Hi there!
Welcome to the new skindeepawareness blog.
This is where we examine all the latest issues relating to skin
decoration and culture on the web.
Our definition of skin is the broadest possible one, not
limiting ourselves to the surface of human skin alone, but
exploring organic and non-organic skins, surfaces; i.e. the
decoration of buildiings and the urban environment by artists such
as Banksy.
In some sense every skin is a surface and every surface a skin;
it is one of the oldest of human motivations to decorate and
embellish the surface, as witnessed by the earliest and most
evocative cave art from areas as diverse as France and the deserts
of Namibia.
Lascaux cave art - France
Cave art - Namibia
The drive to drive to decorate and transform surface seems to be
hard wired into humanity and in a sense does not require
formal tuition in order to be accessible to expression, as every
culture around the world it seems, has managed to develop their own
unique ouvre, in the majority of cases without what we in the west
would understand as formal training.
And it must not be forgotten that mother nature herself is the
greatest designer of all.
She seems to take as much pleasure in combining colours and
textures in her designs as any of us mere mortals do.
Enjoy!
