These are sets of cufflinks that I designed with golfers in mind. Any colour resin could be used to fill in the silhouettes and I would love to have the oppurtunity to use different colours with silhouette designs like these, but the 'black' just looks so darn effective contrasting with the silver that everyone opts for the black! I've started using this brushed matt finished a lot as I reallly love the contemporary look.
Win a Limited Edition Giclee Print of "ESPRESSO"
by Artist Emma Barone worth € 55
Click this link to enter Espresso Print
Limited Edition of 40 signed & numbered by the artist.
Printed Image Size: 25 x 25 cm
Paper Type: 100% Cotton Rag Paper
Ink Type: Pigmented Archival Quality Ink.
Original Media: Acrylic on Canvas
The winner will be notified by email on 1st Dec 2009 - Good Luck
Glimmering Tide is part of a series inspired by the beach at low tide.
This time I explored the way sand is
sculpted by the sea, and the play of
light on the water, gathered in pools.
The piece is in 3D, with the sand in relief. I applied
transparent smalti and sea glass over mirror, to enhance their reflectivity and
represent water. The mirror shows through the joints, like glimmers of light.
I paint primarily from imagination, this way I can capture the essence of the tree without having the expectation of it being preconceived. I spend quality time in nature, walking in the woods, observing the colours of nature & taking in the good vibes. When I return to my studio to work I usually close my eyes & then I can see the tree in my mind’s eye. Sometimes my vision has fluorescent qualities, I try to capture this when I paint trees.
cm 30 x 26.6 Low Tide - Reflections and Hidden Treasures by Cristina Colli
A new work on my tide series. This time I used Venetian smalti, gold, shells and some recycled safety glass which I found some time ago beside a smashed phone booth.
There was no gold plated chalice to contain this earthly blood
But a cup from heavens above - the chosen vessel
& a dark shadow cast from a heavenly light source materialized my vision
As it was meant to be.
Acrylic on canvas 40x40cm 2009
cm 20 x 25 - Tidal Flux by Cristina Colli
This is another piece in the series inspired by the tide currents and their effect on the beach.
I used glass smalti, stone, gold, pearls and shells.
I collected the shells during a walk at Bull Island. Some of them had been polished by the sea and had such an interesting texture that I used them almost whole, to show their beauty.
A couple of people asked me to post the alternative design to my Stork Cufflinks for the Obstetrician. The 'Sperm and Egg' Cufflinks that I ultimately preferred. I ended up giving them to my genius friend Lee as a thank-you for creating my website in only a way that he can. He subsequently wore them to a film opening where the vice president of a global production company spotted them and complimented his 'house on a hill with smoke coming out of the chimney' cufflinks... Lee set him straight though! (and gave him my card, no order yet!)
by Patrick Naughton
This poem was inspired by a day in Galway listening to the hymns of the past and the ghosts of the present:
There was an old man who looked dead and gone,
pale as death with the reaper beside,
he held the black juice dear to his soul,
when he played the accordian these angels appeared,
these angels had instruments of their own,
a guitar, a flute and a seanog spawned,
they drank, they sang about times long gone,
oh t'was a day to remember in that snug alright,
i saw the old man nearly dead and gone,
playing that beautiful song till night,
they sang about bogs and twigs that day,
reminded me of a tale someone once told,
never fall into a bog or there'll be trouble to pay,
cos once your in, you'll never be out,
maybe that's what happened to the old man,
fell into the snug that cold winters day,
and until this time he will remain.
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