Bosnian Carpet Weaving
Illustration: Bosnian carpet weaving Sarajevo 1910 Traditional Bosnian rug and carpet designs can often be confused with those of Turkey, the reason being the strong connection between the two cultures. For four hundred years, Bosnia was a province and integral part of the Turkish Empire. All aspects of society including the traditional crafts of the region were influenced by the domination of Turkey over such a long period of time
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Bosnian Carpet Weaving
Mark Webster Karla Nolan Cheryl Ratcliff Cheryl Pass Becky Joy Andrew Orr Janice Warriner Justin Clayton Barbara Haviland David Edwards AJ LaGasse Coral Barclay To purchase any painting, simply visit the artist’s blog for details!
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Still Life Paintings by Daily Painters – April 22, 2010
Although I am very busy making my car (an old Morris form 1968) ready for the upcoming summer I did manege to paint with Johan Reinboud today. We drove to Wageningen a larger city along the Rhine with an awesome view over the river at one point
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"From the Wageningseberg." Wageningen, Holland.
Illustration: Alec Walker Godrevy textile design 1920s Alec George Walker is a largely forgotten English textile designer that flourished throughout the 1920s. His design work was popularly used within the fashion industry with much of the hand block printed design work being produced on silk, although cotton and linen were also included
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Alec Walker and Crysede
5″ by 7″ daily pastel painting, unframed When I needed to stay with my mother there were days when I just didn’t know what to do with myself. On one of those days I took pictures of her many objects. She has a bowl filled with some really beautiful shells and this is one of them.
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striped shell
Barbara Haviland Cheryl Ratcliff Mark Webster David Edwards Cheryl Pass AJ LaGasse Justin Clayton Becky Joy Coral Barclay Andrew Orr Karla Nolan Janice Warriner To purchase any painting, simply visit the artist’s blog for details!
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Original Paintings For Sale | Daily Painters | April 21, 2010
Illustration: Javanese Ornament – Inspired by the way of working Lewis Foreman Day’s book The Application of Ornament was first published in 1888. Along with The Anatomy of Pattern and The Planning of Ornament , which were both first published in the previous year, they went to make up a triple titled work that dealt with the many aspects of decorative and ornamental pattern work. In fact, it could be said that these three books stood within a framework of publications by Day that covered a three-decade career in writing and criticism, from 1880 to 1911.
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Lewis Foreman Day and The Application of Ornament
One of my fondest memories of Missouri is of throwing a baseball around under the Gateway Arch before walking over to the old Busch Stadium to watch the Cardinals play. Something about it seemed very St
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In St. Louis, it’s always a little bit about baseball
Janice Warriner Barbara Haviland Coral Barclay AJ LaGasse Andrew Orr Cheryl Ratcliff Cheryl Pass David Edwards Justin Clayton Karla Nolan Mark Webster Becky Joy To purchase any painting, simply visit the artist’s blog for details!
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Paintings for Sale by Daily Painters! – April 20, 2010
I recently decided that it might be a good idea to have more than one online shop.. and opened a new Rustic Goth shop on Zibbet. Well, I didn’t want to just have the same things in multiple shops…so what I am doing is…
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New Pieces – New Shop
What is the most important thing for a company in order to succeed? Is it the dynamism of the head of the company, the motivation shown by its employees, the new product, its high level of quality control or is it the company’s healthy financial resources ? Whilst all these factors are important, the most important thing for the success of the company is to have customers.
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From Contacts to Contracts by SIPPO
5″ by 7″ daily pastel painting on board The colors are a bit more brilliant than this scan. Please email me if you are interested in purchasing this painting. Playing with my pastels and other mediums for the past few days to loosen up and return to a painting schedule
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sunset over Providence
Barbara Haviland Cheryl Ratcliff Mark Webster David Edwards Cheryl Pass Interior Design Art Justin Clayton Becky Joy Coral Barclay Andrew Orr Karla Nolan Janice Warriner To purchase any painting, simply visit the artist’s blog for details!
