Being a “blogger”(artstheanswer) and an artist, I am constantly needing sources for art related topics or precise pictures to accompany my articles or present an idea to a client. Artisphere will make this easier for you through this column and help you to amass an amazing collection of blogs and other sources for technical information and photo files!
Prestige et Tradition is a high end collaboration of artisans in Paris specializing in gilding, restoration, glass, iron, embossed leathers and other custom techniques. One group in the collaboration-Atelier Meriguet -Carrere carries on the techniques of the decorative artist through working with leather, trompe l’oeil , gilding and lacquer.
The blog “Half Pudding Half Sauce” is a decorative artist’s dream!
Kehinde Wiley began his portrait studies from photographs he took of young men on the streets of Harlem.. His backgrounds remind us of classical ornamentation from William and Morris motifs to decorative illumination. He allows the designs to grow and intertwine the urban figures he paints….combining old and new.
Petr Hampl, Patrik Håbl and David Koutecky are three artists that come together to offer diversity from restoration to sgraffito to incredible murals.
Born in Europe, Ani Brieger has traveled and studied ornate architecture concentrating on “royal palaces and places of worship”. She totally understands the power of a small space.
I recently had the opportunity to interview Annie Sloan covering everything from the history of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint® about the new colors for 2013!
Anna Wolfson is a Chicago based artisan passionate about natural building technologies. Her fringed and frayed burlap walls give a modern look , but use eco friendly materials.
Artistree Inc. consists of William Meyer and associates and is located in northern Florida specializing in murals and plaster techniques. His company was named for a large tree he played in as a child, the streets that intersected there were named for artists, Van Gogh, Dali, Rembrandt…Meyer was strongly influenced by the large knotted oak tree and the artists behind the names on the street signs.
Tim Bizley, a decorative painter from the United Kingdom, embraces a wide range of decorative art techniques. Trompe, wood-graining, grisaille….he does it all!