Monday, August 18, 2014

asymmetry sire egalitarian




"The caterpillar does all the work, but the butterfly gets all the publicity."  (George Carlin)



Off to buy some plain white thread today-  I was lazy lazy last spring and hemmed (loose term) a set of curtains I needed quickly with a roll of stitch witchery iron on stuff.  At the time I was ironing so long and hard to even get it to adhere here and there, knew the day of reckoning was coming.  This morning I noticed the whole hem is hanging down so I 'fixed' it with some glue and paperclips but I don't  think this look will catch on, even with my uber-cute big red paperclips...  

Moral of the story is to not take the shortcut- always a longer trip in the end.









Grethe Wittrock used a residence at the Danish Art workshops in Copenhagen to create large-scale works simultaneously rough and poetic. The material is discarded weather-beaten sails.  Wittrock  treats the sails with print, perforations and dye. Patterns representing rope bindings, nautical maps and underwater seascapes are transferred by means of printing and perforation. Wittrock uses a wide range of approaches and techniques including printing, weaving, macramé, braiding, sewing, indeed, anything that can be used to express the idea and the intensity she is aiming for.









While spending two months in New York for the Summer, London-based artist Chris Godfrey wanted to buy souvenirs for his friends and family, but was confronted by a monotony of generic and cheaply reproduced items. He decided to produce an original object using dozens of cheap, junky souvenirs, capturing that feeling of discovery and adventure that he found when he first visited New York. Godfrey bought a large model of the Statue of Liberty and made a silicone mold of it, in one complete piece. He then poured in dozens of these souvenirs along with clear resin. The result is a one off and original piece; created from un-original, mass produced objects.



tiny little carved squirrel netsuke with a happy face.



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