Halfway Through Summer 2021!

Today is the midway point of the summer season. The long days are growing shorter...enjoy!

BEAUTY: Fabric Art--Salt Stitches

Mancusian fabric artist Emily Botelho creates magical hoop embroidery pieces based on sea shore life. She takes frequent trips to the ocean where she photographs rocks covered with lichen, moss, algae, seaweed, and shells. She then prints these images onto fabric and embellishes them with embroidery, beads, tufts, semi-precious stones, and real shells. The results are deliciously textured gems.

Aberffraw

Aurantia

Aurantia detail

Cable Bay

Komatiite

Komatiite detail

Komatiite detail

Lapsis

Lapsis detail

Llys Rhosyr

Llys Rhosyr detail

Newborough Beach

Newborough Beach detail

Pannaria

Pannaria detail

Paupera

Paupera detail

Rhosneigr Beach

Rhosneigr

Rhosneigr detail

Trearddur

https://www.instagram.com/salt_stitches/
https://www.etsy.com/shop/SaltStitches

Summer By The Sea 2017

HALLOWEEN BEAUTY: Painting--Gregory Halili

Originally from the Phillipines, artist Gregory Halili paints beautifully rendered skulls on mother of pearl found in shells. Perfect for Halloween...

Gregory Halili is represented by The Nancy Hoffman Gallery in Manhattan.
http://www.nancyhoffmangallery.com/artist/display/18/Gregory_Halili

BEAUTY: Sculpture and Photography--Aki Inomata

Sculpture. Photography. Hermit crabs. Nature.

From artist Aki Inomata's website:
"In this piece I gave hermit crabs shelters that I had made for them, and if they liked my shelters, I got them to use them as their shell. I overheard that the land of the former French Embassy in Japan had been French until October 2009; that it was to become Japanese for the following fifty years, and then be returned to France. This concept made me think of hermit crabs, which change their shells. The same piece of land is peacefully transferred from one country to the other. These kinds of things take place without our being aware of it. On the other hand, similar events are not unrelated to us as individuals. For example acquiring nationality, moving, and migration. The hermit crabs wearing the shelters I built for them, which imitate the architecture of various countries, appeared to be crossing various national borders. Though the body of the hermit crab is the same, according to the shell it is wearing, its appearance changes completely. It’s as if they were asking, 'Who are you?'"

http://www.aki-inomata.com/