Quietly located in the heart of the Art and Design district of Queen West in Toronto is the not -so secret Atelier started by artist/photographer/writer Alex Jowett. With a focus on handcrafted unique design, quality workmanship, use of vintage and reclaimed materials and a stimulating blending of art, design and fashion Atelier 688 is Toronto’s newest environment for art and design! www.Atelier688.com www.Facebook.com/Atelier688 http://www.etsy.com/shop/Atelier688www.Atelier688.com www.Facebook.com/Atelier688 http://www.etsy.com/shop/Atelier688 email: mail@atelier688.com OPEN: by appointment or chance! sc_hit(177438,9,7);tumblr Hit Counter Tumblr (3.0; @atelier688)http://atelier688.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/10fd9fa9bc10cbd9ab41fc19f27873b0/tumblr_mmrt3lfxl71qzft7qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>New Antler Sets now available on Etsy page</p> <p><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/atelier688" target="_blank">http://www.etsy.com/shop/atelier688</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/151135267/ram-after-picasso-bike-parts-antler-set?ref=shop_home_active" target="_blank">https://www.etsy.com/listing/151135267/ram-after-picasso-bike-parts-antler-set?ref=shop_home_active</a></p>http://atelier688.tumblr.com/post/50399028559http://atelier688.tumblr.com/post/50399028559Tue, 14 May 2013 00:14:08 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1555dc24c9e57940faab049daba4cd60/tumblr_mmhoq2qG3D1qzft7qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>‘Freedom She Replies’ from the series ‘FOUND LOVE’</p> <p>Antoine Jouet </p> <p>acrylic and enamel on found wood (2 8 x 4ft panels)</p> <p>*SOLD  (and it wasn’t even for sale yet…)</p>http://atelier688.tumblr.com/post/49942012004http://atelier688.tumblr.com/post/49942012004Wed, 08 May 2013 13:03:37 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/dfb8e9a2fbdda2dd4a18822c2f19bc10/tumblr_mmdwr0aGhG1qzft7qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This lovely Happy Mondays skull cake was dropped off at the atelier this morning and has already made my week!</p> <p>Check out <a href="http://www.eatmywords.org" target="_blank">www.eatmywords.org</a> for more and help support a great cause!</p>http://atelier688.tumblr.com/post/49779998696http://atelier688.tumblr.com/post/49779998696Mon, 06 May 2013 12:06:35 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7097ad27081ddcb0fd4ad9c9f6ec02e5/tumblr_mmaand2p3N1qzft7qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Le Grand Bleu</p> <p>83 x 70” acrylic and oil on unstretched canvas</p> <p>Alex Jowett</p> <p><a href="http://www.AlexJowett.com" target="_blank">www.AlexJowett.com</a></p>http://atelier688.tumblr.com/post/49605564873http://atelier688.tumblr.com/post/49605564873Sat, 04 May 2013 13:16:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cff1e243e308de8d673b7a5450f3a352/tumblr_mm6rj2huiY1qzft7qo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Collected Eclectic with Atelier 688</p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span"> <a href="http://www.domainehome.com/this-is-happening-collected-eclectic/?ps=hp&m=top" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.domainehome.com/this-is-happening-collected-eclectic/?ps=hp&m=top" target="_blank">http://www.domainehome.com/this-is-happening-collected-eclectic/?ps=hp&m=top</a></a></span></p>http://atelier688.tumblr.com/post/49453232216http://atelier688.tumblr.com/post/49453232216Thu, 02 May 2013 15:30:37 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/259835cddea1d63537e26fcaad0a6639/tumblr_ml5rvzbad51so5ncho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p> My friend Dave runs Fathom expeditions <a href="http://www.fathomexpeditions.com" target="_blank">www.fathomexpeditions.com</a> and recently got on tumblr to show the world some of his fantastic photos from the poles.  Follow him for some great things to come!</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://davegerman.tumblr.com/post/47801265243/ice" target="_blank">davegerman</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Ice</p> </blockquote>http://atelier688.tumblr.com/post/48360451833http://atelier688.tumblr.com/post/48360451833Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:39:29 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1807e56456b82558c9206f416e5900c8/tumblr_mleszz23QL1qz6f9yo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1375d99fd1149cab80d657d9dd89f6f5/tumblr_mleszz23QL1qz6f9yo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0adfb97aaeec62a506d2c6ef4b879bd3/tumblr_mleszz23QL1qz6f9yo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Fun, practical, cool, Awesome!