Art History - Artisan Crafts ROUND-UPDecember has come to a close and so has the incredible Artisan Crafts Features!:iconarthistoryproject: :iconarthistoryproject: :iconarthistoryproject::icontalty: :iconmaytel:Our thanks to the lovely ^Talty and ^maytel, yoursuper CVs for Artisan Crafts, for heading up the work done thismonth!Also a big thank you and well done to our additional contributors - ^Kaz-D ^SylwiaTelari^3wyl^kingmancheng=Magical525^cakecrumbs~ReveniaHere are all the articles in one neat lot! They will all be shown in the
Out of Narnia... sort ofHere I'm presenting you 10 absolutely extraordinary fantasy and history inspired clothing Artisan Crafters - watch out for the awesomeness overload! :iconfairysiren: ~Fairysiren - "full of art, fashion, history and hand-made wonders.":icondaisyviktoria: ~DaisyViktoria - "making clothes and costumes since she was seven.":iconangirias: ~Angirias - mastering fantasy clothing to the point of madness.:iconSomniaRomantica: *SomniaRomantica - historically inspired fashion creations.
Artisan Crafts - Friday InterviewsIt's Artisan Crafts month at #ArtHistoryProject, to celebrate I will be publishing interviews on every Friday of December. These four interviews will feature very different artisans.Interviewing *MandarinMoonYou use polymer clay in such an interesting way, when did you start realizing that you had your own unique style? It was in the first six months I think. I wondered if I was developing my own style or if I was simply 'stuck in a rut' LOLWhen did you first develop an interest for Polymer Clay?It was in 2008 I believe. I was searching around on Etsy and kept seeing the words 'polymer clay'. I looked it up on the internet to see what it was and when I learned it was a clay that did not require a kiln I was intrigued!Do you have any kind of polymer clay or jewelry design training?No training at all....alth
Origami - Art of Paper FoldingOrigami is an art form that transforms paper into a sculpture through paper folding and sculpting techniques. Thus, cutting or gluing paper would not be considered to be origami, but 'kirigami' instead. The name 'Origami' is Japanese, in which 'Ori' is the Japanese word for folding, and 'kami' the word for paper.It is generally believed that origami originated from Japan, but, as there are few records, this is not certain. Nevertheless, Japan developed origami into an intense art form that still exists to this day.In the past, instructions for origami were passed down in spoken form and not written down. Some say that origami first originated in China in 1st Century, in which paper was then brought to Japan by Buddhist monks in 6th Century. Others claim that paper was made in the 8th Century by the Arabs, with Moors bringing the art of paper folding to Spain in the 12th Century. Spain then spread to South America, and as trade routes developed, origami was thus introduced to Europe a
NaalbindingGuess: about which element from the picture above will be this article about?About socks. And to be more precise -- about one really old technique of making them, older than crocheting and much older than knitting. Previously, you could read a simple tutorial about how to make a viking dress, and this little thing is strongly connected to the mentioned one. I'd not imagine a lack of these socks when some of the history reenactment events are early in April or in October, or exactly in winter. (Of course, the ones from the photo above are my summer socks, phew. You'll see my winter ones in the end.)Besides being accurate historically and useful for history reenactment, I'm sure that you can admit how waaarm and comfortable can woolen socks be. There's nothing better to warm up your toes after you arrive home in December, all cold and tired... maybe except a nice bath, but noone says that you can't wea
Japanese TemariAn introduction to vast world of embroidered balls for #ArtHistoryProject.HistoryTemari, coming from words hand (te) and ball (mari), truly began as a simple toy. Around 7th century game Kemari (similar to hacky sack nowadays) derived from China's Cuju game was introduced in Japan. At first, it was played with leather ball. But as the ball games evolved into tossing and catching, first hand balls were created. Those were made mostly from scraps of old kimonos, wrapped with string so tightly that they would actually bounce.Around 16th century, noblewomen started wind the balls with colorful silk threads and embroidering them. While competing with one another, the patterns would become more and more perfected and intriguing. Mothers gave temari to they children on New Year's Eve, not just for playing, but as a "love token". Inside some mari cores you could even find piece of paper with mother's w
Meet the Artisan Crafts GalleryTo kick off the craftiest month of the year, let me take you to a little tour around the Artisan Craft galleries deviantART has to offer! They will give you a good idea of how wide and rich the artisan crafts world is, and they may even inspire you to pick up a craft you always wanted to try or didn't even know existed AnthroAnthro involves combining human motivation, characteristics, orbehaviour with inanimate objects, animals, plants, or natural phenomena.In other words, animals or objects that act or resemble human nature insome way.Sub-galleries: Clothing, Costumes, Masks and Props & Accessories.Note: This gallery is also taken care
