The reason why jigsaw puzzles are entertaining is that you are always working on a new picture. However, even this doesn’t cut it for some puzzle enthusiasts considering that you are always working with the same technique. If you feel the same way, then you will love the Infinity Puzzles by Nervous System.

This design studio creates some of the most fascinating jigsaw puzzles out there. These puzzles come in all sorts of intriguing visuals, such as psychedelic patterns and cosmic scenery, but this is just the beginning of their greatness.

The best thing about infinity puzzles is that they have “no fixed shape, no starting point, and no edges.”

“Any piece on the bottom can be moved to the top, and a piece on the right can be moved to the left,” explains Nervous System. “Multiple copies of the puzzle can be combined in different colors to create abstract patterns and shapes.”

This means that you can assemble a single puzzle in various ways, and it will still be correct. Also, several puzzles can be combined together, making up bigger pieces.

The infinity puzzles, which come in various sizes and patterns, can be purchased at Nervous System’s webshop. Check out more of them below.

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But surprisingly, as a fashion designer, Gilbertson rarely worked with embroidery or hand stitching. “The act of hand stitching is still very traditional and loaded with meaning,” she shared with Venison Magazine. “Visually I want to create something modern and relevant to contemporary art today and the digital references are formed through the design of the artwork,” she adds.

As she explores the relationship between the handmade and the digital, Gilbertson hopes to push the boundaries of contemporary embroidery and elevate stitched work to a higher level, ideally putting it on a par with other art forms. Her work includes color studies of gradients moving through shades and single colour studies and exploration of fades, gradients and geometry, as she explores the ways in which our eyes and mind react when confronted with an unusual presentation of color. “I like the visual and conceptual link between a pixel and a stitch, the digital and traditional,” notes Gilbertson.

“Sometimes I plan out a work in advance digitally and intricately,” she says of her artistic process, “sometimes I just stitch straight onto the canvas with only a vague plan in mind. Both methods work.” Check out some of her mesmerizing work in the gallery below:

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“With 65k followers on Instagram and solo exhibitions around the world, their specific papercut and backlit style has made quite a splash. “We would say that we are storytellers and we are using this medium to transport the viewer into our world,” they explained, poetically, in an interview with ACTFAQs. “We have worked and developed this style which is very unique,” they note. “We are still pushing ourselves within this art form to tell these stories in a better way.”

According to the duo, stories have so many shades and depth in them, and paper as a medium has the exact qualities to reflect and interpret them. “We start with a story,” they explain the creative process that takes place behind the scenes.”Our art is a collaborative process, so it might be something we come across during our travel or something we imagine. We then sketch it out and hand-cut these intricate layers. The next phase is putting the layers together, depending on how it interacts with light, making some last-minute tweaks. This is the most crucial part of our work.”

The whole process takes between 8 to 10 days depending on the size and the intricacy of what they are creating. “The idea of using paper as a sculpting medium and forming 3D dioramas is something that is really new,” Hari & Deepti note, “but there is a fresh wave of artists trying out paper art. We hope to have more artists exploring this medium.”

Follow their Instagram page for more.

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Based in New York, Archambault’s ongoing series began while living in Portland. “The whole series started with the Portland map,” he shared in an interview with the Ohh Deer blog. “Portland is a pretty geniusly designed city with very simple radial divisions. There were a few unclear things in my mind, so I made a map to help me explain the city as a whole. Just a few lines and some circles.”

According to Archambault, his original inspiration came from the book The Image of the City by Kevin Lynch, wherein Lynch describes elements that make up the experience of a city. |The aesthetic of the maps comes from my experience as a letterpress printer, using only type and lines,” he adds. “I actually have no formal graphic design training which shows when I try to do things like make a catalog or design a webpage. I would never get hired as a designer. Everything I learned is from type-setting in letterpress printing, which is a totally antiquated (went out of style in the 1950’s), and in hindsight, was probably a waste of time.”

