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Image Manipulation #4 Similar to the original version, minus the canvas! Also the tones have a much more blue hue and emphasis on the Aqua tones!

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Photo Manipulation #Image1 This is an edit on the original photograph of Urban Jungle. Im very happy with the outcome of the emphasis on different sections of paint smudges and movement within the silhouette.  This is a great start for playing with on photoshop, experimenting with layering and cu tout’s. Similar to collage techniques i have applied to my project earlier in the form of sketches, (drawing, chalk, photocopies, textured paper) 

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 On-going experimentation used on a larger mask. The experimentation has carried on, with the foundation a larger mask then the first experiment. Im very excited with this idea and the progress that has been made so far. I have begun with coating a release layer onto the mask, so that once it has been layered upon with adhesive and glass i will be able to release it from the foundation of the mask. This is quite an important part of the process, because i want to keep the mask clear so it cannot be formed with the original plastic mask as part of the work. I then went onto create a resin that i continuously poured onto the mask in layers, to build up a clear base that was stable enough to begin adding glass. Once i found it was reasonably thick, which was several layers that had time in between each pouring to dry I then proceeded to add very small broken down shards and almost powdered glass into the resin and then to pour directly onto the mask and i began to keep this technique on-going. Upon the stage of releasing the glass build-up of the mask from the plastic mask, i was unfortunate to do this stage to soon. In area’s the resin had not built up a strong enough layer that was atleast a few mm thick! Because of this, the mask then had broken off in sections, which is visible in my studio space. This will be on-going in semester 2, to produce a finished glass mask.

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Misha Nonoo + Dustin Yellin

Misha Nonoo, the CFDA Incubator designer known for her feminine, clean designs, has collaborated with contemporary artist Dustin Yellin to create prints for her Spring/Summer 2015 collection. “Translating contemporary sculpture into women’s ready to wear has allowed for the seamless integration of fashion and art, which is the overall message of the Misha Nonoo label,” the designer stated on the CFDA blog. Yellin’s “unique perspective as well as the femininity represented” in his glass sculptural paintings and collages inspired Nonoo to want to work with the artist when she met him over three years ago. So deep ran the partnership that Yellin even dressed up in one of Nonoo’s designs to walk the runway in her SS15 fashion show this past week in New York.

Pieces from the collection featuring the collaborative prints were photographed on blogger Pari Ehsan of Paridust, whose blog presents photographs of her wearing designer clothing in galleries and museums next to artworks that mirror her ensemble.

In addition, the artist and designer partnered on a limited-edition long sleeve jersey t-shirt, available in a quantity of 500, based on the artist’s most recent series of sculptures entitled, “Psychogeographies.”  The shirt is now available on the newly launched Spring app, with the goal to raise awareness for Yellin’s Pioneer Works Center for Arts and Innovation, a nonprofit institute in Brooklyn’s Red Hook.

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H&M + Jeff Koons

Jeff Koons has had his share of ups and downs in the art world, and is certainly one of the most controversial artists working today. But for anyone living in or visiting New York City this summer, it’s clear that he has taken the international epicenter of the art world by storm. His giant retrospective at the Whitney Museum of Art—a long-awaited first for the artist and the final show at the museum’s Madison Avenue address before moving to a new Renzo Piano-designed space in the Meatpacking district next year—just opened amidst highly positive media reviews. The exhibition is the first comprehensive survey of the artist’s career, as well as the first to fill nearly the entirety of the Whitney’s Marcel Breuer building with a single artist’s work (might as well go out with a bang, right?). Couple the ambitious exhibition with the artist’s Split-Rocker in Rockefeller Center—a monumental public sculpture made with living flowers, and presented by Public Art Fund and Gagosian Gallery—and it’s obvious Koons is at the height of his career.

No matter your opinion of the artist’s work, he has certainly made accessible art, making him a perfect partner for fast-fashion chain H&M’s first-ever artist collaboration. Starting July 17th, art and fashion enthusiasts can snag Koons’s $58 million balloon dog sculpture for just $49.50 in the form of a limited-edition leather handbag. Koons will also redecorate H&M’s Fifth Avenue flagship store, with images of the balloon dog glossing the six-story facade alongside the phrase, “Fashion Loves Art.” Talk about highbrow-lowbrow.

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Adidas X Raf Simons

Following a much-lauded collection for Fall 2013, the Belgian designer has unleashed a new collaboration with the sports brand for spring/summer 2014. While last year’s range featured only 3 styles, the newest release includes 8 styles of performance runners, each in 4 different designs. The collection will be available at adidas Originals concept stores and select boutiques. You can get a little taste of the collection below and check out all the styles on Raf Simon’s website here.

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Acne Studios + Hilma af Klint

Swedish fashion house Acne Studios found inspiration in Hilma af Klint, an abstract artist from the late 19th/early 20th century, for a recent capsule collection. A pioneer of the movement, Af Klint’s work was hardly recognized as such during her lifetime. Rather, it wasn’t until early 2013–decades after the Swedish artist’s passing — that a major museum gave the artist her due. Last February, the Museum of Modern Art in Stockholm erected the largest af Klint exhibition to date and published an all-encompassing book of her work, Hilma af Klint: A Pioneer of Abstraction. The New York Times credited the growing the international reach of the artist, five of whom’s works were featured in the Central Pavillion at last summer’s Venice Biennale.

With the artist’s work now in the limelight, it seems only appropriate for Acne Studios to honor the once forgotten Swedish artist. The brand reinterpreted some of af Klint’s early 20th century paintings to derive the collection of tops, scarves, and totes, which can be purchased onacnestudios.com.

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Urban Jungle is underway, beginning with stronger khaki’s with the close up perspectives. Using tape to keep a clean and strong edge along the silhouette outline. 

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Creative thinking is my passion, these are sketches based on my current project contrasting fashion and art as a benefit to either forms. Im forecasting my project based on khaki colours and amazonian prints incorporated into city perspectives.

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Belas Artes Exhibition (Click for more photos) Today i had the chance to visit the painting exhibition from one of the year groups at Belas Artes, Porto. Much of the photos are of that which stood out the most for me, not all for aesthetic appeal but the approach and presentation. A much mixed group of artist but each to their own talent. Some very beautiful pieces and some more inspiring than others. Breathtaking talent.

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Belas Artes Exhibition (Click for more photos) Today i had the chance to visit the painting exhibition from one of the year groups at Belas Artes, Porto. Much of the photos are of that which stood out the most for me, not all for aesthetic appeal but the approach and presentation. A much mixed group of artist but each to their own talent. Some very beautiful pieces and some more inspiring than others. Breathtaking talent.

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Belas Artes Exhibition (Click for more photos)

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Belas Artes Exhibition (Click for more photos)

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GLASS (vidral) PREPARATION /Click for more photos. As part of my studies i have undertaken the skills of glass making. Now creating a final piece with the use of crystalized glass and sparse orange pigments for slight colour. Mainly for experimental pleasure.

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Based on an original art peice, i have played around with resizing and re-arranging to create my own take on the original. (This is a black/white version, focusing on setting tones, depth and texture) in preperation for a large scale.

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UNIVERSITY STUDIES (click for more photos)

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UNIVERSITY STUDIES