art for housewives
art for housewives
art for housewives

    ART FOR HOUSEWIVES

 



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made in san lorenzo
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roma
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paros
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SKYBLOG
retablos
plat du jour
saatchi-gallery
art mesh
rivistaalbatros
arte per massaie
etsy
wish list 1
wish list 2
World Scientists' Warning to Humanity


Translator.


tutorials:
make paper basket
plastic yarn
fused plastic
newspaperyarn
metal rivets
wrapper purse 1
wrapper purse 2
Homemade Beads!
bead stringing


artists:
janet cooper
dale copeland
screaming lulu
jeanne williamson
everlasting blort


blogs:
life after money
laurie zuckerman
ecostreet
ullabenulla
whipup
spectrescope
reconstructed-mind
treehugger
inhabitat


stitchers:
spiritcloth
fabric of meditation
november moon
pin tangle
jafabrit
feltbug
hens teeth
stitch spectacular
contemporary embroidery
embroidery as art
dioramarama
becky howson

rebecca ringquist
little yellow birds
Tilleke Schwarz
xenba
backtracking slowly forward
artclothtext
lovely textiles
fibre quarterly

more:
box doodle*
street use
sea-angels
recollections
style-files
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masala chai
julie_arkell
martharich
herzensart
plep
blaugustine
growabrain
housewifeology
citrusmoon
whorange
wabi&sabi
neurastenia
dioramarama
52projects
stealthissweater
mimi kirchner
found
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extreme craft
camilla engman
spacious craft
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craftster
ruby reusable
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le divan fumoir
craftzine
dispatchfromla
woof nanny
textile arts
dream dogs art

links for fridays:
saint verde
karla's cottage
alabama chanin
art&perception
ask harriete
Michael deMeng
dont buy it

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my fair isle
paper forest
red thread studio
magpie and cake
littlehouseinthesuburbs
heegeldab
resurrection fern
indie-guest

boboho
gooseflesh
bientot demain
erinzam
glubibulga
abigail doan
bobibook
territoiredessens
kerismith
karen barbe
amore green


reconstructed clothes:
outsapop
danny mansmith
lori marsha
secret lentil
found clothing
martin margiela
emmeline4re
armoursan sanguish
skorts
underreconstruction
fiftyrx3
/trashionista/
Sewing with neckties
dressaday
alma wallace
will shannon



La Sussurata




La Sussurata



arte per massaie




arte per massaie



jewellery:
silvinaromero
liana kabel
melaniebilenker
ela bauer
karin seufert
newspaper jewelry
margaux lange
vaarwerk
vicki mason
bettina-speckner
ute dewald
arteco
birdross
^lindsey mann
alternatives
grainne morton
lisa walker
sandra bushby
natalie holtsbaum
cabinetof curiosities



gardens:
rooftop garden project
raw utah




for rainy days:
ecosolutions
ecoart blog
ecoart space
recyclart
environmental graffiti
green muze
daily scrapbook



for yellow colored thoughts:
India's folk
ruth rae
crescendo
damn interesting
2or3things
ecoartspace
tiny things
so besotted





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outsider:
hombre jazmin
animula vagula
church street



green:
green being nancy
visibletrash
^haute*nature
grist
navdanya
green museum
everydaytrash
book of rubbish
earthship
fazendoarte
ri-creazione
blogeko
noimpactman
superuse


other:
practically creative
soul food cafe



decor/design:
war rugs
teapots
designboom
apartment therapy
~>O<~
dexigner
interiors
designklub
thwartdesign
designaddict


food:
lucullian
soon sugar
tea and cookies
twelve22
creampuffsinvenice
mexico cooks
the raw chef



barter:
zero relativo




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le mie categorie
1950s
african
alluminum cans
aluminum recycling
applied arts
applique/arpilleras
aprons
archetecture
art brut
arte per massaie
arthur bispo do rosario
asafo flags
assemblage
bamboo
banana
baskets
beads
bicycle
birdhouses
blogs
book art
bottle caps
bottle tree
bottles
boxes
bra purse
bracelet
brooch
bunny
buttons
butts
cafeneion
caftans
candy wrapper bags
cardboard
carton coin purse
cassette
chairs
charms
chiapas
childrens art
china
christmas tree etc
cigarette butts
clay/pottery
cloth
clothespin
clothing
collage
comics
cork
craft
creative life
creative reuse
crochet
curtains
daisy chain
decrescita/degrowth
design
dishes
dogs
dolls
drawings
dress patterns
dresses
duct tape mannequin
earth policy institute
earthquake
earthship
earthworks
ecofeminism
ecological house
ecovillages
edible gardens
edibler art
egg carton
embroidery
environment
fabric
fashion
felt
fendi
fiber sculpture
figurines
fish
flour sacks
folk art
food/food in art
found art
franco mondini-ruiz
furniture
fused plastic
g w carver
gaetano pesce
gandhi
garden hose
gardens
giorgio morandi
glue
gourds
grandma moses
greek
green roof
guerilla warfare
hands
hankerchief
harriete estel berman
hats
home decor
homemade paint
housewives
huipil
illustration
in praise of hands
indoor gardening
interior decorating
italian
james castle
japanese craft
jars
jeans
jewelry
junk
kawaii
kitchen science
knitting
la sussurata
label art
lace
lighting
lino prints
lint art
lois walpole
los zumbidos
magazines
marita dingus
massimiliano adami
maya
medicine bundle
memory jugs
merit badge
mick jagger
mixed media
mm notes
mobiles
molas
mosaics
music
musical instruments
nala
nancy judd
napkins
nature
necklace
neckties
needlepoint
new domesticity
newspaper
non sprecare
nuclear
objects
opportunities
outsider art
pantyhose
paper
paper beads
paper dolls
paper houses
paper vessels
paper weaving
paper yarn
papercrete
papermaking
papier-mâché
paros
patchwork
pencil stubs
pets
phytoremediation
pin cushions
placemats
plants
plastic
plastic bags
plastic bottles
plastic caps
plates
pocket
pollution
polymer clay
pop can tabs
porno
portrait
postcard
postcards
poverty
purses
quilts
railcars
reconstructed fashon
recycle
recycled chic
recycled clothes
recycled sweaters
refrigerator art
relicarios
repair
retablos
retablos/relics
reuse center
review
romuald hazoumé
roof farming
rubber gloves
rubbings/frottage
rugs
san antonio
scrapbooks
sculpture
sewing
sewing machine
shadow box
shoes
shrines
shrines/altars
simple living
sketchbook
socks
soda cans
soda tabs
softies
solidarity
spacetrash
stitched drawings
stitching
story cloths
street art
stuart haygarth
studios
suitcase art
sustainable style
swap
swapping
sweaters
t-shirts
tagged
tc dinners
tea bag
teapots
tenugui
terrariums
textile
theory
thread drawings
tin art
tin cans
tires
toothbrush rug
toys
trading
trash art
trash islands
trashion
tutorial
umbrellas
vertical farming
video
wallets
wallpaper
water
wearable art
weaving/sakiori
weblogs
wire
wish list
wish tree
women artists
yarn
yoyo
zakka
zipper
counter
*loading* visite



30/03/2007
 

folded

Polymer Clay Switch Plate Covers polymer clay switchplates
millefiori 101 the balanced jellyroll-----hibiscus cane tutorial (polymer clay)----extrusions-----Polymer Clay Beads & Examples of Wired Lady Pins------Karin Noyes' polymer clay buttons-----Fiber Finds-----Cool Ideas---Blissen: Sweet Fabric Necklaces--------Faerie Smak: Delicious Jewelry------oven fried beads---More Soda-Tab Belts, Paper Beads-----
Clay Light Switch Cover With Cane Slices
face hunter blog---Aventalinhos ----Viagens ao peito ---otro bocetito  illustration----japanese craft, stuffed animals-----Making a Vinyl Pouch------handmade paper goods ----the printed word is dying newspaper sculpture-------Musée Galliera - Paris.fr----
purse, Nova fornada de malinhas ------very beautiful origami BAG variegada ----Larry's Interpretation collage----hexagonal origami purse @ Dutch Design Week------I finally made a wristlet that I like! ---felt purse----
 
 
Bracelets from recycled beads-----the meat dress------Hand-Painted Jewelry Hanger by Leila & Pacquita-------Sk8bags by Beck(y)-----journal bag class sample ----RAG BAG PURSE INSTRUCTIONS-----Rag Bag Redux----Knit Raggedy Bag Pattern----
Ragrug-----
 

Rag bag, Crocheted bag made from half inch strips of leftover fabrics.

