February 2012
4 posts
From India with Love 01
vintage postcards from Chor Bazaar, Mumbai
Open Books 02
Kurt Schwitters, 2D to 3D Collage
I normally wince at the sight of photo-realist paintings…but a particular image by Christopher Stott caught me by surprise. It took me all day to realise a “photo” of suitcases was actually brush induced.
January 2012
18 posts
Stole this lovely photo tryptych from um-bil-i-cal.
Colours to make you feel warm on a freezing night in January.
Open Books 01
I ♥ Spoons
Sea Gypsies
Sea Gypsies
Personal Displays of Collection
Currently doing a bit of thinking about collecting and collector’s personal spaces for a project. The owner of Snowshill Manor in The Cotswold’s evidently had a penchant for Javanese masks and Sumurai suits.
Barbican
Art Crush: Yayoi Kusama
Headdresses are an important part of ceremonial dress in Indonesian culture from traditional dance to weddings; from very simple textile wraps to ornate gold sculptures. Upon looking further into the subject; I found a strange parallel between these objects and images from Old Hollywood.
Indonesia Calling
I thought I would finally create a series of blog posts on Indonesia. Not only does it hold a personal resonance, as it’s where I spent the first 7 years of my life. But as noted by BoF, it’s also a growing hotbed for talent and creativity….definitely one to watch for the future.
me messing around inside the Whirled Cinema bar
So, where to find vintage Mulberry bags in classic scotchgrain leather? The Clothes Horse Dress Agency, Teddington.
A fair trek from central London but all the more worth it when I tell you of another vintage retail gem on the same street: Mela Mela. One of the only places you’ll find vintage YSL sunglasses for around £35 as well as a dreamy selection of 50s - 60s vintage in incredible...
If God created vintage bookstores...
Leakey’s Bookshop, Inverness
December 2011
22 posts
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Draw in Light
This is Beautiful
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Blank Canvas and Crayola Scribbles
(source: street peeper)
Cy Twombly
Leon Levinstein
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Shigeichi Nagano
4 tags
Irving Penn, Small Trades
5 tags
Subway Portraits
Walker Evans
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4 tags
Roger Mayne
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Toyoko Tokiwa
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Ken Russell Photography
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Lewis Hine
4 tags
Milton Caniff
Male Call
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Mrs. Crumb
Aline Kominsky-Crumb
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Flapper Fanny
Flapper Fanny by Ethel Hayes
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Senorita Rio Rita
Rio Rita
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Trina Robbins
Wimmen’s Comix
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FW
The Woodmans
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Tarpe Mills
Miss Fury
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The Everyday is Beautiful 03
Lee Jeffries
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Refracted sunlight can turn the Moon a spectacular shade of red
BBC
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November 2011
17 posts
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Vortatecture
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His/My Affinity
Vintage Postcard 1908
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Pheobe
Anna Nicole Ziesche
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The Everyday is Beautiful 02
Akio Hirata Hat Exhibition, Tokyo
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