Visual artist Anna Kesäniemi flits between mediums. Collage, textile design, paint, and sculpture each offer new opportunities for Kesäniemi’s playful eye. Her roots in graphic design and illustration inject her work with stories and imagination, adding life and layers of detail in colours both bold and unexpected. Her recent focus on ceramics embraces this same style. Tiles and shapes serve as canvases where texture and … Continue reading Anna Kesäniemi
After first covering the eerily empty and monochrome tiled interior paintings of Adriana Varejão a few years ago, I’ve become somewhat obsessed with the representation of tile in art. Sprinkling in a few findings amongst our regular content, namely the bold and beautiful creations of Rachael Tarravechia and the intensely detailed bed-centric style of Frances Featherstone, has only served to increase this obsession. So today … Continue reading Finding tile in art
Tiles are hitting the water today with this delightful collection of swim-themed decors. 1) Swimmers Along with the London street scapes, market stalls, and allotment scenes of Helen Beard‘s artwork sit a stylish selection of swimmers. Peering poolside, diving, splashing, and stepping into the blue, Beard’s swimmers are comforting and familiar. 2) Piruet Capped and cozzied, the delightful divers of Bussoga‘s Piruet designed by Sergi … Continue reading A selection of swimmer tiles
Everyday life in its most basic unadulterated, untidied, and unclothed form creates the captivating imagery of artist Max Guther. Scrubbing a toilet in your pants, baking a cake in your pants, flexing in your pants, or working from home (surprisingly not in your pants), are all scenes masterfully rendered, inviting a glimpse into the life of yourself and others. These mundane scenes translate joy and … Continue reading Rendered life
Artists Nicole Mollett and José Den Hartog are bringing art to Chatham. Celebrating the maritime history of the area, the duo have been commissioned to create a large ceramic mural across the front façade of Rats Bay Pumping Station. As part of the large development plans for the waterfront, a new plaza will be located in front of the 1960s red brick building. This new … Continue reading Ode to Chatham
On rare and wonderful days I come across tiles so beautiful I could cry. And the day I discovered Myrsini Alexandridi I very nearly shed a tear. Greek-born and Stockholm-based interior architect Myrsini Alexandridi creates artworks informed by her architectural practice, Greek tradition, and topographical forms, neatly and uniquely on the world’s greatest canvas – tile. Mini murals as small as two tiles and up … Continue reading Myrsini Alexandridi