 Juicywallet coin-purse with cap closure

 

milk carton coin purse---TUTORIAL****------Juice Carton Wallet -----Just what you’ve always wanted, a wallet made out of a milk carton.-------MORE---  how do you recycle yours?-----wallets* ------eco wallet----Print, paint, sew or knit your own money----- A collection of hand-made wallets made from recycled vinyl signage and off-cuts. Various graphics are silkscreened onto the outer surface. Each wallet is one-of-a-kind.----RECYCLED WALLET----Leather belts in recycled wallet shocker----Eco Friendly Wallet from recycled billboards-----fabric wallet, how to make one----to buy or to make wallet-----Recycled Bike Tube Wallet---rag bag wallet made from plastic bags----RAGBAG---extra LARGE rag bag BLUE and GREEN TOTE ----

Juice Carton Credit Card Holder  :  Business Promotional Item or Corporate Gift Juice Carton Credit Card Holder

Recycled Eco-Wallet

 Work In Progress: PAPER TRAIL 8-8---Recycled Newspaper Coasters-----Welcome to Junk to Jewels, a unique line of ecological jewelry. My concept is to reuse and recycle, turning "junk" into fun and beautiful jewelry, and make both a political and fashion statement---Making Paper Beads----Paper Beads Fruity Stripes - Large---

 Lothar Windels created this second version of his award- winning Joseph Felt Chair in 2003. The voluptuous folds of heavy red and gray felt act as both the primary structure and upholstery of this chair, which dispenses with the inner frame and cover common to most upholstered furniture.

Homemade Oil can guitar---patchwork-----Bus Brake Planters -----recycled paper----- Fragments , I completed these fabric art quilts today they are for a gallery show at artfest we were invited to submit/sell up to 3 peices the catch was they had to be 8x8.---OASIS URBAIN-----Candy Fairy---r

GREAT PICTURE FRAMES HERE:  recycled mag frame----diy book frame-----broom with a view----snapshot key caddy---zakkaweb-------tiffany tomato designs-----bleu nature----cubix frame-----frames wallpaper---bytrico---recycle, reframe-----Photo-Frame from Recycled Computer Parts ------

postato da cynthiak | 07:23 | commenti (1)
purses, polymer clay, wallets


28/03/2007
 

still not bored.....

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.   Dorothy Parker

Teatime, contemporary textile------the broken  plate blog with pencil sculptures------I'm struggling with a way of combining my two favorite ways of working: drawing and sewing.----tim holtz assemblage art---

 

 

 

 

 

Hands On  Mary Sue Kern  Mixed Media Sculpture

museum drawing project, girl, drawing-------the crochet dude blog-----the purl bee's babette blankets---Storybook Stitchery at turkey feathers-----book sculptures----"Idiom," a sculpture of books at the main municipal library, Prague ----nicholas galanin book art---detail from 'World Bound,' Maria Anasazi's book sculpture that was inspired by an early edition of the Encyclopaedia Brittanica------Most Wanted  Mixed media artist's book/sculpture----Art FEST book-----

  Book Sculpture

Lisa Kokin's Art with Found Materials-----karen whimsy book sculpture----

tree sculpture----Bob Holcombe/Helen's Book----book birdhouse-----more book sculpture----

Craft Blog from  Delighful Blogs  :  Indie Quarter-----1951 ranch redo-----A to Z design---   August Lately  pretty little (handmade) things----katie hacker's beading blog----Crafty Synergy is a collection of interviews with inspiring women. We learn a little about each of them and the creative businesses they own.

more bookmarks: Betz White-----window snake looking glamorous----martin-munoz snow globe art-----  weird gardens, assemblage and mosaic decorating----in my studio ---how t make fabric flowers-----In 1999 I started a series of "wall quilts" or "mural collages" – or at least that is how I see them. It has grown into a number of bigger quilts and smaller framed pictures.----

trash sculptures------Interview with Jo Owens Murray -----HEXAGON quilting----My wrist pin cushions-----repurposed furniture: giving new life to trash ---willie cole: found object art -----whit mcleod: reclaimed furniture ----mohop: architectural sandals ---big collages ---

Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum. Oliver Wendell Holmes  VIA bEATE

postato da cynthiak | 08:52 | commenti
book art, craft


27/03/2007
 

fill in the blanks

drawing

This is a foto I took many years ago.  It's of a little boy sitting on the floor of the Rodin Museum in Paris drawing the statues.  His desire to draw made him totally unconcerned of the presence of others.  This filled me with much tenderness.

illustration/drawing:    GLUBIBULGA' ---isabellearsenault ---learndaily ---
sketch journals ---pollybecker ---gapingvoid --they still draw---papaink ---
martharich ---lizquesada ---lauralevine---laurieluczak---
julietteborda ---carolwyat ---janallsopp ---brianraszka ---royl art lodge ---

women beyond borders------Penny Sanford Porcelains dog adornments---artists trading cards-----For all you felt freaks -----Mamy Wata Shrine ---A Church Away From Church, Home Altars Provide the Intimate Touch for Prayer---HOME SHRINES: JAPANESE AMERICAN BUDDHIST SPIRITUALITY----The Home Altar: Making Where You Live a Sacred Space----Custom Altered Art Shrine---

Saint Jerome retablos

my cardboard retablos ---Retablos at Catorce---more retablos---Students created the retablos based on the Community of Caring topics: Responsibility, Respect, Family, Trust, and Caring-----

Se llama relicario a la caja o estuche para guardar reliquias o recuerdos de los santos y exponerlas a la veneración de los fieles

Crochet my Spinal Cord

Atelier Van Lieshout: Keilestraat 43e 3029 BP Rotterdam The Netherlands

 environmental:  mother earth news ----lickg lobal warming ---legambiente ----green accord ---greenpeace ---WWF ---save our environment ---gaia ----environment directory ----Phytoremediation ----planet ark ----altreconomia ----Arts & Scraps -----world----norcal waste ----cutting paper ----grassroots ----habitat ----energ yjustice ----water democracy ----unep----world revolution----world water day ----friends of earth ----stop global warming ---freecycle ----
blogs: one bag ---what can i do ---- laurie-david----ideal bite ----irani ----worsted witch ----greenthinkers ---groovy green ----ecogeek ----gristmill ---triple pundit----unpluggedl iving ---zerofootprint ----- Eco-Advantage Blog----Tree Hugger (Environmental News) -----Jetson Green -----Marc Gunther ----Commons Blog (Free-market Environmentalism) ----Gristmill Blog ----World Changing Blog (Technological Tools) ---

  How the PlayPump System Works ...While children have fun spinning on the PlayPump merry-go-round (1), clean water is pumped (2) from underground (3) into a 2,500-liter tank (4), standing seven meters above the ground....