</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/04/a-library-slide-by-moon-hoon/" target="_blank">Library Slide</a></p> </blockquote>http://atelier688.tumblr.com/post/48209465007http://atelier688.tumblr.com/post/48209465007Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:38:16 -0400<a href="http://www.saatchionline.com/art-collection/Painting-Assemblage-Collage-Mixed-Media/New-This-Week-04-15-13/153961/43888/view">Curated by Rebecca Wilson (Saatchi Gallery Director)</a>: <p> La Noche en La Sirena makes it to a curated collection by Saatchi Gallery Director Rebecca Wilson</p>http://atelier688.tumblr.com/post/48121260186http://atelier688.tumblr.com/post/48121260186Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:29:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d20fd83d136b549906af857c6f3b7bfe/tumblr_mlawhydj5S1qzft7qo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>A few words with yours truly in the latest issue of Sharp Magazine for Men!</p> <p><a href="http://www.AlexJowett.com" target="_blank">www.AlexJowett.com</a></p>http://atelier688.tumblr.com/post/48041746974http://atelier688.tumblr.com/post/48041746974Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:34:46 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/fe86e942ecb92e2a6fbf66109fa3a561/tumblr_ml256niDti1qzft7qo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4e9e8b83f81ff4d775c76da20635ae13/tumblr_ml256niDti1qzft7qo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/690fe6cc4bd573c473ef64067678dc96/tumblr_ml256niDti1qzft7qo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/40dc552a033a681229308b3ba2d41743/tumblr_ml256niDti1qzft7qo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Finally signed up for a Saatchi account.  Feel free to take a look as available works, news, gallery info etc. will be up the Saatchi page.</p> <p><a href="http://www.saatchionline.com/AlexJowett" target="_blank">http://www.saatchionline.com/AlexJowett</a></p>http://atelier688.tumblr.com/post/47644311530http://atelier688.tumblr.com/post/47644311530Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:03:00 -0400ArtOceanSeascapehorizonSugimotoSaatchiJowettZen<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ec975db642320aaae1158e15371c23ca/tumblr_ml04fxjSm41qzft7qo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>This truck is from 1964… Progress?</p>http://atelier688.tumblr.com/post/47553894597http://atelier688.tumblr.com/post/47553894597Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:52:45 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/40dc552a033a681229308b3ba2d41743/tumblr_mkuas3wC0p1qzft7qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>La noche en la Sirena</p> <p>80 x 67” acrylic and oil on unstretched canvas</p> <p>Alex Jowett</p> <p><a href="http://www.AlexJowett.com" target="_blank">www.AlexJowett.com</a></p>http://atelier688.tumblr.com/post/47279862813http://atelier688.tumblr.com/post/47279862813Sat, 06 Apr 2013 11:24:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1060326959630549aae021fdf6bc5643/tumblr_mkqiqgx2l91qzft7qo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/55e2da0853cb116e722a879e02165732/tumblr_mkqiqgx2l91qzft7qo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>The Atelier 688 Canoe chandelier in the new offices of Rain 43 in Toronto!</p> <p><a href="http://www.Atelier688.com" target="_blank">www.Atelier688.com</a></p>http://atelier688.tumblr.com/post/47108294509http://atelier688.tumblr.com/post/47108294509Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:25:28 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5974707696f8b50b67d7c86d773cfe36/tumblr_mkjhdq2s5h1qb3jnco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Hey, c’est Moi!</p> <p><a href="http://www.AlexJowett.com" target="_blank">www.AlexJowett.com</a></p> <blockquote> <p>via: <a href="http://camillestyles.com/life-2/bring-it-home-a-perfect-gentleman/" target="_blank">camillestyles</a></p> </blockquote>http://atelier688.tumblr.com/post/46783828516http://atelier688.tumblr.com/post/46783828516Sun, 31 Mar 2013 16:15:08 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e07c0c024b4d1aa32d8a5fd9217f6dae/tumblr_mhvzf7Vq4h1qzl7pko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>pretty great.</p>http://atelier688.tumblr.com/post/46448009420http://atelier688.tumblr.com/post/46448009420Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:21:57 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1520bce9b7dfea62d3e492e3340f5f5f/tumblr_mezt8olOIv1rrcoeio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>I want this in my studio.</p> </blockquote> <p>Ditto.