Ryan Burke
I know I’ve found something special when I am have a terrible time choosing what NOT to include in my post. This is perhaps the best example of that I have ever encountered.
Drag Artist
Category Archives: Art
Building Blocks of (Plastic) Creation
Plastimake sounds like something you would have to pick up after your toy dog.
Makes Me Miss My Spirograph
Chaim Machlev
Etsomnia™ Volume XXXVI: Picture This
Et·som·ni·a (/etˈsämnēə/), noun, 1. a sleep disorder caused by obsessive Etsy browsing. 2. the surprising arrival of weird handmade merchandise ordered when one is only half conscious. (True story.)
Three Amigos
“What do you get when you cross a small dog and a large boat? A Ship Tzu!”
©Elke Vogelsang (Credit is for the photo, not the joke)
In Living Color
“Secret Garden” by Johanna Basford
Mom: What are you doing, Donna?
Me: Coloring. Continue reading
Easter (Egg) Parade
The New Canvas:
For the first time, an international collective of thousands of artists from across the world are crossing cultural and political and geographical distances to produce . . . sneakers? Continue reading
Architectural Digest Home Design Show 2015 – Exhibitors Roundup
Marretti Stairs
Last night I posted about the DIFFA (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS) Dining by Design exhibition. Today, as promised, I want to share with you a few of the exhibitors that really stood out for me at the Architectural Digest Home Design Show. The rest can be seen in my Flickr album starting here. Continue reading
Fruits Gone Nuts!
Dan Cretu
It’s spring! It’s spring! I thought we deserved something colorful (even if it is snowing out, damnit!) Continue reading
Walk Wright In
Photo: Seedratings.com
In 1919, Bohemian oil heiress Aline Barnsdall hired Frank Lloyd Wright to build a private residence Continue reading
The Sad Oenophile Penguin…
Oleg Borodin
Oleg Borodin created The Penguin entirely by accident. Continue reading
International Women’s Day 2015
“A woman is like a tea bag – you can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
Eileen Kramer, the First Hundred Years
LBSPY.com
100-year-old avante garde writer, painter, costume designer, choreographer, and dancer (Yes, dancer) Eileen Kramer* shows no signs of stopping or even slowing down.
*No relation, alas. Continue reading
One Man’s Junk*
“Icarus” detail ©Artūras Tamašauskas
*F.Y.I., a reference to Mackelmore’s “Thrift Shop,” not to genitals. Continue reading
Runway Ready:
Diana Vreeland’s all red sitting room
Dedications!
For Lempicka ©Katerina Belkina
365 Days of Beautiful Things!!!
3/1/14 To Blog or Not to Blog
I did it! I managed at least one post every single day for an entire year. Continue reading
Medieval Surfboards:
boom-art.com
How’s this for art in unexpected places? Continue reading
Did Margaret Hamilton Just Fly By?
In spite of all the damage and the drama that Hurricane Sandy brought into our lives, I still love weather. Continue reading
My OBT 