Artisan Crafts - Friday InterviewsIt's Artisan Crafts month at #ArtHistoryProject, to celebrate I will be publishing interviews on every Friday of December. These four interviews will feature very different artisans.Interviewing ^cakecrumbsWhere do you draw inspiration for creating art?Via osmosis. It's actually amazing (and annoying) the times inspiration strikes. It's never the moments when I have freedom to make any creation and am desperately trying to think of a cool idea. I might be doing fieldwork or browsing the internet or a book or at a restaurant and see a concept or a shape and I start wondering, “How could I make that out of cake?” or “How can I put my own spin on this cake/dish?” Half the time I forget them. Often I’ll be lying in bed about to fall asleep and something will hit me. I’m known to leap out of bed at 3am and scribble ideas down. Do you se
Artisan Crafts - Friday InterviewsIt's Artisan Crafts month at #ArtHistoryProject, to celebrate I will be publishing interviews on every Friday of December. These four interviews will feature very different artisans.Interviewing ~FoldedWildernessOrigami is a very unique art form. When did you first develop an interest for it?After seeing a great little origami dragon on a website, maybe two years ago, I decided I wanted to try and learn how to make it. It was then that I found out that there was a lot more to origami than I had previously thought. I have been enchanted by folding paper ever since.How long does it take you on average to create an origami animal?The times vary wildly from model to model. Some of the more complex ones I've folded took up to 10 hours total, if I include the painting time. There are a few in my gallery that can be done in 20 minutes or less. I have to mention that I am a bit of a
PapercuttingsPapercutting is an art form that has been seen all over the world, adapted to regional styles based on cultures. It should come as no surprise that the Chinese have the earliest forms of papercutting currently known to us as the 'ancestor to paper' has been found in China. This was dated as far back as 2nd century B.C. and is considered as important as their discovery of printmaking, gunpowder and the compass.~Thessatoria's It's Your LifeNaturally as paper spread throughout the world this art form evolved, spreading all over the Far East through to the Middle East. For example Japanese Kirigami where origami folds are cut and Indian Sanjhi. This art form is popular to this very day, take renowned British artist Rob Ryan, which I am sure many of you here would have at least seen his work before! His work has been seen printed over everything you can think of, kitchenware, clothes, books and probably more!<i>
An easy wire-wrapping tutorialWhen it comes to making jewerly, especially silver, wire-wrapping technique is one of the nicest consider the availability and costs of the materials (it definitely beats Art Clay Silver at these points). But before you get silver wire and start making such fabulous pieces like the ones I've featured in the end, it's good to take your first steps using something cheaper - and here comes the copper wire - and making something simpler, to get used to this lovely technique.This tutorial I originally posted on my blog a couple of months ago and I thought about sharing it also here.This is what we're planning to get.First of all, we need stones - the more regular they are, the better. No need to think about any super duper expensive ones now (: I collected most of them in my garden, there are also parts of my old broken earrings and a small glass ball. We also need sharp pincers, round pincers and a wire, 0.6mm or thicker, 40cm at least. Copper wire i
Art Clay JewerlyArt Clay! There is a couple of kinds of it that you can use to create many diffrent types of fabulous thigs, not only jewerly. Here, you can see brilliant jewerly pieces done with Art Clay Metal (generally silver, this time) and Polymer Clay.
How to make a viking dressI used to be a part of one history reenactment group some time ago. Such groups basically reconstruct elements of daily life of people from a selected time period; my group was interested in early Middle Ages, from the 8th to the 11th century, from the Eastern and Northern Europe. Personally, I used to reconstruct a viking woman from today's Sweden areas. Most of you will be shocked, but vikings were not half-naked barbarians with horned helmets. They had no horned helmets. Really.Anyway, my favourite part of reenactment has always been all the suit making. Buing materials, planning, cutting, sewing (hand sewing!), embroidering. Then, wearing. Generally, viking clothes are very easy to make, though I admit that the materials aren't the cheapest, if you want to make it as much accurate historically as you can. Our goal: a simple dress, no emboirdery. This is actually my first viking dress I've ever made.I've prepared a simple tut
Art History Project- Welcome to Artisan Crafts!December is all about Artisan Crafts, baby! We are very excited to bring you a month full of articles, interviews and features about this wonderful world. But before we begin, what is exactly an artisan craft?An artisan craft is a physical object made by an artisan completely by hand and usually in small quantities. Being an artisan, or a crafter, is being an artist that excels in the techniques of producing anything from a delicious meal to a deadly sword, from a cozy scarf to an adorable embroidery, from an elegant dress to a complete living room, from a cute plushie to a perfectly accurate doll, and so on.
