All images © Glen Taylor, shared with permission
Far from dainty, Glen Taylor’s teapots, cups, and saucers (previously) tap into the contrasts and contradictions of human nature. Soldering industrial implements like barbed wire, shears, and chains to broken pieces of porcelain and pottery, the artist draws on our associations with aging, decorum, and everyday wear and tear.
Influenced by kintsugi, the Japanese art of mending broken ceramics with metallic seams to highlight the object’s history, the sculptures allude to our inner experiences and emotions. “I continue on my journey of expressing my wonder, my confusion, my fierce battle with the dilemma of being a human,” he tells Colossal. “My work continues to open wider the wounds of love and living, of walking through this life unafraid to use my heart.”
Taylor will be exhibiting some work in New York next month. Follow Instagram for updates, and see more work on his website.
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Applied Procrastination has designed an open source PCB-design for controlling a motorized photography macro rail. Designed for photographers with electronics skills rather than engineers with photography skills.
Main features:
The OpenMacroRail Firmware provides a web-interface for accurately moving a camera in small increments in order to do focus stacking.
ALl the details and design files are on GitHub. Software is also on GitHub.
Nearly 70 years after their debut in 1954, Knoll reintroduces two iconic Florence Knoll seating designs: the Model 31 lounge chair and Model 33 small sofa. Florence Knoll, founder of Knoll Textiles, was an architect, interior planner, and furniture designer who is essentially responsible for setting the standard for modern interiors. She’s known for creating spaces customized for each client and designing furniture that’s simple, well-executed, and adaptable. The attention to detail put into every design and proportion continues to make her work popular among designers, collectors, and design enthusiasts. Today, it’s laughable to learn that she often referred to her contributions as the “meat and potatoes” of Knoll’s catalog!
“Model 31 and 33’s designs form beautiful lines that complement any modern setting,” said Jonathan Olivares, Senior Vice President of Design, Knoll. “This reissue highlights Florence Knoll’s incredible ability to design pieces that stand the test of time, and we are thrilled to make these archival designs available to the public once again.”
Model 31 lounge chair
Model 31 and Model 33 are complementary to any space, ideal for use in residential settings and easily scaled for commercial spaces. Lightweight, strong, and stylish, the duo supports socialization, engagement, and connection among users. Both pieces are now available to upholster in a wide range of textiles, with the enhanced textile offering giving further nod to Florence Knoll’s Knoll Textiles. Choose from a collection of colorful weaves, durable leather, and vinyl, all with high-quality craftsmanship and timeless aesthetics.
Model 31 lounge chair
Model 31 lounge chair
Model 31 lounge chair
Model 31 lounge chair
Model 31 lounge chair
Model 31 lounge chair
Model 31 lounge chair
Model 31 lounge chair
Model 33 small sofa
Model 33 small sofa
Model 33 small sofa
Model 33 small sofa
Model 33 small sofa
Model 33 small sofa
Both seating pieces are available for purchase at Knoll Design Shops in New York and Los Angeles and at Knoll.com, as well as to contract clients via authorized MillerKnoll dealers. To learn more about the rerelease of Knoll’s Model 31 lounge chair + Model 33 small sofa, visit knoll.com.
The Calgary Stampeders will observe Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation with a brand new logo designed by several local indigenous artists.
The logo will be sported on Stampeders’ helmets when they travel to Hamilton to face the Tiger-Cats on Sept. 30. The team will also wear orange jerseys during the pregame warm-up in honour of residential school survivors.
The special logo, designed by Richard Running Rabbit, Jacob Alexis and Siksika Health Services (SHS) CEO Dr. Tyler White, re-imagines the classic Stampeders horse in the style of contemporary plains-style traditional art.
“There’s always pressure as Native people, we want to represent our people well, as well as produce something that people are gonna like and wear,” said Richard Running Rabbit, a member of Siksika Nation who also works for SHS.
“I think we did a really good job on that.”
Designed by Jacob Alexis, Richard Running Rabbit and Siksika Health Services CEO Dr. Tyler White, the basic concept for the special logo to be worn on the Stampeders’ helmets emulates the Contemporary Plains Style Traditional Art.
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Some of the paint-style symbols included on the horse logo are a hand-print on the animal’s chest for fierceness, lightning bolts on its front legs for speed and agility, and spots on its hind quarters representing creation stories and teachings.
“We’re a plains culture out here in Calgary, and the horse is a big part of our culture,” said Running Rabbit.
