Celebrating the red bed, here are some happy rooms to get you motivated for springtime 🙂
Designer Kelley McDowell, House Beautiful
Principles Of Home by Kevin McCloud
Photo: Megan Thompson
Photographer Joanna Henderson, Source
Photo: Carole Bellaïche
Worldwide Walls: If you build it, they won't come.
Photo of baby Kikito peers over the border fence in Tecate, Mexico
~ by French artist JR
Ana Teresa Fernandez “erasing” the border between the United States and Mexico in Tijuana.
The Overpass Light Brigade projects messages of hope on the border wall prototypes in San Diego.
Italian street artist BLU painted this mural of the EU flag in Morocco, replacing the flag's 12 yellow stars with sharp wire barbs.
West Banksy: The Walled Off Hotel's Lobby looks directly out onto the West Bank Barrier.
"To mark the 100th anniversary of the British taking control of Palestine, London street artist Banksy opened The Walled Off Hotel in the West Bank, a quarter-mile from the Jerusalem checkpoint."
Picnic at the US-Mexico Border Fence, organized by French artist JR.
My accidental cloche — I found a moth on my floor, the Victorian note spike and the bell jar were at hand. C'est tout. This vignette will change many times, I'm sure.
Enjoy some other cloche still-lifes (lives?), beautiful in winter's light…
If it ain't baroque don't fix it!!
17th Century Antique Brussels Baroque Tapestry Pillow
18th Century French Tapestry Pillow
17th Century Antique Brussels Tapestry Pillow
17th Century Antique Brussels Tapestry Pillow
19th Century Tapestry Pillow
18th Century Aubusson Antique Tapestry Pillow
18th Century Aubusson Pillow
Sweet daydreams!!
Cozy, snugly, enveloping, embracing, cloaking, swaddling… these are some of the words that come to mind when I think of this quaint 1790 whaler's cottage near Sag Harbor Village, New York (interior: Michelle R. Smith, Studio MRS). The chilly weather is a reminder to savor nourishing, small moments like a hot cup of tea, whether made with soothing, delicate blossoms or stimulating spices. You decide!
There's still time to catch the exhibit The Keeper, through September 25th at the New Museum (235 Bowery, NY), curated by provocateur Massimiliano Gioni.
"Densely packed with thousands of objects and images lovingly preserved by artists, collectors or hoarders…" — "It conveys the devotion of the various caretakers, questions what it means to be an artist and serves as a requiem both for artifacts being destroyed by war and for once-vital technologies that are now fading away." – 1st Dibs
Above: "Arthur Bispo do Rosário’s undated Carrinho-Arquivo II (Archive-Cart II) combines cardboard sheets, metal hooks, string, wood and wheels. A patient at a psychiatric hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Bispo believed he’d been called on by God to present to the deity at Judgement Day all the earthly goods he deemed worthy of salvation. He spent decades amassing objects that he combined into pieces such as this. Photo courtesy Museu Bispo do Rosário Arte Contemporânea/City Hall of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil" – 1st Dibs
Other works by Bispo do Rosario:
Some of Swedish artist Hilma af Klint's (1862 – 1944) abstract paintings, which she kept hidden for decades after her death:
In 1993, the Austrian artist Oliver Croy and the critic Oliver Elser rescued almost 400 tabletop-scale models of imaginary Swiss buildings from junk shop oblivion. They were all made from cardboard, matchboxes and magazine tear sheets, by one Peter Fritz (1916-1992), an insurance clerk from Vienna about whom nothing further is known.
The petite Woodsist Festival — founded by the indie record label Woodsist — has been an annual event in Big Sur for the past six years. Sadly, with the Soberanes wildfire raging nearby, the show had to be relocated at the eleventh hour.