Unsafe water and lack of sanitation is now the single largest cause of illness worldwide.



25/03/2007
 

gone green

well my template just went down the drain!

Sundays can be dangerous!  Having more time to play today, I tried to be creative with my template and, in the process,  wound up losing it altogether.  Unfortunately, I'm busy with the latest corrections for my book ARTE PER MASSAIE (art for housewives in Italian) and, at the moment, don't have time to dedicate to a new template.  Please be patient until I can fix it (and you have to scroll down for the side bar!)

In the meantime:

The oil used to cook fries at Carl's Jr. restaurants in Arizona is getting a second life as fuel for the fast-food chain's vehicles. The company that franchises most Carl's Jr. outlets in the state plans to convert its fleet, including cars and trucks used by repair technicians and regional vice presidents, to run on waste vegetable oil instead of gas by 2010.   via everyday trash  which offers many other interesting links including:

The Temas Blog, Musings about the Evolution of Consumer, Environmental & Health Policy in Latin America & the Caribbean----Bring Your Own Thoughts on dealing with our disposable dilemna.----gutter envy, musings on wet trash----Ecorazzi questions causes celeb; -----Fabulously Green shares some faublous new ecostyles;------

Carrier Bag Fashion & Eco Art ----text covered beads----Scratch images into plastic case---

Shadows of Scary Creatures , I wonder about the physiological effects of dreaming. I mean, neurochemically, the body can't know the difference between a dream and reality, right? -----

Cupcakería 31 photos ----

postato da cynthiak | 18:33 | commenti (1)
environment
 

putting something on.......

recently discovered: keeping me in stitches blog, hand embroidery and an occasional sock monkey...some quilting is possible, too

deborah colotti, For many years, I have toyed with the Barbie icon. In 1996, I began the  current series "the Barbs". To date, I have created over 150 interpretations  of Barb in the real world.

Making Crafty Fridge Magnets-----Eclectic Papier Mache Project from  The Studio of Stephanie Hansen ----Doktor Wong's sakura-----THE CRAFTGOSSIP BLOG NETWORK ---ethical fashion show----Wiener Bench - Upcycling------gesine hackenbeg's wearable objects-----selection of Carrier bags: ----

Abita Mystery house ....Have you ever walked along a foot path and stopped to pick up an interesting rock? John Preble has, thousands of times; and it wasn’t only rocks, there were bottles, bottle caps, license plates, springs, motors, pottery shards, and “what all.” And he didn’t throw any of it away, instead it all eventually came together in the fantastic man-made world known as the Abita Mystery House in Abita Springs, Louisiana.

Chinese Knotting: The Chinese Button Knot Method 1

 chinese lantern    CHINESE LATTICE

Yohji Yamamoto For Diana Vreeland, red was more than just a primary color. "All my life I've pursued the perfect red," said the legendary fashion editor. "I can never get painters to mix it for me. It's exactly as if I'd said 'I want Rococo with a spot of Gothic in it and a bit of Buddhist Temple' - they have no idea what I'm talking about." Vreeland's entire life was about striving for such exquisite perfection and she almost always achieved it.

 ecofabulous  weblog-----from trash to fashion------Art MoCo Meta----The Floating Forbidden City-----recycled china tin-----

Ming pottery shard Sterling silver earringsChinese Ming oval pottery shard earrings.........  and what about using our own broken plates to make earrings or necklaces?

モデルのトップスへ ---more----

Hu Xiaodan's World Famous Chinese Designs Hu Xiaodan's World FamousChinese Designs     huxiaodan.com.

china's rise in fashion----The vicissitudes of Shanghai style costume----My Underwear Revolution gets the bum's rush in militaristic melody-----The Fashionable Kiffen -----MIT’s “Seamless” Technology + Fashion Show----bird scare fashion-----Chinoserie-----made in italy at chinese prices----

buttons chinese buttons

walnut pesto----

postato da cynthiak | 14:17 | commenti
fashion, china


24/03/2007
 

...it's only rock'n'roll....

Well I'm very happy today because I just ordered my tickets to the Rolling Stones A BIGGER BANG concert here in Rome  July 6!

 The homeowner is a big Stones fan who simply had to have the Stones logo painted in the center of his inground swimming pool.  Give the People what they want! It's only rock and roll but I like it.

The incredible Janet Cooper left Rome the other day(Janet, for all practical purposes, travels world wide collecting memorabilia for her assemblage art quilts) and sent me an email with the references: Amy Katoh, connoisseur of Japanese craft-----Visiting with Amy Katoh at a Garden Exhibition -----ku: Joy of Japan  book---Blue and White Japan book----- Amy Katoh is known for her shop Blue & White, a fixture of Tokyo’s Azabu Juban area for more than 30 years, and three previous books----more-----ASIA-PACIFIC ISSUE; Outside the Temple, Old Japan for Sale -----

more re: janet

 Treasures of traditional Japanese design, blue and white are the perfect foil for Tokyo's sweltering summers

 Japan Country Living: Spirit, Tradition, Style

 rag weave

sakiori

About sakiori Japanese rag weaving ----more sakiori but all in japanese but see picture instructions here---Embellishments-----more sakiori-----even more-----more---体験講座作品紹介-----works by asako uto----

sakiori offers an excellent way to recycle old clothes

 Dorothy Spencer ,Yardstick Chair  Mixed Media  $375

Dorothy Spencer with her Red Yardstick Chair ----Found Object Art (Schiffer Art Book) by Dorothy Spencer----Recycled Red Ruler Chair-----Lost and Found FOUND OBJECT ART BOOK----

Knitted Textile Student Awards Showcase 2005 ----and susan subtle----Patsy vonRanson, Susan Subtle and Betty have dinner at the Shark Bar---susan subtle's hello again----WELCOME TO THE HELLO AGAIN!----Marlene Hurley Marshall, shell mosaics book----Marvelous Mosaics-----thomas mann designs----art clocks----

Camille Holvoet is an energetic and imaginative artist who draws from her own experiences and perceptions---Recycled works is a hand produced line of funky and functional jewellery with a folk art flair. At the heart of each piece are the vintage bottle caps which date back from the 1930's to the 1970's, they give the work a nostalgic "pop art" flash which is coupled with Americana pop art images and religious icons----

New Skirt and 5 things----Embroider the World is an interesting education resource provided by the Bankfield Museum.  via in a minute ago

 post script:  glue gun crafts-----How To Make (and grow) A Luffa!-----devout dolls-----vandalized vintage plates-----Sassy Silhouette & Co-----Inspiration, patchwork dress-----Japanese craft books ----more japanese craft---dishwasher dying for knitters------The Meat Gallery -- A Garden of Surrealist Sculpture (assembled surrealist objects) ------meatscape-----Don't get blown away without it!----a bird in hand blog----

Amy Peters' Studio Blog Advice and articles about starting and running a successful crafts business----- A list of links to collage and collage-related sites----found magazine----clay buttons----velvet da vinci contemporary jewellery----

earrings from tins

 



21/03/2007
 

thorns and pins

learning to smell the roses

Paper Corsage-----Monday Flowers and Winter Paperwhite Bulbs-----got tulips, got tupperware -----Buntbuketter,flower decorating -----