</p>http://atelier688.tumblr.com/post/46428238042http://atelier688.tumblr.com/post/46428238042Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:38:45 -0400“Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character has abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage which it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger of the time.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://pss.sagepub.com/content/23/1/13.full" target="_blank">John Stuart Mill</a> </em>http://atelier688.tumblr.com/post/46224693275http://atelier688.tumblr.com/post/46224693275Sun, 24 Mar 2013 23:35:19 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m959atJ0Na1qku3bzo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m959atJ0Na1qku3bzo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m959atJ0Na1qku3bzo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m959atJ0Na1qku3bzo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m959atJ0Na1qku3bzo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m959atJ0Na1qku3bzo8_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><blockquote> <p><em>Green Pedestrian Crossing</em> created by <a href="http://www.ddbchina.com/en/index.html" target="_blank"><strong>Jody Xiong</strong></a></p> <blockquote> <p>The China Environmental Protection Foundation developed an outdoor campaign, displayed on the street, to creatively promote this message. They decided to leverage a busy pedestrian crossing; a place where both pedestrians and drivers meet.</p> <p>The campaign involved laying a canvas 12.6 metres long by 7 metres wide on the ground, thus covering the pedestrian crossing with a large leafless tree. On either side of the road, beneath the traffic lights, were placed sponge cushions soaked in green, environmentally friendly, washable paint. As pedestrians walked towards the crossing, they stepped on the green sponge, thus leaving green foot imprints on the canvas of the tree. Each ‘green’ footprint on the canvas looked like leaves growing on a bare tree, which made people feel that by walking they could create a greener environment.</p> <p>The ‘Green Pedestrian Crossing’ was carried out across 7 thoroughfares in Shanghai. The campaign was then extended to 132 roads across 15 cities in China, with a participation exceeding 3,920,000 people.</p> </blockquote> </blockquote> <p>Fuck Banksy…</p>http://atelier688.tumblr.com/post/45930683466http://atelier688.tumblr.com/post/45930683466Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:53:50 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/926b8af789e80ec7e390f1f1cc983d4c/tumblr_mjo6feGVkS1qzpyz2o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/433889006be453df6e1445f7ab87bf6f/tumblr_mjo6feGVkS1qzpyz2o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9453c50a0d9c76a856fa5f82b512e6cc/tumblr_mjo6feGVkS1qzpyz2o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d5d8e0da0b3bcdb8a3a953ee1e180a91/tumblr_mjo6feGVkS1qzpyz2o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ryanpanos.tumblr.com/post/45368324973/spring-wind-house-by-architecture-uncomfortable" target="_blank">ryanpanos</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong><span>Spring Wind House by <a href="http://auworkshop.com/" target="_blank">Architecture Uncomfortable Workshop</a> via <a href="http://www.designboom.com/readers/spring-wind-house/" target="_blank">Designboom</a></span></strong></p> <p><em><span>searching for something to celebrate the arrival of spring, hungarian </span><a href="http://auworkshop.com/" target="_blank">architecture uncomfortable workshop</a><span> have </span><span>developed ‘spring wind’. for the occasion, the collective conceived a standing structure that responds to the movement </span><span>of the wind - highlighting the natural effects of a sheltered environment. the concept integrates a wooden frame as </span><span>the structure - with an open-ended textile cover, which reacts to the different intensities of the elements - forming into </span><span>different organic shapes as the wind interacts with the envelope of the piece.</span></em></p> </blockquote>http://atelier688.tumblr.com/post/45691894593http://atelier688.tumblr.com/post/45691894593Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:57:13 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/85ab53fa37fe3322f879f96cff9877f0/tumblr_mjd83kY4Ve1qzft7qo1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ad818a0b38172a34e2758fb438afcb38/tumblr_mjd83kY4Ve1qzft7qo2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p> Quite like this review of my recent show in Montreal.</p>http://atelier688.tumblr.com/post/44892968655http://atelier688.tumblr.com/post/44892968655Fri, 08 Mar 2013 18:33:20 -0500