Cake patterns

Of all the places un all of the world to find a pretty pattern. As I was turning my cake out of its silicon baking case I noticed that air pockets had created themselves in the base of mixture leaving a beautofully delicate pattern. The most peculiar place to find inspiration don't you think?

Bec Winnel- illustrator

Bec Winnel is another illustrator who draws in a realistic style mainly using pencil. The only difference about this artist is that her work is so realistic that you feel like you are in a dream. You almost have to ask how it is even possible to create something so close to nature with a simple media. Her lines and markings are so soft and built up to make an image that is so realistic. This is someone I definitely aspire to be as talented as.

Natalia Sanabria- illustrator

Natalia Sanabria is another illustrator that works in a realistic pencil style but mixes it up by adding really bright colours which is quite refreshing and very on trend at the moment. I find this style of drawing really captures true and natural emotion as they are so like real faces. Whereas more abstract illustrations make you have to guess emotion by the colours and setting.

Kelly Smith- illustrator

I absolutely love realistic pencil drawings, it always surprises me what you can do with a basic media that you have used since you were a child. there are a few illustrators that work in this style that inspire me. One to name is Kelly Smith.
She mixes pencil, ink and water colour to create her images. There's so much detail in her illustrations that you could look at them for hours, yet they are quite clean cut at the same time.

I thought this was even more appropriate because it shows a floral neckpiece which ties in with my latest practical project. 

All images from http://www.illustrationweb.com/artists/KellySmith/

Karen Nicol

Soon we are having a guest speaker at Uni to come and talk about the industry and her work. Her name is Karen Nicol, so I thought I would have a good look at her work to familiarize myself. She works a lot with embroidery and applique and even creates lace. Her work is very pretty and descriptive and is even used in clothing. Her CV spans from very independent work to collaborations with big fashion designers such as Chanel and Julien Macdonald. I love how from a distance you wouldn't know that some of her work is even fabric.
Here are some examples of her work from her website.

All images from http://www.karennicol.com

Theresa Honeywell

I came across this textile artist while I was looking through some textile blogs. She creates knitted items and 'lace tattoos' her work is quite innovative and I haven't seen anything like it before. She has even created a knitted motorcycle which is so intricate.....it is divine!

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Valerie Hegarty

I found a blog post on an artist called Valerie Hegarty on http://hifructose.com/2014/02/19/the-disintegrating-sculptures-of-valerie-hegarty/ .
She has created pieces of art that look like they are melting or disintergrating. This sort of work will help with trying to style my neckpiece so it looks like a gradient of slowly dying flowers. Even though her art work is meant to look ruined, it still looks beautiful and it is really interesting to look at.

All images found on http://hifructose.com/2014/02/19/the-disintegrating-sculptures-of-valerie-hegarty/