Photographer Evgenia Arbugaeva, London, Great Britain
© Theodora Richter“I took this picture of my friend Tanya and the stray dog she had befriended as we strolled along the Arctic coast in my hometown of Tiksi, in the Sakha Republic of Russia.”
Raku Inoue scours nature for specimens to add to his collection of flower, stalks leaves und twigs, the components of his miniature sculptures – glued collages – that often depict insects. He takes his inspiration from ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arranging. For the Canadian artist, who has a “day job” at an advertising agency, working on his creations is a from of meditation.
For her PLI.É project, Pauline Loctin, aka Miss Cloudy, fashioned ballet dresses made entirely of paper. The delicate origami creations, modeled by famous ballerinas from Paris, Rome, New York and Montreal, have been cast in the perfect light by photographer Melika Dez, whose images can be acquired on the website.
Stripey: snazzy socks made of combed cotton for him and her.
Jazzy: pink tassel earrings with gold-plated studs.
Fresh: Solstice mint unisex backpack in waxed canvas fabric, made in Berlin.
Sweet: L’Oxygéné nail polish comes in 48 trendy colors like this one, Bubble Gum.
Potholes are a nuisance and sometimes dangerous, so Chicago is lucky to have Jim Bachor to fill them with mosaics of stone and colored glass set in cement. Bachor decided to use the ancient craft after working on excavations at the ancient site of Pompei.
