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Jamie Pitarch

March 17, 2021 12:03 AM \

Born in Barcelona Jamie Pitarch attended the Chelsea College of Art for painting and received his MFA in painting from the Royal College of Art in London, UK. He creates sculptures, drawings, videos and installations often using humble everyday objects such as a guitar, chair, or household and consumer products.  The Barcelona-based artist explores our relationship to household objects by making subtle and not-so-subtle alterations rendering them completely useless.  He describes his work as mainly having “… to do with the human being’s inability to identify with the structures he himself has created.”

He is represented in New York by Spencer Brownstone Gallery.

Images:  Courtesy of Jamie Pitarch.

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Quentin Monge

March 16, 2021 12:03 AM \

French artist Quentin Monge grew up on a beach in the south of France. After traveling and working in Australia, UK and Paris he decided to go back to Saint Tropez. His childhood under the sun of the french riviera in the inspiration for most of his work. Since 2015 he has worked as a freelance illustrator for major companies.  On an interview with Turnbull and Asser he says this about his work:

“My work is minimalist. I pay a lot of attention on shapes and compositions—I love to work on patterns.”

“It seems that blue and pink are coming back quite often, but when it comes to colour choices I couldn’t really explain it, it just feels right or not depending on the subject/composition. It’s very subjective.”

More of his work can be found on his website, Behance and Instagram.

Images:  Courtesy of Quentin Monge.

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Punch Needle Art

March 15, 2021 12:03 AM \

Punch needle art has lately been considered a new craft hobby but it really isn’t new.  It was used in the 60’ as physical therapy in military hospitals.  Glad it’s in vogue again as it is a very simple project.  Found this visual instruction on the Japanese website, Courturier. It is in Japanese but we use Google translate to interpret the instructions.  There are beginners kits on Etsy that you can purchase.  The kit shown on the bottom is from the shop, Yasminhobbykit.

Images:  Courtesy of Courturier and Yasminhobbykit.

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