Inspiration - Lucien Hervé

Lucien Hervé was a French-Hungarian photographer well known for his black and white photos of architecture. His collaboration with the infamous Le Corbusier had such an effect on the latter, that resulted in the re-drawing of some of his original plans. Hervé had shown Le Corbusier a completely different view through his photographs. He wrote to Hervé pronouncing him to have "the soul of an architect".

Hervé also collaborated with numerous architects and took photos of modern architecture buildings as well as archeological monuments.
His last work consists of photographs of his apartment in Paris.





More work by Lucien Hervé here.





(Information and images via Wikipedia, Michael Hoppen Gallery, Lucien Hervé , Museo Kendamy)

Etherial images - Alinka Echeverria

The moment I saw this shot I was captivated.



It's an image from Alinka Echeverria's photography and film, titled "The lightness of being". Alinka Echeverria shoots underwater images taken from a different angle. Take a few minutes and watch "The lightness of being" video found at Alinka Echeverria's site. You won't regret it! Many thanks to Anthony Tammaro for tweeting this (via NOTCOT.)

Melanie Favreau - Under Consideration Collection

I was so enchanted by Melanie Favreau's new collection that I just had to make a post about it!

Her new Under Consideration collection is an exploration on asymmetrical shapes. Each piece is one a kind and I couldn't agree more! Melanie Favreau is a Canadian jewelry designer based in Quebec, Montreal. Her jewelry have an upbeat and fresh attitude, simple and minimal lines with a touch of humor.



See more of Melanie's work at:
Melanie's etsy shop
Melanie's flickr photostream

New listings at my etsy shop

I recently listed two new items at my etsy shop.

New cool RockNRolla Hoops!

sterling silver hoops, oxidized, sterling silver round tube.



New Leaf Necklace

950 silver leafs, sterling silver round tube.

First post - First feature

As my first post I decided to cut to the chase and make it my first feature!
So here they are, my two good friends and fellow artists Mod3rnart
Who are they and what do they do?

Well the short of it is that we are a creative dou, each complementing a different aspect of our work. We deeply believe that, "One whole, is two parts." From this base, we try to create art that is aesthetically beautiful to the core.

The jewelry design and creation is all done by the hands of Eleni Avloniti-from start to finish. Educated in metalsmithing and jewelry design, Eleni lives and creates on the Ionian Island of Corfu.

Website design/operation and jewelry marketing is run by Axilleas Stravoravdis. Fascinated by all things tech, especially Apple Products, Axilleas also lives on Corfu.

Mod3rnart runs one the of coolest blogs.
Check it out, to find out about the most interesting things going on regarding design, art, handmade goodies and featured artists.
Running also on their website is the fabulous idea of iStudio.
Artists post photos of their studios and we all get the chance to see where art is created!

Mod3rnart's work can be found at their etsy shop.