Jeremy Earl, digging through the merch for a frisbee:
Bravo to promoters (((folkYEAH!))) for securing an alternate location at Love Field in Point Reyes Station, the land of oysters and cheese, a bucolic town of just 350 people in Marin County. Love Field is a twist on the "If you build it they will come" story. In this version the field had previously been a baseball diamond that owner Jim Love built for his kids and the community back in the 80s. Camper Van Beethoven did a benefit concert there in 2007 using the back porch as a stage, to benefit Love Field and the local radio station KWMR. Jim Love's son Tyler is now the shepherd of the property and with a recently constructed artful stage, built by master woodcrafter Gabe Korty, Tyler got into gear with his team and everything came together beautifully under a big billowing silk parachute.
Woodsist has always felt more like a gathering of friends having a reunion rather than a festival. There are some loyalists who return every year, many planning it as their main summer vacation. Helping out with the merch I've made friends with regular attendees from all over the country — Saint Louis, Chicago, Austin, Miami, Seattle — and other countries as well — France, Italy, and Germany, to name a few.
I was able to steal shots of the bands between merch customers:
Bill Roe (thanks for helping me move the picnic table!) & Will Young, Ultimate Painting:
Jack Cooper, Ultimate Painting (also, thanks re: picnic table!):
James Hoare, Ultimate Painting:
Michael Hurley & Ramblin' Jack Elliott:
Justin Sullivan & Kevin Morby:
Meg Duffy & Kevin:
Kevin & Cyrus Gengras:
The Morby tour van:
WOODS! :
Jeremy Earl:
Chuck Van Dyck:
Aaron Neveu:
End of day one.
Camp time! With the change of venue this year we had the chance to bond even more as Tyler Love graciously invited the crowd to camp on site. It was dreamy. We had sheep grazing outside of our tent and woke with the rooster for three glorious California mornings in a row.
We had the best of both worlds with sleeping rough in the field then heading into town in the morning for French pastries still warm out of the oven and organic coffee. There's also a good, healthy grocery store with full deli.
Blue shop front:
Blue mural:
Blue payphone:
We placed a free call for the daily prayer and a real live person answered and said a prayer of peace for our family and loved ones. Press *12!
Meanwhile, back on the "ranch", the second day of fab tunes…
Alex Bleeker and Friends:
Vintage Real Estate Tee, by Kyle:
Marcel manning the merch:
Woodsist frisbees flying; Justin, Marcel and Jeremy:
Kevin and Jarvis:
Hugs for White Fence:
Jonathan Richman:
Until next year…
I'm always open to expanding my knowledge of recycled book art. I was at the local library the other day and they had a great exhibit on folded book art that drew me in instantly. A random opportunity presented itself. The artist was having a workshop at a neighboring library just down the coast in a half hour so I sprinted over there, safely mind you. The heart book is my first attempt. Not very precise, but who cares!
Here are some expert examples by others. You could fill out the entire book with one big heart like this:
Source: Novel Brand
Celtic knot (source)
Peacock (source)
Flock (source)
Uhuru (source)
There are loads of tutorials online on how to create your own pieces, both written and video instructions, as well as patterns.
Tomorrow I'm going to a workshop at the library on origami 3D sculpture. There's always something new to learn!
Chilean born maestro of interiors has a new book coming out from Assouline press, focusing on his own homes in France and New York: Juan Pablo Molyneux: At Home
Molyneux in his office at his 12thc. château. The Régence chair is from 1735; the walls are covered with embossed leather.
"Whether in the city, in the countryside, or on an island, every project is an odyssey, the ultimate story of an insatiable traveler, a free and inquiring mind that knows no borders." ~ Maison Assouline, regarding Juan Pablo.
In the attic of his 12th century castle near Paris, enlarged Piranesi engravings dating from 1750.
The walls and ceiling in the castle's tower tea room are by Frédéric Monpoint. The chandelier is by Diego Giacometti.
The walls and ceiling in the garret of his Marais abode are clad in blue and white Delft tiles.
Peacock blue dining room in the same Paris mansion.
More Delft tile in the mansion's fab foyer.
Anyway, here's a video of him strolling around one of his places. Check it out. Look for the book when it's out, or pre-order it. But more importantly, hire a small-time interior designer with a small footprint on this earth like myself! Merci.
So Sylvie 