I love this series of melting words by artist Kotama Bouabane.
Found via OhJoy.

I’ve been trying out some new techniques with paper in my collages on wood blocks. I wanted to make the paper dimensional in some way. I like how this one came out.

The ampersand is definitely my favorite punctuation mark (I just love it’s shape) so I flipped when I saw this poster by design team Conor & David (see they like ampersands too!).
Reminds me a bit of this window.
Found via Hello Bauldoff, a really awesome design/visual blog.

One of my favorite parts of the Providence trip was the RISD alumni sale. There are so many craft sales now so it’s hard to have any expectations going in, but this sale had some really special things.

I particularly loved Ann P. Smith’s robots, made from discarded electronics and broken machine parts. I like that [...]

I love this collage of piles and piles of hand dyed paper garlands by designer Sophie Cuvelier.
They reminded me of an image I have had in my “archives” for a long time and sent me running for my old inspiration books.

So cool right? I especially like the messiness of the red string.
You can purchase some [...]

Oh, I wish I had known about this last week!
The World Beach Project is a collaborative art project concepted and organized by artist Sue Lawty and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Sue’s idea was to have people all over the globe submit drawings and sculptures they have made with stones on the beach.

photo submitted by [...]

Nathalie Lété is an artist and designer who has lent her creative hand to everything from hand-tufted rugs to chocolates. I love the collaged, painterly quality that runs through all of her work regardless of the medium.

Lete’s most recent collaboration with Anthropologie yields bedding covered in birds and branches and ceramic knobs chaped like [...]

Linda was in town this week and we got a chance to see the Hyberbolic Crochet Coral Reef at the World Financial Center on Tuesday. Isn’t it nice to have visitors? You get to do all the fun things in your city that you never make time to do for yourself.
Here are a few pictures [...]

I like all the art that I am seeing lately made from books and book pages. This one made by Brian Dettmer for the New York Times Spring Travel magazine is particularly stunning.

Thanks to Jen for introducing me to the beautiful work of Susie Cowie, an embroidery artist.

Susie is currently showing some of her work at the Rockefeller Center Anthropologie in their gallery. I particularly like the work she does with photos.