“We got a chance to put some markings on the horse that had some cultural significance and tied it to the land out here.”
A braid will also run down the middle of the Stampeders’ helmets in remembrance of residential school students who were forced to cut off their braids when they attended those schools, said Running Rabbit.
“The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is an important part of the acknowledgement of the tragedies of the past and the ongoing process of atonement and healing,” John Hufnagel, Stampeders president, said in a statement.
“The Calgary Stampeders are proud to partner with the people of Treaty 7 and the Canadian Football League to participate in this observance.”
Running Rabbit said that while he thinks the Stampeders’ efforts to participate in the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is a step in the right direction, he hopes viewers understand the healing doesn’t stop there.
“It’s more than just a day, it’s more than just an event,” said Running Rabbit.
“I hope [viewers] learn to understand the true history of Canada and some of the hardships, but also the beauty of Native culture.”
Fans can purchase T-shirts and sweatshirts with the special edition logo in the Calgary Stampeders online shop, with proceeds going to local youth programming in Treaty 7 First Nation communities, according to the organization’s social media accounts.
BRATTLEBORO — In-Sight Photography will announce the winners of its first youth photo contest at an award ceremony and photo fair on Saturday, Sept. 30, from 4 to 7 p.m., in The Latchis’ Main Theater. The contest includes five categories: Analog/Film, Artistic, People, Places, and The New England Experience. A total of 89 images were submitted by 31 youth, ages 11 to 18, from Brattleboro and neighboring towns including Dummerston, Guilford, Marlboro, Putney, and Vernon as well as Bennington, Florence, Mass., and Keene, N.H.
“Our goal for the event is to recognize and celebrate our community’s young artists and we look forward to welcoming the community to commemorate this experience for them,” said Emily Wagner, executive director, In-Sight Photography Project.
Working with honorary chair, photographer Cathy Cone, In-Sight’s jury includes influential local and national artists: Analog/ Film, Michael Kirchoff (Analog Forever Magazine) and Vaune Trachtman (Olcott Family Award/The Print Center’s Annual International Competition); Artistic, Cathy Cone (Cone Editions Press and InkjetMall) and Aline Smithson (Lenscratch Magazine); People, Rachel Portesi (photographer) and Geoffrey Peckham (Tusen Takk Foundation); Places, Joan O’Beirne (Greenfield Community College) and Dale Rio (The Halide Project); and The New England Experience, Jon Gitelson (Keene State College) and Tim Trelease (Deerfield Academy).
Along with the jury’s picks, community members are invited to vote for a “People’s Choice” award. Voting ends on Sept. 29. To vote, go to: https://woobox.com/koufgd
Contest winners will be announced from the main stage at The Latchis at 6 p.m. with prizes ranging from Canon DSLR cameras, Polaroid cameras, gift certificates, and more. Each participant will also receive a gift bag from In-Sight in recognition of having been a part of the contest.
Beginning at 4 p.m., enjoy a photo fair with the contest images on display, food, face painting, balloon art, along with photo games created by In-Sight staff. Come test your film tank loading skills, try to capture the right action shot, or play with light painting.
Lead sponsors include: 802 Credit Union, C&S Wholesale Grocers, Cone Editions Press, Guilford Sound, InkjetMall, and Vermont Center for Photography. Brattleboro Savings & Loan, Members’ First Credit Union, The Richards Group, and Trust Company of Vermont, also supported the contest. Media sponsors included the Brattleboro Reformer and Vermont Independent Media/The Commons.
Adnan Hussainzada, 16, Brattleboro
Antonio Andrew-Moore, 17, Williamsville
Atticus Haskins Rogers, 12, Florence, Mass.
Aubrey Hallock, 12, Brattleboro
Ava Einig, 14, Guilford
Azzan Yahya, 16, Brattleboro
Blake Trubridge, 13, Newfane
Blue Berenguel, 16, Brattleboro
Callie Burch, 13, Brattleboro
Charlie Latham, 15, Keene, N.H.
Eisa Hiam, 14, Putney
Emma Paris, 17, Putney
Eowyn Jakub, 13, Leyden, Mass.
Ezat Yahya, 17, Brattleboro
Ezra Hemphill, 14, Northfield, Mass.
Genevieve Taggart, 15, Hinsdale, N.H.
