04 novembre 2009
Wunderkammer Art
Hello Lovelies!
I wanted to tell you about my own vision of Wunderkammer Art, what Leah at ApartmentTherapy calles "decorating with biology charts" (see below for link), but my computer is down and I'm writing to you guys from a cyber-café... So here goes a couple of interesting links on the subject... My own vision will have to wait.
ApartmentTherapy says:
"Inspired by Leah's recent post about decorating with biology charts, we wanted to share with you our own favorite source for old botanical and natural history prints, Panteek. Their selection is vast, with everything from eighteenth-century parrot prints to woodblock Japanese tree scenes..."
I love Panteek, I love Deyrolle! I love bugs and wunderkammer art!
Here a re a few examples : to be coming soon...
-Beautymist
Tags : art, bugs, insects, inspiration, interior decoration, wunderkammer23 octobre 2009
Oh, and A Happy, Happy Friday!
image source unknown. please contact me if you are the author!
Have a happy Friday. This week-end, go gather beautiful fall leaves and make art from them!
enjoy!
-Beautymist.
21 octobre 2009
My Calendar for 2010
calendar vignette by unknown source. Please let me know if you are the author!
'Tis calendar season!
calendar vignette by Holly Becker fro the decor8 blog
Looking for a nice calendar for you desk, kitchen, office, or any other room? Check out the decor8 and the poppytalk blogs. They have done very thorough calendar round-ups. So I won't do it here.
My purpose here is only to praise the work of Anna Cote's. I love her prints and desk calendars, and it's the second year in a a row that I buy hers, from her "Modern Printed Matter" etsy shop. Be aware that these are gocco printed calendars, and 2010 is the last year Anna will use this technique, since the supply has become scarce and expensive. We are due to new printing adventures for 2011!
Here a few views of both 2009 and 2010 calendars.
Golden view of November 2010 calendar. Image via the decor8 blog.
You can buy the 2010 version through the Poppytalk Handmade Market or Anna's etsy shop right now! ;-)
The modern printed matter calendar can be seen at the bottom row, to the right.
Here's a current view of my home office, complete with the current month - October 2009 - in view.
enjoy!
-Beautymist
20 octobre 2009
Tea with Neville Trickett
*One* man I'd love to have a long, good conversation with a tea cup in hand is called Neville Trickett. He comes all the way from South Africa, I live in Southern France, but we share a similar love for art, anything wunderkammer and strange, and diptychs, to name a few. Victoria from sfgirlbybay had been lucky enough to exchange a few words with him as an "unexpected guest". Check out the interview and the images!
Neville has a great blog named Saint Verde (I wish I knew why) and an outstanding flickr stream, with a love for textiles, all categorized per period and style!
(all diptychs by Neville Trickett).
flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/nevilletrickett
the saint verde blog : http://saintverde.blogspot.com/
enjoy!
Beautymist.
PS: Wait a minute! Just as i am praising the Saint Verde Digest blog, Neville is talking about stopping it and starting a new project online. I'm sitting at the edge of my chair....
Tags : art, conversation, diptych, tea, tea-time05 octobre 2009
Daily Poetics
It all started with Fall Colors, Yellow, Red, Orange, Green. All collected by the PoppyTalk blog that I so love.
On the "collecting red" day, I noticed a picture i really liked, it's on the fourth (and bottom) line on this mosaic, the third in the row, when you start looking from the left. And I immediately noticed that said picture was by Flickr member "dailypoetics". I immediately fell for that name.
And what a delight was is to discover that behind "Daily Poetics" stood a very interesting collage artist, Kariann Burleson, and a delightful blog, that I highly recommend?!
Here it is:
blog : http://dailypoetics.typepad.com/
flickr stream : http://www.flickr.com/photos/dailypoetics/
We all need a daily dose of poetry!
enjoy!
-Beautymist.
(mosaic by the Poppy talk blog.)
Tags : art, color, daily poetics, fall, poetry, red21 septembre 2009
Machines, Abstraction and Women
David Lynch in Paris - Galeries Lafayette's shopping windows, Boulevard Hausmann, until October the 3rd.
Sketch by David Lynch for the Paris exhibition.
image source : Le Monde
Hello Lovelies!
I am a big admirer of David Lynch's cinema, especially the intriguing "Mulholland Drive", and also love his furniture design. So when I heard he was having an exhibit in Paris during my short stay there, I was pretty excited!
But then I went to see it and was hugely disappointed. So I tried something new: why not add a layer to something I found lacked depth? I decided to take shots of the exhibit, while purposely adding reflections of the windows, the facing buildings and silhouettes of passers by. I think the result is doing good to Lynch's work. So here goes (you can click on all my photos to view them larger):
This doll in a yellow dress was singing!
The tears were actually falling!
An abstract machine, reminding me of Marcel Duchamp. My fave!
David Lynch's website : http://www.davidlynch.com/
enjoy!
-Beautymist.
(unless othewise noted, all photos by Beautymist for the blog Stranger by Fiction).
Tags : art, artists, photography11 septembre 2009
Oh, and A Happy, Happy Friday!
Have a swell weekend everyone!
i know summer is over, but here is a last (stunning) glimpse at it:
Don't forget to go visit and surely fave this awesome picture by Dalla* from Iceland! The talented Dalla* has also a beautiful website chock-full with her photographic visions, be sure you don't miss it!
Enjoy,
-Beautymist.
09 septembre 2009
Giveaway at Pistachio Press
Hello!
Pistachio Press is hosting their first giveaway and they'd love to have you enter! The winner of the giveaway will receive this print and two sets of cards of his/her choice. To enter, please stop by their blog and leave a comment. The giveaway will end on Sunday, September 13 at midnight (EST) and they'll announce the winner on Monday, September 14.
Pistachio Press Links:
our blog: whichonesareweeds.blogspot.com
our online shop: pistachiopress.etsy.com
07 septembre 2009
Tea With Nan Lawson
Hello!
A very sweet love-filled teapot by Nan Lawson... Prints can be purchased here.
Tags : art, artists, tea, tea-time13 août 2009
Mingei : Japanese Folk Arts
Since I missed the exhibition "l'esprit MINGEI" in the quai Branly Museum in Paris last year, I was intrigued to know what it was all about... I'm a fan of Japan and its arts, both traditional and modern.
And then I inherited a book from a dear friend, called "The Folk Arts of Japan", with an introduction of the founder of the concept of Mingei Art, Yanagi Soetsu, who turned out to be the founder of the Mingei movement! By Googling around a bit, I stumbled upon a Mingei Art Museum... online. This is the site I want to present to you today.
This online Museum IS CHOCK-FULL OF information, and features +200 beautiful photographs of delicate lacquerware,
impressive metalware,
paintings,
ceramics,
I hope you enjoyed this little tour, and would, like me, want to know more about Yanagi, the Mingei movement, and how it influences Japanese design today!
Beautymist.
Tags : art, design, made in Japan