 The idea for this bag came to me when I was faced with a pair of beloved jeans that could not be mended and I could not bear to throw away. Having seen a bag on the Internet made from strips of cotton I wondered if it might be possible to do the same thing with denim                 ---- jean Rag Rugs----jeans on a rug----see a jeans rug here---and another jeans rug here----Demin Rag Quilt made from "recycled" jeans.-----Ralph Lauren Insulates Habitat for Humanity Homes----jeans pillow----Recycled denim jeans, Hooked----Trash to Treasure: Recycled Blue Jeans----

 New Recycled Denim Shoes                            - --RECYCLED DENIMS & WOVEN GOODS ----Denim Bags NEW!----

About 1830 James Burrows invented the twin techniques of stickware and half- square mosaic. Stickware articles, such as pincushions, were turned from blocks composed of differently coloured wooden sticks of triangular and diamond shaped cross section. Half-square mosaic consisted of thin slices from similar blocks used as veneers to decorate boxes and other items. Stickware remained popular throughout the life of the industry, but half-square was not much used after 1840 as it was a step on the way to a perfected mosaic technique

Ring Finger Pin Cushion


 The Ewesful Pincushion

 Pin cushion made by Royal Welch Fusiliers prisoners of war, 1914-18

 Apple Pin Cushion and Thimble Holder

Getting the Grannies to a Mellow-Groove-----weaving 101-------Stripey Sweaters, Reduxpurse-----Denyse Schmidt Quilting Class----Richard Saja uses embroidery and familiar textiles to create decorative cushions. His designs draw attention to time-honored needlework techniques, but he employs these hand-stitched elements to destabilize traditional images.

TIM BURTON PVC SET #4: PIN CUSHION QUEEN, STARING GIRL, BRIE BOY

Pattern for Heart Yo-Yo----Pincushions and brooches------new pinpouffe-----Fantasy Mushroom Pincushion----Acorn Pincushion---pin cushion ring---and another pin cushion ring--Deer hoof pin cushion. The bones were removed and then filled with wood shavings.---PINCUSHION OU PIQUE EPINGLES------Pin Cushion Starfish 01----pin cushion, Wires emanate from needles embedded in a woman's digital face which is projected onto a latex cushion hanging on a wall. By stroking and pulling the wires, spectators manipulate the face which evolves to their cumulative interactions.------thumb pin chusion at Annies Crazy World----pillow vs. pin cushion -----brocante home and pin cushion doll---Japanese Doll Pin-Cushion (scroll down)---

Saint Sebastian Pin Cushion   

 Rebbecca Tomas  Seattle, WA
"Pin Cushion Series", 2006   3 rings; silver, fabric, batting, embroidery, floss,pins

Recycled Glass Tray Kit

Potted Light Bulb Lamp: Easy to "Grow"; Provides Its Own Light-------Mohsen currently holds the Guinness Book of World Records record for the largest collection of different objects (26820), has been mentioned in many newspaper articles, and has many visitors to his Sea Memories Museum every week----Drawer Pulls: Snapple Caps-----

....dresses wittily made of paper printed with the New York Yellow Pages, all express a joyful relish in the decay of the written word, a forthright pleasure in the way its meaning has been draining away

Lost Marbles Pocketbook

Still Life w/ Macchinetta-----Green life -----2 tee shirts = 1 skirt-------Inspiration and such----Welcome to De Geuzen D.I.Y.------THE BODY AS BILLBOARD-----

food:  Orange Marmalade-----Ravioli Pasta Salad-----

 new love:

 jewellery by jack cunningham-----more Jack Cunningham



16/03/2007
 

will the sun shine this weekend?

  Nancy Drew: The Crooked Banister, Book Bags

Sketchbook Village ------arreke harmsen textile sculpture----leigh wells illustration-----Red leaf in vase by lisa dejohn----marco marella illustration----soft tree pattern is here!----My love affair with granny squares---- every wondered what you could do with all those cardboard cylinders from paper towels, try this----the ceramic work of Lubna Chowdhary----a jeans shoulder bag----making one change at a time blog-----Blog-ish Collages, $90  Original collages inspired by the magic of blogs, made with original (no copies) vintage sewing pattern illustrations, vintage buttons, vintage wallpapers, fabrics, trims,spools of thread, and other sweet treats.

le-grand magasin , shop in provence selling the old and ancient-----

more crockery by Esther Derkx---see esthers toilet---Esther Derkx.  cups and saucers----Esther Derkx Improved Crockery-----new from lovely lovely!-----Cool Artist: Souther Salazar---Cool Artist: Ali Cavanaugh----serve wedding cake and...----patterned furniture...----

 Klaas Gubbels  Tafel, 1985, gouache op papier, ----more GUBBELS, Klaas----This artist has taken the theme of an ordinary table and draws it and paints it over and over like Morandi did with his  his bottles-----more---more---more---and even more----Klaas Gubbels----gubbels disocovered via zeekomkommer's links

 Welcome to the Art Room of Justin Kramer

My friend Janet Cooper sent me this link:  AryJunk-----"Rubbish removal and rubbish clearance has always seemed to mean rubbish service. ANY JUNK? was set up to change all that. It's about delivering a simple, dependable and hassle free junk clearance solution that is as environmentally friendly as possible," says its founder, Jason Mohr.

 Save those plastic drink bottles for Craft Wars, and you can make Frosted Patio Party Lights to hang from an umbrella or the trees.

lime, healthy living with a twist----waste nothing, Use, reuse, reduce waste, and recycle at home! Share ideas for waste nothing use everything homemaking, frugality, crafting, cooking, decorating, sewing, canning, preserving, gardening, cleaning, organizing, conserving, home management, saving time money, recycling, consumerism, and more yahoo group-------

 

Pintoids are pinhole cameras made from Altoid containers. A piece of pop culture transformed into something useful. An instrument to view the world with a dry, distorted, sense of humor. They tend to create curiously strong images.----I remember playing with Shrinky Dinks® when I was in elementary school. You can make them using clear plastic lids. It's a creative way to recycle.-----How to air-dry flowers  FOR POTPOURRI---Goddess of Garbage, Carol A. Tanzi ----

 Handmade Papier-Mâché Napkin Rings

HOUSES AT ART DEPART...SEE TOO CONFETTI MOBILE----PICT 

eclecto pockets & pouches -----hybrid stool" ----- patch work ceramics-----The Studio----Living vicariously thru Marie Claire Idées...---Herbier de Munchenberg----

Jimena Rios  Earring: Untitled 2003  Silver, fabric   WEBSITE

FRAMES---
postato da cynthiak | 09:48 | commenti (1)
illustration


15/03/2007
 

milk cartons,tin cans & plastic bags

 Coin purse - milk carton

a milk carton wallet---how tomake paper from milk cartons---more homemade wallets----plastic crochet -----Soda Bottle chandelier/electric candle light -----Whats Hanging On Your Chandelier?-----water jug transformed into a plastic bag dispenser----woven plastic bags-----Wearable Glass Purse---Désirée Koslin Transmissions-----corkboard, paper, photographs, plastic, fabric, pins, wood, oil paint, acrylic paint, charcoal, pastel, string, ceramic----Paula do Prado Textile Artist,----evening bag made fromrecycled materials-----Tony Feher plastic bag art----A collage of plastic materials, fabrics and felt over stitched by using the cross stitch only, enhanced with bead work  here----Cameroon artist Pascale Marthine Tayou with his plastic bag installation-------Plastic Bag Abstraction -----toilet bag in knitted, used, plastic supermarket bags---

 beautiful plastic bag work (article in hebrew)    scroll down here to see more

very beautiful Patchwork Pillows--Blockswap ---metal craft, making art from cans----Tin Can Art----Screened Earring Holder Link ----

tin pin by Susan Skinner at new mexico creates      more

David Poston   Bracelet: Well, Well, Well 2004------

how to fold a t-shirt---how to crochet a Tiara----How to Make a 3D Paper Snowflake-----CraftPOP.com is the web guide to popular homemade arts, crafts, hobbies, ideas, and other DIY resources---The Art of Finding  about thrift shopping, finding, and serendipity---Downsizing TheMagazines ----What is National Craft Month-----A book is a form to hold meaning.  Books have the power to communicate directly and intimately with the viewer, creating a unique experience of art. -----

