Tea Party Run Amok

Justin Richel
Fountain
2009
Gouache on paper
17 in. x 19.5 in.



Julie Morstad
Gluttony

Justin Richel's illustration of a pile of chairs, with tea pouring reminded me of Julie Morstad, who also has done illustrations of piles of household items and tea paraphenalia. It seems to me that both are trends in contemporary illustration. For more images which make me think of a tea party run amok (and a treat), check out Richel's Whirling Dervish installation.




minouette
T is for turtle in a teatree
Artist Trading Card, 2 ½ X 3 ½ inches (63 mm X 89 mm), acryllic ink on water colour paper

Tea time ...headware and beasts with five fingers

Well, synchronicity is always entertaining, I find. After posting about creatures as headware and the omnipresence of tea in popular culture, I find this week, artists can combine the creature and tea trends.

There are blogs I check, for pretty pictures, even if I do not (or cannot) read them, like the this one which used to be more bilingual (the tea-mind of Irene) but I believe is now strictly Romanian... which links to a site in Japanese, so I cannot provide much information, as my Romanian is non-existent and my Japanese, shall we generously say, is primitive. The source of this photo is Garbo (whatever that means), and this appears to be a girl dressed as a teaparty. I mean, forget the animals, THIS is a hat (delightfully paired with a necklace of dainty cookies):


If you are not one to take your tea party with you, on your head, perhaps you could train it to follow you where ever you go?




This Hybrid Tea Set are designed by Israeli ceramic artist Ronit Baranga for the “Dining in 2015″ competition of designboom.
[via News of the Craft and Style Blogosphere via Lady Lavona's Cabinet of Curiosity]

Tea time

Though never far from public consciousness since it conquered the British Empire, this commodity cum comfort beverage seems to be popping up all over the place of late. Perhaps the zeitgeist is one which suggests things would be better if we would just curl up with a cuppa.

German illustrator seasprayblue (flickr, etsy) has too many teacups.

Genius paper engineer/collage artist Roadside Projects (flickr, etsy) made this paper sculpture, "The Tea":

The Tea
Originally uploaded by Roadside Projects


I love the retro illustration feel of Rabbit sandwiches with fancy mustard by missbrigette:


This is "Magic Tea" by Toronto illustrator Sarah McNeil (aka Hello! from the nice places, blog, etsy):


This is from the previously mentioned British illustrator Adrian Johnson:


Magpie & Whiskeyjack favorite, the ever-magical Princesse Camcam designed this notebook cover for crazy and absurd ideas:


The incomparable Swedish artist Camilla Engman (who has an incredible eye for beauty, as evinced by her blog... which has the side effect of making one develop a fondness for her JRT, Morran) has tea on the brain, and perhaps the floor:




This is provocative and fabulously absurd illustrator Michael C. Hsiung's Steer in a Teacup:


South African illustrator Alex Latimer did an entire, delightful series of animals enjoying tea, like this jellyfish:


My own thoughts on tea seem to run to the magical, when I consider these two minouette illustrations:

Turtles in a Teatree (an Artist Trading Card)

and Darjeeling;


Relax, enjoy and explore some portfolios with your favorite blend. It's Friday.