Monday, May 31, 2010

Zig Zag Witchery

Carnations

Patchwork Pillows

3D Boxes

Vest

Chevron Trellis

Chair

Aurora Borealis Peri-Lustra Colors

Coats of Many Colors

Florentine Vest Back

Gothic

Waste Basket

Pomengranate

Wall Hanging

Romanesque

Zigzag Pillows

Prickly Pine

Couch
Reminds me of someone elses' couch....

Patchwork

Select scans from Zigzag Stitchery (1972). Procured at a church basement rummage sale in Wiscasset, Maine. More here.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

The Best Etsy Store Ever?

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Dance of the World by KARART.

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Always and Forever by KARART.

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Four Seasons by KARART.

Those are not really for sale, but big whoas nonetheless.
She has another store with more ready-made product, like

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Monday, May 10, 2010

Object of Most Desire

Goin Out of My Head Over Youu

This is a very personal post. I'm going to tell you about what I want most in the world. It is this music box. The moment I picked it up, it began to spiral and hum, is nearly indescribable. Love at first sight. I'm a little embarrassed that my love story is about a music box and not a proper--human--mate; but I can honestly say, I've never felt this way in my life.

It belongs to a friend and is something of a family heirloom. The story is, it was a gift from his aunt's boyfriend in her youth. He begged his aunt to pass it on to him. Apparently he must have felt something of what I feel in regards to the singular greatness of this object.

So I can't have it but I must! Conundrum! Every so often I go on a hunt. I scour the internet for it, or something like it. Custom music box companies do not even offer this tune (it is "Goin' Out of My Head," appropriately). To have a truly custom tune produced is a laborious, thus expensive process. It requires placing an order for at least 2000 movements (the part of the music box that makes the music) and a $6000 deposit and 2-6 months of production. That is only half the battle. Then I must find the spiral mechanism. It is neon, Plexiglas (or acrylic) and gorgeous, the crappy video I am including does not do it justice. It was made in Japan, and that is the ONLY lead I've got.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

The Country Bookshop

Diamonds
Poetry
Poetry, A Modern Guide to its Understanding and Enjoyment by Elizabeth Drew

Adaptation
Foundations in Modern Biology: Adaptation by Wallace and SRB

Better Polaroid Pictures
Better Polaroid Pictures, In Color and Black & White

You Know What They Say About A Dog's Ears
from Better Polaroid Pictures, In Color and Black & White

Joel and I really fell in love with this used bookshop. Housed on the bottom floor of a tilted old Victorian, across the street from a waterfall, it is a little piece of heaven in Plainfield, Vermont. I found The Story of Lucky Strike here. One of the best parts: all the books on porch are free. And there are hundreds of them. We picked up these beauties from the free zone (mostly to play around with the covers).

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See more here.

Sunday, May 2, 2010

My Lollipop Girl

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1998 Gallimard, Paris / 1961 Olympia Press, Paris

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2000 Penguin, London / 1970 Mondadori (Gli Oscar), Milano

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1990 Eesti Raamat, Tallinn / 1957 Hans Reitzel, Copenhagen

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1981 Gallimard (folio), Paris / 1959b Sur, Buenos Aires

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1969 Mondadori, Rome (Poster) / 1994 Companhia das Letras, São Paulo

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1973 Transworld (Corgi Books), London / 1974 Altin Kitaplar, Istanbul

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1982 Bertelsmann Club, Gütersloh / 1977 Europäische Bildungsgemeinschaft, Stuttgart

Over 150 book and media covers from 33 countries and 54 years, found at Covering Lolita.

Listen to by Bad Manners.