Cinnamonday

Tithi Kuchamuch, 'Secret friend family', 2010

Tithi Kuchamuch is a London based designer who graduated in 2008 at the London art college. Allready she has proven to be a real talent!
Tithi Kuchamuch makes conceptional jewelry, jewels with a message.

It all started in 2006 with a project called ‘Meat factory’.

Kuchamuch is questioning the treatment of meat by supermarkets. There you can buy 1 package that contains 5 chickenlegs. That means two-and-a-half chicken has been used...

Kuchamuch; “I have nothing against eating meat, but shouldn’t we give it more respect?”

Tithi Kuchamuch, 'Meat factory', 2006

In 2008 Tithi Kuchmuch created the collection ‘A secret friend’.

When she was away from home, her dog died. She would have loved to be able to bring her dog with her, wherever she went.
So Tithi transformed this fealing, this desire into three very special pieces of jewelry.

Pieces that you can indeed, take with you and keep save.

Tithi Kuchamuch, 'A secret friend', 2008

In 2010 Tithi Kuchamuch extended her collection into ‘Secret Friend Family’.

Tithi Kuchamuch, 'Secret friend family', 2010

‘Jewelry as part of your home, that you can take with you and bring back to your home to make your friend complete again’. Such a beautiful thought and so well executed!
Not only will you have an amazing piece of jewelry but at home you’ll have a beautiful little animal statue for your jewels to keep save.
They will become your friends in no time, there is no doubt about it!

– Fiends Forever –

Tithi Kuchamuch, 'Secret friend family', 2010

Tithi Kuchamuch

--- Tomorrow on 'Cinna Monday' a little more about an other special project of Tithi Kuchamuch! ---

Kurt Huggins & Zelda Devon, 'Open/Avocado', 2010, illustration by song of 'Kim Boekbinder'

'Kim Boekbinder - The Impossible Girl' (a musician, composer, performer and visual artist !)
started a very special collaboration project with several visual artists for the release of her new album 'The Impossible Girl'.

The outcome of her collaboration with the, previously mentioned, illustration duo; Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon of ' Teetering Bulb', is truely amazing.
The complete artwork can be looked at and listened to above.

Kurt Huggins & Zelda Devon, 'Birthday Scribble', 2010,
pencil on denril, colour with Photoshop

Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon both started out as graphic designers. Still they felt that making a graphic design wasn't as fulfilling as drawing was for them. So they went to a two year boot camp called 'Portfolio Center' were they were Classically trained. A lot of practice followed and still continues, because Huggins and Devon practice and sketch every day.
In a small apartment in Brooklyn (New York) they started their Studio 'Teetering Bulb' and have been full time illustrators for three-and a half years now.

Kurt Huggings & Zelda Devon, 'Tragedy of John Cali, 2011, charcoal on paper, colour with Photoshop (35,9 x 28,2cm)

This unusual piece was created by 'Teetering Bulb' for Reader’s Digest Asia. The book entitled 'Tragedy of John Cali' is a short story about a man’s persistent pursuit for his wife’s killer.
To my opinion a very beautifull depiction of the concept, loss..

Kurt Huggings & Zelda Devon, 'Fragments', 2008, pencil, colour with Photoshop, 300dpi (38,4 x 25,6cm)

Kurt and Zelda made this mystical illustration for a short story (of Josh Rountree and Mikal Trimm) in the magazine 'Realms of Fantasy'.
The woman we see carries the weight of the loss of her family wich led to the emergence of a magical forest. In here she is haunted by a satyr that we see sitting atop of the big heart the woman carries. The young satyr is a symbolic representation of her son.

The story behind the image created by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon is intruiging. But whitout it, the image would'nt lose any of it's power. It can acually tell the whole story by itself.

Kurt Huggins & Zelda Devon, 'Pomegranate', 2011, watercolor with digital help (43,5 x 23cm)

Another beautifull and meaningfull piece of Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon. It takes the viewer to mythical spheres, tempting..
Normally I'm not very fond of digital adjustments in artwork. But the way Kurt and Zelda treat their creations is very respectfull. They really preserved the purity of the original drawing, it can not be fully grasped what is and isn't rendered.
Making their work of art magical itself.

Kurt Huggins & Zelda Devon

Kim Boekbinder

Kim Boekbinder is a very progressive artist, as her project mentioned above may prove.
Also her album is for sale on her site for 'any price', but is worth a lot.
I want to thank her for sharing her music.
I also want to thank all the other (visual) artists whose work has been made accessible to share.
I hope I have made my posts worthy for both sides.

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