to the letter

monogram scrimshaw necklaces

The two-sided design on the disk shows the capital letter on one side & lower case on the other. The K shown here is on a strand of vintage c1920s metal beads.

There are just a few available now, but if people fancy them, I will begin taking orders for custom pieces.

Cheers!

happy weekend

Winter weather is upon us this weekend in New England - button up, wrap up & pour yourself a stiff, hot drink (hot cocoa & whiskey works for me). Cheers!

poetic gesture

In light of the season, this post caught my attention about mysterious paper sculptures magically appearing in the city of Edinburgh's public libraries. Earlier in the year, exquisitely crafted small works of art were discovered with notes attached supporting public libraries & the written word, & no one knows whence they came.

It started with your name @byleaveswelive and became a tree.… ... We know that a library is so much more than a building full of books… a book is so much more than pages full of words.… This is for you in support of libraries, books, words, ideas….. a gesture (poetic maybe?)

My favorite piece is the wing made from book pages. Incredible.

Here's to public art & anonymous gifts! Inspires me to hatch a little plan myself...

more here

thanks, desha!

happy weekend

Here's to adventures!

this is beautiful

Andrei Tarkovsky remains one of my favorite filmmakers of all time; capturing a random still in one of his mesmerizing & visually abundant films unerringly results in a beautiful image that could stand on its own. Unsurprisingly, his photography is equally astonishing. First published in 2006, his c. 1970s polaroids of Russia & Italy have recently all been digitized. His masterly understanding of light & depth of field is utterly otherworldly.

from here 

merci cz & jhs

happy weekend

Looking forward to a weekend of finishing up some creative projects; spent a lovely holiday appreciating good fortune & family. Cheers to all my friends, family & followers - my gratefulness for you abounds!

story dress

Artist Christine Elfman's dress made of torn story books evokes childhood fairytales & whispers of family histories. The dress can actually be worn, literally enfolding you into the story.

In her series Story Dress II, Elfman builds on ideas of narrative & history by using reminisces recorded by her grandmother & incorporating them into a papier mâché dress. Photographing the resulting sculpture using the wet-plate collodion process & printing the images onto antique cabinet card mounts, she created a new historical record of her grandmother's memories. Inspired by unknown relatives in old family photo books & anonymous portraits in vintage shops, she was moved by the number of forgotten people regardless of photography's intent to capture & preserve: secure the shadow, 'ere the substance fades away.

from here