Back from Paros...lovely!
A quicky post:
A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead
Erinzam is the easier to pronounce name representing the work of Erin Zamrzla. In limbo between the completion of graduate school and getting a real job, she spends most of her time making things. A designer, bookbinder and artist, she loves Adobe software, paper, glue, acrylic paint and thrift store finds. This blog is an attempt to document some of her favorite projects, materials and inspirations.
cardboard: "Re-Furnished" Recycled Cardboard Chairs from University of Idaho Student Designers---How to Build a Geodesic Dome out of Cardboard------Corrugated Cardboard Wall----"Flexible Love" Folding Chair-----
Amazing Cardboard Chair Design Unfolding RISD
crochet: Bea Camacho, ‘Enclose’ (2004), This clip is from the last hour of a video that documents an eleven-hour performance in real-time. During the performance I crocheted myself into a cocoon with red yarn---Crochet in the Expanded Field-----
craft: craftivism blog----craft australia blog----The Crafts Council is the UK’s national organisation for the promotion of contemporary crafts. Established in 1971, we are an independent body funded by the Arts Council England, responsible for promoting fine craftsmanship, encouraging high standards and increasing public awareness of contemporary crafts and applied arts. ----craft's council-----what's in the tree?---japanesecraft---craftster----a c a b a d o i m p e r f e c t o blog---crafts----A beautiful gift-----
CRABBY DAISY, Custom Cowboy Boot Purses
Handbags and Accessories
Convert an old worn boot into a cowboy boot purse.------
MadSilence, A father and daughter explore art, culture, and whatever else catches our fancy from different sides of the globe....a curious blog. See: The art of the plastic bag---
The house nurtures our sense of self, embodies our notions of intimate family life, and serves as our haven in a heartless world. But it’s also the site of Sisyphean labor, mostly female—cooking, minding, cleaning, imposing order on the fruits and detritus of bourgeois life,
This morning my son, Sergio, left for Mexico where he will be staying for 5 months. Do I have any readers in Guadalajara interested in making contact with him?
As for myself, I will be leaving for Paros day after tomorrow and will be there a couple of weeks so no posting for awhile.
In the meantime:
Vacas Flacas bag and hat
Welcome to Chopstick Art----
crochet: crochet'd hats----crochet some steaks and wear them around your neck-----crochet some bunny skulls-----agata olek----closet creations-----crocheted fiber glass----Freaky Bunny Suits----crocheted vegetables-----Isabel Riley crochets---Ice: The Art of Hildur Bjarnadóttir-----Shua crochet----interview with Bea Camacho---This clip is from the last hour of a video that documents an eleven-hour performance in real-time. During the performance I crocheted myself into a cocoon with red yarn.--Patricia Waller crochets-----Sheila Pepe's installation of crochet and drawings, Under the F & G----Title: Coral Reef---Ana Voog crocheted hats----Artist Xenobia Bailey Gives New Life to Crochet-----A Gallery of Crocheted Hyperbolic Models----cake-----ming yi sung crochet'd people---Plastic Bags - Crochet ----
crocheted table
books: nice coffee table book-----altered books in a glass house-----voices ----Une image marquante pour les amoureux du livre!----
papermaking FAQs----cailun, paper and bookmaking blog-----papermaking is a fun project to do -----Recycle those waxed juice and milk cartons... Turn them into a birdhouse!-----Paper chains-----Project - Making Paper Beads---
cardboard chairs
Scrapiteria is made up of collagists who work in the traditional cut and paste method. Each week, one of the members posts a new theme which we all intrepret in our own way. ---Collage on Masonite
-----All Collages -----
having problems with internet........
railcars: ^^^ train car conversions: haute nostalgic recycling -----Recycled Rail Car-----Mona Lisa made from recycled train tickets-----Paragon Railcar Salvage----bed & breakfast rail car----Railcar House ----The caboose house from the street. -----Two cabooses make a house, Silverton, Colorado -----relocating a caboose ----Inside the Southern X 376 6----I poked the camera in a broken window on the caboose and shot ----Train Spotting----
Ocklawaha
The end of the line 2----Sleep in a Train Car----Train enthusiasts plan to restore 19th century rail car---- It’s a converted rail car-----Train Car House ~ Houston, Tx-----Train-Turned House ----Farm House / Train Car -----a group called Abandoned and Disused Trains, ------railcar house----100_0960 ----Caboose House ----Home made from an old caboose: Near Rutland, Vermont,---The original steak house I was going to eat at had a red caboose thing behind it. In ----Welcome to the Rail Road Park Resort ----Red Top Diner---
Weird and wonderful hotel experiences from around the world
other:
"Monochrome. Food is an abstraction, suite"
Par Aurélie Mathigot.---Pink Buffet!----
plastic bottle magazine rack, Portariviste fai da te---Come ricavare un sottopentola dai tappi di sughero---Come costruire un muro di bottiglie---
Reclaimed Tin Frames
Vertical (Diagonal?) Farm from Work AC in NYC-----Delerium, an exhibition by Myoshi Barosh----this reworked vintage plate -----things you can do with clothes pins----natural "drawings"----steve wiman: haute found object art ---
InterNational Downshifting Week Saturday 19th to Friday 25th April 2008
CRABBY DAISY, Custom Cowboy Boot Purses
