The Import

Laura Encursiva

The fifth and final installment of my Import Takeover is a selection of photographers whose works I’ve really been enjoying of late…

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David Bray

This selection is slightly different… I’ve selected a few artists that have inspired me along the years to pursue what I’m doing today. I used to read about some of these guys years ago in magazines like Juxtapoz and online from sites like Fecal Face.

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Today’s pick is jeweller and artist Daisuke Sakaguchi. He manages to take his graffiti skills of the walls and use them to create beautiful jewellery as well as design bespoke fashion and furniture pieces. His clientele includes the likes of Elton John, David Furnish, Kelly Osbourne, Kelis and Rhianna…

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My second selection of inspirations comes from London’s John Paul Thurlow, who also happens to work with pencils. His goal is to recreate all the magazines he owns in his own unique style, hence the name of his blog… ‘Covers‘ – “This is an attempt to recreate cover art for every great magazine and record I own. And with each Cover I take a perfect mass-produced object and turn it into a fucked up one-off, full of my thoughts and feelings.”

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Monday’s pick is a selection of pencil drawings from Bree Dentice who is an artist living in New Zealand…

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