Wednesday 29 May 2013

Creative Bag Advertising


Would you rather have a dull and plain shopping or grocery bag with you or have something that complements your style and personality, or at least something that captures the attention of by-passers? Well, as you shall see in the list below, some shopping bags are designed to be seen and to put a smile on someone’s face. Others are out to make a voiceless statement and to create awareness of global issues.

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Tuesday 21 May 2013

Toilet Roll Art



Anastassia Elias is a French artist on a roll, not just in a figurative sense. This collection is for her series entitled ‘Rouleaux’ (French for, you’ve guessed it, ‘Rolls’),She has made paper cut-outs depicting faceless characters and evocative objects which she then attaches to the sidewalls of toilet roll tubes to create a 3-D scene.

Through skilful backlighting and the use of light and shadow, the scenes superbly come to life and are beautifully captured thanks to some neat macro-photography. The Paris-based painter, illustrator and collage creator can remember the moment she came up with the idea to turn a toilet roll into a micro-stage.

“I have fun finding out what can I do with materials that I have gathered and one day, in May 2009, I looked at an empty toilet roll and wondered if I could do something with it,” she says.

And so Anastassia set to work, using manicure scissors and a Stanley knife to cut the small paper shapes. She chooses the paper so that it is the same colour as the roll to give the illusion that the paper shapes make part of the roll. She then uses tweezers to place the shapes within the roll, typically sliding the cut-outs into tiny slits in the tube walls.

“I make sure that the items don’t encroach on each other so that they best capture the light,” she says before adding: “I need a few hours to make one piece.”

The Scenes run from a football match, a old women snoozing in her rocking chair to cowboys. These are some of my favorites from her collection.  To see more of this work : Anastassia Elias Feel free to email me your favourite Artist work. visit my website for more: www.darrenbarnard.co.za





















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