These are just too good. The geometric lines, the beautifully thought out subtle colors, the reflection back to Audobon style scientific etchings, and for sale for very reasonable prices (probably not for long).
A little bio on Josh from the About page on his site:
Maine native Josh Brill graduated Maine College of Art with a degree in New Media Design and has since worked as an New Media Art Director, balancing work between corporate clients and fine art. His artwork has been exhibited at Addo Novo, Institute of Contemporary Art, San Diego Museum of Art, Fabrica’s Annex and May 1st Reboot 2005.
Lumadessa by Josh Brill.
I’m loving these colors and textures on these pieces from Victoria Morris Pottery.
From Victoria’s bio:
Native Californian Victoria Morris has been making pottery since she was sixteen years old. Her work is inspired by her surroundings as well as Scandinavian and Japanese aesthetics, emphasizing the beauty found in subtle, random imperfections and natural organic forms. There is a strong focus on classic simplicity in design and proportion in her work. Each of her bottles, vases and bowls are one of a kind and handmade.
Perhaps the most inventive and beautiful perfume bottles ever?
Designed by Sentral Design Studio & Åsa Jungnelius.
via Carousel & Notcot.
I’m loving these minimal images, they’re from Thom Atkinson’s photographs of rock samples from Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition of 1908. They appear in the latest issue of Draft magazine. This reminds me of when I used to collect rocks on my grandparents rock beach in Maine.
Description of the project:
“Draft asked me to photograph a collection of rock samples gathered by Shackleton’s expedition to the Antarctic,” says Atkinson of the project, which appears in issue six of the magazine. “They were printed alongside rare original documentary photographs of the expedition itself. The rock samples and original prints are currently in possession of the Archive of Modern Conflict from which this issue of the magazine was curated.”
Thom Atkinson’s site here.
via CR Blog.
The Vision of Faust by Luis Ricardo Falero. Date: 1878.
From the brief on the artmagick site:
Exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1880. In this work Falero depicts Faust’s encounter with the world of Satan, an encounter that takes place in the form of a vision rather than as a physical experience. Faust’s reaction to these figures with tiny eyes, sharp claws and slimy hands is one of disorientation asking ‘Are these the ones who lost themselves, believing Satan’s Lies?’.