Isamu NoguchiJapanese American sculptor and architect Isamu Noguchi was born in Los Angeles, California in 1904. His father was Japanese poet, Yonejiro Noguchi, and his mother, Leonie Gilmour, was an American writer. Noguchi's parents never married and he himself was never formally named until he was three years old. Noguchi lived part of his young life in Tokyo, Japan with his mother where she taught English to support them. Noguchi was sent back to the United States for boarding school when he was thirteen, but his mother remained in Japan. When the school closed in 1918, the founder, Dr. Edward Rumeley, brought Noguchi in and supported him. Rumeley encouraged Noguchi to go into medicine, but he was interested in art. Dr. Rumely made it possible for Noguchi to be apprenticed, but his lack of initial skill as a sculptor ultimately landed him in Columbia University as a pre-med student. Noguchi did not particularly show an aptitude toward medicine and in 1920 decided to fully pursue beco
Japonisme and Art NouveauArt Nouveau had it's stylistic beginnings set within Japanese art. The far east was a land of mystery for most of the world until the late 19th century. The beauty of Japanese ceramics, silk paintings, and woodblock prints were the catalyst for the style now known to the Western world as "Art Nouveau." (The style is known under these names throughout Europe: Jugendstil, Modern, Stile Liberty, and Secession) The deep interest in Japanese art and culture is known as "Japonisme." While we look mainly at the visual arts for art nouveau, the style thrived greatly within architecture and craft as well. Art nouveau was nearing it's end at the beginning of the Arts and Crafts movement, however, it's most vocal founders John Ruskin and William Morris, both concluded that Japanese craft had "good design." An interest in good decorative design as well as oriental art emerged in the late 1800s and is known as art nouveau. Art nouveau designs are ornate with
Art History - Roman SculptureAs part of the Art History project being hosted by #communityrelations and being built by various members of the community, I am here to give you a brief introdcution to Ancient Roman Sculpture.Sculpture in Ancient Rome was often made out of clay, bronze, marble or granite. There are some records of gold and silver figurines. Most metal sculptures and figurines did not survive into the modern day as they were metled down to be used for other things, but a few bronze statues have survived. Some of the marble and granite was also re-used, but more of them have survived.Sculptures were typically created in a religious context in the Ancient Roman world as religion was very hard to seperate from everyday functions, unlike Western society today. Mythological themes, often replicated from Greek sculptures were the most commonly seen. This is because many sculptures were dedicated to to the gods as thanks, given as votive offerrings
Hellenistic GreeceAlexander the Great died in 323 BC. After, the Hellenistic age was born.The hellenistic period dates from 323 BC to 146 BC. It took cues from history and , but also innovated in it's own right.Architecturally, the Pergamon in Greece is a classic example of the hellenistic style. You may not see from the image, but the friezes illustrate a poem which was made for the court.Sculpturally, hellenistic art followed the style of being pleasurable from all angles, instead of only one. It also shows vulnerability within people, specifically showcased in The Galatian Suicide. The Laocoon GroupThe Galatian suicidePainting wise, hellenistic art followed more realistic styling, such as the Alexander Mosaic
Polymer Clay: What is it? and who is using it?It seems there has been a recent explosion in DA users who are now using polymer clay as a medium for their deviations.To help out curious users who might be interested in what this medium is, how it works, or where they can get it I thought a NEWS article should be made. I shall also showcase somedeviations made with polymer clay. The data below is compiled from ~HanaClayWorks polymer clay FAQ and my own FAQ What is polymer clay? -Polymer clay is actually not clay at all. It is a form of plastic. (Specifically fine particles of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) suspended in plasticizer) The only reason it is called "clay" is because of it's clay like properties. It is a mold-able substance that can be cured in a normal oven (or toaster oven) and will retain it's shape and remain strong after baking. Where can I buy Polymer clay? -You can buy Polymer clay at craft stores like Michaels, AC Moore, Jo Ann Fab
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