creative type: kate shaw
Artist Kate Shaw’s tripped out landscapes from her 2010 exhibition ‘Irrational Geographic’ are beautiful but also slightly sinister.
The combination of acid-bright, toxic colours with the molten, marbly textures of her ‘paint pours’ are like a lovely jolt to the senses.
Read a great interview with Kate via The Blackmail
See more of her work here
Posted by Secret Squirrel on Saturday September 10, 2011
botanica: put a spring in your step
Take a look at these beautiful ‘collages’ by Miss Moss – a gorgeous combination of street style with a little Renoir/Henri Fantin Latour thrown in!
Posted by Secret Squirrel on Thursday September 8, 2011
worn well: the long skirt
Calf length skirts are perfect for spring. They are ladylike, but can also be pretty casual when they are paired with a loose knit or a front tie shirt
Posted by Secret Squirrel on Wednesday September 7, 2011
Gotye featuring Kimbra
This track has been on high rotation here at SS for the last few weeks so we were excited to see one of our favourites, Kimbra all frocked up in Botanica in the latest issue of Frankie. Go and get your mitts on the latest copy of and take a look for yourself!
Posted by Secret Squirrel on Monday September 5, 2011
Chelsea Wolfe
Loving this track Flatlands from LA singer Chelsea Wolf. Her material with her band is best described as intense dark rock but we prefer her acoustic songs. Her voice is amazing!
check out her website here
Posted by Secret Squirrel on Saturday September 3, 2011
Henri Fantin- Latour
We’ve recently discovered the beautiful work and colours of Henri Fantin – Latour – sometimes we live under a rock when you consider these have been around for over a hundred years – crazy!
Take a look at the interesting comparison made by Diana over at Miss Moss
Posted by Secret Squirrel on Friday September 2, 2011
Dry the River
Thanks to fleet foxes, has anyone noticed a total folk revival of late? Like with everything, some acts are good and others are not so good. Dry the River we found at the Burberry Acoustic website here are on the right side of good.
The video below shows how band posters can really be art.
Posted by Secret Squirrel on Tuesday August 30, 2011
SS August Mixtape
Here’s a few tunes that have been keeping us entertained here at SS, with the obligatory Fleetwood Mac track thrown in for good measure.
Posted by Secret Squirrel on Sunday August 28, 2011
Elana Herzog
Amazing stapled, shredded artwork by New York based installation artist and sculptor Elana Herzog.
Read more about her here
See more of her work here
Posted by Secret Squirrel on Friday August 26, 2011
botanica britannica
We just can’t help but post a little more botanica inspired imagery up here! These beautiful illustrations are from the British Museum archives, theres plenty more to be found here
Posted by Secret Squirrel on Friday August 26, 2011