I am kind of scared to say I love this, but I do. It’s so domestic, sweet and simple… and then not so much. Mind you, this is probably happening in simple sweet domestic homes as we speak!

Description of C’est Moi Ce Soir from Magic Pony: “C’est moi ce soir was a collaboration between artists Christopher Green and Gary Barber. While residing in their squat based studio in Peckham, South London, they spend their time painting, drawing, and collaging, self publishing books, designing bespoke items of clothing, and working with music and animation.”

There were a whole bunch of these weird and wonderful hankies that Kate O’Connor had showing at Katharine Mulherin Gallery on Queen West in Toronto last fall. I always love it when crafty techniques are used to make fine art. Well, almost always… there are a few exceptions to that rule, but I’m too polite to link to any of them.

The first piece by Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara that I ever saw was in Toronto at a very cool art & design bookstore called Swipe. It was a seafoam coloured ashtray with an illustration a little girl smoking. How can you not love that? His little girls are such a great combo of sweet and creepy and this one is certainly no exception. I wonder what happened to that eye?

Wallpaper created by Cassadra C. Jones using found images of… flamingos. Yes, flamingos. Look closely. This wallpaper is currently stretching “the entire length of the lobby in one lyrical stripe” at The Drake Hotel in Toronto.

I’m a big fan of deer heads, and a lover of cable knit so this piece pretty much does it for me. Is it craft, is it art? Who cares, I love it and I wish I had made it. Nicely done Rachel Denny.

If I could curate an entire show of only felt food I totally would.  I think they are hilarious, weird, and beautifully hand crafted. Sadly, all of these objects are on etsy.com priced anywhere from $8 to $24 because they’re considered craft, not art. Show them in a white walled gallery with shiny wood floors, add some much needed intent by calling the show something like “Comfort Food – A Nation Consumed” and mark my words, they’d be selling like hotcakes for a lot more than $8. It probably couldn’t hurt to adjust the scale a bit too… just ask Claes Oldenburg.

I love so much of Ben Skinner’s work it was hard to pick which one to post. There is something so fantastic about this one though… simple, sweet, and kinda dirty.