Larissa Hally Guado- flash cats series
Matt W Moore of MWM Graphics- Crystals and Lasers series
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Its been a while since we have done the inspiration diptychs. Bringing them back for Fridays...
Michael Chelbin Xenia on a Couch Russia
Lee Grant from the Color Portraits series
03/20/2012
small report- tinkerlab
Have you come across tinkerlab yet?It is my new favorite website. It is the most amazing resource for fun projects and experiments to do with kids of any age. Rachelle, the artist and mother who runs the blog, aims to engage childrens' curiosities and promote creative and critical thinking…mindsets that support children as they grow into a world that values independent thinking.
Most of the projects and activities are made with found, collected materials or things already in your home. There are tons of simple science experiments that introduce kids to the wonders around them, messy and creative projects and ideas to help kids get involved in their physical world and enable creative play. I love the post encouraging parents to let their toddlers experiement with cooking in the kitchen.
03/06/2012
small inspiration - pinterest
Have you come across Pinterest? It is an on-line pinboard where you can group together images as collections. Its brilliant! It is a great way to stumble across inspiration on other peoples pages without clicking through the back pages of blogs. It is also perfect for keeping track of all those links you come across and want to remember in a really clear and organised visual way.
You can follow fashion stylist, mama and designer and co founder and editor of Small - Christine Visneau- here but there are all kinds of other great image collections- and of course it is so easy to start your own.
10/14/2011
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Images by Russell Lee of scenes from the Great Depression (in color!) found on the wonderful Accidental Mysteries blog put together by by John Foster.
08/20/2011
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Continuing on with the minature theme from last week...
The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death: An exploration of a collection of eighteen miniature crime scene models that were built in the 1940's and 50's by a progressive criminologist Frances Glessner Lee.
Interesting on so many levels
08/13/2011
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Lori Nix "Mastadon" from her Unnatural Histories series -left
Ofra Lapid (photographs of models of falling down buildings) -right
08/05/2011
07/29/2011
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Vexta (who has a new show this week here)
Andrea Sacchi - Icarus and Daedalus (1599- 1661) - the ultimate 'listen to your father' story
07/23/2011
07/07/2011
small film- public schools in America
a sad documentary with ideas about the possibility and potential for reform in American public schools - Waiting for Superman
Photos by Allison V Smith - from her Schools series
06/24/2011
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I can't believe we have done over two years of the Friday inspiration. We are hoping to do some more documentary style shoots in the Fall issue.
These images from Lee Grant's series Sister Love
....and one from the Indian photographer Ketaki Sheth from her series Twin Spotting are really inspiring me right now.
06/20/2011
small photo shoots- inspiration board
This Norman Parkinson Photo (found on the Land Ho tumblr) is on our inspiration board for the next issue. Grant Cornett is shooting another still life for us- this time outside in upstate New York (where he is an artist in residence at the wonderful Wassaic Project.)
06/17/2011
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Carol Dronsfield (Holga Photos) exhibiting now at green square tavern
Sally Mann ( via collection on The Daily Knickerbocker )
05/28/2011
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Julia Fullerton-Batten In Between
05/27/2011
small shops- Specks and Keepings
Every issue I put together a couple of collages for the magazine. They always develop from an accidental find- stumbling across something that trips something in my imagination and makes me want to malke a whole page around it. Last issue I found Hillery Sproatt's embroidered dolls on Etsy and was inspired to put this Russian doll themed Small Something page together.Since the issue has come out, Hillery has started up her own web shop which has much more than just her exquisite dolls.
I have now discovered that Hillery also makes beautiful fabric mobiles and etchings, and stocks in her shop gorgeous clothing for adults , lunch sacs, embroidered napkins, accessories and much more from some of her favorite makers and artists. The whole shop is now on my wish list. The whole shop is as perfectlly produced as the dolls that originally caught my eye.
Check out Hillery's shop, Specks and Keepings here and her blog here
05/20/2011
04/29/2011
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Pamela Klaafke (see her collaboration with Small here) from her bestia parvulus (animal child) series
04/22/2011
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The girls (and Eni the cat) watching the thunderstorm after playing in the rain.
photo by Steven Visneau
Happy Easter xoxo
04/15/2011
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maybe a little grim for our 100 th inspiration but inspiring all the same.
Lorin Nix ( interiors from carboard, glue and paint)
Annina Gunter (dolls house miniatures)
04/08/2011
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Archim Lippoth (really varied and interesting work on his site- it was hard to choose just one)
04/01/2011
03/31/2011
small photo- still lives
We are getting into still life photography and have commissioned shoots for the next two issues. We just got in the first by Grant Cornett (check out his still life work here), which you will be able to see in the next issue (out soon!). Scheltens and Abbenes have some wonderful and inspiring still life photography (and textile art by Abbenes) on their site.
03/18/2011
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a weekly dyptych of work that ins[pires us from all fields of art.....
Dirk Santvoort- oil painting 'little boy in white' (check out their unique hand painted oils in the childrens collection on the same website)
Hendrik Kerstens (his daughter)
we would love to do a shoot inspired by dutch portraits- anyone interested...?
.....thanks for the link in the comments to Stefano Azario - 'girl with the pearl earring' inspired shoot. Here are the images.
03/11/2011
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lost boys...
Kai Samules-Davis (you can buy very reasonably priced prints at his etsy shop- Windy Lane Studios)
Bill Henson (always lovely and sometimes controversial)
03/05/2011
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Davina Feinberg from the 'enameled' series
Dianne Arbus Portrait of Gloria Vanderbilt's sleeping infant son Anderson Cooper (interesting family!)
02/25/2011
02/18/2011
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Harlequin print from belafontesbunsa's shop
Iota in Smoke and Mirrors at the amazing Spiegeltent. This whole show was inspiring.
02/04/2011
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a little bit monstrous...
Donn Kenn (monster drawings he does in his spare time on post-it notes- amazing!)
01/28/2011
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left: Lord Whitney
right: Ditte Isager
01/21/2011
01/14/2011
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image via Tiny Happy
01/10/2011
12/24/2010
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all in the details....
photographing snowflakes - they really are all different!
The Thin by Erin Tyner - miniature scenes from the 'half awake' series
Happy Holidays!
12/17/2010
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Food vans are the best place to eat with kids. Two of our favorites - one in Marfa, Texas and one Melbourne, Australia.
Food Shark - Check out other food vans in your area or vote for your favorite American food van on the Food network Food Truck Race.
Beatbox Kitchen- Warm summer evenings on the corner of Rathdown and Park with a Beatbox Kitchen burger- what could be better?
oh - and in case you were wondering why these are inspirational...flexibility and freedom.
09/03/2010
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We would love to do a collaged illustrated and photography fashion story for the winter issue.....anyone interested in collaborating?
08/27/2010
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