January 14, 2019 — Comments are off for this post.

Documenting Malene Hartmann Rasmussen’s clay workshop for the V&A

I love documenting the school and family workshops at the V&A, they're always fun and insightful.

One workshop I particularly enjoyed was held by the Danish ceramic artist Malene Hartmann Rasmussen. Inspired by one of Malene's projects, the children learned to create their own surreal troll masks. 

Below, a few images from the session. 

Clay workshop Malene Hartmann © Ioana Bîrdu

Clay workshop Malene Hartmann © Ioana Bîrdu

Clay workshop Malene Hartmann © Ioana Bîrdu

Clay workshop Malene Hartmann © Ioana Bîrdu

Clay workshop Malene Hartmann © Ioana Bîrdu

Clay workshop Malene Hartmann © Ioana Bîrdu

Clay workshop Malene Hartmann © Ioana Bîrdu

Clay workshop Malene Hartmann © Ioana Bîrdu

Clay workshop Malene Hartmann © Ioana Bîrdu

Clay workshop Malene Hartmann © Ioana Bîrdu

Clay workshop Malene Hartmann © Ioana Bîrdu

Clay workshop Malene Hartmann © Ioana Bîrdu

Clay workshop Malene Hartmann © Ioana Bîrdu

January 9, 2019 — Comments are off for this post.

The hidden stories of trees

The fantastic breaks the crust of appearance … something grabs us by the shoulders to throw us outside ourselves. I have always known that the big surprises await us where we have learned to be surprised by nothing, that is, where we are not shocked by ruptures in the order. - Julio Cortazar

 

trees, nature, surreal

Youth Park, Craiova 2016. © Ioana Bîrdu

trees, nature, surreal

Youth Park, Craiova 2016. © Ioana Bîrdu

trees, nature, surreal

Youth Park, Craiova 2016. © Ioana Bîrdu

trees, nature, surreal

Youth Park, Craiova 2016. © Ioana Bîrdu

trees, nature, surreal

Youth Park, Craiova 2016. © Ioana Bîrdu

trees, nature, surreal

Youth Park, Craiova 2016. © Ioana Bîrdu

trees, nature, surreal

Youth Park, Craiova 2016. © Ioana Bîrdu

January 6, 2019 — Comments are off for this post.

The fairy

Fairies are enchanted creatures or spirits known to possess magical powers. Fairies always fascinated human kind yet, as history had proven, the interferences between the two realms often caused problems and misgivings. 

And so a truce was made, that no soul or creature was to trespass the other world without suffering horrible consequences.

For centuries no one dared to disobey the agreement and time took its toll on it. Humans forgot all about fairies, confined them to myths and legends and foolishly convinced themselves they were all products of their imagination.

But fairies never forgot and, bound by curiosity, they sometimes take human form and walk on the forbidden land once more.

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