Portuguese Wall Art From Because I'm Addicted Blog

A friend of mine is really into graffiti art.

If not for the cool wall-art images

that he posts, I may have missed this one.

From the Because I'm Addicted blog

check out this post on wall art

by Portuguese artist Alexandre Farto.

Magnificent.

deconstructed wall art by alexandre farto aka vhils
 

Forget spray-paint and posters. For Portuguese artists, Alexandre Farto, it's all about acid, bleach, hammers, chisels, drills and stencils.

Rad or what? Here's what he has to say about it:

"The development of this line of work has essentially two bases: one is graffiti in its most destructive side, which I have been connected to for many years; the second is the stencil technique that I discovered while I was looking for new paths that allowed me to express a new way of communication. From the first one I picked up the concept of destruction as creative strength - based on this idea I developed a way of work that uses the removal, decomposition or destruction. The concept is the idea that we are made by a series of influences that shape us throughout historical layers, etc, that come from the environment where we grew up. In a very symbolic way I believe that if we remove some of these layers, showing other ones, we can bring to surface some of the stuff we left behind, forgotten things that are still part of what we are today.

Technology is changing things so quickly that we don't have enough time to think about what is changing (new layers), what is affecting us. I try to underline this process in general, my work can be seen as a kind of archeology that tries to understand what is hidden behind things. These ideas found expression when I started to experiment with the stencil technique and understood that I could revert the process to have more impact: instead of creating while adding layers, I explored the idea of creating by removing layers. I experimented with this process using several methods - cutting clusters of posters, corroding silkscreen ink with acid, etc. - and naturally things started to gain a brutal and raw shape.

When I passed the idea to walls it was natural to work with this removal concept, this negative field. The process itself can be brutal and violent, but the result in my opinion, is expressive and poetic. The result was visibly interesting and allowed to start to incorporate the wall as one of the physical components to the intervention, unlike what happened to the painting, where the wall was a base. From there, the usage of explosives was another step that evolved after a lot of research and tests. These testing stages are something really nice to do, it's actually a pleasure, and it usually results as a main part of my work." -Alexandre Farto

More of his work after the jump!
Sources and photos: Yatzer, Alexandre Farto & abduzeedo


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Happy Saturday!

Saturday Blog Re-post: The Coveteur

Here is another re-post in the Saturday morning

blog series.

This time I am re-posting The Coveteur.

One of my all time favorite blogs,  

The Coveteur takes you

all around the world, 

into the closets of the famed, 

the intriguing and the glamorous.

Its fascinating finding out all 

the where's and the why's

of celebrity/fashionista closets. 

This Coveteur post is about 

one of the formost fashion bloggers,

Kelly Framel of The Glamourai.

Reading The Coveteur is addictive, 

feels almost voyeuristic,

and is never less than inspired and inspiring.

And I bet you can't just stop at one...

"It's more interesting to have just a picture of a small detail - 

then you can dream all the rest around it.
Because when you see the whole thing, what is there to imagine?" -Dries Van Noten

Kelly Framel

 

 

Stylist; Designer; Blogger, TheGlamourai.com. New York

 

 
When Kelly Framel started her blog, The Glamourai, back in ’08, there were very few gems like her out there. 

The Austin-born, Brooklyn-based blogger didn’t necessarily get her start on the net, though. 

Her career began as an evening-wear designer for Naeem Khan, from which she moved on to work with such notable names as Dolce & Gabbana, Coach, Dior and Ralph Lauren. 

Framel welcomed us into her home with open arms and a plate of specialty cheeses. 

(Ah, a girl who knows the key to The Coveteur’s heart… through our stomachs!) 

It’s easy to understand how the Huff Po hailed Framel’s blog as one of the 10 best in NYC. 

Her DIY-savvyness is exactly the kind of thing we love- a perfect mix of high/low and old/new. 

Definition: That vintage royal blue coat customized with Oscar floral lining, fur from eBay and an Indian belt-turned-beaded cuff.

In addition to being a blogstar, Framel also does regular consulting, styling and collaborations for big-time brands like Erin Fetherston, Club Monaco and Forever 21. 

She’s even done some modeling for Coach and Corello- how chic! And although we’re usually squirming at the sight of creepy crawlers, Framel’s famed collection of insect pendants had us squealing… with joy! 

Her penchant for prints, polka dots and pretty, lady-like things certainly warmed our hearts upon arrival- it’s always refreshing to see a girl who doesn’t do the all-black thing. 

We’ve seen plenty of good vintage in our time, (it’s just another day at the office for us) but it was Framel’s pieces from Feathers that swept us off our feet. Looks like we’re getting on the next flight to Austin. Yeehaw!

Digital Inspiration

 

Check out today's blog in its original format  here.

On The Coveteur blog itself, you can click on any image and find out the hows,wheres and whys behind each of her treasures.

Too fabulous!

 

Color me inspired....

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At Home With Modern - Escapade Blog

  I spotted this piece in the Escapade blog when I got back from the Oscars this week, to a house that looked like a bomb had gone off inside it.

And for a minute I thought how wonderful it would be to live in a clean, clear space, devoid of clutter.

It would feel amazing here in the summer, but I'm thinking it would fell cold and unfriendly in the winter...

 

At home with modern

I have to admit - I'm not always a fan of ultra-slick modern spaces. While I love their purity and clean lines, to me they very easily risk becoming austere and quite uninviting at times and I tend to lean more towards homes with a bit of character and a sense of history. More often than not these days, my busy little cauldron of a brain craves simplicity, so when I find a space that is simple and understated, but still interesting, my inner modernist sings! To me this home designed by Pulltab Design in New York strikes that delicate balance. Soft, gauzy curtains float in front of slick black framed windows; high gloss surfaces contrast with a natural living wall of plants (one of my most favourite features) and calm all white is balanced with little pops of colour. Clever, innovative and full of little surprises (like the tables that pull down from high gloss panels on the wall) while it still reads slick and modern, this home has plenty of features to keep me interested. I believe this is what it would take for me to feel comfortable and at home with slick modern.

I don't normally consider myself much of a 'red' person but I absolutely love this glossy red little feature wall that is revealed when you pull the table down from the panel in the wall - very smart use of space!  

Some clever stylist found just the right red bowl to coordinate with the panel on the lower level. 

So clever for a small space! A wall panel lifts up to form a small table, perfect for your morning cup of coffee or an impromptu game of chess.

{All photos: Elizabeth Felicella for Pulltab Design via The Contemporist}

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