This Week’s Unique Registry Ideas for the Bride – 11/13/2017

This Week’s Unique Registry Ideas for the Bride

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Groove Nation I by Artist Wendy Foster

‘Groove Nation’ by  Mishkalo Artist Wendy Foster: $399  Size: 12 x 12

Wendy Foster is a mixed media artist. She is an abstract expressionist first and a storyteller second. Color, texture and pattern are the elements of her work.

A commentary on the mid century movement, rendered in oranges and aquas.. Materials included: Acrylic on board, Acrylic spray paint, Origami Paper, Kozo Paper, India Ink & Encaustic.

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Here is another unique registry idea for your home.

Two Wall Dance by Zac Franzoni

Two Wall Dance by Zac Franzoni: $800.  Size: 48 x 30

Zac Franzoni’s art is  very colorful and abstract landscape, even though it’s really not landscape in any representational sense … but it has a landscape quality to it.

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This Week’s Unique Registry Picks for the Bride – 10/16/2017

This Week’s Unique Registry Picks for the Bride

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Bliss by Lianna Klassen

‘Bliss’ by  Mishkalo Artist Lianna Klassen: $1050  Size: 24×48

Lianna Klassen is a Canadian artist who does Abstract Realism.

This is a vibrant piece with bold color blending, and big palette knife strokes. This painting conveys motion and energy as well as lots of light and fast changes in contrast. Reminds the artist of a windy summer afternoon. High quality Golden acrylics and UV gloss and satin varnish. Sides are painted black and ready to hang.

This piece will look great on a white wall in your living room. The colors are pretty varied and can fit with different décor.  Your furniture can be dark or light, either way the painting will stand out in a room.

Add it to your Registry here : https://mishkalo.com/blog/art/bliss/

Maze Storage Box by Kevin Irvin on Mishkalo

Maze storage decorative boxes by Kevin Irvin: $425 each.  Size: 12.5 x 12.5 x 9

Kevin Irvin is a Furniture Designer who looks to nature for inspiration.

The Maze Box is the anchor piece of the Maze Collection from Irvin Studio and Design. Available in your choice of five colors. These boxes can be hung in a variety of grid patterns to create an interesting design on any wall and provide for excellent storage. Installation is a snap with two equally spaced keyhole slots on the back. Cabinets are sold individually. Image depicts an arrangement of five.

These boxes are fun and will look beautiful on your wall.  They are available in Red-Koto, Walnut and Maple colors  but can be special ordered in almost any color.

Get 2-3 boxes and arrange them in any way you want and put some decorative pieces on top. This will look great in your foyer or in the Hallway.

Add it to your Registry here: https://mishkalo.com/blog/art/the-maze-storage-box/

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Vendor Spotlight: Honey Bee Weddings

Vendor Spotlight: Honey Bee Weddings

Honey Bee Weddings

 

Have you thought of having a Dia de los Muertas themed Wedding?

Meet a unique wedding planner, Misse Daniel, Founder of Honey Bee Weddings which is celebrating its 10th year anniversary!  When I asked Misse about the most unique wedding that she has helped plan she said: “I planned  a Dia de los Muertas [Day of the Dead] themed wedding.  It will probably never be done again but it was featured in a national publication”

Misse started Honey Bee Weddings because she adores weddings. Her experience in event planning began while working for a non-profit. After successfully coordinating many events, a co-worker asked Misse for help in planning an out of state wedding on a Bison ranch in Kansas.

After the lovely wedding, Misse realized that she found her calling. Misse launched Honey Bee Weddings, in 2007. Her vision came to life within a few months and has been steadily growing.

I had the pleasure of meeting Misse Daniel recently and was impressed with her passion and talent to plan unique and fabulous weddings.  I wanted to find out more about her and here is what she said.

Honey Bee Weddings on Mishkalo

What are some interesting problems with weddings that you have encountered and solved in the many years you have been in this business?

“I have had many unique problems: inebriated groomsmen, missing centerpieces, to a cake that was in a car accident!  Being able to stay calm has always been a strength of mine!”

 

What advice would you give brides and grooms planning their big Day?

“Be a gracious host: thank your guests, make the seating arrangements comfortable and if you can, provide amenities for your guests like a welcome bag at the hotel.”

If you are planning a wedding, contact Honey Bee Weddings (http://www.honeybeeweddings.com/).

Misse Daniel & her team will help make your special day even more beautiful!

Honey Bee Weddings

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A Unique Personalized Gift

A Unique Personalized Gift

Stone Garden

A few years back my daughter, then 12 and I decided to make my husband’s Birthday special by giving him something unique and personal that he would not expect. We racked our brains and thought about various gift options that were available, from expensive pens, a tie, a subscription to his favorite magazine, books and so on.  But the problem was that he had received just about everything we could think of as a gift over the years either for his Birthday or for Christmas.  We had run out of ideas when my daughter mentioned that he had always talked about having a Japanese Stone Garden at home.

