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Splash Illustration

Splash

"Splash" is personal drawing project made by Maria Bradovkova, Her goal was to challenge her creativity and abstract thinking. She used traditional technique — colored ink on paper. Random splash of ink was a starting point and inspiration for each illustration. She observed irregular shape of watercolor until she saw a hint of a figure in it. With linear drawing she added details and made the character to stand out. Abstract shape of stain she turned into figurative image. Each drawing shows different human or animalistic characters in sentimental mood.

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Solaris Asemic Calligraphy

Solaris

Solaris is a triptych of asemic calligraphy works made as wall art. The three pieces are titled The Sun, The Ocean and The Library, and they share one visual style. Each piece measures 700 by 700 by 20 millimeters and is written by hand with colored pens and golden and silver markers on colored paper. The written forms carry no fixed meaning, so every viewer can form a personal reading. The circular composition required careful control to keep the letters even in size along each line. Solaris is presented without a frame.

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Crystals Art Installation

Crystals

This series of work involves generating complex fractal images based on detailed analysis of crystals’ chemical structure. By collecting data such as the distance between each element, angle of the chemical bonding and molecular mass of the crystalline structure, Yingri Guan transforms and abstracts the data into fractals through constructing a series of equations and formulas.

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Crazy Head Digital Art

Crazy Head

Every human being have their own characters like different ego, thinking and basic nature. The artist Jinho Kang stated that this Crazy Head came from it. So the car represents human's ego. Man is watching the car and wants to get rid of it but he can't. They seemed stick together forever. Man's eye is exaggerated like cartoon style. Even though the topic is heavy everything that he had done on this work looks more fun and casual.

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A Dream tabletop lighting installation

A Dream

The designer considers a dream is weightless and transparent. It can hardly be caught, and yet it is so realistic. He designs this installation as a way to visualize the metaphor of the surrealistic nature in a dream. Each curved member contributes to a part of a propagating dream. He places entire design setting on a transparent base with a light source projects upward to make it feel weightless like floating in the air.

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Into the Water Series of artworks

Into the Water

This series surprises the viewer with a mysterious aquatic environment where expressive figures of great proportions emerge, victims of fate. The artist explores the possibilities of transparency and blur, establishing different levels of perception by bringing depth to the pieces. All of this, thanks to a planned minimalist combination of materials, mainly paper and polypropylene. Thus emerges a suggestive conceptual work with a symbolic and surreal personality.

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Follow Me Sculptural Vase

Follow Me

Follow Me is a sculptural vase designed to support the arrangement of cut flowers. The form is inspired by the peacock, with an upright body and a pair of wings. The vase is made of three pieces, including two detachable wing pieces that are perforated in different patterns. The semi open form allows air circulation around the stems and lets water be added daily without disturbing the arrangement. The user selects one wing piece, anchors it to the body and follows the openings to create a pattern. The intent is to extend the life of cut flowers.

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Blessed Child rings

Blessed Child

The Blessed Child rings are a promise for love: Baby Jamie cuddles up to the inside of the ring and trusts its life to the hands of the mother. The baby is laid on its back sucking its thumb. It is the mental vision of her unborn child that every pregnant woman has in her mind. The ring symbolises the unconditional mutual bond of trust between infant and mother and pays homage to this trust. Baby Sam is on top of the world, safe, healthy and happy. The wearer carries the baby with pride, presenting herself as a confident mother. The ring is a band saying: „Trust me, you are loved!"

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