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the gummy bear art of iwona maciasz

11th June 2009 by niko

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it’s not what you think. iwona does not design gummy bears (although a giant gummy worm might be pretty trippy). what iwona does is painstakingly slow. she slices gummy bears of different flavors - her colors, 6 to be exact - and glues them upon photographs she shoots. the result is a bizarre mixed media creation that has a look and feel of its own. when asked about how she came to doing such work iwona replied with the following:

“the attached, is a short “thank-you” to my college art professor who inspired it with an assignment to “make a book”

iwona's note

we’re helping iwona launch her web site, but love these pieces so much, that iwona let us put them up. we”ll update when her site goes up, but in the meantime if there’s any gallery owners out there who’d like to show something new give a holla’.

the art of iris plaitakis

3rd March 2009 by niko

Untitled. Mixed media mounted on wood

Untitled. Mixed media mounted on wood

it seems that i’m not the only artist in the family. my cousin iris who lives in athens, greece has a pretty strong artistic streak running through her. although i hung up my fine art endeavors in favor of digital media a while back, iris started exploring her creativity a few years ago.

she makes very detailed constructions that she shows as little curios. as you can see from the detail below, she’s very meticulous. the pieces are not large at all and they have a very personal feeling about them. the piece shown above is only 15.3 x 21.5 cm and was done in 2005. for the non-europeans, that translates to 6 x 8.5 inches - and if you really want to see them in person you’ll have to travel to athens. i’ll post more of her art soon.

Untitled. Mixed media mounted on wood

Untitled. Mixed media mounted on wood

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