artist feature: eric aho

via Eric Aho

Eric Aho's large scale paintings draw me in for their ability to capture light. Drawing inspiration primarily from nature, Aho lives and works in Vermont. I love his work and frankly its sort of out my league in terms of my ability to describe it. So I will let the images speak for themselves and point any curious readers to his website to see and learn more. 

work by Eric Aho

artist feature: haptic lab

via Kaufmann Mercantile

A couple of weeks ago in my quilts post, I featured Haptic Lab. Haptic Lab is a Brooklyn based designed studio led by Emily Fischer. Fischer, a graduate of University of Michigan's masters of architecture program, began making quilted maps in school. The quilts were inspired by her mother's loss of sight, a result of complications with glaucoma, as well as her rural upbringing in Wisconsin. The studio uses digital technologies combined with traditional craft techniques to make quilts, kites and furniture. Below are a few of my favorite pieces. 

1. San Francisco Bay  2. Telluride  3. Sailing ship kite  4. Topographic

artist feature: lucy snowe

via Lucy Snowe

Courtesy of the very well done blog, Poppytalk, I discovered Lucy Snowe. Lucy Snowe is a west coast photographer who's work is both colorful and calming. I couldn't find much information about her or her work so the images will just have to speak for themselves. To see more or to purchase, head over to her Etsy shop or to the Poppytalk Handmade shop.