His process includes traveling all over the world, meeting people, and exploring cities. After asking residents a lot of questions and thinking really really hard, he assembles to map, referencing current and past maps. “As much as I would love to think that I really get to ‘know’ a place after a week there, I really don’t,” admits Archambault. “It takes years to really unearth a mental map of a city. I still travel quite a bit and always learn about the design of the city. Almost every city has a museum that outlines its history and I usually go.”

Still, his maps are very pretty to look at. Something to hang in your office for inspiration, perhaps.

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“I’ve never wanted recognition,” she remarked once, in an interview with Amadeus, “which is why tattooing is great because it’s for someone else.” Born in Marin and raised in San Mateo, Kartomten now lives in Echo Park. She began experimenting with “home-made” tattoo art in her early twenties, and after spending a few years hand-poking at Sang Bleu London, she moved to Los Angeles where she continues to pioneer in making stick and poke tattoos a respected art form.

According to Kartomten, she gave and received her first tattoo when she and her friend hand-poked each other’s fingers. “I started with friends at home in San Francisco,” she recalled. “We wanted to do it then and there, and I had sewing needles and India ink. I became a professional over a long period of time.”

A self-taught tattoo artist through and through, she notes that most of her early clients had never heard of her chosen technique – an ancient form of body art that involves using a sharp point and some ink – but they gave her a chance and liked the results. “I always liked that it’s a lowbrow art form,” she says.

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But as her brand grew, so has her desire shifted towards teaching others her skills, and passing her knowledge onwards. Defining herself as a teacher and a blogger, Bugbee now teaches calligraphy and watercolor painting and shares her tips and tricks on her blog. Noteworthy blogposts include 10 ‘Stuck at Home’ Project Suggestions and The Beginner’s Guide to Modern Calligraphy.

“The best advice I can give about learning calligraphy is you have to enjoy your practice,” she writes. “Yes, use structured resources like an online course or a worksheet, but also let yourself have fun. As you start to get the hang of how to use a dip pen, take on engaging projects.” According to Bugbee, as long as your practice is enjoyable, you’ll continue to hone your skills.

Her blog is a great tool for aspiring calligraphers, but you can also enjoy Bugbee’s work without dipping your pen via Instagram:

The post Now is a Great Time to Improve Your Handwriting appeared first on MyTrendTales.

Born in Canada and based in Portugal, her patterns can be found around the globe, on products from decor to paper to fabric to bedding for clients like Cloud9 Fabrics, Crate + Kids, Tokyu Hands Japan, Mixbook and many more.

Her highly considered patterns and illustrations are lovingly assembled, piece by piece, creating an altogether unique compilation of colors and shapes. According to Olwen, a strong collection of patterns is one that has the perfect balance of cohesion and contrast, “a bunch of motifs, shapes or qualities that come together perfectly, and then something quite different to break it up,” she notes. “And a really beautiful color palette.”

Her uplifting designs are greatly inspired by the world around her—from the beautiful forests of Ontario, to the pastel colors and tiles of Lisbon, to her cherished and plentiful travels abroad, and her own journey of self-exploration toward wholeheartedness. “Nature is at the top of the list,” she stresses. “I love flowers and leaves and trees and it never ceases to amaze me how each one is so unique. I find that idea so inspiring.”

Take a look at some of her patterns in the gallery below:

The post This Pattern Designer Makes the World a Prettier Place appeared first on MyTrendTales.

One such online course is aimed at reviving the art of letter writing. Bulger guides through multiple methods of making beautiful mail-art and handmade stationery, teaching the art of writing and storytelling in a letter and helping you forge personal connections and find pen-pals.

“It’s time,” reads her website. “Time to pick up a pen and write a letter to Nanna. Surprise Facebook friends with a handwritten postcard. Send a thank-you card to your child’s school teacher. Leave a loving post-it note for your partner. No matter what your reason for writing, I will help you make it special and beautiful.”

“Life today is busier than it has ever been!” she acknowledges. “But I think that is all the more reason why it is so special to slow down enough to write something meaningful, and personal, and show the person you’re writing to how much you care.” According to Bulger, we all have the creative potential within us, which she hopes to push forward.

But even if you don’t follow her guidelines, her Instagram page alone will provide you with all the inspiration you need to write that letter.

