Four Decades of Wallpaper Design by Walter Crane
Illustration: Walter Crane Alcestic Frieze 1876 Walter Crane was a prodigious and prestigious artist, designer and illustrator. He produced design work for textiles, carpet, ceramics, stained glass and wallpaper.
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Four Decades of Wallpaper Design by Walter Crane
As I stood in the Philadelphia Museum of Art looking at Henri Matisse’s perpetually fascinating Portrait of Mlle. Yvonne Landsberg , I heard someone say: “Wednesday.” The voice seemed to be coming from behind me. I turned around to see what I might have heard, only to discover I was alone in the gallery.
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Bruce Nauman’s ‘Days’ in Philadelphia
I’m a huge fan of Alice in Wonderland. And in the recent Dinner and Dance (Movies theme), I decided to be the White Rabbit! Well, the real reason is that I was lazy and I happened to have a pair of bunny ears lying around my room.
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Chasing the White Rabbit
Many ancients believed that gemstones contained powers that were unearthly and that wearing a gemstone at a particular time could help the wearer in many ways. Although that is not as prevalent today as thousands of years ago, gemstones definitely remain in the hearts of millions and there are 12 different gemstones attributed to each month
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Gemstones are Mystical and Beautiful
Illustration: Various forms of Philippine basketry 1913 The Philippines is a diverse and varied archipelago made up of hundreds of islands with dozens of mutually exclusive and overlapping cultural heritages. It is no surprise then that basketry within the islands is a craft skill that is both as varied and individual as the islands and the cultures that inhabit them.
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Basketry of the Philippines
Illustration: Traditional Cretan embroidery The embroidery work produced on the island of Crete has many influences as designated by its strategic trading and cultural position in the eastern Mediterranean, situated as it is between the Asian, African and European mainlands.
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The Embroidery of Crete
Whenever you have an exhibit opening or similar event, you can’t expect to send one thing in the mail and have an impact. People typically have to see the same information multiple times—in multiple ways—before they will act on it. Here are 7 steps you can take to get the word out early and often.
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Art Marketing Action + Podcast: Get the Word Out Early and Often
Totally blew @ johntunger interviewing @ chrisguillebeau RATS! Now subscribed to the Art Heroes on iTunes. Yippee! GYST software for artists new version ready next week. $50 off right now Artist shares her experience “handling” art teachers at a workshop with two disruptive personalities via @ MaryRichmond Planning an open studio?
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Religious limitations within Islamic jurisprudence have kept Islamic banks more cash awash than their risk-taking Western counterparts after the recent economic hubbub.
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From Wall Street to Dubai – The Lucrative Idiosyncrasies of Islamic Banking
After Monday’s post about implementing a policy for answering questions , Julie Thompson commented: I get the same questions over and over, but this happens much more often when I do a show, not so much in my inbox.
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Answering the same question over and over again (gracefully) in a face-to-face conversation
Fischli and Weiss, Der Lauf Der Dinge (The Way Things Go), video, 30′, 1987 Honda Ad, 2003 OK Go – This Too Shall Pass, 2009 I remember the choreographer João Fiadeiro once showing Fischli & Weiss’s work during some seminar or workshop and talking about what in his mind made it so impressive : necessity. Although it might seem like anything can happen, what happens is exactly what needs to happen
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The Way Things Go and Pass
From 22-26 April 2010, the international buyers will have great opportunity to meet the most reliable suppliers and source a wide variety of home decor products and gifts from Vietnam by visiting the VIETNAM INTERNATIONAL HOME DECOR AND GIFTS FAIR (LifeStyle Vietnam) in a loop visit of some major trade fairs in Asia (China, Thailand or The Philippines) LifeStyle Vietnam delivers an eclectic mix of beautiful designer products for mid -level and top end buyers. Vietnam has long been known for its diverse Home Decor and Gifts products through the nearly 4,000 companies operating in the field of handicrafts and furniture. LifeStyle Vientam came about when Vietnam Handicraft Exporters Association (VIETCRAFT) and a group of like-minded design driven Home Decor and Gifts exporters who have exhibited their products in tade fairs worldwide united to create a trade fair in Vietnam that not only pleased the eye, but is also an enjoyable and relaxed buying experience.
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LifeStyle Vietnam – HOME DECOR & GIFTS FAIR April 22-26 in HCMC
Spencer Tunick has encouraged 5000 Australians to get naked and pose on the steps of the Sydney Opera House. That’s not my white bum on the bottom left of the image as I chose not to scare the locals. I’m not much of a morning person either
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5000 Nude Australians on the Sydney Opera House
Illustration: Charles Rennie Mackintosh Wave Pattern Charles Rennie Mackintosh produced a number of differing textile design pieces with the title of wave . A number of them were produced during the early years of the First World War and reflect the growing changes that had started to appear within the British decorative arts in the few years before the war, particularly with new concepts and ideas being put forward by such people as Roger Fry and his Omega Workshops
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Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Wave Pattern
Illustration: Mexican Ornament from Owen Jones The Grammar of Ornament 1856 Perhaps one of the seemingly oddest incorporations in Owen Jones The Grammar of Ornament published in 1856 was that of Mexican ornament. Interestingly, but perhaps puzzlingly, Jones placed his illustrations towards what he called Mexican ornament within the chapter dealing with Greek ornament.
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Owen Jones and Mexican Ornament
Winter is almost over and handcrafted jewelry artisans are beginning to plan for the spring and summer arts and crafts shows. Here are some tips to increase your handmade jewelry sales at craft shows.
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Increase Handmade Jewelry, Handcrafted Jewelry Sales at Craft Shows
Degas Le Tub Gray’s Auctioneers is pleased to announce the sale of a rare Hébrard foundry bronze sculpture by Edgar Degas, known as Le Tub . Deba Gray, auctioneer and owner of Gray’s Auctioneers, immediately recognized the sculpture when she first discovered it in a warehouse in New York. What intrigued her was the fact that the sculpture’s base had been violently removed and it seemed to have evidence of fire damage. Here begins the mystery that Ms
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Edgar Degas’ Le Tub
Bloodshedding pieces of black-and-white happiness. The unfair balance of the picture.
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The End Is Never Nigh (A few sentences that never made it elsewhere)
Illustration: Russian cross stitch design Most human cultures across the planet, including that of the Slavic, tend to use red for the same basic and original intention. Red is the same colour of blood and therefore since the beginning of human culture it has come to be associated literally with the lifeblood and through association, with that of the lifeforce. In the broad geographical and cultural area that made up the homeland of the Slavs, red was very much used in the tradition of protection, particularly against various human diseases and ailments.
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The Slavic use of Red Thread in Embroidery
Illustration: Albert Herter The Ship 1913 Albert Herter was an American artist, best known for his fine art paintings, but closely followed by a range of large scale murals that he produced from about 1913 onwards through to the end of the 1920s. Herter also produced a number of tapestries and The Ship is one of the better known and dates from 1913. The tapestry itself is interesting in its style and composition as, although seemingly conventional and representational in both composition and style, it does seem to echo certain elements of the abstract pattern work, particularly within the top third of the tapestry, that was to be so prevalent within the decorative arts, and that of textile design specifically, during the following 1920s and 1930s.
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Albert Herter and the Tapestry Ship