Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Tidbits....

I'm not in a particularly narrative vein today, so I'm just going to offer up a few disparate ideas for your perusal...

I've always loved creating with yarn and needles, but have never been enamored of knitting's dowdy image.  This genius stroke of branding has helped revamp our ideas about who knits.  These pictures make knitting not only cool, but sexy, too.  Thank you, Terry Richardson.

Alabama Chanin Spring 2010....feminine...elegant....peaceful...

More inspiring retail:  Fresh in Firenze      Over-the-top in LA

Realist painter extraordinaire Rackstraw Downes is a 2009 MacArthur Fellow!  More of his work in Portland here .

A little taste of something beautiful in the works.....



















And "someone" should know....


 "Cartwheel RUFF No. 2"  by Patricia Ayres

And for the finale (last and least!), my cluttered desk.  "Still Life with Coffee"


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