The post Naomi Bulger Will Teach How You to Write a Letter appeared first on MyTrendTales.

Born in Kenya and currently based in Washington, her illustrations are an extension of her identity, inspired by Kenyan and African art such as Kisii soapstone sculpture, Maasai beadwork, Kikuyu weaving, and Swahili lesos. “My first real color palette was based on Maasai beadwork,” she recalled. “It’s evolved over the years but that was my way of stamping my work as African without being derivative. The abstract, organic shapes in my work are directly influenced by the soapstone sculpture from Kisii, where my parents are from. I love that something that could be called ‘modern minimal’ is a traditional craft of my people.”

Adding a contemporary twist to her otherwise traditional artforms, Obaga’s creations take many forms: anything from digital and print designs to business cards, event banners, and even tote bags.“If creation is the act of making from nothing, then creativity is the attitude required for it to happen,” she says. “When you’re aware of it, it’s so empowering!”

The post Earthy Colors and Geometric Shapes: Follow Monica Obaga’s Creative Journey appeared first on MyTrendTales.

“A reoccurring theme of spiders in a series of pieces that I have made have all been based around cutting away at fabric, and weaving lace-like structures similar to webs over the holes to make them complete again,” the British embroiderer elaborated in an interview with Textile Artist. “The break down and rebuilding is a subject that keeps coming up in my work, and one that I don’t feel I have finished exploring yet.”

A sewing enthusiast, Pritchett admits that his work feels more illustrative than conceptual. “The shows that I have exhibited in have featured alongside mostly illustrators so I suppose I’m not really sure how my work fits in alongside other textile art,” he explains. A mixture of traditional hand embroidery and illustration, his work is definitely worth following:

The post The Enchanted Embroideries of Adam Pritchett appeared first on MyTrendTales.

The reason why jigsaw puzzles are entertaining is that you are always working on a new picture. However, even this doesn’t cut it for some puzzle enthusiasts considering that you are always working with the same technique. If you feel the same way, then you will love the Infinity Puzzles by Nervous System.

This design studio creates some of the most fascinating jigsaw puzzles out there. These puzzles come in all sorts of intriguing visuals, such as psychedelic patterns and cosmic scenery, but this is just the beginning of their greatness.

The best thing about infinity puzzles is that they have “no fixed shape, no starting point, and no edges.”

“Any piece on the bottom can be moved to the top, and a piece on the right can be moved to the left,” explains Nervous System. “Multiple copies of the puzzle can be combined in different colors to create abstract patterns and shapes.”

This means that you can assemble a single puzzle in various ways, and it will still be correct. Also, several puzzles can be combined together, making up bigger pieces.

The infinity puzzles, which come in various sizes and patterns, can be purchased at Nervous System’s webshop. Check out more of them below.

The post Infinity Puzzles From Nervous System Studio are Every Puzzle Lover’s Dream appeared first on MyTrendTales.

But surprisingly, as a fashion designer, Gilbertson rarely worked with embroidery or hand stitching. “The act of hand stitching is still very traditional and loaded with meaning,” she shared with Venison Magazine. “Visually I want to create something modern and relevant to contemporary art today and the digital references are formed through the design of the artwork,” she adds.

As she explores the relationship between the handmade and the digital, Gilbertson hopes to push the boundaries of contemporary embroidery and elevate stitched work to a higher level, ideally putting it on a par with other art forms. Her work includes color studies of gradients moving through shades and single colour studies and exploration of fades, gradients and geometry, as she explores the ways in which our eyes and mind react when confronted with an unusual presentation of color. “I like the visual and conceptual link between a pixel and a stitch, the digital and traditional,” notes Gilbertson.

“Sometimes I plan out a work in advance digitally and intricately,” she says of her artistic process, “sometimes I just stitch straight onto the canvas with only a vague plan in mind. Both methods work.” Check out some of her mesmerizing work in the gallery below:

The post Zoe Gilbertson Pushes the Boundaries of Contemporary Embroidery appeared first on MyTrendTales.

