Category Archives: obsessions.

paint.&.play.

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Sorry for being MIA for a bit, but I have a good reason this time! I’m not Orthodox or anything, but usually for Yom Kippur I try to limit my computer time.

I have this lovely find, which I think kind of goes nicely with the whole idea that it’s a new year (for us Jews that is). I’ve loved The Avett Brothers for a time now, and their music video for Head Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promise makes me love them even more. Artist Jason Ryan Mitcham did an amazing job on the animation, by altering one painting 2,600 times; with a whopping 10 alterations to the painting equaling one second of film.

untitled.perfection.

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Untitled (perfectionist)

 

I’m really excited about this body of work by Sarah Hobbs, because it addresses a variety of psychological states that Hobbs represents in exaggerated fashion.

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Untitled (insomnia)

 

On the Scene: Kota Ezawa, Sarah Hobbs, Angela Strassheim

Untitled (overcompensation)

 

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Untitled (memory loss)

 

The work is not extreme or intensely beautiful (although I do love the memory loss image), yet I’m really drawn to the concept.  If I was back in Conceptual Strategic Photography I would have loved to address this idea.

 

the.hang.over.

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Whilst reading sfgirlbybay‘s blog this morning, I saw some pretty ingenious hangers that I just had to write a post about. Yes, they are that great.

The artist Antonello Fusè created this series of coat hangers-Abitudini–which utilizes the backs of old chairs. The concept behind using the backs of chairs for the coat hangers is the tradition of hanging a coat on a chair back; therefore giving the object a more explicit purpose.

Ah! They’re so great! This reminds me of Joan Crawford’s freak-out in Mommy Dearest.

They’re definitely not wire!

pillow.talk.

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I. Love. Pillows.

This is not a new obsession. I have had a love affair with throw pillows since I could sew at the age of 5. All of my dolls had hand-made pillows ever before sweet frocks were given to them.

Today I am rekindling my love/obsession/passion for sweet pieces of heaven.

Vintage Love - Throw Pillow Covers - 16x16 Inches Silk Pillow Cover with Ribbon Embroidery

This romantic pillow-cover with ruffled dupioni silk embroidery is quite a lovely addition to a wistful bedroom.

Birds and pillows… kind of a no-brainer. This lovely Chinoiserie throw pillow from Dwell has a sweet graphic without looking too punchy.

Reminiscent of the tchotchke-kitsch of my Grandparents house, this Velvet and Lace round has a vintage feel without the musty colour palette.

http://www.blisslivinghome.com/product_thumb.php?img=images/1046-latham.jpg&w=312&h=411

The geometric design is toned down with a beautiful mustard colour in this Latham throw pillow from Bliss Home Living. Check out the site for some more fabulous fluffs.

AHH!!! Look at these pillows! Like a paint-by-number, the design on these You & Me Euro Shamscombines numeric and organic lines to give an overall feeling of child-like imagination to the set. I’ll be dreaming of these beauties tonight!