned into a lifelong passion. Today art career of Nicole has over 40 years of experience and many hundreds of textile products: dresses, accessories, from brooches to bags, textile flowers and decorative panels depicting stylized animals. Textile animals by Karen Nicol attract people at fairs and are gladly bought up in the galleries, as it is not a formal copy of the animal form, but creatively processed image.
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