We thought it was a brilliant idea and started looking for a space in our house to transform into a miniature Japanese Stone Garden.  We found the ideal space- under the stairway where there were some artificial plants enclosed within a decorative brick wall.  It was ideal for a Zen Stone Garden and so we started dismantling the pots and the plants and cleaned up the area.  Next, we went to Home Depot and bought a wooden plank to put on top of the bricks along with sand and other things needed to create a stone garden.

It took us 2 whole days to get the garden ready and when we finally presented it to my husband as a gift on his Birthday, he was thrilled and very touched by this gesture.  This was the best gift he had received, he said.  This Zen Garden brings us joy and beautiful memories every time we go up the staircase and pass by it.  Years have gone by and we still look at it and remember his Birthday from that year and it is a piece of conversation any time we have new guests visit our home.

Wouldn’t it be nice to receive a wedding gift that will remind you of your special day everyday ?

‘Cake’ by Nancy Kramp on Mishkalo

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A Unique Style of Painting: Dot Painting

A Unique Style of Painting: Dot Painting

What is DOT Painting?

Dot paintings originated with the Australian Aboriginal tribe. Before Indigenous Australian art was ever put onto canvas, the Aboriginal people would smooth over the soil to draw sacred designs which belonged to that particular ceremony.

Landscape Painting by Deland Anderson on Mishkalony.

Body paint was also applied which held meanings connected to sacred rituals.  These designs were outlined with circles and encircled with dots.

People who did not belong to the tribe never got to see these sacred designs since the soil would be smoothed over again and painted bodies would be washed. This was not possible with paintings.

Crown Jewels by Deland Anderson.

Within the Dot painting style, the Aboriginal artists would overlap dots with larger dots, or they would closely join them to give the appearance of lines. They would even be dotted so densely that they created a flat colored area but the dots would still be visible.

Deland Andersen is an artist from Alaska, who has adapted this style. After high school, he went to the Australian outback and worked in a cattle station. There he got to meet some Australian aboriginal people who have a very different way of seeing the landscape. And he got introduced to the Dot style of art.

‘Ikpikpuk River’ by Deland Andersen

Is Dot Painting similar to Pointillism?

Petri Dish by Deland Anderson on Mishkalo.

Certainly this style of painting can be used to create very distinct pieces of art and is unique enough to be a conversation piece on your wall.

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Abstract Paintings in Blue

Abstract Paintings in Blue

– Abstract art is art that does not represent any visual reality but the use of colors and shapes and lines helps achieve its effect. It is also known as being a part of Modern Art which includes artistic work produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s, and denotes the style and philosophy of the art produced during that era. The term is usually associated with art in which the traditions of the past have been thrown aside in a spirit of experimentation.

Here are a few examples of abstract paintings in blue by Mishkalo artists.

Blue Morpho dream  Gaya Karpetyan

Gaya karpetyan’s artwork is implemented in acrylic paints on stretched canvasses. ” I traditionally use the acrylics and they always provide desirable outcomes in terms of my aspirations for an adequate conveyance of my creative concepts and true depiction of the original artistic ideas. ” Blue morphos are drifting in millions: oblivious in tenderness of their dreams, they float and surge and plunge together… in a random trap of the butterfly effect.

Riding the waves – Carol Mcintyre

Carol Mcintyre works in oils and acrylics with her favorite tool being the palette knife.  She says “My application is atypical, in that I apply very thin layers with the knife, often lightly scraping across the surface to create interesting and somewhat mysterious textures. Throughout the painting process, I go back and forth between my palette knives and brushes, using what seems appropriate at the time. Surprises often occur, which I always enjoy”.

Happy to Visit – Jacquie Gouveia

Jacquie Gouveia’s paintings reflect the overall essence of landscapes that she either sees or imagines. By keeping the composition simple, she can focus on balancing colors, values and texture. The simplicity of her paintings are part of their beauty.

Day Dream in Turquoise By Jeanette Ardern

Here is a sample of abstract art created using different materials.

Jeanette Ardern says –  My joy is using color and modeling materials and shapes in my work.  I find I dream about shapes and I find interesting shapes in strange places, from cardboard cut-outs, to tools, to the feet of deck chairs, to the mounting brackets you would use to mount a flat screen TV to the wall, to…..oh, forks, hair combs…..

Specular Reflection – Katharine Weber

Katharine Weber has a very unique style. Weber’s distinctive use of fabric embedded in acrylic emerged in her college years.

She explains, “I was in the studio one day, and I wanted to get a nice, thick layer of color on one part of the canvas. I put on what felt like a substantial amount of paint, but as it dried, the surface lost its depth and presence. I happened to have scraps of red cloth nearby. The realization came to me that I could embed the fabric into the paint to increase the depth. I was thrilled with the deeply textured surface of that Painting. One discovery about the interaction between paint and material led to another, and my sculptural fabric style emerged.”

Allusion to a Stair –  Ara Lucia

Ara Lucia says ‘ The initial impetus for each of my paintings is a dress from a particular designer in a particular historical time. By abstracting these gowns and creating paintings that embody the gowns energetically — I take them in. I move back and forth between mark-making and editing in order to reach a final composition. Many layers are applied over a highly textured surface. The chosen marks remain and edited marks are folded hidden into the layers.