One man's trash truly is another man's treasure!

Yong-Ho Ji is a Korean artist currently with a show at Gana Art Gallery in New York and creates this mythical creatures from old tires.

I watched an interview of him and uses several different types of tires in each peace to create the varying textures which are pieced together to mimic the natural curvature and direction of the animals muscular system.

I haven't been able to see this show in person yet, if anyone has seen it please let me know how it is!

Hiroki Otsuka is such an amazing manga illustrator as well as fine artist.  He was recently in a group exhibition at the Japan Society in New York City, and in fact his illustration was used for the cover of the exhibition catalogue!
 

Fashion and art often times draws its inspiration from the streets, and sometimes quite literally! I love it when the lines of art, fashion, high, low, old, new, antique, modern, commercial and conceptual blur together. Here are some of my favorite pieces by New York graffiti artist Andrew Poneros, whose iconographic images have graced the concrete walls of downtown, chelsea galleries, video and fashion

Recently we took a studio "field trip" to check out the "Pricked" Exhibit at the Museum of Art and Design in New York City which was devoted to the fine craft of embroidery.

We were all floored by the intricate detailing of all the pieces. The amount of time and detail some of these works required was amazing.

There were so many beautiful pieces but we felt the little embroidered handkerchiefs by Andrea Dezso were our favorites. They were all neatly stitched with her mother's heart-felt yet comical words of wisdom.

Though not as sophisticated as the YSL kiss, or let's say even Gustav klimt's Kiss, this was a photograph I took as an homage to all "The Kiss" art before me.