“With 65k followers on Instagram and solo exhibitions around the world, their specific papercut and backlit style has made quite a splash. “We would say that we are storytellers and we are using this medium to transport the viewer into our world,” they explained, poetically, in an interview with ACTFAQs. “We have worked and developed this style which is very unique,” they note. “We are still pushing ourselves within this art form to tell these stories in a better way.”

According to the duo, stories have so many shades and depth in them, and paper as a medium has the exact qualities to reflect and interpret them. “We start with a story,” they explain the creative process that takes place behind the scenes.”Our art is a collaborative process, so it might be something we come across during our travel or something we imagine. We then sketch it out and hand-cut these intricate layers. The next phase is putting the layers together, depending on how it interacts with light, making some last-minute tweaks. This is the most crucial part of our work.”

The whole process takes between 8 to 10 days depending on the size and the intricacy of what they are creating. “The idea of using paper as a sculpting medium and forming 3D dioramas is something that is really new,” Hari & Deepti note, “but there is a fresh wave of artists trying out paper art. We hope to have more artists exploring this medium.”

Follow their Instagram page for more.

The post Hari & Deepti Turn Paper and Light Into Magical Landscapes appeared first on MyTrendTales.

Based in New York, Archambault’s ongoing series began while living in Portland. “The whole series started with the Portland map,” he shared in an interview with the Ohh Deer blog. “Portland is a pretty geniusly designed city with very simple radial divisions. There were a few unclear things in my mind, so I made a map to help me explain the city as a whole. Just a few lines and some circles.”

According to Archambault, his original inspiration came from the book The Image of the City by Kevin Lynch, wherein Lynch describes elements that make up the experience of a city. |The aesthetic of the maps comes from my experience as a letterpress printer, using only type and lines,” he adds. “I actually have no formal graphic design training which shows when I try to do things like make a catalog or design a webpage. I would never get hired as a designer. Everything I learned is from type-setting in letterpress printing, which is a totally antiquated (went out of style in the 1950’s), and in hindsight, was probably a waste of time.”

His process includes traveling all over the world, meeting people, and exploring cities. After asking residents a lot of questions and thinking really really hard, he assembles to map, referencing current and past maps. “As much as I would love to think that I really get to ‘know’ a place after a week there, I really don’t,” admits Archambault. “It takes years to really unearth a mental map of a city. I still travel quite a bit and always learn about the design of the city. Almost every city has a museum that outlines its history and I usually go.”

Still, his maps are very pretty to look at. Something to hang in your office for inspiration, perhaps.

The post Travel Around the World Through Archie Archambault’s Maps appeared first on MyTrendTales.

“I’ve never wanted recognition,” she remarked once, in an interview with Amadeus, “which is why tattooing is great because it’s for someone else.” Born in Marin and raised in San Mateo, Kartomten now lives in Echo Park. She began experimenting with “home-made” tattoo art in her early twenties, and after spending a few years hand-poking at Sang Bleu London, she moved to Los Angeles where she continues to pioneer in making stick and poke tattoos a respected art form.

According to Kartomten, she gave and received her first tattoo when she and her friend hand-poked each other’s fingers. “I started with friends at home in San Francisco,” she recalled. “We wanted to do it then and there, and I had sewing needles and India ink. I became a professional over a long period of time.”

A self-taught tattoo artist through and through, she notes that most of her early clients had never heard of her chosen technique – an ancient form of body art that involves using a sharp point and some ink – but they gave her a chance and liked the results. “I always liked that it’s a lowbrow art form,” she says.

The post Tati Compton Might Inspire Your Next Tattoo appeared first on MyTrendTales.

But as her brand grew, so has her desire shifted towards teaching others her skills, and passing her knowledge onwards. Defining herself as a teacher and a blogger, Bugbee now teaches calligraphy and watercolor painting and shares her tips and tricks on her blog. Noteworthy blogposts include 10 ‘Stuck at Home’ Project Suggestions and The Beginner’s Guide to Modern Calligraphy.

“The best advice I can give about learning calligraphy is you have to enjoy your practice,” she writes. “Yes, use structured resources like an online course or a worksheet, but also let yourself have fun. As you start to get the hang of how to use a dip pen, take on engaging projects.” According to Bugbee, as long as your practice is enjoyable, you’ll continue to hone your skills.

