They may be small, but the best powder rooms certainly don't lack panache
The team behind this space certainly know how to get a girl excited… not only is everything in this room a dream for an interiors obsessive like me, but each and every item is just waiting to be whisk
In Material Earth II, a group show that just opened at Messums Wiltshire, artists explore how materials can be used to morph the meaning of traditional narratives—particularly in the context of Northern European myths and fairytales. In a statement on the show, Messums describes the exhibition as “an ode to all those that are magical, fantastical and ever-changing.” Artists include Livia Marin, Ann Carrington, Bouke de Vries, and Jessica Harrison. More
The world is full of interesting curiosities, for those with the eyes to see. While most of us would take the various things around us for granted, there are some folks out there who devote time and energy to gathering, collecting, and sorting.
There are three things that we believe without a shadow of a doubt. First of all, Planet Earth is ruled by a shadowy cabal of Feline Overlords—The Illumeownati who spread their influence through cat pics. Secondly, pineapple definitely belongs on pizza, and there’s nothing you can say that’ll change our minds. And finally: fact really is stranger than fiction.
An enchanting carousel of cut-glass squares and rectangles married to a round mirrored platform holding a once golden anodized aluminum roof. The design is a virtuosity of familiar forms, lines and materials ordered and composed by an unidentified artist. The delicate chains coupled with the naively rendered laminate seating and nickel-ed machined central stem is a viable lesson in material contrast employed towards a unified whole. We believe it could be used as a finger ring display attraction. The condition is very good with a single scratch to the mirrored glass platform. The carousel does not turn.
How charming is this Spanish flat in Barcelona’s Gràcia district?! I just love the mix of period pieces ranging from the 19th century to modern day. And the contrast between the white floors and the dark…
birdwillbirdwont: I want to live here, or somewhere like it: The Smith Tower in Seattle, with its pyramid at the top housing a small glass lighthouse, is home to Petra Franklin Lahaie; her husband,...
Image 20 of 32 from gallery of Cabinet of Curiosities / Phil Redmond Architecture + Urbanism. Photograph by Hazel Redmond Photography
The Voynich Manuscript and CODEX Serahinianus. These two works have one thing in common; you will never understand a single word of them. Download the complete PDF e-books here
If you've visited the Blog before, you know that one of my "things" is the crazy-addictive sport of Curling. Ever since I got the Curvy Keepsake Box Thinlits, I've been wanting to make it into a Curling Stone. Well, I finally did it! The box is perfectly sized for two yummy chocolates. The stamps are from, you guessed it, the wonderful new Occasions Catalog (p. 31). The Crazy about You set is going to be a versatile group of stamps. And keep a look out for some upcoming samples with the coordinating Hello You Thinlits Dies (yes, the Bundle!). Stamps: Crazy about You Ink: Pacific Point Paper: Basic Grey, Real Red, Whisper White Accessories: Big Shot, Curvy Keepsake Box Thinlits (it's still available! see page 49 of the Occasions Catalog)
Buildings take shape as speech bubbles, a ping-pong paddle and more
This blog is for the inspiration of being a Thrifty-Steamer, Couture Steampunk Enthusiast, Dieselpunk Daydreamer and Whimsycal Gypsy Romantisism. I do not own nor did I create most of these images, if you want to find the source of an image I recommend reverse image searching. Thanks for following!
Instead of spending hours jockeying to see the Mona Lisa, head to one of Paris's amazing, off-the-beaten-path museums.
All images courtesy of Karin Ferner. The artist and silversmith Karin Ferner lives in the Swedish World Heritage Site, Falun, in Dalarna. Naturally, her work takes inspiration from the unique cultural heritage of the area, from the thousand years of mining and associated activities at the Great Copper Mountain in Falun
Step inside the Paris cabinet of curiosities that has a cult following among aesthetes
On request from Meg I continued looking in the museum catalogue. And I found two more "interesting" descriptions: Weaving reed Material: Wood, Textile Technique: Knotted Function: Dividing the warp The [weaving] reed sits near the cloth beams [yes, plural - my note] in a weaving loom, directly in front of the shafts. It's function is to divide the threads. The rectangular reeds consist of a wooden frame, into which thin blades of wood (in one instance metal) are mounted with a textile band. Weaving shuttle Material: wood Technique: carpentered [my dictionary says "carpenter" is a verb, so it must be correct...?] Function: weaving Shuttle. A cloth consists of two thread systems, warp and weft. The warp is tensioned during weaving and is crossed at right angles by the weft. With the help of the shuttle, the weft is inserted from side to side between the warp ends. The weft can go over and under the warp ends. With a treadle loom the lifting and lowering of the warp ends is done by the treadles. The shuttle is [quill-shaped?], with a hole in which a dowel is fixed. The weft is fastened around the dowel. One [of the shuttles] is patterned in two places. In all fairness: at Murberget, they have elected to transcribe the text in the old paper catalogue. These two artefacts have no pictures, but in many instances they show the handwritten paper entry, often from the 1920-1940ies. Here is one example. (I have often marvelled at what the museum generalists came up with a hundred years ago... but that is another story.) So, Murberget uses the original texts/descriptions - most other museums do not. I remember looking in the Nordiska museets paper catalogue, and... let me say I can understand why they do not transcribe indiscriminately. However, what is interesting about yesterday's post is that it is written after 1991. As I recall, there were several books about spinning and spinning wheels out by then, even written by Swedish authors... And even generalists should be able to read? Now, to cheer us all up, a picture: The picture comes from here. Be sure to click the pic to biggify!
At the wonderful Zoology Museum that time forgot, housed at the Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj, Romania
Batte Interioristas handled the design of the pared down interiors
A letter from the property manager motivated Jules Villbrandt and her family to make a long-overdue renovation
Spring's bringing more than higher temps and cherry blossoms to the East Coast this year, as hordes of 17-year cicadas get set to head above ground from the Carolinas all the way up to New York next month.But while the bug-phobic might not be too excited about the upcoming invasion of billions of these red-eyed little monsters, creative people have found plenty of ways to celebrate cicadas. Check
Step inside the beautiful Paris apartment of the artist Geraldine Cario, which she has transformed from a former company canteen into a mysterious and exquisite world all her own. Love this one. More
Book collector Iris van Daalen's antiquarian bookstore is full of intriguing rare books, avant-garde prints and curiosities. Emma Becque explores its rich offerings
Thierry Lechanteur è uno dei pionieri nell'uso dell'Intelligenza Artificiale in Belgio e nella fotografia, creando immagini che trascendono i limiti..
The first female winner of the Archibald Prize faced ridicule from an art world who thought a woman’s place was in the home. Nora Heysen is now considered one of Australia’s great portrait painters but it took 62 years before her work was hung in the National Portrait Gallery.
