Illustrated Book Plates

Alphonse Inoue

A. Odehnal

There are some beautiful etched book plates (Ex Libris) on this site. I like these two.

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The Art of Amy Crehore

Photosculpture of the Hokum Scorchers in Los Angeles by Mark Lowrie

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Photosculpture of Hokum Scorchers Band Copyright Mark Lowrie

Mark Lowrie makes the coolest photosculptures! He came to my "Dreamgirls and Ukes" gallery show last year in Los Angeles and he took a series of photos of my band, The Hokum Scorchers, playing music at the opening. As you can see, Lou Reimuller is playing a banjo-uke and I am playing the washboard. My fine art paintings and my painted ukes hang to the side of us and behind us. This image shows just a small corner of my entire solo show which featured a total of 15 oil paintings and 13 painted antique ukuleles. Mark made this wonderful photosculpture with the photos he took that night.

See more of Mark's amazing art here:

MARK LOWRIE

Listen to the Hokum Scorchers band here. And on my website.

Mark documented my entire "Dreamgirls and Ukes" art show with his photos!: LINK

Thanks again Mark! It really meant a lot to me to have you there.

The Art of Amy Crehore

Old Illustrations of Mt. Vesuvius Erupting

Mt. Vesuvius erupting 1779

View some incredible images from this series here:

Bibliodyssey

The Art of Amy Crehore

Robot Violinist Shows His Stuff

Nick Cave Soundsuits in new issue of Vogue

I blogged about Nick Cave, Chicago artist, before (link ). Shown above: one of his hairier "soundsuits". He has an 8-page spread in the new issue of Vogue. For people in Chicago: From September 10 to 17 there'll be a video installation of the Soundsuits on the corner of South Michigan Avenue and 23rd Street every evening starting at 8 PM. A pop-up shop featuring items like prints and T-shirts inspired by the suits opens from 8 to 10 PM on September 10, with a Vogue-signing by Cave from 9:30 to 10, and continues nightly from 6 to 9 PM. Link Chicago Reader

The Art of Amy Crehore

The swan pram in 1906

The swan pram in 1906
Originally uploaded by lovedaylemon

From a set of "vintage decorated transport"
on lovedaylemon's flickr

Collage sent to Tristan Tzara, 1921

Erwin Blumenfeld: Bloomfield, President-Dada-Chaplinist. Collage sent to Tristan Tzara, 1921
Originally uploaded by kraftgenie

Erwin Blumenfeld: Bloomfield, President-Dada-Chaplinist.
(kraftgenie's flickr)