{"id":39953,"date":"2016-11-17T15:50:40","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T07:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/?p=39953"},"modified":"2016-11-17T18:16:05","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T10:16:05","slug":"isidro-ferrer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/2016\/11\/17\/isidro-ferrer\/","title":{"rendered":"Isidro Ferrer&#8217;s alternative realities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/33728475\" width=\"640\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You know how when you start something in your sketchbook, thinking it\u2019s a really good idea but you never get back to it? It feels like that for me sometimes. I\u2019ve been doing a bit of traveling for events and talks, which while is really fun \u2013 I get to meet new (and sort-of-old) friends\u00a0and I get to learn lots of new things \u2013 it can also cause a time-lapse of sorts when it comes to work. Before you know it, it\u2019s one month of not publishing anything on the blog, a stand-still on a new project\u00a0and a few missed emails here and there, which adds up to the uncomfortable feeling that you\u2019ve dropped the ball \u2013 nay \u2013 not only have you dropped the ball, you&#8217;re\u00a0looking around the floor wondering where all the balls went.<\/p>\n<p>So this is me, easing my way back into a semblance of a routine.<\/p>\n<p>Discovering the work of Madrid-born\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.isidroferrer.com\/\">Isidro Ferrer<\/a>\u00a0made it all easier to jump-start my late start to the week, after 3 weekends in a row of exhausting (but good!)\u00a0talks and conference, recovering from a long cold, a trip to see family, prepping for a new semester at work and\u00a0the highlight of it all \u2013 finally putting in my dental implants (hooray!) It feels as though the buzz has just started\u00a0to wear off as life calms down somewhat.<\/p>\n<p>For Isidro, what I love about his work is\u00a0the fact that he shows that he can do anything he imagines. From sculptures to paper cuts, to painting and the use of everyday objects, his ability to create characters and story that exists in a realm entirely of their own is super inspiring. Take for example, his work <a href=\"http:\/\/ffshop.lzf-lamps.com\/\">Funny Farm<\/a> \u2013 a collection of handmade wooden dolls created for lighting company Luzifer. They&#8217;re a bizarre group of friends with identities and traits made even more lively with names like Smelly Fant, Mad Mouse, Ronny Rhino and Walking Fish.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-39955\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/Funny-Farm-characters-560x839.jpg\" alt=\"Funny-Farm-characters\" width=\"560\" height=\"839\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/Funny-Farm-characters-560x839.jpg 560w, http:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/Funny-Farm-characters-299x448.jpg 299w, http:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/Funny-Farm-characters-768x1151.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/Funny-Farm-characters.jpg 854w, http:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/Funny-Farm-characters-299x448@2x.jpg 598w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/156855502\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Take a look at his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.isidroferrer.com\/\">portfolio<\/a> and you can easily see for yourself the fantastical worlds and alternative realities that he has created for others and himself, evident through his background in graphic design, drama, stage design and illustration. It&#8217;s a timely reminder for me that\u00a0creating art (and illustration) is\u00a0merely one way of how we choose to interpret the world around us, and basically, we can create anything we want.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-39954\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/130_cahier-1-560x394.jpg\" alt=\"130_cahier-1\" width=\"560\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/130_cahier-1-560x394.jpg 560w, http:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/130_cahier-1-448x315.jpg 448w, http:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/130_cahier-1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-39956\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/42_chaum.jpg\" alt=\"42_chaum\" width=\"360\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/42_chaum.jpg 360w, http:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/42_chaum-314x448.jpg 314w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-39957\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/42_ilustracioniberoamericana.jpg\" alt=\"42_ilustracioniberoamericana\" width=\"410\" height=\"586\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/42_ilustracioniberoamericana.jpg 410w, http:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/42_ilustracioniberoamericana-313x448.jpg 313w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>How do <em>you<\/em> jump-start yourself after a particularly exhausting stretch?\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h6>[Images from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.isidroferrer.com\/\">Isidro&#8217;s website<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/ffshop.lzf-lamps.com\/\">Funny Farm&#8217;s website<\/a>]<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> &#8230; <a title=\"Isidro Ferrer&#8217;s alternative realities\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/2016\/11\/17\/isidro-ferrer\/\" aria-label=\"More on Isidro Ferrer&#8217;s alternative realities\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_generate-full-width-content":""},"categories":[75,92],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39953"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39953"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39965,"href":"http:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39953\/revisions\/39965"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}