Florentijn Hofman

This amazing duck is the work of Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman who has created some wondrous and amazing art.

'The Rubber Duck knows no frontiers, it doesn't discriminate people and doesn't have a political connotation. The friendly, floating Rubber Duck has healing properties: it can relieve mondial tensions as well as define them. The rubber duck is soft, friendly and suitable for all ages!' http://www.florentijnhofman.com/

Pilipo Giordano

Here are some illustrations by Philip Giordano, an illustrator based in Hong Kong, who's work I have long admired. His blog White Peppers Ice Cream is here; http://www.philip-giordano-pilipo.com/ and at his Flickr here; http://www.flickr.com/people/21717358@N04/

Ceramics by Rina Menardi

Form Function and colour seem to be pleasing me today, so here is a sample of the beautiful matt ceramics of Italian Rina Menardi. The ceramics she creates look wonderfully tactile and the colours are fantastic. http://www.rinamenardi.com/

Vincent Leman Furniture

Vincent Leman's colourful stacked cabinets and clocks are wonderful, wobbly and colourful, my favourite things, I would love one of these pieces.
www.vincentleman.com and www.dustfurniture.com

Barbara Rae

With the same lyrical use of line as Sasha Svirsky, the Scottish artist Barbara Rae has an amazing talent at managing, manipulating and layering bold colours in her prints and paintings. These images are from Tom Caldwell Gallery http://www.tomcaldwellgallery.com

Revolution By Sasha

This work by Russian animator and illustrator Sasha Svirsky has a lovely sense of space in these compositions. I admire the limited pallet and quality of line and would love to see his animations. http://www.flickr.com/photos/sasha_svirsky

The Illustration work of Yara Kono

The lovely work of Yara Kono you can see her work at her blog; http://yarakono.blogspot.com and her flickr; www.flickr.com/photos/yarakono/

Meenan Tribal Painting

Oooo loving this work, this image is from http://thewartexchange.org.uk/ and is part of the Hayward touring exhibition, if your lucky, you might find yourself at it before September 12th 2009

Nurturing Walls

Found this wonderful entry at 'A Book By It's Cover' about a book called Nurturing Walls published by Tara Books about the women of the Meena tribe of Rhajistan India and the decorative paintings with which they embellish their homes. A book by its cover is a dangerous site for book lovers, beware...

Peter Donnelly

Above: Photo by adiemus at flickr

New Zealand artist Peter Donnelly.

Andres Amador

An artist in light and sand Andre's web site is http://www.andresamador.net

Jim Denevan

I just wanted to share this wee collection of sand artists that I have gathered this week. Here is the first, Jim Denevan see more of his work here: http://www.jimdenevan.com

Mari Emily Bohley

Mari Emily Bohley is a book maker and calligrapher, her work has great textures and richness, have a look at her inspiring catalogue http://www.mari-emily-bohley.de/

Georgios Nilo's boats

Georgios trained in Athens and has exhibited widely as well as designing stage sets. these boats are approximately one meter long. http://www.georgios-nilo.de/