Elizabeth's Apartment Part Two ---What I made in the past few days------

recyclers blog----The Recycling Appeal collects mobile phones, PDAs and printer cartridges for reuse and recycling, raising funds and helping the environment.-----Resin Codes, Wonder what those symbols on or near the bottom of a plastic container mean? They are plastic resin codes and identify the resin----milk carton recycling----Too many wonderful people live in rickety hovels made of cardboard, rags, and straw. ----

artist residency at SF Recycling & Disposal, Inc-----recycle-ryoanji BLOG, a replica of Ryoan-ji Garden created out of recycled materials----ShoestringCottage   Building my own little cottage on a shoestring budget-----

Vegan Lunch Box -----deliciously raw with leslie bega: greenchefs.tv

 

postato da cynthiak | 09:26 | commenti (1)
tin cans, plastic bags


13/03/2007
 

Let's Trade!

Another way to recycled is by swapping.  The last time Chiara was in Paris, she stayed with friends whose apartment building had a large box near the main door. Residents would put in the box things they didn't use anymore and anyone interested could take want they wanted from the box to use it themselves.

Swapping is the New Shopping------Swap-O-Rama-Rama is a clothing swap and series of do-it-yourself workshops in which a community explores creative reuse through the recycling of used clothing------Swapstyle.com is an online fashion swap party where you can swap, sell and buy fashion, accessories, cosmetics, shoes and lots more with people from all around the world at any time, day or night!-----Naked Lady Party how to throw a clothing swap ----Welcome to whatsmineisyours.com Upload your wardrobe, make friends, and start swapping and selling the stuff you don’t wear for stuff you will. -----The web’s clothes-swapping queen on Chanel, vintage and car boot sales-----In a 2006 poll, 80% of women surveyed admitted that they never wear 25% of the clothes in their closet.-----Fashion For Free, When you're really broke and need clothes, have a clothing swap---SIMPLE+FUN+SAVVY=CLOTHING SWAP-------Itsy Eco Interview - Clothes Swap Shop!-----Swap shoppers at ThriftOn at the Botanica bar in New York. -----

edible art, "Simon," 2006, 7"X32"X30", gummi bears, faux nailtops on wire armature and canvas                    ---Gummy bear chandelier---

This amazingly colorful handwoven bowl is made in Nepal by artisans in remote mountain villages. Created from colorful recycled plastic candy wrappers, this basket makes a bright addition to your home decor.        another Recycled Wrapper Bowl-----The Candy Wrapper Museum, where wrappers are to be enjoyed as art, nostalgia, and humor.

 bracelet, recycled telephone wire and  glass beads

Bring Out the Map Earrings

Recycled Vintage Record Album Purse----Keeping it out of the Landfill---Recycled Truck Tire iPod Case----Junk Mail Recycled - Paper Beads----Junk Mail Recycled - Wallets-----Recycled books! for handbags---recycled rubber hats and purses----Bag of Beads - recycled paper beads----Recycled art furniture----Barrell Chairs---

 snap tie jewellery, another way to recycle men's ties

This scarf is made of four panels of recycled felted wool sweaters.----remnant clothing & scarves-----

mittens, Polar fleece lined, cuffs trimmed with vintage buttons. Made from 100% recycled wool, every pair is guaranteed one-of-a-kind.

The wreaths are made very carefully by hand out of waste tin.

  Vintage Tin Bracelet, Here is a replica of the vintage tin bracelet I made on the HGTV show "Thats Clever!" The chain is handmade as well as the clasp. The "charms" are made from an old cigarette tin that I purchased in an antique shop

 juice bag sandals                         more---- Shoes constructed from recycled products

 red camper's purse made from slides

 

postato da cynthiak | 05:34 | commenti
swapping


12/03/2007
 

on wearing embellished rags

women and their mirrors in art

What to do with all those reconstructed clothes you've been making?  Why not try participating in the Ethical Fashion Show, 4, rue Trousseau 75011 PARIS contact@ethicalfashionshow.com .....Founded by Isabelle QUÉHÉ, Ethical Fashion Show® is a European event centred on Ethical Fashion. It is organised by the Universal Love association (Free Markets since 1995).  More than a trade show, ETHICAL FASHION SHOW® seeks to be a unifying event where the fashion industries’ various players meet. There are 3 main objectives:    - Promote ethical fashion designers    - Foster dialogue and the exchange of information between companies concerned by fair trade and sustainable development in the fashion industry   - Be an information base for all parties concerned.-----

designers from previous shows include:

 ANNEKE COPIER (The Netherlands)

  BOSABO ( FRANCE ) ECOLO SANDAL " CAMEL "     more

 bags at capalongas

Originaire du Brésil, Eliza Gabriel conçoit ses premiers sacs et tapis en 2003. Son travail s'appuie sur la mise en valeur des anciennes techniques de l'artisanat brésilien (récupérer, couper, assembler et coudre des dizaines, des centaines de bouts de tissus).   BLOG

 Noblesse des tissus, élégance des formes, foisonnement de couleurs, les accessoires de mode La Vie Devant Soie recèlent mille richesses, puisées dans les trésors d’un pays fabuleux : le Cambodge…

related:  Umbrella Inside Out: ID and Fashion 2006---Deborah Milner and Aveda Launch "Ecoture" Fashion Collection------ Kiel Mead's Retainer Necklace. ----CRUSELITA : Bijoux et Accessoires Ethiques---As one of LA’s most sought after environmentally conscious designers, Deborah Lindquist   continues to impact the world of fashion with her mix of old  “reincarnated “ and new eco-conscious fabrications.---grace trance designs---wo-----green is beautiful--felted accessories--kanthaka-----craft victoria goes to chile-----l'atelier des createurs------Les Fees de Bengale-----MARTIAL TAPOLO ------Ombre Claire----Bienvenue sur le site internet de Poulpiche.-----Recyclaid : recyclage des textiles, aide au développement -----Rianne de Witte -----De tentoonstelling HIGH TECH LOW TECH------The New Crafts Company  ---- RACHEL F----Green Christmas at the Biosphère -----LAILA B refashioned children's wear----Jorge Caballero | Artesanía Yagan |...Jorge Caballero designs jewelry made of silver and woven reeds called junquillo, which grow in the marshes near Punta Arenas, Chile.-----

Technofabulous PLASTICOAT TRASHION - upcycle contest...a beautiful jacket made by fusing plastic bags-----Tasty round-up-----When isrecycling not recycling?----The box doodle project---

on & on....From season to season, we recycle thousands of clothes that become unique pieces for our collections. Reinvent your wardrobe...scroll down the page to see how this outfit was made from old clothes

  duct tape wallets

 belts made from tape measurers here

Vintage Vinyl Cuff  Made from classic vinyl LPs and plated with rhodium, this wrist cuff rocks. Recycled from mint-condition records (check out the grooves).

