SheWalksSoftly

The Medieval Scapini Tarot

August 6th, 2016

I’ve just started looking through the decks at Tarot Tator and the Medieval Scapini Tarot caught my eye. Some of these cards are truly awesome.

Death:

That may be my favorite card. Death is so elegantly poised (seemingly in the midst of dance) on a sea of the drowning and/or dead.

The Hermit:

I love that the Hermit is also walking on water…and is an actual giant. I relate very much to the Hermit, so it makes me happy to see him so empowered (as opposed to the sullen version in the Rider Waite deck). The symbolism in this card is among the richest I’ve seen in various depictions of the Hermit.

Ace of Wands:

There is a lot going on here. Fiery, chaotic, generative magic! Rock on.

Ten of Swords (come on…swords, containing figures holding swords. How meta. The blood is a nice touch, too).

See the whole deck: Medieval Scapini Tarot
Dylan Kehde Roelofs

August 6th, 2016

Dylan Kehde Roelofs specializes in incandescent sculptures.

These Edison style bulbs and their surrounding structures are hand blown. Roelofs claims to have started creating them as “a reaction against the soulless glow of low-energy bulbs.”

He also has collections of incredible bottles.

Dylan Kehde Roelofs
Masayoshi Matsumoto: Balloon Animals

August 3rd, 2016

Where was Masayoshi Matsumoto when I was a kid having birthday parties? I’d absolutely love his balloon sculptures at my future parties for adults, too.

Check out his site for many more badass, beautiful balloon beasts.

Masayoshi Matsumoto
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Giulio’s Dreamworlds

August 1st, 2016

Dreamworlds, indeed!

I can be pretty picky about Manga inspired fantasy art, but I found myself pouring over every detail in these (and loving the other illustration styles as well).

Giulio’s Dreamworlds
Anastassia Elias: String Installations

July 30th, 2016

Anastassia Elias is most famous for her mini dioramas in toiler paper rolls and other visual art, but I’m partial to these two installations she did for a group project.

Just your average transparent string elephant on a tightrope. NBD.

The goal was to decorate the streets with whimsical, unexpected designs. Mission accomplished, I’d say.

Anastassia Elias
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Kate Walsh Embroidery

July 29th, 2016

Kate Walsh creates “tiny macabre embroideries.”

I love her style. These are like little portraits…just missing the flesh.

Kate Walsh
Robert Hodgin: Dodecahedral Variations

July 28th, 2016

I found this while looking for Ernst Haeckel pieces to feature in various craft projects…and I love this sculpture so much I can barely stand it.

Robert Hodgin created a series of magnetic solids inspired by magnetism (of course) and mathematical concepts in a two person show at the Gray Area Foundation for the Arts (GAFFTA).

In his own words:
The largest structure required a temporary scaffold of sorts. Without the scaffold, I would be unable to complete the form without it succumbing to gravity. This structure took me a few hours to create and on the day of the show, it collapsed on the way to the gallery. I ended up rebuilding it the day of the show.

These forms are created with cylinder magnets, spherical magnets, and ball bearings. Magnetism is the only thing holding the forms together. They are fairly fragile and picking them up will likely crush them. All of the forms I created were variations of the 12 sided dodecahedron. This particular platonic solid seems to be the form the magnets are happiest with.

Robert Hodgin
Desktop Goodies 7/27

July 27th, 2016

I think this pairs nicely with the book above.

Gotta have standards.

I love how engaged Death is with his book.

Strangest strike banner ever. Unless you’ve seen a stranger one, in which case I really hope you share it with me.

Thank you Rachel, for showing me that Saran wrap and Bubble wrap are the fashion of the (retro) future. (Seriously ladies, would you be into a guy who confidently sauntered over to you in bubble wrap thigh highs?)

70’s fashion

I sense a seemingly incorrigible child and a maudlin, happy ending.

I can forgive the obvious impracticality of having a giant tube directly in the driver’s field of vision, because it’s clearly inspired by atomic structure.

A wonder what qualifies as a “good” or “mediocre” decapitation.

“Did anyone notice Grandma looked a little unwell today?

This could be a poster to promote neutering (PSA: countless healthy animals are put down in shelters due to overpopulation. Have your pet spayed/neutered!)
World’s First Tattoo Machine Prosthetic Arm

July 25th, 2016

JC Sheitan Tenet has the world’s first prosthetic arm that is actually a functional tattoo gun.

Tenet lost his arm 22 years ago, and feared he would never realize his dream of becoming a tattoo artist. French engineer/artist JL Gonzal constructed the prosthetic, and now Tenet has his artistic medium as a literal extension of his body!

Gonzal has since been working on improvements to the design to give tattooing a more natural feel. Amazing, no?

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Joe Vaux

July 23rd, 2016

Today we have one of my old lowbrow style pop surrealism favorites, Joe Vaux.

Joe Vaux