Annalisa Bollini III

 

Annalisa Bollini's textile illustrations have been a feature here over the thirteen years and this one popped up before me today so full of light, joy and hope, I just adore them. 

Iwona Chmielewska VII

 

Above: As the flax matures...My grandmother Hulda, her sisters and brothers. 

Illustrations by Iwona Chmielewska from the book Lullaby for Grandmother, published by South Korea's BIR, which was the Bologna Ragazzi Award winner in the category of New Horizons 2020, tells a story of female textile workers from the city of Łódź. It is presented as a catalogue of fabrics from old textile factories. For this book Iwona Chmielewska has incorporated vintage fabrics and the handicraft of women who are no longer with us. Doilies, embroidered handkerchiefs - not in use anymore, passed on, discarded these scraps of incredibly skilled hand craft tell us about life and fill us with memories.

Above: Thread factory

Armel Barraud

 

There is something so wonderfully delicious about wire drawings, their fragility and the way they cast shadows, maybe the space and air they hold. These beautiful pieces are by French artist Armel Barraud

Miroco Machiko XI

 

Some phenomenal cats by Miroco Machiko.

Iku Dekune II

 

These illustrations by Iku Dekune have a wonderfully charming vintage style.

Tsushima Takashi I

 

Tsushima Takashi's colourful graphic designs are a joy, with calming arcs of line and shape. 

Alisa Yufa IV

 

As ever the wonderful Alisa Yufa's illustration is dynamic and fun with its line work, colour and texture and the illustration seems most fitting for the 'bring your own' week we are having here. 

Michael McGrath

 

The naive and surreal work of Michael McGrath show everything to be interlinked and yet seperate, they are fascinating. 

Noemi Vola

 

Adults are curious beings and sometimes they answer children's questions with words like "maybe..." or "we'll see..." but what do they really mean?"

'Ask your father... and other mysterious phrases of adults'  is a book that explores these anomalies written by Davide Cali and illustrated by Noemi Vola, published by Corraini Edizioni.

Willy Wanggen I

 

Bullfinches in boots by Willy Wanggen. 

Lotte Budai

 

Lotti's works are magical and otherworldly and yet so of this world, they are like studies of pollen and the tiny universe of creatures that live in and around flowers and fungi.

Yoshiko Hada V

 

Yoshiko Hada's '100 days of happiness project' is on day 62, so there are many days to look back on and forward to. 

Stefan Lorkowski

Abstract paintings by German artist Stefan Lorkowski

 

Lian-en Lin II

 

Lian-en Lin's beautiful collaged book 'Home' the textures, colours and edges of these images are so stunning.