Jasmine Thibault, 15, Dummerston
Kota Rayne, 18, Jacksonville
Leo Mousseau, 16, Marlboro
Lily Arnold, 11, Dummerston
Matrix Balsley-Patraska, 13, Guilford
Milo Latham, 12, Keene, N.H.
Navaeh Sheldon, 13, Brattleboro.
Nico Conathan-Leach, 16, Guilford
Nova Stroble, 17, Vernon
Otto Morlock, 17, Brattleboro
Ronen Carnes, 11, Vernon
Roxanne Burt, 17, Marlboro
Ruby Schlatter, 17, Bennington
Thaddeus Taggart, 15, Hinsdale
Vivian Elliot, 16, Brattleboro
For more information, visit Visit insightphotography.org.
BRATTLEBORO — In-Sight Photography will announce the winners of its first youth photo contest at an award ceremony and photo fair on Saturday, Sept. 30, from 4 to 7 p.m., in The Latchis’ Main Theater. The contest includes five categories: Analog/Film, Artistic, People, Places, and The New England Experience. A total of 89 images were submitted by 31 youth, ages 11 to 18, from Brattleboro and neighboring towns including Dummerston, Guilford, Marlboro, Putney, and Vernon as well as Bennington, Florence, Mass., and Keene, N.H.
“Our goal for the event is to recognize and celebrate our community’s young artists and we look forward to welcoming the community to commemorate this experience for them,” said Emily Wagner, executive director, In-Sight Photography Project.
Working with honorary chair, photographer Cathy Cone, In-Sight’s jury includes influential local and national artists: Analog/ Film, Michael Kirchoff (Analog Forever Magazine) and Vaune Trachtman (Olcott Family Award/The Print Center’s Annual International Competition); Artistic, Cathy Cone (Cone Editions Press and InkjetMall) and Aline Smithson (Lenscratch Magazine); People, Rachel Portesi (photographer) and Geoffrey Peckham (Tusen Takk Foundation); Places, Joan O’Beirne (Greenfield Community College) and Dale Rio (The Halide Project); and The New England Experience, Jon Gitelson (Keene State College) and Tim Trelease (Deerfield Academy).
Along with the jury’s picks, community members are invited to vote for a “People’s Choice” award. Voting ends on Sept. 29. To vote, go to: https://woobox.com/koufgd
Contest winners will be announced from the main stage at The Latchis at 6 p.m. with prizes ranging from Canon DSLR cameras, Polaroid cameras, gift certificates, and more. Each participant will also receive a gift bag from In-Sight in recognition of having been a part of the contest.
Beginning at 4 p.m., enjoy a photo fair with the contest images on display, food, face painting, balloon art, along with photo games created by In-Sight staff. Come test your film tank loading skills, try to capture the right action shot, or play with light painting.
Lead sponsors include: 802 Credit Union, C&S Wholesale Grocers, Cone Editions Press, Guilford Sound, InkjetMall, and Vermont Center for Photography. Brattleboro Savings & Loan, Members’ First Credit Union, The Richards Group, and Trust Company of Vermont, also supported the contest. Media sponsors included the Brattleboro Reformer and Vermont Independent Media/The Commons.
Adnan Hussainzada, 16, Brattleboro
Antonio Andrew-Moore, 17, Williamsville
Atticus Haskins Rogers, 12, Florence, Mass.
Aubrey Hallock, 12, Brattleboro
Ava Einig, 14, Guilford
Azzan Yahya, 16, Brattleboro
Blake Trubridge, 13, Newfane
Blue Berenguel, 16, Brattleboro
Callie Burch, 13, Brattleboro
Charlie Latham, 15, Keene, N.H.
Eisa Hiam, 14, Putney
Emma Paris, 17, Putney
Eowyn Jakub, 13, Leyden, Mass.
Ezat Yahya, 17, Brattleboro
Ezra Hemphill, 14, Northfield, Mass.
Genevieve Taggart, 15, Hinsdale, N.H.
Jasmine Thibault, 15, Dummerston
Kota Rayne, 18, Jacksonville
Leo Mousseau, 16, Marlboro
Lily Arnold, 11, Dummerston
Matrix Balsley-Patraska, 13, Guilford
Milo Latham, 12, Keene, N.H.
Navaeh Sheldon, 13, Brattleboro.
Nico Conathan-Leach, 16, Guilford
Nova Stroble, 17, Vernon
Otto Morlock, 17, Brattleboro
Ronen Carnes, 11, Vernon
Roxanne Burt, 17, Marlboro
Ruby Schlatter, 17, Bennington
Thaddeus Taggart, 15, Hinsdale
Vivian Elliot, 16, Brattleboro
For more information, visit Visit insightphotography.org.