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Interior Design Art | Original Art
Last week I created some new little ‘whimsical gothiks’ Melanthe and Mister Mistoffelees painted on a small wood panel and Merula’s Raven painted on a small piece of watecolor paper. I think they’re really cute…though a bit though a bit different than my other ‘gothik’ pieces. But then…I guess that’s what I’m all about.
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Whimsical Gothiks
Janice Warriner Barbara Haviland Coral Barclay AJ LaGasse Andrew Orr Cheryl Ratcliff Cheryl Pass David Edwards Justin Clayton Karla Nolan Mark Webster Becky Joy To purchase any painting, simply visit the artist’s blog for details!
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Daily Paintings for Sale – April 17, 2010
Everyday stresses can build up and hang around in the back of our minds so that even when we have free time to relax and unwind, we find ourselves stressed out about all the little things that are bugging us. So today I would like to invite everyone to let go of all their frustrations and, as part of the cleansing process, tell us about the stuff that’s been driving you crazy
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Frustration Friday: Vent And Be Free!
For some unexplainable reason, surfing keeps finding its way into my life lately. I dreamt of surfing the other night. The following day, I sat down on the couch after straightening up our kitchen and the show Parenthood was ending by showing one of the show’s fathers sitting on a surfboard and smiling contently as he looked out to sea.
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Dropping In On A Killer Surf Art Blog
What is the meaning of life ? Why are we here? What is the answer to life, the universe , everything? Have you ever asked yourself these questions? Quite probably you have. Whether you were having some kind of crises in your life, or you just like exploring your own inner existentialism, the need to know, or at least feel better, about our existence is one that has plagued mankind since the beginning of time. At least, I assume it has. It sure as hell messes with my mind. You might be thinking that I am going through a crises, since I am obviously thinking about my existence. Well, I actually do enjoy thinking about my existence, and how it fits in with the big scheme of things. Do I have any answers? Of course not. I don’t believe in definite answers, at least where existence and the meaning of life are concerned. First off I would like to say that, in the big scheme of things, we are nothing. We are next to nothing. We aren’t even dust in the wind. Think about it. Think about the immensity of the universe, of everything. Supposedly, in our galaxy, there are two hundred billion stars. Just in our galaxy. And speaking of our galaxy, scientists estimate it is about thirty kiloparsecs in diameter and about one kiloparsec thick. Now one parsec is about 3.262 light years , or 19 trillion miles. So that would make our galaxy approximately ninety-seven thousand, eight hundred and sixty light years across. Ok, now, supposedly there are one hundred and twenty-five billion galaxies in the universe. These numbers are, to me, almost completely unimaginable. These are expanses that I can scarcely even conceive. And here we are. On one little planet in one little, microscopic solar system . To believe that we are all along in the universe, as far as sentient life goes, seems kind of ridiculous when imagining the awesome size of existence. But unlike other believers in aliens and what not, I don’t really think it has any bearing on us whether there is life out there or not. If there were aliens and they had the ability to cross vast reaches of space, then they would most likely have technology far in advance of ours that it might as well be magic. So why would they be interested in the strange, primitive, and mostly harmless creatures that rule over one little tiny speck in a vast vast ocean? The answer is: they wouldn’t. They wouldn’t care. They wouldn’t even slow down to dump their alien trash, assuming they were traveling in a manner where speed is actually relative. So for all intents and purposes, we are alone. Left to our own devices. When we reach a technological level where we have achieved faster-than-light travel , well, then maybe the aliens will stop by, but only to vaporize humanity and leave the earth a lifeless rock
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Existential Nonsense
Illustration: Example of a Maori feather cloak 1890 The Maori feather cloak or Kahu Huruhuru, is probably one of the most highly prized textile objects in the Maori culture. The cloak itself is woven from fine flax fibres to which are attached a blanket of bird feathers, usually from the kiwi but also including pigeon and other birds. Often colour variation can be achieved by using different feathers from the same bird species
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Maori Feather Cloaks
Illustration: Examples of Makah basketry The Makah, or Qwiqwidicciat (people of the cape), appear to have lived and prospered on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state for the last four thousand years. While they still live in the vicinity, their tribal lands today are only a small proportion of their original homeland.
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Basketry of the Makah