maine

sunday


monday


tuesday

on vacation

i'm working hard at vacation up here, but just want to take a minute to say how much i appreciate everyone's feedback and emails and inquiries. i will respond to everyones' email shortly and look forward to talking with all of you who inquired about commissions and purchases. big thanks to pink for all the support and kind words, and decor8 for such a nice feature. thank you thank you.

inspiration

happiness experiment


radio boy

a few weeks ago in a place i do not remember, i saw a photograph of ingo maurer standing in a studio. above his head, i believe it was a cadillac that was hanging upside down from the ceiling. one door was open, and parts of the car had been dismantled and reattached in random places. that photograph screamed in my ear. i spent the next week making these lamps whose inhabitants do things that might be a little dangerous. each lamp has some sort of circuit that would theoretically work, were it not made of jewels and porcelain and gold filled chain, and each inhabitant takes a chance in participating. i hope you will leave a little feedback.


collect and amplify

the rocky coast

day after tomorrow i leave for the maine coast for three weeks. i can not even wait. it is my favorite place to be. last year i drew a few things to embroider but still have not stitched them up. the border above is indian paisley with a seahorse and shell instead of paisleys. i may add a delicate indian/hicks hybrid band on the top and/or bottom to beef it up. i hope i can squeeze in some stitching with my busy staring out at the ocean schedule. i will also take half a suitcase of assorted wire and thread and beads and glue and soldering iron type stuff just in case.




i changed my mind about the grass in the first version but i do like the blue and yellow fish...the koi were inspired by my mother-in-law's japanese garden.

enoch tanner wickham, with my own eyes

my favorite. "it is all over with now bill and well that it is as it is" sam davis and bill marsh statue

i wrote an entry about e.t. wickham earlier this year and have recently taken a day trip to see his statues in person. it seems some have been moved down the road and are behind what looks suspiciously like someone's electric fence. hopefully this will save them from further desecration. as you see in the photographs, his hard work has been mercilessly vandalized, which really hurts my, and i am sure, countless others' feelings. only the angel at the family gravesite stands in it's original glory. that said, now that i have seen them in person i love them even more and i am irritated that i can not give mr. e.t. wickham a big hug.


andrew jackson tipping his hat. please note the pocket and buttons on his shirt. everyone has pockets and buttons.

i read somewhere that when asked in an interview why he built these statues, he said "i don't know why i did it. i just had to". i would say on average, even before i had seen them with my own eyes, i have thought/do think of what he said 3 or 4 times a week. every week. he had to build them. they were heartfelt. it does not get any better than that. and after we admired all the statues we could find, we drove down the road to the family gravesite and i told him so myself.


the angel standing watch

mr. wickham's grandson runs a wickham stone park website with intact photgraphs and history of the statues and of his granfather the artist. i enjoyed it front to back. i hope you will too.


"REMEMBER ME BOYS WHILE I'M GONE" e.t. wickham.

collect and amplify

i have been absent for ages in a heap of busy work days! when the smoke cleared a couple weeks ago, i fell into a fit of invention (preview above). over the next few weeks i will get myself together and back on track with my blog, where i will feature more of the projects i am working on. i hope you are all having a healthy, happy summer (or winter, as it may be)!

théophile bra

rebellious, illuminated and romantic, artist, sculptor and writer théophile bra (1797-1863) kept a private diary of his strange visions of the world. "an emotional disturbance in mystical matter" it was said, caused a prolific and feverish creative enthusiasm. i like it.


voilà celui qui combat vaillamment

tomorrow i will be back

so sorry for the lapse. busy busy. thank you all for continuing to visit!

tara donovan

paper plates


tara donovan is very patient. more to see at ace gallery.


fishing line



stacked drinking straws

cj o'neill

cj o'neill will show her "feeding desire" works may 19—21, 2007 at haute green 2007, a curated exhibition of sustainable furniture, lighting, and housewares. check her website for other beauties like the "villa puccini" plate above.

mats theselius

so completely over the top, but i have to love it anyway. his choice of materials here really knocks me out. i wish it was a desk. easychair by mats theselius

pierre guariche

lamp. france, 1955

love it. love it. brass balancing rods and laquered metal. the lamp above is lit from the bottom and the top. by pierre guariche.


lamp. france, 1951

franco albini

rocking chair by franco albini. italy, 1940.

jamb.

these lighting chains will make ALL the difference in the world. super fine indeed. i also love the golbe lantern below. both from jamb..

again, this room is busier with doo-dads than i personally care for, but i like the nailhead panelling (above) for a study. also, for someone with a book problem like myself, i like the bookshelves behind the bed. in a small space you could build that bookshelf between the studs on an interior wall, not encroaching on valuable space. however, i do get the feeling this is terrible feng shui. check out the portfolio at bilhuber and associates.

nicholas haslam

central london townhouse den. i love the colors here, and even though it is a little busier than i personally would have it, i like the fact it looks well lived in.

the paolo moschino for nicholas haslam website offers a beautiful interiors portfolio on top of some lovely furniture, fabric and lighting selections. worth a visit for sure.


trespolo standing lamp


rosewood paris side tables


chinoiserie dining chairs


zebra linen


i think this panelling is beautiful with the chandelier. if they were to ask my opinion, which somehow i doubt, i would only change the chairs.

sergey jivetin

"intersection" brooch, my favorite


"cupola" brooch

sergey jivetin crafted this collection from watch hands. there are some beautiful cupola pieces on his flash site. i would like one to put under glass. love his work.


"coordinate sweep" earrings

felieke van der leest

camouflage deer with target pants. 2003 * textiles, rubber, gold, coral, shell, pearl * photo: eddo hartmann

in looking for felieke van der leest, i realized i had shown her work before. i just felt the deer in target pants was too good to pass up, so here she is again. my 8 year old vegan son would not approve. felieke also has a new book showcasing the last 10 years of her jewelery.


rocky the rock penguin alias the stork, 2006 * brooch, textile, plastic, gold, cubic zirkonia

shingo furukawa

typo-matic sweetheart (machine), 2002 * steel, copper, brass, found materials * photo: shingo furukawa

i think these machines by metalsmith shingo furukawa are interesting. typo-matic sweetheart is my favorite of these two. his work is hard for me to find. i would love to see more if any of you are in the know!


untitled (feather and egg) * steel, brass, feather & found objects * 2005

maría brito

maría brito * can’t anyone untie us, 2006 * a man and a woman tied together with ropes, struggling to get loose and crying out to be untied quickly? either i am mistaken, or they are two people who have been forced to marry * polymer clay.

bernice steinbaum gallery