“Lichenvision: Leaf Litter Living Room, Lakeside Home, and Zoom Date” (2021), 14 x 12 x 10 feet. Photo by Brian Kovach. All images © Melissa Webb, shared with permission
Lush, beguiling environments spill across floors and dangle from ceilings in the works of Melissa Webb. The artist dyes and crochets vintage fibers into mossy, botanical forms that when layered and stitched together, become enchanting installations evocative of forests and gardens. Shades of green tend to dominate the textile ecosystems as a nod to “growth, verdancy, and inevitable change,” Webb says. “Through my work, I imagine a reclamation of the earth by wildness—a less human-centered future where we learn to live and thrive in symbiosis with the natural world.”
Often paired or embedded with video projections, the site-specific installations position untamed growth in interior spaces like living rooms and industrial warehouses. For example, in “Local Authorities in the Spirit World Shape-Shift Through Time (We Call it Evolution),” Webb overlaid the soft benches and wooden architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright’s The Smith House with crocheted lichen, vines, and flowers. The altar-like “Verdantine Tabernacle” is similar, as it cascades outward with antique dolls, ceramic animals, and other found objects in the artist’s Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, apartment.
Webb is currently in progress on an installation at The Mill in Vicksburg, Michigan, and recently co-curated the exhibition Mending the Net for Detroit Month of Design, which will show “Verdantine Tabernacle” (shown below) through September 28. Explore more of her works on her site and Instagram.
“Local Authorities in the Spirit World Shape-Shift Through Time (We Call it Evolution)” (2021), 16 x 20 x 10 feet. Installation view at The Smith House. Photo by P.D. Rearick and the artist
Detail of “Local Authorities in the Spirit World Shape-Shift Through Time (We Call it Evolution)” (2021), 16 x 20 x 10 feet. Installation view at The Smith House. Photo by P.D. Rearick and the artist
Detail of “Lichenvision Lounge” (2022), video installation, four-foot diameter wood panels with embedded TVs, vintage lamp forms, electrical accouterments, depression glass, hand-dyed and crocheted vintage textiles, 14 x 10 x 12 feet. Installation view at Albert Kahn First National Building, Detroit, Michigan. Photo by P.D. Rearick
“Verdantine Tabernacle” (2023), hand-dyed and crocheted vintage textiles, pillows and stuffed furniture, assorted found objects, 13 x 10 x 11 feet. Photo by the artist
Detail of “Lichenvision Lounge” (2022), video installation, four-foot diameter wood panels with embedded TVs, vintage lamp forms, electrical accouterments, depression glass, hand-dyed and crocheted vintage textiles, 14 x 10 x 12 feet. Installation view at Albert Kahn First National Building, Detroit, Michigan. Photo by P.D. Rearick
Detail of “Lichenvision Lounge” (2022), video installation, four-foot diameter wood panels with embedded TVs, vintage lamp forms, electrical accouterments, depression glass, hand-dyed and crocheted vintage textiles, 14 x 10 x 12 feet. Installation view at Albert Kahn First National Building, Detroit, Michigan. Photo by P.D. Rearick
Detail of “Verdantine Tabernacle” (2023), hand-dyed and crocheted vintage textiles, pillows and stuffed furniture, assorted found objects, 13 x 10 x 11 feet. Photo by the artist
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More graceful than it is ghoulish, the Ghost Chandelier is 101 Copenhagen’s latest artistic expression in lighting design. Kristian Sofus Hansen and Tommy Hyldahl of NORR11 designed Ghost for the Danish design studio to enchant rather than scare by casting an array of shapes and patterns onto your living spaces. Inspired by minimalism art, the modern fixture comprises a white acrylic tube that’s been manipulated into an organic shape originally based on a hand sketch.
Unlike symmetrical pendants, Ghost looks slightly different depending on the viewpoint, making it an ever-changing piece of light art. The built-in LED light source casts a warm luminance to create an inviting environment and the small detail of bronze metal fittings adds an elegant accent to the already minimal design. Four stainless steel wires allow you to adjust the pendant to the desired height, which is key to seeing it at its most dramatic view, the underside.
The Ghost Chandelier is available in two sizes, Big and Mini, and is available for purchase at 101cph.com.
