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The best season of them all: Spring.

Camera Shy Photography: My name is Hillary Burkett and I live in Richmond VA with the company of 2 cats and a wonderful husband, who is incredibly supportive of my recent art pursuits.

I have a longstanding passion for photography and it has become my outlet. I am always aware and in awe of my surroundings. Nature and wildlife are my primary inspirations.

Beauty is all around us, and through photography, I desperately try to catch the uncatchable, tame the untamable, and box it all up neatly in a viewfinder for others to see and enjoy.

I am an explorer at heart and an artist by consequence.

OK Go likes real things (and so do I)

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I’ve been watching some mini-documentary bits about how OK Go made their most recent video (at the end of the post if you haven’t seen it yet). My favorite part, however, is the snippet below where they talk about using “real things” and that it should feel “homemade.”

{ Update: Gizmodo just did a great interview with the lead singer about this video. }

If you’re a proponent of the handmade movement, you’re going to understand exactly what they were going for here. It’s great!

And here’s the amazing video they’re talking about:

[via Gizmodo]

Jim Bradshaw

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Jim Bradshaw: Jim loves everything art and creative and puts that passion into all assignments. Humorous illustration and cartoon surrealism is what he is drawn to. Some topics you’ll find showing up in his recent work are dreams, the tyranny of time, life & death, childhood versus the tainted adult world we all exist in, good and evil and just plain fun whacked out made up worlds that swirl around in Jim’s brain.

Laura Berrutti

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Laura Berrutti: I handmade all of the pieces of this shop (no casting). My work is in pure and sterling silver with a bit of 14k or 18k gold in a few pieces. Born and raised in Montevideo, Uruguay, in recent years I lived in El Salvador and Guatemala. In Panahachel, Guatemala, surrounded by the beauty of Lake Atitlan, jeweler Reinhard Zoels inspired my first steps in jewelry making. Currently, I live in Portland, Oregon.

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Angela Vandenbogaard

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Angela Vandenbogaard: I’m a student currently attending Cambrian College for their Medical Radiology Technologist program. I’m a recent graduate from the University of Western Ontario in Canada for a BMSc and a minor in Classical Studies.

I love to use bright colours in my artwork, with high contrast when possible. For me, sometimes simple shapes combined the right way make the most beautiful pieces.

I dabble with various painting styles and mediums, searching for and aiming to create the one style that reflects my personality and skill.

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