Crystals, minerals and gems have been a recurring theme in a lot of contemporary art and culture of late. This is a round up of some of those mineral inspired items that have caught my eye. You see minerals in art like the
spectacular paintings by Carly Waito previously covered by magpie&whiskeyjack. You can also find artist-made minerals in all sorts of media.
Ashley Zangle uses bubble bath and ink on paper to capture and sculpture the multifarious look of minerals.
Rocks and minerals show up in the collages of collections by Amber Ibarreche.
Keetra Dean Dixon and
JK Keller produced a series of layed wax sculptures with embedded text which look like giant mineral specimens.
Tabirtha Bianca Brown, or
thepairabirds, has some great mineral and gem prints on Etsy.
Lindsay Jones has a whole mineral calendar.
David Scheirer has a great print of a rock collection watercolour.
I love the more stylized illustrations of crystals and minerals by
Ryan Putnam too.
I myself have begun making linocuts on Japanese kozo paper with iridescent chine colle of different minerals.
Minerals show up in fashion, like this 'Mineralogy' scarf by Charlotte Linton:
Or more photorealistic silk scarves with photos from Jen Altman's
Gem and Stone:
You even see minerals in street art, like the fabulous paper and resin
3D 'urban geode' works by Paige Smith of A Common Name.
Perhaps the most unexpected and delightful medium is soap!
