Molly Costello's Homolumionous Calendar 2019

With 2019 looming I thought it might be a nice idea to do a series on Independant artists that have calendars coming out for the year ahead, so if like me you are totally unorganised and rely on one to help you manage your life, at least you will be looking at a thing of beauty!!

This weeks calendar is Molly Costello's HOMOLUMINOUS calendar. So what I hear you ask is Homoluminous, Molly explains....

"HOMOLUMINOUS explores the ways we are emerging into a new type of human community, one that is glowing, connected, and more equipped than ever to achieve collective liberation. By practicing empathy, gratitude, grief rituals, growing our food, showing up for each others struggles and honoring the power of our imagination, we come to realize that we are the resilient body that our ancestors dreamed up to heal this world. We are the living light. We are HOMOLUMINOUS."

HOMOLUMINOUS 2019 Calendar's are now live!!✨You are now able to pre-order copies for yourself on Molly's website. 

$2 from each calendar will be donated to Chicago Community Bond Fund  It is likely to be a small batch so make sure you get in quickly if you want one!

To purchase the Calendar , and see more of Molly's beautiful work, including my favourite print below,  you can visit her webpage Mollycostello.com or find her on Instagram

There will also be a ltd number of Tapestries to accompany the calendar available in Mollys shop over the next month (see below)

Tess Guinery.... Earth Tones, Poetry and Rainbows

Tess Guinery

I love Instagram. I have connected with so many like minded souls and also drooled over many accounts. There are of course, the accounts that can leave me feeling a little poop (unfollow!!!), but there are also those that leave me feeling uplifted and inspired. One of the accounts I am loving at the moment is that of Poet and Artist Tess Guinery.

Her beautiful earth toned rainbows are so simple but so pretty and I would love one of these hand painted beauties. Her whole account is full of stunning earth tones, great poetry and happy pictures of family life...... :)

Here are a few pictures from her instagram account @tessguinery , but there are so many beauties to check out so well worth a visit :)

Inspired by ..... Crystal Palace series by Kristina Sosarko

Inspired by......

I found the above image a while ago on Pinterest and instantly fell in love with not only its simplicity but also the mixture of woods and that stunning painting/print on the wall.

I have been looking for similar artwork ever since and recently stumbled upon the below print 'Crystal Palace no 1' from Inalux. 

"Part of a collection spanning the last four years of black paintings, the Crystal Palace designs are created by Kristina Sostarko. Each design in the series was painted in gouache or ink, and now available as a fine art archival print. While the prints appear black and white, the base is a soft shade of creamy peach."

Serpentine Gallery : Etel Adnan, The Weight of the World

Etel Adnan: The Weight of the world

I love discovering new Artists to fall in love with. Especially if there is an exhibition for me to drool over!

I follow Serpentine Gallery on Instagram and my heart literally skipped a beat when i saw an image of the above painting by Etel Adnan. I cant wait to get to London in the next month or so to see her work in person....

In the late 1960s, Adnan began producing tapestry designs, later having them made into some of the large scale tapestries on display at the Serpentine. Inspired by the feeling and colour of the Persian rugs of her childhood, the vibrancy of colour and form that exists in her paintings has been translated into wool, woven by hand.

Etel Adnan tapestry in production at Ateliers-Pinton, France, 2016

 

Etel Adnan: The Weight of the World; Installation view Serpentine Gallery; London (2 June – 11 September 2016)

 

 

Wes Anderson Miniture sets by Mar Cerda

I am sure any Wes Anderson fan will appreciate the stunning work of artist Mar Cerda..... her tiny Wes Anderson sets are truly awesome. I love miniature train from The Darjeeling Ltd, one of my favorite of Andersons films, the detail is outstanding!

Mar has a background in art direction and as well as making these cute little scenes is also an illustrator of children's books

To view more of Mar's work visit her webpage or instagram

Map Quilts by Mary Bryning

Mary Bryning Quilted Map: Ullswater

I recently got mentioned in an online article about Moon to Moon as a blogger and mother from California...... well the majority of my readerships are US based and I love the whole Californian aesthetic but I don't live there. Originally from Brighton, England, I now live in Bristol, England. So, I thought it was about time I featured a little more art, textiles and properties from here in the UK. I recently found these stunning map quilts by Bristish artist Mary Bryning so thought these were the perfect place to start....
 
 Mary combines her love of textiles and embroidery with an interest in maps and the effect human settlement has on the landscape. Her work explores the patterns of geography and cartography using hand-dyed or printed fabric, recycled maps, appliqué and machine embroidery, producing images of familiar and well-loved places from unfamiliar viewpoints. She also creates work based on natural forms on the coast, in the countryside and in gardens.

View more of her work on her website (which she shares with her artist husband Ken) Bryning Art

Sefton park

Grasmere and Rydal

Birkenhead Park

Current Obsession: Plant Anatomy by Rachel Notofsky

Plant Anatomy Prints by Rachel Ignotofsky

These Plant Anatomy pictures by Rachel Notofsky have been floating around Pinterest and Tumblr for a while. Although all three are beautiful the Anatomy of the Flower is probably my favorite. I just love the colours! These would look so pretty framed in my Dining Room....

