Banksy in Bristol...

I meant to post about this some time ago...the famous/infamous Graffiti artist Banksy has had this exhibition running at the Bristol Museum since June. He has 100 works installed, replacing many of the museum's regular artefacts. Soooo good!













Intelligent, witty, cheeky...I think he is great. Hope you are having a good week!

All about the bird...

Hello! Time to show off the work of my wonderfully talented husband..whoohhoo!! So, I have always fancied the Eames black bird...

"Charles and Ray Eames collected numerous objects from their travels. The figure of a black wooden bird, an object of American folk art from the Appalachian Mountains, has stood in the centre of their living room for over fifty years. The bird is also seen in many of the Eameses’ photographs. Based on the original artifact and in cooperation with the Eames Family, Vitra is now producing the first series of this figure."

from the Eames Gallery website

Anyway, Vitra slap a whacking 200 dollar plus charge on this little bird so my lovely husband decided to carve one for me...much more special and priceless really :)

He had a block of lime wood (which is a lovely soft wood) in his "studio" (read "shed"..heehee) and he finely hand carved and honed this beautiful bird for me for our fifth wedding anniversary. He used coat hanger wire for the legs and finished it off with a high gloss black lacquer spray.

I love him so much and love my black bird too! (my photos don't really do it justice)...I hope you like it just as much as I do! Here she is...







Oh yes...her name is Harriet :)

Lovely...

I stumbled (can't remember what I was looking for at the time) across the Gennine's lovely blog and was completely captivated by Gennine's work so promptly headed straight over to her Etsy store and spent the longest time trying to choose some prints...I think she is an amazing artist, I love her subject and her beautiful use of colour....here's what I am expecting in the post (all the way from Mexico so it could take up to four weeks)...check out Gennine's Etsy store...I hope you will be as wowed as I was :)

Short and Sweet...

Really busy right now so posts will be short but hopefully sweet! Work is crazy this week but holidays aren't too far away so I have to keep the old mandible elevated! Anyway, a few really sweet pieces I have had my eye on...





by Hanne Rysgaard Ceramics


by Rob Ryan

I really love the Rob Ryan piece...so cute and perfect for somebody who had no interest in maths at school...equations like this are much more my speed. You can buy from Mister Rob here at Etsy. Lots of lovely work.

Liking the ceramic milk cartons too....you can buy them at Not on the High Street.

Knitting....

...a RUG!! Check this out...absolutely amazing..really inspired and quite beautiful..wouldn't you just love one of your own...see more of this artist's work here





Have a lovely weekend :)

In the Frame...

I had no idea how expensive framing could be!! After some serious deliberation, I recently decided to go ahead and purchase a print I had on my wishlist for a very long time...it's a piece by Sanna Annuka entitled "Maidens of the Midnight Sun"...I love it and think it was worth every penny! I was in for a bit of a shock when I went to organise framing for it tho...OUCH is all I can say..to my horror, the frame worked out more expensive than the print but it had to be done and I am thrilled with it..

Here is a not so great photo of it up on my wall....



You can get a better view up close here. She is so talented, right? This post came about because I was browsing around the Marimekko site last night and I spotted some very familiar looking prints on fabric etc..and yes...it's Sanna...she has really done well...I love seeing talented artists and designers "making it" - it can be so difficult..check out her product line here

Hope you like her as much as I do!