Her blog is a great tool for aspiring calligraphers, but you can also enjoy Bugbee’s work without dipping your pen via Instagram:

The post Now is a Great Time to Improve Your Handwriting appeared first on MyTrendTales.

Born in Canada and based in Portugal, her patterns can be found around the globe, on products from decor to paper to fabric to bedding for clients like Cloud9 Fabrics, Crate + Kids, Tokyu Hands Japan, Mixbook and many more.

Her highly considered patterns and illustrations are lovingly assembled, piece by piece, creating an altogether unique compilation of colors and shapes. According to Olwen, a strong collection of patterns is one that has the perfect balance of cohesion and contrast, “a bunch of motifs, shapes or qualities that come together perfectly, and then something quite different to break it up,” she notes. “And a really beautiful color palette.”

Her uplifting designs are greatly inspired by the world around her—from the beautiful forests of Ontario, to the pastel colors and tiles of Lisbon, to her cherished and plentiful travels abroad, and her own journey of self-exploration toward wholeheartedness. “Nature is at the top of the list,” she stresses. “I love flowers and leaves and trees and it never ceases to amaze me how each one is so unique. I find that idea so inspiring.”

Take a look at some of her patterns in the gallery below:

The post This Pattern Designer Makes the World a Prettier Place appeared first on MyTrendTales.

One such online course is aimed at reviving the art of letter writing. Bulger guides through multiple methods of making beautiful mail-art and handmade stationery, teaching the art of writing and storytelling in a letter and helping you forge personal connections and find pen-pals.

“It’s time,” reads her website. “Time to pick up a pen and write a letter to Nanna. Surprise Facebook friends with a handwritten postcard. Send a thank-you card to your child’s school teacher. Leave a loving post-it note for your partner. No matter what your reason for writing, I will help you make it special and beautiful.”

“Life today is busier than it has ever been!” she acknowledges. “But I think that is all the more reason why it is so special to slow down enough to write something meaningful, and personal, and show the person you’re writing to how much you care.” According to Bulger, we all have the creative potential within us, which she hopes to push forward.

But even if you don’t follow her guidelines, her Instagram page alone will provide you with all the inspiration you need to write that letter.

The post Naomi Bulger Will Teach How You to Write a Letter appeared first on MyTrendTales.

Born in Kenya and currently based in Washington, her illustrations are an extension of her identity, inspired by Kenyan and African art such as Kisii soapstone sculpture, Maasai beadwork, Kikuyu weaving, and Swahili lesos. “My first real color palette was based on Maasai beadwork,” she recalled. “It’s evolved over the years but that was my way of stamping my work as African without being derivative. The abstract, organic shapes in my work are directly influenced by the soapstone sculpture from Kisii, where my parents are from. I love that something that could be called ‘modern minimal’ is a traditional craft of my people.”

Adding a contemporary twist to her otherwise traditional artforms, Obaga’s creations take many forms: anything from digital and print designs to business cards, event banners, and even tote bags.“If creation is the act of making from nothing, then creativity is the attitude required for it to happen,” she says. “When you’re aware of it, it’s so empowering!”

The post Earthy Colors and Geometric Shapes: Follow Monica Obaga’s Creative Journey appeared first on MyTrendTales.

“A reoccurring theme of spiders in a series of pieces that I have made have all been based around cutting away at fabric, and weaving lace-like structures similar to webs over the holes to make them complete again,” the British embroiderer elaborated in an interview with Textile Artist. “The break down and rebuilding is a subject that keeps coming up in my work, and one that I don’t feel I have finished exploring yet.”

A sewing enthusiast, Pritchett admits that his work feels more illustrative than conceptual. “The shows that I have exhibited in have featured alongside mostly illustrators so I suppose I’m not really sure how my work fits in alongside other textile art,” he explains. A mixture of traditional hand embroidery and illustration, his work is definitely worth following:

The post The Enchanted Embroideries of Adam Pritchett appeared first on MyTrendTales.