Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Monday, March 4, 2013
Solipsist
The amazing visionary art of Andrew Thomas Huang combines puppetry, performance and CGI.
Mesmerizing and unlike anything I've seen before.
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Public Transport
Valerio Vidali, Il viaggio di Miss Timothy
Seo Eun-Ji
David Merveille, Fait pour ça
Bill Peet, Farewell to Shady Glade, thanks to Michael Sporn Animation
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Smiles and Tiles
Kenneth Townsend (1931-99) was a British artist and freelance designer
based in Hastings. His humorous pictures were utilized by various companies
to decorate pottery, textiles, children's games, and glass trays.
He also illustrated six books, one of which,the 1968 children's book
Felix the bald-headed lion, was written by him.
most famous designs. There are around 25 different tile designs,
including the ones shown in this gallery.
The games designed by Townsend look delightful, too...
Marble Fun, a scoring game by Merit
Tiles from Remember, Remember, a memory game by Galt Toys.
As you can see, some of them are very similar to the ceramic tile designs.
Townsend's work is still popular and loved by many, especially in Britain.
Thanks to Hazel Terry for the discovery, and to the members of the flickr group
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Foxy Tricks
A couple of years ago I dedicated a post to the fox character in Russian tales. Since then,
the theme has continued to hold my interest, and I've gathered more images and information.
As mentioned before, a large number of Russian and Ukrainian folk tales feature forest animals
such as the fox, the wolf, the bear, and various birds. Domestic animals including the cat,
the dog, and the rooster also appear, usually in secondary roles in combination with the wild ones.
All of these characters mix human abilities and habits with animal instincts and behavior.
the theme has continued to hold my interest, and I've gathered more images and information.
As mentioned before, a large number of Russian and Ukrainian folk tales feature forest animals
such as the fox, the wolf, the bear, and various birds. Domestic animals including the cat,
the dog, and the rooster also appear, usually in secondary roles in combination with the wild ones.
All of these characters mix human abilities and habits with animal instincts and behavior.
Evgenii Rachev, The Cat and the Fox
In this rich genre of stories, animal features are strictly typecast, and the sex of each character
is based on its masculine or feminine noun. Among the males, we find the greedy and stupid wolf,
the clumsy and slow-witted bear,the cowardly and quick hare, the lazy opportunistic cat, and the boastful rooster.
The main female characters are the sneaky and crafty fox, and the cunning, obstinate goat.
Trickstery is one of the fondamental narrrative elements of these stories, and in many of them
the fox plays the role of the sly, calculating animal who vanquishes the stronger ones and fools all the others.
This gallery includes illustrations for some of the most popular Russian and Ukrainian tales,
and lastly a Siberian one. A few, like The Fox and the Crane and The Fox and the Goat,
are also found in Aesop. I've also added links to the stories' text when possible.
The Fox and the Thrush, The Fox Confessor, and more.
Marianna Belyaeva, Sister Fox and Brother Wolf (The Fox and the Wolf),
from a collection of Russian folktales by Alexei Tolstoy, 1988, thanks to ban galbasi
Evgenii Rachev, Cockerel The Golden Comb, 1954
Watch the wonderful animated version made by Yarbusova with her husband Yuri Norstein here.
Igor and Ksenia Ershov, The Cat, the Rooster, and the Fox
Georgiy and Alexander Traugot, The Fox and the Crane
A great thanks for the iconography to HannaRivka and her flickr set,
to Book Graphics, polny_shkaf and other Russian LiveJournals and websites.
And thank you Mark Kats for all the much appreciated clarifications!
And thank you Mark Kats for all the much appreciated clarifications!
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