interior portraits

Lois Dodd "Loft Interior" 1968

Kathleen Melian, "Remains of Desire" 2012

Karen Kilimnik "The Head Witch's House, Reception Room", 2005

Maira Kalman "The Glass House" 2005

more at painting box 

Highland Park street crochet

guest post by trend spotter Ginny Glass.

York Blvd.

Magda urban guerilla knitter:

Because sometimes someone has an idea,

a vision

and a pile of old afghans and yarn

and on the right night

when the stars align

and the moon is foolish

they are able to create a soft urban

wrapsody.

art <--> architecture

artist Luis Urculo does 'covers'

of great buildings by stacking stuff.

meditative study of scale, spaces, textures, form.

Covers/Luis Urculo from Luis Urculo on Vimeo.

via

Outer Sunset scene

custom planters outside of the Mollusk surf shop

hand-painted 'open' sign

indoor treehouse, with painted plywood footballs as leaves

handmade boat.  plywood + varnish = TLF

plywood lamps

driftwood bench outside Outerlands

seal wearing cable fisherman's sweater

an even more beautiful hand-painted 'open' sign

shark painting.

At Trouble Coffee: not only the driftwood bench, but a nice sign.

General Store:

plywood + driftwood 

carly waito paintings

found these through wilkie's new blog find.

carly waito

maira kalman

Maira Kalman's paintings have grabbed my attention lately.

She and Lemony Snicket have a new book together with great, vibrant illustrations.

i love all the shades of white on that box

and in the background.

these images are small, but just look at that tablecloth.

don't miss the casually deployed Rietveld chairs

and the amazing collection of ladders

thanks to HarperCollins for the screen grabs

here is a nice post about her

paper space

delicate neon pink tracery defining the space within the vases

toy baby grands

for Ron and Adrienne

Boy in Static - Toy Baby Grand from Alexander Chen on Vimeo.

playmobil western film

part 1

watch parts 2 and 3, and find more amazing films and 

playmobil history here

thanks to Joshua Deicken for the amazing work

the site has a pretty thorough look into the rich history of a great toy manufacturer.

PIG 05049

here is a great gift for the artsy foodie on your list:

PIG 05049

this book is by the same guy who makes the giant knit object from my recent post.

it is all about the myriad uses for pig parts.

it calls to mind the Native American thing of using 

every 

single 

part of an animal.  

we have clearly gotten quite good at that.

buy the book here.

also a beautiful movie about wool, same guy.

fake taxidermy

felt factory makes these nice things

high-end piñatas

i've been seeing Confetti System

all over the place recently.

i can only say i wish i'd done it first!

but i am glad someone is doing this stuff, and is doing it so so well.

[also please note plywood floors in studio, 

which make me long for our former home]

more here and here

crochet space

texture, color, pattern!

wow what a wild room

found this image on thejealouscurator

which has mostly winners.

what fun to explore that site.

another one by sarah applebaum

embroidery on paper

you should probably buy some of this person's art for your house.

"girl with minime" by sarajo frieden

wave art

if i were in los angeles

i would go to this auction at cierlak

and buy this piece of art for my husband

gordon matta-clark

this is an oldie but a goodie.

img from here

and here

Gordon Matta-Clark takes a saws-all to this condemned gable-end building 

and splits it open, literally cutting a section through it.

Splitting: Four Corners, Bingo - Ninths, Substrait / Gordon Matta-Clark from here

prints

found this etsy seller via these folks.

there is even an owl calendar for you wilkie

brothers

some nice engravings from Andy English.

you can also commission him to create custom bookplates.