Hands, hands, handmade...

music by Ben Harper _ City of dreams

Big thanks to Jose Bravo, photographer who spent a day with Kishboo.
Muchas gracias a Jose Bravo, fotógrafo que acompañó a Kishboo durante un día.

I wanted to write this post a long time ago, even if I tried it too hard I was very busy in the past few months. However, yesterday I was listening to music and I came across Ben Harper's song. I realized last time I listened to his music was over a year ago... And I really like his music when I have to be focused on a project or making any piece that needs concentration.

A post that talks about hands & handmade needs a recipe that requires effort, for me making bread with your hands and arms is the most difficult one, it takes too long till all the ingredients are mix together.

Este post lo quería haber escrito hace bastante tiempo, pero incluso si lo intentaba varias veces, siempre estaba ocupada, sobretodo los últimos meses. Sin embargo, esta misma tarde estaba escuchando música, cuando de repente me crucé con una canción de Ben Harper. Enseguida me he dado cuenta de que hacía alrededor de un año que no lo escuchaba.. Y realmente, me encanta su música cuando necesito estar concentrada en un proyecto o realizando un trabajo que requiere de gran concentración.

Un post que habla del trabajo manual, de las manos, es imposible no pensar en una recerta que requiera de una gran esfuerzo manual; y para mí, de las más costosas son las recetas para realizar masa de pan, donde todos los ingredientes tienen que estar perfectamente mezclados.

Seeded Whole grain brakfast bread _ Half baked harvest

I've been working lately on a wide range of projects, Kishboo's orders, a small architectural project... I usually spend my free time in Kishboo, a personal project that I love.
Kishboo needs this considerable amount of time because my screen printing process is completely handmade, I don't use any machine that could help me. I personally select one by one the leather, fabrics, then they are prepared and cut by me.
I think these little features of my work are the ones that you, kishboo clients, love and give value.
Jose Bravo came by my studio and he captured my meticulous work and how my hands talk while I'm working.
Thanks Jose to look at my work, to notice how I make may pieces and to discover new ways to express my process.
Enjoy them...

Últimamente he estado trabajando en diferentes proyectos, pedidos de Kishboo, una pequeña reforma... Empleo bastantes horas de mi tiempo libre, sobretodo durante los fines de semana en este proyecto que adoro, kishboo.
Esa dedicación es debido a que la estampación que realizo es completamente manual, no empleo ningún tipo de máquina para estampar, las pieles se seleccionan, cortan y preparan personalmente, así como los diferentes tejidos.
Y creo que son estas pequeñas características las que hacen que vosotros, los seguidores de Kishboo valoren tanto mi trabajo.
Jose Bravo durante su visita y acompañamiento en mi estudio, supo captar perfectamente mi meticulosa forma de trabajar y cómo mis manos dialogan mientras trabajan. Gracias jose por saber mirar, por observar y descubrir. 
Disfrutarlas...

I do love this photo. Sencillamente me encanta esta foto. 

Chile is a long country ... and it's full of artists

Music by Kris Menace feat. Miss Kittin _ Hide 

I like a lot this song, my friend Claudio Troncoso (you will find his work below) while we were chating on the internet he sent me this link, and I couldn't stop listening and watching, all those black and white geometrical drawings.

Me encanta esta canción, mi amigo Claudio Troncoso (a continuación veréis su trabajo) mientras chateábamos por internet, me envió el link de esta canción, inmediatamente me quedé escuchándola una y otra vez al tiempo que observaba esos maravillosos dibujos geométricos en blanco y negro.

Low Fat Chocolate Pound  Cake _ Bakers Royal

This post is about Chilean artist, that I like!  I had the pleasure of meet great people during my Master  in Barcelona, and after years of friendship I'm able to watch how their artistic work is developing. This time, I'm introducing artists that I found in my way looking for talented ones and some of them maybe you remember them from another post. Enjoy Chile's young talented artists! much better with a piece of chocolate cake :D

En este post os muestro trabajos de artistas chilenos, que me encantan!  Tuve el placer de conocer a gente fantástica durante mi Máster en Barcelona, y tras años de amistad, puedo ver cómo desarrollan sus carreras artísticas hoy en día. Ahora es momento de presentaros a artistas con gran talento que he encontrado en mi incesante búsqueda de "cosas" que me encantan, junto con otros artistas que probablemente ya conozcáis de otros posts. A disfrutar del arte Chileno!! Mucho mejor acompañada de un trozito de tarta de chocolate :D

Illustrator _  Pau Morgan

Illustrarions full of  colors well matched and naive lines. Pau Morgan works with bright colors in a good balance between them. There's something that remembers me in her work, of a little collection of books that I had when a was very little, I learnt from them shapes, colors and dimensions, and I can remember quite well how they were because of the colors they chose. Nice work Pau Morgan! :D

Ilustraciones llenas de colores bien combinados y un acento naive. Pau Morgan trabaja con colores vivos y contraste bien equilibrados. Hay algo en su trabajo que me recuerda a unos libros que tenía cuando era pequeña, aprendí de ellos las formas, los colores y las dimensiones, y todavía recuerdo perfectamente cómo eran por la buena selección y combinación de colores que tenían, como las de Pau Morgan, precioso trabajo! :D

Illustrators _ EstanPintando _ Constanza y Trini

Team of two, called Estanpintando who enjoy drawing and painting nature based and geometrical illustrations, actually as Costanza & Trini say they have fun doing what they like! I found them on the internet and I was impressed about their "intervention city work". What a great idea to give a hint of color to boring and commonly grey structures that appear in our cities, endless walls, roads structural bridges, etc.  Estanpintando transforms those city elements, creating new urban spaces.

