Category Archives: craft

Patriotisches Wandbild

Posted on April 26, 2011 by chris

Sebastian Hempel

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Chuck Close

Posted on January 26, 2011 by chris

The advice I like to give young artists, or really anybody who’ll listen to me, is not to wait around for inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait … Continue reading →

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A Nice Cup of Tea

Posted on January 3, 2011 by chris

Happy 2011! If you look up ‘tea’ in the first cookery book that comes to hand you will probably find that it is unmentioned; or at most you will find a few lines of sketchy instructions which give no ruling … Continue reading →

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Stamps

Posted on December 14, 2010 by chris
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Posted on December 7, 2010 by chris

Via The Dusty Bookshelf

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Rietveld Collectie

Posted on October 26, 2010 by chris

Discover more than 8000 objects by Gerrit Rietveld. Many people are familiar with the red-blue chair and the Rietveld-Schröder House, but Rietveld has designed many more pieces of furniture and houses. On the special Rietveld collection website you will get … Continue reading →

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The Locked Room

Posted on October 26, 2010 by chris

Imagine this scenario: you are locked in an empty white room. You share this cell with twelve other people, but you are not allowed to speak. You are under constant observation. [...] it is the first day of the 1969 autumn … Continue reading →

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Maison Martin Margiela

Posted on July 11, 2010 by chris
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Gee’s Bend

Posted on June 12, 2010 by chris

Sally Bennett Jones, 1944–1988. Center medallion of triangles, surrounded by multiple borders, 1966, cotton, 86 x 77″ Linda Pettway, born 1929. “Logcabin” — single-block variation, tied with yarn, ca. 1975, corduroy, 88 x 78″ Mary Elizabeth Kennedy, 1911–1991. “Housetop” — … Continue reading →

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