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  1. Around Town: Os Gêmeos Mural

    August 11, 2012 by Erin Fletcher

    As you emerge from the South Station tunnel, your eyes are instantly directed towards Dewey Square Plaza where a 70’x70′ mural has been painted on the Air Intake Structure. Brazilian twin brothers Otavio and Gustavo Pandolfo (better known as Os Gêmeos) created this mural as an extension to their exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art.

    Greatly inspired by the color and chaos of Brazil, Os Gêmeos also draw from their own dreams when developing their yellow-skinned characters covered in brightly mismatched clothes donning whimsical hats, colorful hoods or scarves.  In this mural, the character is squeezed into the unusual shape of the structure between the bustling city and towering buildings. Os Gêmeos hope their mural will bring color and energy to the streets of Boston, while inspiring curiosity and imagination.  I think they have succeeded wonderfully, it’s such a treat to see this brightly colored being as I travel to and from the bindery.

    Check out their website for a video and photographs of the various stages during the painting of the mural. 

  2. Artist: Jennifer Davis

    July 17, 2012 by Erin Fletcher

    Jennifer Davis paints a world full of playfulness with her bold use of color and patterns.  Yet something is a bit eerie about her creatures and characters.  Although not strange enough to detour me, I’m saving my pennies up for Scaredy Cat (image above).  Check out her store at Etsy where she sells original paintings and limited edition prints. 

     

  3. My Hand…The Songlines

    July 17, 2012 by Erin Fletcher

    In the second and final year at North Bennet Street School all students are given the same book in sheets (known as a set book) to complete as a fine binding.  Given complete freedom over the materials and design, the inspiration should be derived from the set book.  This year we bound copies of The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin.

    My main inspiration came from an Aboriginal painting depicting imagery referred to as Dreaming.  At the moment a mother is conscience of conception, the unborn child receives the spirit of a totemic ancestor connected with the location when awareness occurred.  In a general sense, the Dreaming relates to a period before the memory of living creatures, during the time of the creator ancestors and supernatural beings.  The paintings themselves are visual representations of the artist’s individual spiritual beliefs.

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