Un equipo formado por dos, llamado Estanpintando que dibujan y pintan ilustraciones geométricas y basadas en la naturaleza, y lo mejor es que, Constaza & Trini disfrutan y se lo pasan bien juntas trabajando en lo que les gusta! Encontré su trabajo en internet y me impresionó el trabajo realizado en diversas intervenciones en la ciudad. Qué buena idea darle un "toque de color" a las aburridas y comúnmente grises estructuras que gobiernan, muchas veces nuestras ciudades, muros interminables, estructuras viarias, etc. Estanpintando transformas estos elementos de la ciudad, creando nuevos espacios más amables.

Artist _ Claudio Troncoso 

Time is stopped, I can feel silence. These feeling happens when I'm lured by his images. Claudio Troncoso loves photography and he's self-taught in old school analog cameras. Non digital photos, Claudio took these photos with his Fujica GW690 II using a Kodak Portra color iso 400 film. I'm very happy that there's people who still works with analog cameras capturing shots with a such amazing results as his. 

El tiempo se para, y puedo sentir el silencio. Esas sensaciones con las que me atrapan cuando observo las imágenes de Claudio Troncoso. Amante de la fotografía, es autodidacta de la vieja escuela de cámaras analógicas. Nada de imágenes digitales, Claudio sacó estas fotos con su cámara Fujica GW690 II usando un carrete Kodak Portra color iso 400. Me encanta descubrir artistas que consiguen unas fotografías con unos resultados tan buenos como los de él.

Artist _ María Aparicio Puentes

María Aparicio Puentes "haute couture"  photographies, this is how I personally call them. She is a talented artist who creates pieces of art "spinning" photographies. Black and white photographies as canvas where she creates geometric lines with color threads, working on others photographers pics till the moment, let's see if María amazes us with her own ones soon :D

María Aparicio Puentes fotografías de "alta costura", este el nombre que le doy a su imágenes. Os presento a una talentosa artista que crea arte mediante el hilado sobre la fotografía. Como base, imágenes en blanco y negro procedentes de otros fotógrafos que le permiten crear sus trazos geométricos a partir de hiladas. Estoy impaciente por ver su trabajo de "alta costura" en imágenes de la artista, esperemos que pueda pronto :D

I hope you enjoyed this looooong country's  artists!!!

Espero que hayáis disfrutado de los artistas de este laaaaaaaaargo país!! 

Sea monsters, salt and songs

Music by_ Lisa Hannigan_ Lille

Chocolate, Roasted Cherry & Salted Almond Ice Cream_ reclaiming provincial

There's only a way to listen to or read about old sailor tales... either swinging on a boat or curling up in a blanket while you are eating an amazing gelato in a rainy evening.

Photographer Claudio Troncoso Rojas  Co-funder The Time of Thieves

First you catch a glimpse of something blue while you start smelling the salt, then after passing by the trees the weak sunlights get stronger and stronger until the moment you arrive to the shore ... the sea lures you and there's no way to come back.

The sea always has had a magnet that lures me, I love the light of the mediterranean, going for a walk along the beach or just simply watch and listen to the waves.. so how could I don't write a post about all things you will find in it?

Thanks to Claudio for giving me the chance of showing you part of his art. Not only i'm a huge fan of his work but I also follow the time of thieves , it's "window" where you could find new and emerging artist.

20000 leagues under the sea & Amazing stories

If I think about my childhood's books & movies always come into my mind Jules Verne's ones. My dad loves SCI-fi old movies, and  I don't know if that is in my genes, but so do I. It was the first time I met the kraken...

Dotted tattoo by Juna

Sea monsters, such as the kraken, the daredevil, the gigant octopus.... all has been described as an enormous, evil and terrifying creature, but what about the chances that gave this incredible nature creation for artisic fields, such as illustrations, tattoos...
I do love this needdle one by one dotted tattoo, to create a dotted illustration you have to be a talented illustrator as Juna. 

Juna is an illustrator and tattoo artist based in Valencia who takes care of the finishing touches of each project. I've arranged these images that fit perfectly in my sea post, thanks Juna.

Artist David Blackwood 

Old tales/stories come from the struggle for survival between humans and nature in exposed and hostile environments. Then creatures, nature forces and imagination is combined to create culture believes and develop local art.
It's how I met David Blackwood prints, He's one of Canada's leading printmakers, and I loved Newfoundland's visual narratives. The work I had the pleasure to discover was an exhibition on childhood memories, dreams, superstitions, legends the oral tradition and the political realities of Wesleyville. 

whale soft sculpture _ Adatine

Looking for this creatures in the craft world, they turn into cute and friendly buddies. Linen, cotton, wool, natural fabrics basically are materials that Adatine, run by two creative crafters, uses to give them form. 

