The education system, especially when it pertains to the arts, is not for everyone. I know it’s not always the case, but to be a young adult fresh out of

Jane Perkins è un'artista britannica che crea bellissime opere d'arte utilizzando materiale riciclato. Bottoni, giocattoli rotti, tappi e pezzi di stoffa sono soltanto alcuni dei materiali sapientemente riutilizzati.

"I'd give up my manor for a Woodhouse." —Mr. Knightley, 1815

Monika Wyloga http://monikawyloga.blogspot.ca/

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Infographic to help you understand everything about the book. Visually learn all about the characters, themes, and Mary Shelley.

Jane Perkins è un'artista britannica che crea bellissime opere d'arte utilizzando materiale riciclato. Bottoni, giocattoli rotti, tappi e pezzi di stoffa sono soltanto alcuni dei materiali sapientemente riutilizzati.

My anaconda don't want none unless you birth sons, hon.

Nikos Gyftakisby

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Reading Emma’s tweets would be like reading – well, lots of people’s tweets… I’m finally back on the original 2013 reading list, finishing out the year with appropriate (to me, anyway) seasonal cho…

Jane Perkins è un'artista britannica che crea bellissime opere d'arte utilizzando materiale riciclato. Bottoni, giocattoli rotti, tappi e pezzi di stoffa sono soltanto alcuni dei materiali sapientemente riutilizzati.

Regional Institute of Education for the Blind; France; young women; visually impaired; holding hands

glasvezel, olieverf, hout en leren stoel fibreglass, oil paint, wood and leather chair The Rainbow Nation Museum Beelden aan Zee, Den Haag 2012

It's been a long while since I posted anything but there's something that I've been working on for a month or so. The beginning of this post was written in late October and now I've already finished the dress I'm talking about here. I'm going to write another post with pictures of the whole outfit as soon as I can. 25th of October, 2011 After a couple of weeks of considering what to make out of the new fabric I bought just a while ago, I decided it's going to be a dress that some of you might call "a proper polonaise". For a long time I've been waiting for a chance to make something similar that was worn by Kirsten Dunst in the movie Marie Antoinette (look for photos of the particular dress at the end of this post) so now I've begun with it. The dress is going to be made out of dark purple taffeta - to mention, I've been looking for affordable dark purple taffeta for ages - with a white petticoat. So far I've drawn the pattern and fitted it for a couple of times and the cutting is next up, if lucky, already tomorrow. This is the design I'm dealing with... First off, some examples of surviving 18th century garments: Polonaise about 1775-1785 Here's a translation to what the museum has to say about this gown: "Polonaise in striped silk in salmon colour and decorations based on knitting applied to green silk taffeta. The neckline, round in the front and with folded neck. The sleeve, long and tight, closes on the wrist with 5 cylindrical buttons covered with silk thread. The seams are covered with braided cord that finishes at the waist and turns into a hanging cord and tassel. Neck, shoulders and cuffs are done in draped green silk. This dress, known internationally as “robe à la polonaise”, was called “polonesa” in Spain, and it was fashionable during the reign of Charles III. The most characteristic feature of this dress was the skirt puffed in three parts by means of a sliding cord. The Spanish identity of this polonaise is given by the decorative elements as the draping on the shoulders that hide the shoulder seams." Thanks to my friend who helped me with the translation! Oringinal: Museo del Traje: Polonesa Oringinal can be found at: Polonaise dress 1778, MET Robe à la polonaise 1774-93, MET Polonaise c. 1775-1780, Museo del Traje Examples of polonaises in paintings: Princess Amalie of Preussen (1771) by Anna Dorothea Therbusch. Portrait of an elderly lady with her daughter (1775). Queen Charlotte by Benjamin West, 1776. Unknown Woman (1779) by Jens Juel. Jane, Duchess of Gordon and her Son, the Marquis of Huntly (1778) by George Romney. Portrait of the Comtesse d’Artois, Maria Teresa of Savoy (ca. 1780) by an unknown artist. Examples of polonaises in movies: This polonaise from Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette (2009) was my first and main inspiration for this type of dress. You can find more screenshots of this dress on one of my favorite webpages: Marie Antoinette's Peach gown on Costumer's Guide Seeing this fashion plate was the turning point when I finally decided it's going to be a dress of this sort! At the end I left out the bows (see the design) and added a red velvet belt with a beautiful square buckle in the front... Stay tuned for photos in the near future! ;)

Angélica García created these works around the topics of loneliness and emptiness. The pictures are not digitally manipulated, it’s all done by hand. Angélica takes a picture of her subject, prints it and treats it with her hands to transform it into a surreal, dreamy image before she takes a photo of the final result […]

Il faut se méfier du double jeu que propose Hope Gangloff: double jeu de l’image et du réel, de la figuration et de son abrasion, du dehors et du dedans en diverses scènes intimes. Le tout conduisant à une quintessence et une condensation particulières. L’artiste prolonge le réalisme de scènes vaguement érotiques, il les confronte…