 The Rabbit's spirit ...Rabbit Habbit, the label of Teera Chantaswasdee, a most exclusive and multi-award winning young designer... at sOIWAT

SOOCHI   more

  nahui olli handmade handbags

 

Compact blog,  to go beyond recycling in trying to counteract the negative global environmental and socioeconomic impacts of U.S. consumer culture, to resist global corporatism, and to support local businesses, farms, etc----Conscious Threads: EDUN------

ARTICLE STUDIO blog   ---full of ideas creative enterprise---we all reuse-----Art Gens propose des pièces uniques garanties 100% déchet conçues et réalisées à la main au sein de l'association. Chaque objet est acccompagné d'une "carte d'identité" précisant la provenance du matériau d'origine ainsi que les auteurs et réalisateurs de l'objet.----

Design et eco conception -----Womens' rehabilitation----
Textile designer Ploenchan Pornsurat put the artisans of Thailand's hill tribes back in business with fabrics that challenge the senses. But does a tree-bark dress itch?---mae fah luang foundation-----bilum® recycles dying materials. For this collection of handbags & other accessories, bilum used giant publicity banners. Handles are made using reprocessed or rejected car safety-belts. Each bilum is made in France by people in welfare or social centres-----

coll.part. presents a collection of accessories made from recycled plastic bags.  Nina Raebar, a Swiss fashion designer, has transposed this light, strong, and colourful material to make a fashionable and urban product. Cambodian workshops make the accessories and provide training, employment, and reinsertion for women in difficult situations as well as to victims of antipersonnel mines.-------------zaza factory-----

Isabelle Quéhé est fondatrice de l'Ethical Fashion Show, le salon spécialisé en mode équitable. Elle nous explique ce qu''il faut entendre par mode éthique----Isabelle Quehe's Universal Love Associationpromotes ethical fabrics--those made from ecologically-friendly sources or produced by manufacturers using ethical labor codes--as a profitable alternative to traditional textiles.----Isabelle Quehe

Forget black: fashion's going green . .----Ethical fashion in the spotlight at London Fashion Week-----

postato da cynthiak | 10:19 | commenti (1)
fashion, bracelet


11/03/2007
 

sunday morning coffee

 ring, The smell of people drinking coffee & smoking...
it always brings back some of my favorite memories.
Like driving up to work on the I-5...smoking out of the
car window & singing along to the stereo...getting
buzzed off the extra-large hot coffee in the cup holder

 painted furniture swamp chest

zula momma chair woven by SA rural woman

 The first realization in MVRDV’s home town Rotterdam will be a rooftop house extension. On top of an existing monumental house and atelier, the bedrooms are positioned as separate houses, optimizing the privacy of every member of the family. The houses are distributed in such a way that a series of plazas, streets and alleys appear as a mini-village on top of the building.

How to Make Home Made Paper You Can Plant----Dishcloth Bikini---D'Ette Cole -----Wunderkammer , A wunderkammer, or cabinet of curiosities, is a place to gather your treasured collections. More than that .... the weird, the wonderful, the found and discarded. Nature's detritus or man made discards. A collection may contain the truly beautiful or the down right bizarre----remnanatcushions----

flickR:  The alligator scarf felting----When the paper puppets are twirled the arms and legs lift and swing in a delightful burst of joy! -----craftsmanship by peggy dembicer-----How to Make a Covered Button----a wall of softies---Trashion Strangements ----Little guy with copper button necklace----About The Library, The idea is that one artist takes a hardcover from a book, tears out the pages and draws in one half (or half draws in both halves) of the binder/diptyque. In a nod to Ray Johnson, the two books are mailed (swapped) and Each of these will be finished by the other. The results are posted in a Flicker group called (what else) The Library Project.

 Wendy Freebourne Hand and machine embroidery on space-dyed cotton fabric with natural dyed fibres and silk, merino wool, amgelina, silk tops and distressed sheers.

PON DI RIVER PON DI BANK, pon pon makers ----ulrika erdes' public embroidery, Cross stiching performed on seats in buses and trains. Embroidery kits can be sent for free, at your request. Mail me! Please send photos of your own public embroidery!

Tucked away in the ground-floor warehouse at Secret Project Robot in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Cabin Comforts is an handcrafted rustic cabin environment, where the experience of art is situated in the home not in the gallery. Found within are drawings, zines, music and video, utility crafts and decorative arts, sculpture and furniture, wearable art, photography and ephemera, all at affordable prices.

Saviour Scraps is a Brooklyn based art collaborative that works with donated and reused fabric to create fantastical environments in immersive site-specific installations. Because fabric contains powerful personal and collective memories, it serves as a medium through which the artists can explore the cycle of creation and exchange. The installations create an atmosphere that overwhelms and intrigues the viewer to become a participant by interacting with the art and making the experience their own.

earth 911 recycling---Chakras & Vortexes of Mother Earth----How many earth chakras are there?------The Chakras are wheel-like vortices of energy located on the etheric body in a vertical line from the head to the pelvis.-----Chakras, Aging, and the Inner Earth----

p.s.:   -----the Precious Famine table------Lisa Congdon is a San Francisco based crafter and artist-----via designmuti Daily Dose of Design Finds------embroidered cuckoo clocks by artist Steve MacDonald.------Stencils  Number #158 on the list of projects to do in my home is stenciling.---Hotel Des Arts-----the Papa Stour website----nel linssen paper jewellery----Using gaffers tape, the company transfers original artwork and photographs to the wallets creating very cool and very durable products-----michael salter sculpture from packaging----

postato da cynthiak | 10:35 | commenti
embroidery


10/03/2007
 

 Biotechnology on display,   A gallery-turned-laboratory fuses art and science....Who knew bacteria could draw? But here I stand, staring at a series of black-and-blue line drawings of a rooster, rabbit, and spiraling helix of DNA, all by the bioluminescent bacteria Photobacterium phosphoreum

cupcake pin cushion

if a bra can bea purse...

Facteur Céleste Paris based blog:Broderie sur légumes------couture nature-----Doktor Wong's sakura-----

Toothbrush Bracelet----Cute Bracelets from Old Toothbrushes------Toothbrush Bracelets are fun little accessories that liven up your wardrobe.----How to Make a Toothbrush Bracelet---

shrink art---------Boney Fingers, gourd art------One Woman's Trash: How to Reupholster a Chair video-----recycled those plastic bags to make a sleeping bag----recycled handbags---recycled ninjas ------hand stitches...-----How to Make a Bra Purse----

