Reversible blankets by Forget Me Not

November 11, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in 2019, Fashion, France, Craft, Portfolios

For their latest Blankets collection “Reversible”, Forget Me Not (run by our friend Coco) used advanced Jacquard weaving techniques, bringing an original depth and texture to their design range. Always dedicated to providing artisan quality home decor items to boutique stores worldwide. All their items are printed and manufactured by Europe’s finest craftsmen.

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Half & Hohloma

November 04, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in 2019, Design, Craft, Russia

Russian Half&Half returns with a new design collaboration after the successful project “Half&Gzhel” both aimed to restore the interest in Russian traditional decorative arts.

Art Director: Gina Onegina
Photographer: Dasha Kuznetsova
Style, set-design: Natasha Istomina
Makeup: Nadia Mastrukova

Hairstyles: Maxett
Assistant: Nastya Shengelia
Actors / models: Lesha Kochergin, Misha Guray, Dmitry Semenov, Kostya Stepanov

Designed by Anna Kulachek and manufactured at Khokhlomskaya Rospis factory, Half&Hohloma tells a different story of the most famous and oversaturated pattern-painting Khokhloma, traditionally made on a sound lacquered wooden objects using gold plating and other techniques.

HALF&Hohloma plates are made of pressed wood flakes - an eco-friendly and deformation resistant material. After polishing the plates are then primed with oil varnish, then coated with aluminium powder, making them silvery.

Then follows the painting process by the hands of experienced master craftsmen. After drying the plates are coated with a few layers of lacquer and this is how silver turns into khokhloma gold.

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Wimbledon Clubhouse paperwork by Yulia Brodskaya

May 23, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Illustration, Portfolios, United Kingdom, 2016, Craft

Last year London-based absolute talent Yulia Brodskaya was commissioned by Wimbledon Tennis Club to create paperwork illustrations for 2015 Championship. Recently she was able to show her full piece for public. Find her works on Facebook Page

Panorama of the City of New York

May 17, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Architecture, Photography, USA, 2016, Craft

The Panorama of the City of New York is the jewel in the crown of the collection of the Queens Museum and a locus of memory for visitors from all over the globe. Comprising an area of 9,335 square feet and built to a scale of 1:1200 where one inch equals 100 feet, the Panorama is a metropolis in miniature. Each of the city’s 895,000 buildings constructed prior to 1992 and every street, park and some 100 bridges are represented and assembled onto 273 individual sections comprising the 320 square miles of New York City.

All images courtesy of Spencer Lowell

Paper Cuts by Parth Kothekar

March 28, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in India, Portfolios, 2016, Craft

Using paper knives and hands Parth Kothekar creates weightless silhouettes that you can purchase on Etsy

Katerina by Yaroslav Misonzhnikov

March 09, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Design, Portfolios, Russia, 2016, Craft

Yaroslav Misonzhnikov took part in an unique project: the aim of the project was the reincarnation of folk crafts. Five Russian designers (we will cover all projects soon) started a collaboration with five Russian manufactories specialized in Khokhloma painting, Gzhel ceramics, Zhostovo painted metal and Vologda lace, famous all over the World as symbols of Russian Folk Art.

Photo by Mitya Ganopolsky Text by Domus

Rommy de Bommy

January 28, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Design, Fashion, Netherlands, Portfolios, 2016, Craft

Apart from Argentinian artist Camila Valdez that works with a food-inspired sculpture, the work of Dutch designer Rommy Kuperus has more about fashion and food fetish. Her accessories looks like a scaled food dishes, pastry and desserts - Spaghetti bow ties, Rainbow Cake purses, Donuts bags and a lot more are just a small part of Rommy's edible fantasy world. Check her personal website to find more products

Hyper realistic dolls by Michael Zajkov

January 21, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Design, Instagram, Lifestyle, Portfolios, Russia, 2016, Craft

South Russian artist Michael Zajkov creates jaw dropping hyper realistic dolls, where your perception breaks apart while see him hold their heads in his hands. "Zajkov graduated from Kuban State University of Russia in 2009. From 2010 to 2013 he worked at a puppet theater while also attending a graduate school. He was propelled to fame after the 2013 “Art Dolls” expo in Moscow. Zajkov’s creations have multiple joints. He uses polymer clay for the dolls, hand painted glass eyes from Germany, and French mohair for hair." says BP

Ohhio. Super chunky knits by Anna Marinenko

December 22, 2015 by Arseny Vesnin in Design, Portfolios, TOP 2015, Ukraine, 2015, Craft

Following the Behance Year in Review - Ukraine was the most growing community on the creative network. Frankly they selected only 3 projects by category, though with reasonable certainty "Ohhio Knits" designed by Anna Marinenko reserved its place as it should. Merely a year ago Anna, a Kiev-based handcrafting artist, was captivated by an unusual material that sparked an idea to knit a blanket with a supersized ties using hands instead of spokes. That's how a Kikstarter's success - Ohhio project started. By this time her project is baked 10 times more than she estimated leaving her a lot of evenings to create and dispatch the orders made by earlier supporters. With no doubts Anna shows us the way how a small idea become a great path in a life.