A lifestyle and fashion blog by Lydia Epangue
A lifestyle and fashion blog by Lydia Epangue
Fashion photographer Victoria Janashvili has spent years snapping pics of some of today’s hottest and most famous models; now, she’s publishing an art book of photographs that breaks boundaries and stereotypes and celebrates all bodies—short, tall, skinny, curvy, and of all ethnicities—starting with models Denise Bidot and Marina Bulatkina.
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Today on Style Diary, we’ll be featuring a girl who is the ultimate combination of beauty and brains. You must have seen her blog, but do you know the beauty and brains behind Hapa Time? Not only, is she a web editor and graphic artist but our style star knows very well how to make good use of her designing skills when it comes to styling herself. She has been often told she’s got a great eye for design. Let’s see what you think.
Meet her…My name is Jessica Ricks, and I live in the Bay Area of Northern California. I have always been an artist, and over and over again I have been told I have an eye for design. So of course I love to paint and draw. I work as a graphic artist and web editor for two online companies in the software …
I was three hours early for an appointment in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire so I decided to scan the area and get to know it better seeing as it was my first time being there. I was absentmindedly walking down the streets when I noticed this sign that read ‘Castle Galleries‘ and decided I had three hours to spare so why not have a quick look through. I am glad I decided to check it out because I was speechless the moment I walked in. It is a small and cozy gallery mind you. But the art it contained could not have been produced by small minds. There was something for everyone. The quirky types, the romantics, the absurd, nature’s lovers and every genre you can possibly imagine. I found myself particularly drawn to the quirkiness of Peter Smith, the absurd yet captivating qualities of Mark …
I was reading an article about unusual art today when I came across this impressive sculpture by Patrick Dougherty and decided to look him up. Patrick Dougherty is a stickwork and branch-bender extraordinaire. what I would call a ‘branch master’. I was absolutely awestruck by his breathtaking sculptures. I was so impressed that I just had to share some pictures of his amazing sculptures on here.
BIO
Combining his carpentry skills with his love of nature, Patrick Dougherty began to learn about primitive techniques of building and to experiment with tree saplings as construction material. Beginning about 1980 with small works, fashioned in his backyard, he quickly moved from single pieces on conventional pedestals to monumental site-specific installations that require sticks by the truckload. To date he has built over two hundred such massive sculptures all over the world. Here are some of his sculptures.
Trailheads
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