The Polar Bear's trip_ the whale by Kishboo

Woodworking has been along stone, one of the most popular ways to represent art, create objects... This collection has been created by machines, taking a long manufacturing process and using 3 different sanding processes ....

I have had the pleasure that one of Kishboo lovers allows me to post her poem about whales, actually, she has this whale necklace :D

here it comes... the poem, sorry, it's only in spanish, but you can use google translate app. ;)

¿Las ballenas tenemos escamas?

Varada en la arena recibo con deleite la intensidad de un sol fulgurante y con gratitud a la ola oportuna que me baña en el instante justo en que mi calor debe ser sofocado.

-Las ballenas, tan amantes de los desafíos somos… que daríamos nuestra vida si la ocasión se nos presenta.

Varado en la arena el cubito y la pala del chiquillo que corre despavorido.

-Las ballenas, que tenemos los arrestos para jugar a nuestros juegos, brincamos de entusiasmo con el encargo y si aquel ron guatemalteco me puso sobre  la pista de generosos vinos finos, confío en que “¡por mis barbas!” hallaré su procedencia.

Varada en la arena la colilla del que exclama: qué peaazo bischo!

-Las ballenas, sabemos leer lugares en los sueños  y beber en los fuertes vientos los aromas contenidos.

Varada en la arena la mochila del fotógrafo.

-Las ballenas gustamos de ser reconocidas por nuestros logros y nos embriaga la multitud que aplaude. Es el espectáculo y es la recompensa.

Varadas en la arena las preguntas sin respuestas del gentío que contempla atónito la mole agonizante.

-Las ballenas, que dudamos si tenemos escamas, nos abandonamos con placer al último sorbo.

Gracias Ángeles Barba

Dream, dreamy, daydream

Music by _ Sigur Ros

I highly recommend listen to the music while you are checking this post... this music allows you to imagine, dream... You will be daydreaming along it

Salted dark chocolate Nutella Cookies _ The Faux Martha

Night is the time that we can start dreaming without guilt, it's time to sleep... And it's time to eat some cookies before bed! So here you have a delicious recipe to improve yourself in the way of cooking cookies! :D But... what if you are those ones who can dream during every minute if you have the chance ;)

Artist _ Conrad Roset click the image! it's a video :D

This post is started by an ARTIST, yes, with capital letters because I can't stop admiring his work, since I first saw it. I am impressed by Musas collection, personal, close, intimate based on woman. And how couldn't open this post.... he loves his cat called "gris" (grey in spanish) :D

Artist _ Conrad Roset  Work for Oysho

I do love cats.... and here it is the BIG brother of my little tiger cat Coco, I couldn't resist post it. When i look at his pieces maybe because of the colors' combination, or perhaps because of his technique I let my imagination soar.... 

Artist _ Emily MacDowell

Look at Peter Pan! He was waiting every night to listen Wendy telling tales... and then flying away to the stars ** Emily's MacDowell lettering are simply amazing!

Artist _  Cathy McMurray

Sometimes we think the night has come but it's just a eclipse when you almost can glimpse a faint sunlight eluding the darkness...  I love how the nature inspires this great artist.

Artist _ Blanca Gómez

Or maybe you are those ones who need to reach the moon to start dreaming.... Apparently this sweet artist got it, pretty drawings and illustrations full of colors.

Artist _ Camilla Westergaard  / Butterscotch & Beesting

Don't worry there are more than one options to reach the stars or the moon , a long long ladder and a balloon! :D sweet illustration

Michelle Kreusser _ The fox in the Attic
Or.... perhaps you need to squeeze a cushion, cloud shape will help! :D 

VIcky & Kishboo
And if you want to keep dreaming ... anchors are needed to stop wherever you are! ;)

zzzzzz

Cats! I do love cats!

Music by_ Henry Mancini

The song is inspired by breakfast at Tiffany's movie... but you know it's from Hatari! However, I don't know why.... I have always imagined cats walking and dancing with this song.

Good morning world! yanwing, stretchinig, and meowwwwwing! that's all and we are ready for the new cats' post! :D

artist _ Melody Seal

So.. we can start dancing! :D

artist _ Nicola Rowlands

Cats are always having fun and hanging out together :P

artist _ Jacob Rolfe (the floating world studio)

I'm very lucky because I have some illustrations from this artist! Thanks Mai! ;)

You know how much they love playing with boxes.

artist _ sara carr

They are soft and fluffy, when you squeeze them they reply you with a long meowwwww!

artist _ Sara Pulver

When they really want they are extremly loving and affectionate.

artist _  zyzanna

They love procrastinating... but .. sometimes they can work hard

artist _ Sarah Goodreau

And before going to bed, they usually enjoy walking under the stars...

artist _ Jessica Gardner

good night my loving cat lovers! 

I do love cats.... because I am a cat. coco ;)