1910's Endpapers

 

Above: The Noah's Ark Book endpapers verses by Margaret Lavington, illustrated by FISH, published by The Bodley Head in London, 1918.

Above: "The Firelight Fairy Book" by Henry B. Beston and illustrated by Maurice E. Day, 1919.

Above: Tik-Tok of Oz written by L. Frank Baum, illustrated by John R. Neill published 1914. 

Above: Three endpapers by Sugiura Hisui, from a three part novel written by Nasanunaka, Shunyo Yanagawa, 1913-1919 

Above: 'Wild flower children : the little playmates of the fairies' written by Gordon, Elizabeth, illustrated by Janet Laura Scott (1888-1968) 1918.

Above: 'The Tale of Old Mr. Crow' by Arthur Scott Bailey, 1917.

Above: Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Mr. Tod, 1912.

Above:'Sunny Rhymes for Happy Children' by Olive Beaupre Miller, illustrations by Carmen L. Browne. 1917.

Yusunari Nagashima

Above are some of the incredible fish portraits by Japanese artist Yusunari Nagashima for his exhibition, 'Days in a Tank'. Yusunari has loved fish since he was a little boy and this love has become an obsessive desire to capture their beauty.

A Leap of Salmon, Brian Wildsmith IV

Yesterdays Salmon reminded me of Fishes by Brian Wildsmith a beautiful book which has the collective nouns for various species of fish including a glide of flying fish,  a hover of trout and a party of rainbow fish.

Martyna Zoltaszek III

 

My last post on the work of Martyna Zoltaszek is the surreal underwater dream like world of her fish. However I have not shown you any of her graphics or illustration so please explore the portfolio of this artist.

Mother's Day, fish and fishing cats

A lovely spring weekend, new tiny fish, crazy fishing cat and great children.
I hope you had a wonderful time.

Flying Fish

We have just spent an hour at my work, on a Saturday! Last night we made lots and lots of fish, that I found via Joel Henriques on Pinterest. I think Freya would have happily spent the whole day launching them from the second floor and filming them tumbling. They are very easy to make and great fun even throwing them up in the air or from from the top of the stairs.

Christopher Marvell sculpture

Yesterday we squelched through the harbour at Kinghorn watching tiny (thumbnail sized) flounders darting in the shallow pools, in their honour I bring you Christopher Marvell's lovely cast bronze fish.

Christopher Marvell

Christopher Marvell loves the foundry and sculpting, but he also makes very wonderful dry point etchings, where the humans body or thoughts are echoed by their zoomorphism or animal companions.

Monica Indelicato

Love this fish, by the wonderful Italian illustrator Monica Indelicato.

John Behan

John Behan is a fantastic Irish sculptor, famous for his Famine Ship.

Ireland has fantastic public sculpture and is innovative in supporting its artists. John Behan's sculpture is widely acclaimed and his work is celebrated in the many public commissions that he has had. Get to Ireland and enjoy its vibrant artistic culture.

Leandro Castelao

Caste's graphic illustration for a catalogue of sources, has a wonderful pallet and is a lovely image. http://www.flickr.com/people/leandrocastelao/

Shona Snow

Shona's wonderful ceramics combining wonderful colours with graphic black and white design and funny birds and fish lovely. http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=82299 http://shoshonasnow.blogspot.com/

Fish Folds by Sipho Mabona

Found these wonderful Origami Koi at http://www.whipup.net/ they are designed by Sipho Mabona who creates amazing origami. Sipho's web page is here; http://www.mabonaorigami.com/ with links to his blog. His flickr is here and is well worth a visit http://www.flickr.com/people/sipmab/

Stray Cat, Fish and Sweeties

http://en.dawanda.com/shop/Crowinghensandwhistlingwomen I'm having lots of fun!