Wear Your Art On Your Sleeve

Cans with history, transporting watercolors, and a snack attack. [View this email in your browser]( [Colossal: Art, Design, and Visual Culture]( Smashed Can Sculptures That Mimic Traditional Ming Dynasty Porcelain by Lei Xue Adopting traditional decorative motifs found on Ming Dynasty ceramics, Chinese artist Lei Xue sculpted these [humorous smashed aluminum cans]( that bridge the gap of some 600 years of art history. The pieces are part of an ongoing series titled Drinking Tea, and unlike the mechanical process of producing cans, each object is sculpted and painted by hand. Colossal x Josh Keyes Print Release: I’ll Melt With You We are honored to have worked with Portland-based painter [Josh Keyes]( on an exclusive release of the print edition of his 2016 painting, “I’ll Melt With You,” available now in [The Colossal Shop](. "I'll Melt With You" explores the issue of how humankind leaves its traces wherever we go, from the depths of the oceans to the atmosphere's outer reaches. Keyes highlights his concern that, even in well-meaning discovery efforts, our dangerous tendency to desecrate the places we tread may lead to an unwelcome future. Originally painted in acrylic on a 12 x 16 inch panel, the artwork is translated to print form in its full dimensions, with an additional white border for convenient framing, for a final size of 16 x 20 inches. Printed by our friends at [ioLabs]( in Rhode Island on Epson Hot Press Bright 300 gsm archival paper and available exclusively in [The Colossal Shop](. ADVERTISEMENT New Sculptural Eyewear Produced From Salvaged Street Metal and Found Objects by Cyrus Kabiru Self-taught Kenyan artist Cyrus Kabiru fashions extravagant eyewear from pieces of found metal and other salvaged materials on the streets of his hometown of Nairobi. Kabiru has been [building his futuristic glasses]( since childhood, and dedicates much of his time to producing works for his C-Stunner series of eyeglasses and coordinating photographs. Recently Kabiru has begun to expand his work to include large non-body-based sculptures, installations, and collage. New Embroidered Clothes and Portraits by Lisa Smirnova Moscow-based embroidery artist Lisa Smirnova continues to stitch [beautifully rich illustrations of people]( capturing the subtle details of eyes, hair, and shadows, thread by thread. Smirnova brings an almost painterly quality to her embroideries that are each infused with bright splashes of color and occasional patchworks of materials. Hazy Black Watercolor Paintings of Children with Animals Indonesia-based watercolor artist Elicia Edijanto depicts [loving relationships between wildlife and children]( set against atmospheric backdrops painted in black watercolor. “My subject are often children and animal because they are honest, sincere, unprejudiced and unpretentious,” shares Edijanto. “They give me so much inspiration for [a] particular mood or atmosphere, such as tranquility, solemnity, and also wilderness and freedom, which I put on my paintings.” Wardrobe Snacks: Thoughtfully Composed Outfits that Perfectly Match Different Foods As part of a fantastic collaborative project between photographer Kelsey McClellan and prop/set stylist Michelle Maguire, the duo conceived of [wardrobes that would perfectly match various foods](. Titled Wardrobe Snacks, the series draws inspiration from the color, texture, or design of simple foods like a green ice cream cone, a plain yellow donut, or even an oyster and finds the uncannily matched outfit. Fun Black and White Murals of Friends and Family by Alex Senna It’s not often that you walk down the street and [encounter an artwork that warms your heart or brings a smile to your face]( but for Brazilian street artist and muralist Alex Senna, positive emotion seems to be his visual currency. His lanky black and white characters are often found in a variety of hopeful, loving, and positive scenes from a pair of lovers embracing to a family riding a bicycle. To intensify their emotional depth Senna often gives the flat characters broad shadows that stretch out larger-than-life across urban walls. From The Colossal Shop: First Draft For all you architect parents with a little extra work to get done, you can now enlist your kids to help! We're kidding, of course, but we're serious about how awesome the [Kid's Drafting Kit]( is. Each set is handmade in Illinois and equips youngsters with the tools they need to their creative ideas to life. Now in stock in [The Colossal Shop]( Copyright © 2016 Colossal, all rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list]( [MailChimp Email Marketing](