To view more of Rachel's work , inducing Human cell prints visit her Etsy Shop

Anatomy of a Flower by Rachel Notofsky

Current Obsession: Posters from SugarHigh LoveStoned

UnFuck the future

Close your eyes enjoy the mind

I love these posters from clothing label SugarHigh LoveStoned. Hand drawn by one half of the talented Sugarhigh duo,  Tami!

My personal favorite is the Unfuck the Future one, reminds me of Vintage sex-education literature :)

The Interior of.. Oko Gallery

Oko Gallery, So pretty!

All Images from The Weaver House

Arent these pictures stunning? I love that brass bowl filled with crystals (bottom right).These beautiful calming images were found over at the Marvellous 'The Weaver House'. The images are of Oko a small gallery and storefront located in NW Portland, Oregon. Sadly there is no online shop so I will have to make do with their beautiful images gracing Facebook. . 

In the shadow of Freud's couch

Mark Gerald: In the Shadow of Freud’s Couch, Anni Bergman, Ph.D., New York

Mark Gerald: In the Shadow of Freud’s Couch, Paul Lippman Ph.D

Sylvie Faure-Pragier, M.D. Paris, France

Luis Feder, Ph.D., in his office in Mexico City. Credit: Mark Gerald, Ph.D.

"We create worlds around us that are extensions of our inner life." Mark Gerald psychoanalyst

Way before I became a Nurse I studied Photography at University. I got onto the course  with a selection of Polaroids of my friends, however once on the course I never did another Portraiture project,  I discovered abstract expressionism,  awe, consciousness and colour therapy and I was off discovering myself instead :)

Over the last few years Moon to Moon has rekindled my passion for Portraiture, not necessarily of people themselves, more portraits of how people live.  The objects we are drawn too and surround ourselves with, the colours, patterns and textures we adorn our homes with and the manner in which we store and display, they all give away so much about he way we view the 'self'.

That is one of the reasons I love this project by Psychoanalyst and photographer Mark Gerald. In the Shadow of Freuds couch invites us into the private offices of Psychoanalysts. The analyst all of a sudden becomes the analyzed. We start wondering about the person in the photo. Why do they choose to present them self in that way? Why have they chosen that decor? Would I feel comfortable opening up to these people? There is such a huge contrast between the top photo and the bottom, although I prefer the interior of the top would I feel more comfortable sharing in the neutral environment of the last?

Mark Gerald: In the Shadow of Freud’s Couch, Susie Orbach, Ph.D.

Below is an abstract from an interview with Mark Gerald. The full interview can be found at It's Nice That

 What do you believe are the keys factors that inform the way a psychoanalyst decorates the space they work in?
Analysts, like all of us, operate both from intention and from the unconscious. The spaces that the analysts work in are homes for them and their patients. We all work in Freud’s shadow and our offices are tributes to the iconic first psychoanalytic office in Vienna. That being said, there are enormous variations based on theoretical considerations, aesthetics, and cultural and geographic norms. Warmer climates and those in less populated areas tend to be more open and larger. Many urban offices are interior spaces, enclosures for the unconscious.

Rhiannon Griego's textiles..

Over the last year I have become totally obsessed with weaving and Woven wall art. These beautiful pieces are handmade by the talented Riannon Griego and I am sure you will agree are absolutely stunning!

The collection has literally just launched online, so here to explain her work in more detail is Riannon

"There are two collections, the first is the mica collection which is fiber art and mica comprised. The second,Woven: is a collection of the past years work I have been experimenting with. I've been studying weaving for 1.5 years and I was taught how to weave in the Saori manner. Saori is a zen practice of weaving that commenced during the late 1960's in Japan. The philosophy is a beautiful, resonating path that allows the weaver to weave in beauty and freedom, without ever encountering mistakes. All is intentional and even within the slides from the perfectionist eye, the weaving tells it's very own story. It's become my practice of slowing down, listening and allowing the momentum of what is to take me, rather than attempting to force.

The majority of my work is comprised of luxury yarns, many of which were gifted to me by my boyfriend's family. His aunt was a renown weaver in New Mexico who had her own facilities to weave, spin and hand dye her fibers. When she passed several years ago, his family acquired many of her specialty and hand spun yarns. When I spent the past Christmas with them and shared my new found love for one of the oldest traditions in the world, they quietly left two gigantic boxes of his aunt's fibers. Much of what I do, whether jewelry or weaving, comes from a traditional manner of connecting to the ancestors, listening to the ways in which they advise to slow down, put my hands and heart into the work with care and aspiration that these will one day be passed down to my family and my friends families."

Camel Art....

I know this isn't my usual type of post but I have been meaning to share these pictures of these beautifully decorated camels for ages. The pictures and more can be fund over at Twisted Sifter or  alternatively  at the photographers flickr account here