JoAnn Locktov, aka the Tileista, deems the mosaic shows of Mark Bulwinkle "energy with manic overtones." Her post reviewing them is worth a click-through on the American Craft Council site. It begins with this glimpse: "At first glance the artistic world of Mark Bulwinkle appears happy. Animals cavort, flowers bloom, a boy has hearts for eyes, the sun shines. The cartoon-like images seem to be laughing at us, as if there is some private joke incised into each of them. Upon closer …
Re-Thinking the Table: Cleto Munari The Furnishings Collection
Vicenza, Italy........Design impresario Cleto Munari has launched his first Furnishings Collection in collaboration with nine international architects, poets and artists. Starting with Italian architect Carlo Scarpa in the seventies, Munari has produced collections of tableware in sterling silver, jewelry, Murano glass, watches, pens, and now limited edition tables. Munari has selected world renowned architects, as well as visual and literary artists, to work in complete freedom without the …
Alfonso Architects Receives Top Awards for Design Excellence
Tampa, FL........ Alfonso Architects has received two design awards from AIA Tampa Bay, a Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. The 35 person firm, led by President Alberto Alfonso, AIA received the H. Dean Rowe, FAIA Award for the Tampa Covenant Church. This is the top honor awarded from the jury of non-competing, award-winning, out of state architects. Alfonso Architects also received a Merit Award for the Chihuly Collection, in the commercial category. The modernist Tampa …
Alberto Alfonso, AIA & Edward Mayes Exhibit Together at the Tuscan Sun Festival
Tampa, FL........The Tuscan Sun Festival, held from July 30 – August 7, 2011 in Cortona, Italy will include From Things About to Disappear, I Turn Away in Time, a painting and poetry exhibit. The installation, located at Sant'Agostino is a collaboration between architect/painter Alberto Alfonso, AIA and poet/scholar Edward Mayes. Alfonso and Mayes live both in Italy and America and their collaboration inspires conversations and observations about the concepts of time in each country. The …
New Ravenna Introduces The Giovanni Barbieri Collection of Marble Mosaic
(Exmore, Virginia)........New Ravenna is proud to introduce the marble mosaic collection of Giovanni Barbieri of the Barbieri Brothers Family. Trained in the Italian artisan traditions of historic mosaic and contemporary interior design, Barbieri has devised and patented a remarkable surface treatment that transforms marble into an undulating surface material emulating ancient stone. The "Marmo Antico Lucido" finish is highly polished with straight even edges. The "Timeworn" finish is honed, …