I have lovingly named this issue Amateur Hour. Amateur comes from the same origin as the word AMORE. It means FOR THE LOVE OF IT. Amateur, though often seen as a stage that you want to get past, a bit of a knock down, is quite the opposite if you think about it. May we all create as Amateurs, solely for the love of it - growing, yes, but never losing that first feeling of creating.
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Leanne Ford’s - Feel Free Magazine: Volume 4
MAKE IT BIGGER! • As a general rule in life, if the art ain’t that good, just make it BIGGER.
the Art of LETTERING • Former ad director Victoria Macey embraces freelance life.
Simplicity in vision • Artist Angela Allen celebrates the quiet moments of creativity.
On another wavelength • Okay, so this just in — black and white are the only two colors without a wavelength. What?!
MALENE’S WORLD • Danish designer, author, and artist Malene Birger celebrates—and dives into—all forms of art.
PLAYING AGAIN • Ceramicist Elvis Robertson finds her way back with creative play.
Off. …Just a bit • Welcome to my getaway. A place to play—with no plans, no goals, and no clients!
Workbook
What about you? Is it time? • Do you want to create something, like yesterday?! Do you see art, rooms, books, movies and your brain gets revved up? Ready to go make that same thing, only your version?! You can’t help it! You’ve got the FEEL FREE bug! Me too—and it only took me 15 years to realize I can create without construction. Maybe it’s time to take on the finer, smaller, more manageable forms of getting things out of my head and into the world.
SHŌJI HAMADA • The art of craft.
Living in harmony • Simone Kitchens interviews her husband, artist and woodworker Aaron Koehn.
Never a wrong note • How jazz embraces the music of mistakes.
ART IN FLOWER • Garden designer Lindsey Taylor translates the palettes, compositions, brushstrokes, and mood of works of art into floral arrangements.
SF GIRL PAINTS THE TOWN RED • Victoria Smith shows us how to incorporate color into a monochromatic look (hint: it doesn’t always have to be black and white).
COLOR THERAPY • We all have to rebel against our parents in one way or another, Helle Mardahl did it with color.
MEANWHILE IN COPENHAGEN… • Our style director Hilary Robertson’s appreciation of color.
NEVER GETS OLD • Leanne’s take on Copenhagen…
Sources
Free & clear • Ever since I was a kid, my taste in art has… well, let’s just say, I have champagne taste on a beer budget. Since I could never fully afford the art I wanted, I would buy old art books to rip the pages out and hang on the walls. So here you go, free and clear, eight of my favorite artists, kind enough to share their art with you.
I'M FREE lance
LIVING with an artist may not always be easy but it’s always beautiful