┐ Kyle Zeto └

© Kyle Zeto, The Residents Keep It All, from the series Folk Logic, 2010

© Kyle Zeto, The Residents Keep It All (2), from the series Folk Logic, 2010

“Human imagination and nature intersect at many junctions throughout cultural history. From William Blake to Bliss Carman and Henry Thoreau, the ephemeral collection of biological systems have provided stimulus to human fantasy. A representation of nature has a vision projected onto it. Anthropomorphism is an allocation of human characteristics to something inhuman or perhaps inanimate. Nature, to us, is both those things.”

Kyle’s blog and his website

Short-listed for Fresh Faced & Wild Eyed

┐ Fan Chon Hoo └

© Fan Chon Hoo, Article # 7, Gravy Pot, from the series The blue and white collection, 2010

© Fan Chon Hoo, Article # 10, Bath, from the series The blue and white collection, 2010

“This work responds to the Willow Pattern invented by English craftsmen in the late eighteenth century. I am interested in how a foreign culture can be appropriated and translated into a form of exotic collectibles, subconsciously tucked into the local culture. In relation to this, I chose to create a set of paper earthenware printed with cyanotype and embellished with imaginary landscapes made up by oriental architectural structures found within the UK. This process challenges cyanotype’s association with blueprint by positing the question of origin and the sense of fluidity of culture.”

More of Fan’s work can be seen here

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┐ Elisa Noguera Lopez └

© Elisa Noguera Lopez, Untitled, from the series Perhaps finally alone

© Elisa Noguera Lopez, Untitled, from the series Perhaps finally alone

© Elisa Noguera Lopez, Untitled, from the series Perhaps finally alone

“I use photography because of it exasperating insistence on reproducing whatever is left in front of the camera. By making every mistake relevant, photographs become so easy to look at, and so difficult to understand.
In this project I am drawn to textures, miscalculated lines and imperfect circles.
By using simple homely fragments and with help from some little dainty creatures, submerged in excessive patterns, I highlight some forgotten corners in our comfortable surroundings, to create an absurd combination of foolish melancholy and incomplete comedy.”

Elisabet’s home is here

Short-listed for Fresh Faced & Wild Eyed

┐ Andrew Bruce └

© Andrew Bruce, Untitled, from the series Tender, 2010

© Andrew Bruce, Untitled, from the series Tender, 2010

More of Andrew’s work here

Short-listed for Fresh Faced & Wild Eyed