Sculpture Artist: Helen Musselwhite

I'm adoring the work of United Kingdom artist Helen Musselwhite. Her hand cut paper sculptures and collages are so whimsical and fun. In her own word's:

"By the use of bold colour, strong graphic line and familiar images I create highly individual and visually appealing pieces of art that make an instant impact. My work has a distinctive hand crafted quality that pays respect to all forms of mid century design, folk and ethnic art, as well as current and future trends."

You can view an online gallery of her work on her website, actually six galleries to be exact.

(Found via Free People Clothing Blog)

The AppleSac

I'm generally pretty good about taking care of my belongings. I've gone to several lengths to protect my laptop. The top is covered with a protective sticker displaying Starry Night. Besides keeping the outside scratch and smudge free, it's attractive. However, when it comes to a laptop case I haven't done so well. Mine is currently calling a hideous tan laptop sleeve home. I haven't seen many better options out there until I saw the AppleSac. The sleek sleeve is made from 100% burlap and I absolutely love it!

(Found via PicoCool)

Who Done It Shelf: Jim Rosenau

Jim Rosenau of This Into That is a functional artist who creates products out of old books. While Rosenau cites the Nicholson Baker essay Books as Furniture as his inspiration for the project, growing up in a house with more than 5,000 books may have something to do with it as well.

Many of his projects contain themes based on the book titles used, such as the Who Done It shelf pictured above, featuring the titles “Who Pushed Humpty Dumpty?” as well as “All the King’s Men” and “Anatomy of a Murder.” Check out his online gallery for all his themed selves and more.

(Found via TrendHunter Magazine)

PopMat Placemats

Elegant and just plain lovely, the PopMat Placemats by Publique Living are works of paper like I've never seen before. The mats not only look lovely, they serve as name cards and are made from 100% recycled paper.

(Found via Oh Joy!)

CAPTCHA Inspired Paintings

Artistic inspiration can come from literally anywhere and the work of Etsy user Bekathwia is proof of that. She creates hand painted acrylic pictures of CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) images that we are all familiar with having to enter when verifying blogger posts and internet transactions.

(Found via I Like Totally Love It)

Off to Prague!

As I've mention before (several times) on here, I'm off to Prague for the summer. I'm leaving this afternoon and will be living there and taking classes at Charles University before backpacking South Eastern Europe. I'll still be blogging (as best as possible) but I apologize in advance for the decrease in number and frequency of posts. Until next time, na shledanou!

(Photo credit Roland Schlager for The New York Times)

Delicious Jewelry: VentoNaPraia

It doesn't get more summery than Etsy designer VentoNaPraia's delicious fruit slice jewelry. Choose between an orange, kiwi, or pineapple. The items are made of rubber and look incredible realistic, not to mention yummy.

(Found via PicoCool)

Love Anna James

A fitting name for her online portfolio; Love Anna James is the website of London artist Anna James and her work is nothing short of lovely. She converts "twentieth century furniture into unique pieces of contemporary art." The items are fully restored and incredibly creative.