Whoa. An embroidered “carpet”, on a wall, partly finished, and then stretched across the room. This insane installation is the work of  Faig Ahmed. He is a master of textiles, and clearly has a thing for carpets… and I have a thing for his work! Not only has he created this beautiful embroidery installation, but there’s also this:

A wooden wave, covered in a woolen, handmade carpet. Whoa… x 2. Oh, and also, this:

A ’stretched’ handmade carpet. Whoa… x 3. And on that crazy beautiful note, I hope you all have a lovely weekend ~ see you on Monday!

{first installation via the artful desperado, other images found on Faig’s portfolio site}

These paintings by American artist Kate Russo are speaking to me. It could be because we just sold our house, and have to be out in two weeks. I wish our pile of boxes looked this pretty! Anyway, I thought I had everything I needed for this post… and then I found these:

Gah! Colored pencil on graph paper. Holy moly… the detail and precision in this work is killing me! Hm, I wish I could pack a stack of these amazing drawings {there are plenty more where these came from!} into one of my moving boxes ♥

{via curate1k}

Hm… there is definitely a story in there somewhere. I wrote about American photographer Todd Hido about two years ago. I absolutely love his “homes at night” series, mainly because I’m a snoop {I prefer that to ‘peeping tom’}. When I see a warm glow coming from a window, I can’t help but wonder what’s happening inside. Thankfully, Todd has a portfolio full of lonely interiors, and a whole bunch of very sassy portraits… put them all together with a few clicks in Photoshop, and voila, my little story starts to write itself {without me getting arrested!}

Have you guys already seen this on the interweb? I just found it yesterday, and yowza… that is some fabulous accessorizing! Liesbet Bussche is making the streets pretty one giant piece of jewelry at a time… and I love all of it! What an amazing, creative idea – and executed soooo beautifully. Yep, I’m insanely jealous. Oh, and also, I want that huge anchor charm. The end.

{via Beautiful/Decay}

Maps, folded into perfect little dresses by London based artist Elisabeth Lecourt. Sigh… fantastic. All of these pieces are from her series titled Les Robes Geographiques. So delicate, so pretty… but don’t worry fellas, I’ve got a little something for you too:

Yep. Bringing new meaning to “folding your shirt” ♥

{…thanks to Hagar for sending me a link to this lovely work!}

Art that I can eat. Ok, this is a first on The Jealous Curator, but come on, you can’t tell me that these sugary little masterpieces aren’t art?!?! They’re soooo lovely, and probably very delicious! They are made by a pastry shop in Japan called henteco. I want to hang them on my wall… and then dip them in a glass of milk and eat ‘em up! Mmmm.

{via all the mountains}

Photographs. Huh? Canadian photographer Amy Friend amazed me earlier this year, and then again today with this work. These images are from her series titled Timekeeper. I’m not sure how she did this {this applies to all of her work actually!}, but I absolutely love the dreamy, painterly feel that she has created here. Gor.Ge.Ous!

That’s it… from now on, I’m choosing my breakfast plate based on the mood I wake up in:

I’m hoping that ‘happy toast’ wins out most mornings! London based artist/illustrator Charlotte Mei has a portfolio full of drawings and illustrations, but it was her ceramics that got me. Grumpy, surprised, & sad plates… and of course, my favorite, some happy toast. ♥

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I wrote about American artist Jeremy Miranda’s icebergs over a year ago, but I have no idea how I missed all of this! Let’s start with some muted palettes, and two of his lovely greenhouses, shall we:

Gorgeous! And for some crazy color, and a trip to somewhere much too warm for an iceberg:

Sigh… love.

This is like a gigantic, knotty flashback to my youth. For some strange reason, my father {a PhD scientist} loved doing macrame!? Yep, we’re talking planters, guitar straps, and several beady-eyed owls… but none of them were quite like this one! New York based artist Andy Harman has given me a new appreciation for this 1970’s art form with this awesomely gigantic piece, titled  “The Owl”. Look at those huge wooden eyes? Dad, you might want to get some more twine!

{via Meighan O’Toole on Pinterest}