Architecture
- Architecture, Artists, Celebrations & Events, Family, Kick-Start the Weekend, Music, Philosophy, Sculpture
Nickel & Brass…
What’s the traditional symbol for one’s 21st wedding anniversary? Trick question. There isn’t one. Nickel and Brass are contemporary symbols for this celebration. Although maybe not nickel or brass, but certainly metal, these trees at The Public, an interactive art building in West Bromwich, England, suggest a good fill in. I’ll have to remember this place to visit one day. Now I could go off on a tangent about trees and twig art: Or tree bark fashion (floral display): But I think I’ll stick on subject. My husband, Peter, and I our celebrating our 21st wedding anniversary. It’s really hard to believe for it doesn’t seem that long. Now, I…
- Architecture, Casart® Coverings, Celebrations & Events, Creative Process, Decor, Design, Everyday, Exhibitions, Family, New Orleans, Uncategorized
Casart coverings booth
We exhibited at the New Orleans Home & Garden Show. It was our first trade show and I think successful. We learned a lot about booth preparation and did a lot of networking. We were exhausted from start to finish. It was four full days from March 26 – 29. We were glad to have been mentioned in the Times Picayune, which brought many visitors to our booth. We also had three products featured in the hot lounge, as part of “the coolest products.” We displayed a framed, faux-padded, lime harlequin that was customized with silver-stamped butterflies behind the bar, a new photographic, “carnation suspended” casart and a reduced version…
- Architecture, Celebrations & Events, Creative Process, Culture, Design, Everyday, Exhibitions, New Orleans, Uncategorized, Venice
Mardi Gras, Masks and Typography
In advance of Fat Tuesday! Here’s a combination of Venice and New Orleans. This is Gabriela Coutinho’s Venice Carnavale 2008. The costumes are wonderful: And from Irishaikidoka on YouTube: Hermes Wrestling for Pollens Float 18, just this past Friday night: I’ll have to ask my brother it this was his float. Here’s an interesting story behind a commissioned Sri Lankan Mask. And something we use everyday — not a cover up but maybe a hidden art — of creating typography. There is an interesting lecture tonight at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, called “The Designing Type: The Work of Matthew Carter. He is a founder of the fonts: Verdana, Georgia,…
