cake dress

how gorgeously yummy/yummily gorgeous is this?
made by Lukka Sigurdardottir
from gather and nest
(via twig and thistle, one of my new favorite blogs)

rich cake

this i covet.
yellow frosting. and sparkles.
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
snapped, a recent piece by martha rich

ringo atelier

some inspirational art projects and art project books from ringo atelier, brainchild of the lovely french webshop little circus. even if you don't use their imagery, i think the site sparks all sorts of simple ideas on imaginative making, akin to the anti-coloring book, one of my childhood faves...

a bit of explanation, clockwise from top left: fill in storyboard, make garland out of muffin cups, finish this family portrait, cut out and glue pastilles in pattern or string on garland, make a mask like from this Irving Penn portrait (and photograph yourself in it?), inspiring mask book by Mitsumasa Anno

via bloesem kids

canary by kelly neidig

gregory crewdson

my favorite contemporary photogapher, represented by luhring augustine.
apparently gallery hd did a video on crewdson and his fascinating process (i have yet to see it).
p.s. if you have gallery hd (channel 714 for optimum online users), there's lots of inspiring programming on there, including a great piece on artist vik muniz by david byrne at 10 on tuesday and 6 on wednesday! )

nod young

these are "puti trees", the work of artist nod young. inspired by poems from a classical zen text. as young offers his interpretation of part of the poems:
"each person’s body is a tree of wisdom, every person’s soul is a mirror of brightness (‘the light’). It is important to carefully take care of this light in order to maintain a state of purity versus one of fallen dust. "
(via happy cavalier - thank you!)