june schwarcz

gold plated copper and enamel

also at de vera, this beautiful work by june schwarcz. read a very interesting interview for the archives of american art, smithsonian institution, here. i enjoyed this interview very much, especially in the way ms. schwarcz is so honest and matter of fact. i enjoyed it in the same way i enjoy a great studio shot. it makes the art seem possible and all the more fascinating.


mattte silver plated copper

patinated copper with enamel

de vera

on suggestion of a VERY stylish david, i paid a visit to de vera while in new york. if you have not been yourself, you must go straight away. not only is everything there spectacularly beautiful, wildly unusual and interesting, but the folks keeping shop are....FRIENDLY, INFORMATIVE and HELPFUL! is it just me who inspires keepers of fabulous shops to only reluctantly give fragments of information when i ask about their beautiful wares? perhaps they can tell by looking at me that i will not be purchasing the bowl with the price in the five digits and decide that information on the beautiful vessel will be given on a need to know basis. not so at de vera.

it was obvious we would not be buying the $45,000 temple bear when my husband made an involuntary noise upon hearing the price, but a very nice man answered all of our many questions anyway. when my son was convinced that the glass hermit crab was small enough for him to afford given he had $22 in his pocket, the very nice man went downstairs, opened the case, let my son hold the glass crab, took it upstairs, looked up the price in the catalog and did not even hint at annoyance when my child was $353 short.

if i could, i would shop there for anything and everything i ever needed. i hope that if you can, you will. and if you need an ancient brass temple bear about the size of very fat bulldog...... i'm telling you, it is really gorgeous!

dear claudia

claudia (designer, author, entrepreneur extrordinare and all around lovely, generous person) of the paris apartment was kind enough to squeeze me into the most busy of her days while i was in new york. i very much enjoyed our visit and walked away with a greater resolve to keep moving forward and try new ideas, to not be a chicken.... it is so great to talk with someone who has created opportunities for themselves and done something about it. thank you, claudia, for the inspiration. bonne chance and bonne santé in your new endeavors!

ingo maurer

today was a fabulous day for us in new york. because our child will freakishly withstand hours of modern art and design we decided to spend the morning at the cooper-hewitt.....and the retrospective on show? none other than INGO MAURER !!. it was beyond exciting to see his work in person. so much of it i had never even seen in a photograph.


we were greeted by a sharpie embellished mr. and mrs. carnegie who, when motion detector sensed a visitor approaching, began moving their eyes back and forth and whispering to each other from their frames. love it!



"a memory from shanghai, or was it cairo?" it is hard for me to pick a favorite, but if i had to pick one work to save from impending doom, it would have to be this. the fact that the mice are wearing little red sleep masks really seals the deal for me.



led wallpaper. even if i were to take up residence in the chateau de versailles itself, i would find a way to work this in.


"l'eclat joyeux", my husband's favorite. son especially appreciated the upside down guy at the bottom.


"one can't be tall without the small!!!", my son's favorite.


something we have in common! love of circuit boards!

sadly, they were sold out of the catalog but i have ordered one to be shipped when they are replenished. i WILL be holding my breath.

hella - ella - ella

nice texture for a change. love the seals and that red is a knockout. hella jongerius for makkum.

UPDATE: i saw these in person at the cooper-hewitt shop and they are large, of beautiful proportions and really lovely. the red one was calling for me...

more makkum

jan broekstra. again with the texture. makkum.

metalaceart

metalaceart by talila abraham. i choose gold.

new york city

photograph by premshree pillai.

i'm off to kick around the city for the week. if you have suggestions for interesting art or fabulous boutiques that are off the beaten path, i would be so grateful for the tip! have a happy weekend and i will post this week from the road.

i would like eleven or so, arranged as a chandelier. just the thing to lighten up a dark, masculine room. from cox & cox via the lovely esprit boheme.

nancy lorenz

mother of pearl, gesso, enamel on wood panel


mother of pearl inlay, pigment and shellac on panel. i am not a big fan of the butterfly (though i like moths? why?) but i included this because of the mother of pearl inlay which i seem to always like. especially used this way.

nancy lorenz via pdx contemporary art.

untitled

formal cogitation

ghada amer

ghada amer embroidered paintings.

julian mayor

moon over water

great website. sculptor julian mayor.


contour

new york

francis guerrier

i really like this work by francis guerrier. i looked him up for his butterfly installation but i like these small works even better. if i had to pick? i pick the blue neon. what is that brass bit? a peep hole? for me, it would not be the same without it. i would not choose it if it had no curious brass bit.

madame des vosges

i just came across madame des vosges and i am liking it. what a bunch of random interesting stuff. they also have, and i love, a vintage french foosball table. who doesn't need one of those? there is a box of optometrists lenses that would make a fab chandelier or mobile or room divider. now that i've said it, i'm feeling the hanging room divider thought ... i like the big birdcage below for an art project. maybe i can find one on this side of the ocean.