http://houseofcat.net All things artful and curious Sun, 30 Oct 2011 15:59:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://houseofcat.net/2011/10/what-to-do-with-all-this-paper/ http://houseofcat.net/2011/10/what-to-do-with-all-this-paper/#comments Sun, 30 Oct 2011 15:54:44 +0000 Cat Johnson http://houseofcat.net/?p=4425 This is what Tuscon artist Nick Georgieu does. (If you check out his site, be sure to explore the archives. He’s been doing this for years and each piece is as interesting and clever as the next.) Related Posts We are the Champions: Paper Style The Paper Art of Peter Callesen Waste Not… (the art [...]]]> http://houseofcat.net/2011/10/what-to-do-with-all-this-paper/feed/ 0 http://houseofcat.net/2011/10/love-that-negative-space/ http://houseofcat.net/2011/10/love-that-negative-space/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:17:54 +0000 Cat Johnson http://houseofcat.net/?p=4411 You’ve got to appreciate the planning that goes into negative space art. Check out these images made by designer Noma Bar. (via Toxel) Related Posts The Secret Life of Stormtroopers Good Old Cardboard Art Find a Penny Magnificent Metal Mosaics Looking Into the Past]]> http://houseofcat.net/2011/10/love-that-negative-space/feed/ 0 http://houseofcat.net/2011/09/the-art-of-tidying-up/ http://houseofcat.net/2011/09/the-art-of-tidying-up/#comments Sat, 17 Sep 2011 18:18:35 +0000 Cat Johnson http://houseofcat.net/?p=4399 This appeals so very much to my spatial and design-y sensibilities. Ursus Wehrli, a Swiss artist and comedian, has taken tidying up to the next level. From alphabet soup to stars, he extracts order from chaos. See more of Ursus Wehrli’s work at NPR.org. Related Posts The Art of Broken Machines Waste Not: Toilet Paper [...]]]> http://houseofcat.net/2011/09/the-art-of-tidying-up/feed/ 0 http://houseofcat.net/2011/07/gillian-david-letterpress-and-coffee/ http://houseofcat.net/2011/07/gillian-david-letterpress-and-coffee/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:49:45 +0000 Cat Johnson http://houseofcat.net/?p=4390 As if they are not ground-breakingly cool enough as it is, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings raised the bar on their latest release, The Harrow & the Harvest by having the covers letterpressed on 100% cotton paper that is so thick that it has to be inserted into the jewel cases by hand; just another [...]]]> http://houseofcat.net/2011/07/gillian-david-letterpress-and-coffee/feed/ 1 http://houseofcat.net/2011/06/piece-by-piece/ http://houseofcat.net/2011/06/piece-by-piece/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:43:26 +0000 Cat Johnson http://houseofcat.net/?p=4376 “My work reflects our society’s obsession with beauty through advertising – and the endless images that bombard us daily. It is a purposeful intermix of images derived from advertising and thousands of incongruent pieces – images and text – from advertising that arrives through my mailbox. Assembled like a mosaic; the paper tiles create an [...]]]> http://houseofcat.net/2011/06/piece-by-piece/feed/ 1