Chances are you’re not immediately excited when I tell you today I want to introduce you to an embroidery artist. Embroidery? Yes! Don’t worry though, the works you’re about to see have nothing to do with your grandma’s tablecloths ;) Josh is...
Articles & Interviews
Bleaq is taking a break!
After more than four years of sharing amazing art, meeting fantastic people and working on something I always wanted to do I have...
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Spotlight 26: Daria Endresen on her Nordic inspired jewelry line Thrjár
Earlier this year I featured the dark, digital work by Norwegian artist Daria Endresen. Ever since Daria hasn’t been idle: she...
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Spotlight #25: Claudia Six on her mixed media art
In this 25th edition of Spotlight I’d like to introduce you to the talented Claudia Six, a multidisciplinary artist living and...
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Although I’m not a religious person I love religious art. Art is at its best when it tells a story, and religious lore has been a source of inspiration for artists for centuries. In contemporary art religion still is a much loved subject...
As some of you might have already noticed (hello subscribers!) there’s been a small subscribe-field in the sidebar the last few weeks. After a silent start it’s now time to get the word out: the Bleaq newsletter is here! Hello newsletter! The...
One of my favorite blog discoveries last year was Wyrd Words and Effigies, a blog curated by Katie Metcalfe from Billingham, England. Next to quite an active blog (it’s highly recommended if you like all things grim, Katie finds amazing stuff!)...
2014 has been an exciting year for Bleaq! I’ve been able to feature a lot of fantastic, talented artists, welcomed more visitors every week and awarded the site with a complete make-over: not once, but twice! In February I launched Bleaq 2.0: a...
With Christmas decorations popping up everywhere it’s not hard to notice December is just around the corner. I love the cold, short days of December: it’s always such an odd month due to its holidays. As an early Christmas present I collected...
One art-form I mainly discovered through the internet is jewelry. Sure, I’ve browsed through jewelry at local jewelers before, but nothing really got to me until I found some great independent brands online. Earlier this year I introduced you...
Bye bye October, Hello November. Now where did October go? With the late-summer like weather here in the Netherlands I can’t believe we’re already nearing the end of the year, it’s time for some freezing weather to arrive. Just remind me of...
Confession time: I’m not that good with fashion. I can tell you who my favorite designers are and know which aesthetics I like to wear (black, layered and draped) but I’m always excited to get fashion advice or tips from fashionistas who do...
I’m a big movie fan, two of my favorite genres being horror and sci-fi. So you can imagine I’m over the moon with classics in which these two meet, for instance the fantastic Alien films (well, they weren’t all great, but you get my point). One...
Yay, it’s almost October, my favorite month of the year! Here in The Netherlands the weather finally got the memo that fall is coming, and I’m enjoying the colder weather, the shorter days and my winter wardrobe. On to the September round-up...
Since there are only three spots on Bleaq every week an a lot of talented artists I keep a list of talented people I’d like to feature in the future. One thing I love is when an artist on that list contacts me first: it feels like an instant...