Sawkille Co II

Doddle balls by the Sawkille Co

 

Sawkille Co I

 

Stunning inlaid silver and shell work by the Sawkille Company.

Doris Salcedo

'Uprooted' by Doris Salcedo - A House Made From Hundreds of Trees

Doris Salcedo explores the fragility of home and displacement in 'Uprooted', a monumental installation made of dead trees forming the silhouette of a house. 

Known for addressing political trauma through domestic objects, Salcedo creates an impenetrable structure where gnarled roots and tangled wood block entry, symbolizing loss and forced migration, reflecting on global crises, from war to environmental disasters. 'Uprooted' highlights the dissolving connection between humanity and nature,  and indeed humanity and empathy, evoking a sense of isolation and rupture.

Mac Collins

 

The chairs of Mac Collins almost feel like slipping into a well loved jacket, with the 'sleeve holes' for arms, elegant happy design.

Annemarie O'Sullivan

 

Annemarie O'Sullivan and Tom McWalter of Studio Amos, sometimes I like to include weaving on this blog, and the work of Studio Amos is so beautiful I had to include it here (Thank you Robyn). 

‘I didn’t grow up with a sense of or any understanding of beauty. I grew up in a very functional environment. There was a beautiful landscape out there, but it was kind of denied. I almost can’t believe that it wasn’t shared with me, but I made this discovery that beauty brings so much wellbeing. It’s really simple. It’s about appreciating the way things grow, what you live around and what you touch. It is about what is in your hand on an everyday basis.” Annemarie O'Sullivan

Studio Amos has been working with Gareth Neal to produce these woven backed chairs (below).

Josh Callaghan

 

Josh Callaghan's immensely satisfying sculptures of found twigs, sticks and branched arranged in tool sets.  

Ron Isaacs II

 

I was reminded by a friend this morning of the incredible trompe l'oeil work of Ron Isaacs who uses vintage clothing as his inspiration and carves the clothes into tender sculptures merging nature and the emotion of old clothing.

"My three primary recurring subjects are vintage clothing (for the way it continues the life of the past into the present, for its rich structures and colors and shapes, and for its anthropomorphic presence as a stand-in for the figure); plant materials in the form of sticks, leaves, flowers; and found objects. " - Ron Isaacs