 Queen Mother, 2002

 kiel mead rings made from car keys

recycled furniture

 Sculpture made from painted tires by Lihidheb Mohsen. newsletter at eco-artware.com

reuse of neckties ....i’ll have a cafe mocha vodka marijuana latte to go, please--an embellished teapot----handpainted shoes----SWEETS jewellery----lace tape-----Fabric Decor------Three CD bracelets ---Embroidered Telephone Conversations------HOW TO - Sew Harmony Sheets---flowers doorway in nepal----

postato da cynthiak | 07:04 | commenti
bracelet


09/03/2007
 

frayed & fabric flowers

 

   basque made entirely from disregarded sweet wrappers

Manon Gignoux explores the marks of wear and time in clothing, wrapped objects and fabric sculptures: MANON GIGNOUX fashion----MANON GIGNOUX-----Manon Gignoux dans les replis du temps----

flowers by melissa barrett lundquist

Vintage Fabric Flower Power Pin------if all the flowers in your garden are dying, fabric flowers-----    how to make fabric flowers----------Fabric Flower Pin-----Fabric flower-----Fabric flower----fabric flower flickr group----Flower Charm-----peony pin-----This is a fabric flower pin with a button sewn to the center-----long stem fabric flowers------AMore flowers---

 floral alternatives

 fabric flowers

janet bolton textile art-----quilt writing at spirit cloth--------how to make a flowercontainer from an old hose----Yarn as art, yarn as ingredient-----woven band bracelet----PluckyFluff Handspun Revolution-----

 soda can earrings

postato da cynthiak | 08:05 | commenti (2)
furniture


07/03/2007
 

wiping away the tears in style

 Tammis Keefe is one of the great names of hankie collecting. She was born in 1920, and began designing for Kimbal scarves in 1953. Her designs are typically 1950s - full of whimsy and those great 50s colors: pink, turquoise, gold and black.       Keefe's designs were often inspired by her travels. One can find Oriental, Arabian nights, and European castle themed hankies. She also did hankies featuring American cities and attractions.      ------Tammis Keefe----- Tammis Keefe Textiles / Discuss    FLICKR GROUP----you'll need to join Vintage Hankies.-----Fabric Friday: Tammis Keefe-----

Tammis Keefe  Bees Ladybugs

 TAMMIS KEEFE Linen textile

Hooked on Hooking----delicate domestication--------small embroiderKeefe Handkerchiefies on felt----Vintage Christmas Handkerchiefs-----

 vintage floral hankie

more Flickr groups: LIFE FEVER is a web site to pron to spread who does, sell, or in some way is related to art! In the link zone there will be links to everyone who wants to be a part of it!----About Wordiness, photos or art with or about words----crafting world ----the group pompom-o-rama by icklebird-----the group photo doodling by °cimba----~~~~~~~):>~ SNAKE ART ~<:(~~~~~~~      ------- Recicl'arte HT -----jeans coin purse-----A growing obsession, a spool tree----

Heart YoYo Free Pattern---   Hot Seat If a chair could wear ruffle-rear bloomies it might look something like this.------anna marie hornerinterview----is it fair to have studiothis beautiful?-----

SCRAP is a creative reuse center, store and workshop space founded in 1976 in San Francisco, California. Donations of re-usable materials such as textiles, paper, jewelry findings, wood, buttons and plastics are collected from businesses, institutions and individuals and distributed to art and educational groups------ReUse Artists--------

beautiful homemade postcards--- pear shaped------Attack of the red gingham-----Mini Pincushions-------Seamstress Apron--------Welcome to my Book Arts site. Please feel free check out the information pages and tutorials------ROUGE DE GARANCE blog----Un blog dédié à mes ateliers et pages de scrapbooking !----Chef-d'oeuvres from the Rubbish Heap-----

newspaper art: Laptop bag made from newspapers-----What's Happening to the News  animal made from newspapers----Whimsical Newspaper Sculpture-----Newspaper sculpture-----the “Tilt” newspaper sculpture-----All About Paper ----Kate Hunt  Simple Flag #3, 2006
Newspaper, steel-----"Tatlin's Dream"   2006  newspaper, steel, wood glue, housepaint, carved industrial ceramics----
  A big pile of newspapers with Dianthus growing on top

   Kate Hunt (American, born 1956)   Gebhard and Florence Fassler Torrington, 1996   Newspaper, baling twine, steel

 Landscape II, (1991), coal, newspaper, nails, books, metal, junkmail; 5'x 3'x 12" by ray beldner----

 Title: "News Vortex"  Dimensions: Medium: newspaper, cable ties, steel

 The Earth does not belong to us. We belong to the Earth. Chief Seattle 

postato da cynthiak | 07:40 | commenti (1)
newspaper, hankerchief


06/03/2007
 

nice nature

The D.I.Y. Kids blog features design projects for kids----my new friend... homemade pods----little nest from felt---step seven :: contemplate the mini---abigail doan blog, musings on art - design - textiles - fiber - gardens - seeds----parures Nature-----Post by Abigail Doan------Paradise Etched in Stone ----Tabletops are for gardening not dusting---- fiber tumble weeds by Abigail Doan

"Crocheted Snow" ,  A self-described "art-farmer living part of the year in an urban nest [New York City] and part of the year on a farm in Tuscany", Abigail Doan's artwork interconnects her experience of place using natural fibers and plant material. Often as ephemeral interventions, carefully photographed, her projects coalesce tenuous layers of thought with the fragile beauty of vegetation and the outdoors.

desertroving  more abigail.....My work is a threaded dialogue between vanishing tactile processes and emerging technological means. As a geomorphic agent and environmental tinker, I create recombinant maps, floating topographies, and in situ souvenirs that highlight the delicate nature our environs and the degradation of spirit that results from our repeated abuse of natural resources and shared terrain.

Actineria Hemprichi
© National Museum
& Gallery, Cardiff   Leopold + Rudolf Blaschka, During the late 19th century, the Dresden studio of LEOPOLD BLASCHKA (1822-1895)and his son RUDOLF (1857-1929) produced beautifully detailed glass models of exotic plants and bizarre sea creatures for natural history museums and aquaria all over the world.

The Mended Spiderweb series came about during a six-week period in June and July in 1998 which I spent on Pörtö. In the forest and around the house where I was living, I searched for broken spiderwebs which I repaired using red sewing thread-------'The New Audiences Website is one of the largest free resources on developing audiences in the world. It offers a great opportunity to learn from our peers and we urge arts professionals to take advantage of its richness.'

These gorgeous crochet snowflakes bring a touch of winter wonder to your tree. crocheted snowflakes

Beaded Snowflake-----Crochet Patterns - Snowflake Doily----SNOWFLAKE ORNAMENT----Crocheted Plant Ovary------Fender Knit Guitar-----Radical Lace & Subversive Knitting----lime'n'lemon crocheted skirt----Crochet Hyperbolic Coral Reef Project---Hyperbolic Planes, Crochet, Chambered Nautili, Eurypterids.....Telecom Prospect 2007: New Art New Zealand---

 Mended Heart Cage by Michael Branca 2002 oil & catalytic converter on canvas

robin ross  books------Secret Wall Tattoos-----Uprooted & Deified - The Golden Tree ----ASCI, art and science collaboration---The Center for Land Use Interpretation  is a research organization involved in exploring, examining, and understanding land and landscape issues. -----NOTCOT Inc, a network of informative and collaborative websites that doubles as a design consultancy-----BOTANICALLS: Allows your plants to call you!----Welcome to the world of Biomimicry: discover how our understanding of Nature is beginning to influence how we innovate and develop ideas---Arcology, the concept of ecological human habitats was introduced by Paolo Soleri in late 1960's, exploring an alternative urban development in the age of environmental crisis---The Spannocchia Foundation was formed in February 2002, with the intent of supporting conservation, research, and education at the Tenuta di Spannocchia, an 1100-acre organic agricultural estate in central Tuscany. Our vision is to become an internationally recognized example for sustainable development in rural areas and an educational center for students, scholars, researchers, artists, and others committed to preserving cultural history and the environment for future generations-----THE EDIBLE ESTATES CHALLENGE! ----- my thanks to abigal doan's blog for many of these links----

design in nature pdf-----Ken Smith Landscape Architects book---elevation and pretty paintings-----CynContemporary hand bags---'WE CAN' Project    Created by my dog sighs. ---vandalized vintage with some Pretty Plates-----Wiener Bench - Upcycling---TRAID supports international projects which the charity believes are participatory and sustainable in the long term, creative in their concepts and focused on the support of youth.

gourd bowl with crossesGourd bowl - Crosses

 

cramp porcelain The Chinese ceramic arts have spread through out the world and have gained global recognition. Mended chinaware is called “cramp porcelain.” Even beautiful shell porcelains that have translucent glaze, yet because of their fragile nature gets broken, if all the pieces are collected, the pieces can still be mended by using special metal nails. ......

