Beautiful Illustrations by Akira Kusaka

Akira Kusaka is a freelance illustrator and graphic designer living and currently working in Osaka, Japan. He creates beautiful and whimsical illustrations that have dream-like quality featuring quirky characters living the worlds where anything is possible. He has created artwork of advertisements, book covers, children’s picture book, and more. You can view more of his work on Behance.

Cute Ceramics That Are Perfect To Add Color To Your House

UK based ceramist Helen Hodson designs and creates adorable animals in her home studio. She loves animals and sculpts ceramic creatures that'll make your day everytime you look at quirky owl, bunnies in hats, and bears in undies.

The collection of ceramics offers decorative figures, vases, and planters that will bring splash of color to your bookshelf or any other corner of your house. To know about her new work, you can join her on Instagram and for ceramics available for purchase visit her online store.

Tavern Signs Handcrafted Using 200 Years Old Boards

For me making a trip to a vintage store in a middle of a busy week is a quick way to decompress. I can hop for hours from one shelf to another admiring the forms and shapes, and color palette very specific to an age. The rich textures draw in my attention to examine the weathered surface closely. The wooden signs is one of my favorite things to collect for different corners of the house. So, I was naturally excited to come across Heidi Howards's work.

Connecticut artist Heidi Howard creates tavern and trade signs inspired by 18th and 19th century style. Each sign is handcrafted from 100 to 200 year old boards, hand painted, lettered, and aged in a way so it looks like something from the past. She uses antique hand-cut nails to assemble boards and molding. You can contact her for commission work and follow on Facebook for updates. 

Funny Characters Created Using Found Objects and Fruits by Francesco Marzetti

Francesco Marzetti is an independent artist from Bagnoregio, Italy who creates amusing characters and faces using found objects, fruit peels, shoes, dirty gloves, and machinery parts. If you want to see what is he working on now you can follow him on Facebook.

Leaf Carving by Omid Asadi

 

 

Omid Asadi originally from Iran now lives in UK. He loves to carve intricate illustrations on leaves. As a child he would draw with a needle on leaves or petals. He remembered how much he enjoyed turning leaves into artwork when he and his wife visited an exhibition which was about paper cutting. He started to carve again on leaves that had fallen around his house. He uses craft a knife, a scalpel and a needle to make human portraits, animals, and scenes. 

"Leaves represent our short life, but through my work you can see the life they left behind."