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17th Sep 2012

Pretty Personal with Aaron Kearney

If Irish eyes are smiling, it’s probably because they’ve spotted one of the talented Irish-born Mr Aaron Kearney’s designs. Once he got tired of overachieving at school (100% for Art & Design in his final year of high school, and Honours from Central Saint Martins) he put his talent and energy into making beautiful, imaginative furniture and ceramics.


Here’s what he had to say for himself:

  1. Hello Aaron! So, who are you exactly?
    Well, I grew up in Ireland and was always surrounded by art. Whether it was playing with clay, or paint, or whatever, it was awesome. My mum is a very talented former art teacher and has a couple of degrees so it all started there I guess. Then around my early teenage years I started getting into woodwork as my retired grandfather tried to find things to do with his time in the garage. Add on a fantastic art department at school, the wealth of creativity in London and Saint Martins, some years of experience, and you’re ready to serve.

  2. Sounds delicious! Can you tell us about the wonderful things you make?
    My Hello Pretty store is quite a good representation of the direction I’ve gone in the last year or so. There is bespoke woodwork, lasercut sculptural pieces, ceramics, and my recontextualised wheelbarrow. I realised that I had to embrace different mediums. I had ideas that didn’t lend themselves to wood, my plates being the obvious example of that, and decided I would delve into various disciplines depending on what I wanted to achieve. I’d like to think my pieces and products have a stem running through them, similar to going to a solo show at an art gallery - you can see the same palette of colours in various paintings, and you know the same artist is responsible for all the work.

  3. What influences and inspires you?
    People, my son, the thought of school/art college reunions, the natural world, geometry.

  4. Is there anything interesting coming up for you that we should know about?
    I recently sent a new Octahedron up to the Southern Guild exhibition at Everard Read in Johannesburg. Also, we’re working on the prototypes to extend the range of ceramic plates.

  5. We’ll definitely keep an eye out for them. Thanks for taking the time to chat to us - we’ll have to buy you a drink sometime!
    Sure, a White Russian would be ideal - Big Lebowski playing on a big projector!


We’re pretty sure The Dude would be a fan of Aaron’s work - much like the rug, his pieces really tie a room together. You can find them in his Hello Pretty store, and stay up to date with his projects on Facebook.
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19th Jul 2012
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There’s a group of anonymous artists in Madrid whose goal is to show up things within the city that need fixing or simply some attention using “light intteruptions”. They’re called Luzinterruptus and I read about them on This Is Colossal.

I am all down with art-based awareness campaigns and the sculptures that these artists have created are stunners. I think my favourite is the one with the light flowing out of the fire hydrant.

This is a quote from the Luzinterruptus website, also quoted on the This Is Colossal post:

We began to act on the streets of Madrid at the end of 2008 with had the simple idea of focusing people´s attention by using light on problems that we found in the city and that seem to go unnoticed to the authorities and citizens. But everything that we do does not have a subversive aim. Sometimes we simply want to embellish, or to highlight anonymous places or corners that seem special or objects to which we think extraordinary artistic value, although they have been left on the streets for unknown seasons, with artistic intention, by anonymous people.

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2nd Jul 2012
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Divinyl

Lately I find myself obsessed with things that are made from other things. Repurposed, upcycled, recycled, what have you, things made from other things are totally badass and you know it.

So brace yourselves, because in addition to things made from shiny pretty beautifully grained wood, things made from other things are about to make a major showing on this site. I am all atwitter with things-made-from-other-things fever. Starting with Pavel Sidorenko’s Re_Vinyl Wall clocks.

{The one above is called “Gun” but I’m calling it “Glock Clock” because it makes me chuckle and it’s kind of dangerous to say out loud because something completely different might escape your lips.}

The Estonian-born Sidorenko (I love saying typing that) designs everything from moustaches to interiors (and his transforming line of childrens furniture is off the freaking chain) but his Pop-y clocks (ha! poppy clock!) are awesome, customizable, affordable, and can lend a sense of humor to an otherwise boring old wall.

I think I’m in love.

See all this and more at: Pavel Sidorenko Design.

(Source: cargoh.com)

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19th Jun 2012
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Afternoon Eye Candy

1) Schism Chasm Cataclysm, 2011 - Acrylic on cut paper, papier-mâché, acrylic, wire, wood 23” x 26” x 7”

2) Inverted Continuum, 2008 -  Acrylic on cut paper, acrylic mirror, paper mache, wood 45” x 27” x 10 1/2”

3) The unending amends we’ve made (imperishable wreath) 2010 - Acrylic on cut paper,papier-mâché, foam, wire, wood 30” x 25” x 6”

4) Moan about the present venerate the past 2010 - Acrylic on cut paper, papier mache, wood 23” x 19” x 5”

5) One Way Ticket into the Nirvana Thickets (Tunnel-Funnel-Cornucopia), 2009 - Acrylic on cut paper,papier-mâché, foam, wire, wood 29” x 23” x 14”

6) Emptying Marco Polo’s Knapsack, 2008 - Acrylic on cut paper, acetate, papier mache’ 31” x 20” x 20”

 Amazing sculptures by Lauren Clay and definitely our eye candy for the day!  You can see more of Lauren’s work on her website.  Also check out her in-depth interview in Beautiful Decay Book 5 to learn more about her creative process and inspiration!

Enjoy :)

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