Diane Meyer

I am interested in the way this artist uses cross stitching to enhance background detail. The subtle pixilation creates blocks of colors on the surface of the photograph that blend in with image while abstracting the image.
http://www.dianemeyer.net/berlin/berlin.html

Stephanie Orr 

[Steph is having issues with her email so she sent this to me to post for her.] 

Guerra de la Paz

Guerra De la Paz is a composite name for the Cuban born artists Alain Guerra and Neraldo de la Paz.  The two live in Miami, Florida and have been creating works together since 1996.  They describe their works as experiments with dimension with the use of unconventional materials. The use of ready-made objects has always been their main interest with their works.

  

Edouard Martinet

 

Edouard Martinet is a French artist who creates sculptures out of materials a normal person might consider "junk". He takes used parts he finds and excess materials from old cars and creates beautiful pieces focusing mainly on insects and animals.

http://www.edouardmartinet.net/index.php

http://www.demilked.com/insect-sculptures-old-used-parts-steampunk-edouard-martinet/

 

- Shanon Wise

David Kracov

David has a  passion for children. He has explored the genre of “Lifesaving Art.” He inspires many children through his work with animation and helping adults reconnect with their youthful curiosity through his metal sculptures and shadowboxes. He has recently created a line of artwork to save the lives of children in critical need. He likes to work with butterflies, flowers, peace and love, and pop art. I am really drawn to his work because I am really interested in pop art and children's art. As a designer, his artwork would really be nice to use in an interior space for children.

Doris Chase

Doris Chase was a painter, sculptor and video artist.  I like her work as a video artist and how she uses light as her medium.  Her work has won many honors and awards at 21 different film and video festivals.  Light plays a huge role in our everyday lives as humans in general; affecting everything from our mood to our health and well being.  As an interior architecture student we have to think a lot about how light affects different spaces we design so I found it interesting to see how she was playing with the different affects and colors of light and how people responded and how certain colors mean certain things to different people.

Rachel Whiteread and Temari

                                          Untitled (Library), 1999
                                                        Dental plaster, polystyrene, fiberboard and steel

                                                 
                                                   House, 1993
                                                                    Concrete

                                                          Detached 1, 2012
                                                        Concrete and steel

Rachel Whiteread's work explores absence and memory, and how deeply these things are rooted within domestic spaces. I really enjoy the reversal of of the interior/exterior, how the intimacy of the space becomes public but completely inaccessible. 
http://www.luhringaugustine.com/artists/rachel-whiteread



Also, while looking for artists that use "craft materials," I found Nana Akua's documentation of her grandmother's termari (handballs). Temari is is a folk art practice that originated in China. It was introduced in Japan during the 7th century A.D. 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nanaakua/tags/temari/

Kelse Lighthizer

Sergei Bobkov

 Sergei Bobkov

"53-year-old Sergei Bobkov has patented a unique technique of creating amazing sculptures out of Siberian cedar wood-chips. 

“It’s not very interesting to do what others can. To create something out of nothing in a completely new way is far more inspiring”. This is how Sergei Bobkov explains the unique form of art that he created. He says many people compare his artworks to taxidermy, because they both look so much like the animals they replicate, but Sergei believes they are as different as light and darkness. Whereas taxidermy is all about death, his wood-chip art symbolizes life. 

http://gowood.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-amazing-wood-art-of-sergei-bobkov.html

Sergei Bobkov's work is so amazing because of the precision, attention to detail, and the delicacy of the work. The dedication and patience it takes to make a piece like this is beautiful.