RE Store Recycled Art Show----i desideri liquidi di Francy Mathmos, fashion blog------

The Go
urd---Southern California Pottery----Free Gourd Crafting Projects----Cutting, cleaning and finishing a gourd bowl----How to make WATERPROOF and Food-Safe Gourd Bowls----
Gourd Bowl Carve and stain a gourd bowl---
Contemporary AssortedContemporary Assorted - Small Carved Gourd Bowl
postato da cynthiak | 09:16 | commenti
nature, crochet, environment, gourds


03/03/2007
 

Respect yourself and others will respect you. Confucius

great work by lorimarsha  including: Boyfriend Bracelet----Love Your Bodypurse----Keybox Closed------Vivienne Westwood-----Cityscape and Roses skirt----more deconstructed clothing----Tabloid handbag----Frida and Her Friends clutch---Mexicana Recycled Box Bag----

Qing Qing 13 QING QING .....Qing Qing is most famous for being a Chinese woman artist producing beautiful robes made of hemp and flowers.

Chen Qingqing-----Qingqing Chen------more----Qing Qing's latest series has seen her shift her attention from the past to the present and even the future, the subjects, however, remain equally weighty and the visions drawnup by her work are just as disturbing and allegorical as before. For her newest creations, she's turned into a TV series director, casting mutated miniature plastic toy figures, dinosaurs, snakes and other bizarre creatures in a variety of postures and not-so-rosy situations. Most of these commotions are contained within castaway TV boxes that Qing Qing has bought from garbage collectors, discarded clockwork and large wood cases----Chen Qingqing's Modern Fairytales and Dark Dioramas -----Internal Injuries 2----Chen Qingqing陈庆庆------

Contemporary Chinese women artists are breaking free from traditional society's image of femininity, facing up to both their strengths and weaknesses and balancing these to achieve wholeness.-----‘Ruins” features new video and
photography from China-----New-Art After the Fall -----chineseavantgarde-----
Chang QingChen Qiulin, Chen Qiulin , Liang Tao, Liu WeiMa Yanling, Shi Lei, Shi Jinsong, Wang Mai, Xu Ruotao, Zhou Yuechao, Zhu Yu
 A major artist in the Cynical Realism (Wanshi xianshizhuyi) movement that emerged post 1989, Liu Wei paintings has been seen to characterize the era’s pervasive feeling of malaise.
 Art in Motion  exhibition

Taoism and the Arts of China---Wave Dancing Chinese Calligraphy-----Chinese Contemporary Art ------The wedding dress made of flowers-----more----

Chang Pao was men's common wear, lower than the knees and with a round collar band. It was a long gown featured collarless, narrow horseshoe-shaped sleeves, buttons down the left front, four slits and a fitting waist. The slits could enhance men's freedom of mobility while they were riding the horse.

 Flower Dress

Celluloid Flower Dress Clip Vintage Celluloid Flower Dress Clip

embroidery in oaxaxa-----charmettes, charms with fotos------assemblage pin---

 

postato da cynthiak | 08:43 | commenti
china, dresses, embroidery


02/03/2007
 

recently I've seen some great links at Karin's Style:  Niina Mahlmberg makes beautiful glass jewellery and she is a member of finnish gallery Koorutaide, where they’ve got lots more amazing jewellery to browse.----process chair by scott garcia-----scott garcia designs---The main purpose of this blog is to post personal comments, research, new trend spotting on design, art and crafts, so that visitors interested in the subject can share the learning from our experiences.-------love tile------necklaces-----This beautiful tapestry is by Meabh Warburton. She has started blogging - welcome!---feffakookan a delightful blog--

  I like the products and the project behind the pure handmade collection. A collaboration between the Red Cross Eindhoven and Meesters & Van der Park

Clog A craft log----out of africa THEY MADE IT THEMSELVES----Moss Covered Memories

 Four Corners Design! via another shade of grey-----Franz Maurer designs---On a nature kick...Tanja Moeller Jensen ------broderies, Broder, c'est dessiner, peindre et écrire, et c'est par conséquent s'exprimer et créer. ---A Bird & A Boy collages-------one hour craft----Special occasion-----Redwork in Germany, beautiful blog---- rummaging------last piece in the pineapple jigsaw-------You've got mail-----Kilt Pins ------isaiah zagar mural mosaics------TEXTURAL RHYTHMS: Constructing the Jazz Tradition quilts -----Perles de feutrine...fabric beads-----Devon Driftwood Designs --------Classic, quirky, unique and beautiful...Ruth Collis Ceramics -----

 enzo correnti newspaper artist----

more enzo correnti-----more----Art for the Environment -----Enzo Correnti : Nuove possibili realtà. “ La carta può diventare arte e nella sua apparente povertà essere specchio di un’anima e portavoce di una domanda---Enzo Correnti - scultura cartacea-----more----ENZO'S BLOG in italian----

 Heike Roesner  at berlin design   .......Heike Roesner Objekte aus Papier

-Hi I'm thecreator of miff and i want to tell you a little story-----amelias magazine ----Bose Krishnamachari with his Ghosts Transmemoirs paintings--- The Giant Thangkas of Tsurphu Monastery ----Drap-Art is a non-profit organisation founded in Barcelona in 1995. Drap-Art promotes creative recycling, through the organisation of festivals, exhibitions and workshops.----Basurama is a forum for discussion and reflection on trash, waste and reuse in all its formats and possible meanings. It was born in Madrid School of Architecture (ETSAM) in the year 2000 and, since then, it has evolved and acquired new shapes---Michelle Stitzlein creates found object art / sculpture from recycled materials, including piano keys, broken china, license plates, rusty tin cans, electrical wire, bottlecaps, and other miscellaneous items--ivo weber tin can art----El Anatsui and recycled art -----

China:  Yin Xiuzhen is one of the most active woman artists in today's China. She is an avantgarde installation artist, mirroring the environment around her. She began showing her work in the late eighties, around the time she graduated from the Beijing Capital Normal University. ------Taking the LEED in China: Beijing's Building Green-----The Retreat of the Elephants: An Environmental History of China book-----blog..New BeijingMan gives you an insider view into business realities in new China. -----Beijing Pics Story: Bikers, my Environmental Heroes, 33 pics---Xing Danwen photographs discarded electronic trash, exposes conflict between global technological civilization and traditional culture-----

   Norwegian female artist Marian Heyerdahl, utilizing her unique artistic vocabulary, recontextualizes the Terra-cotta Warriors by duplicating the Terra-cotta Warriors in their original scale, while inverting their gender from male to female.  at 798 Space Chinese art works------

Lou  Brothers Lou Brothers at ray hughes gallery...see also Zhu Xain Jair---Li Jin----Li Jin 06+-----Jin Song Yang----

p.s. art and recycling in beijing..... Branding and DaShanZi Art District ---Can Businesses Learn from Mao?  thanks Kippo!

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