Memory #1

Around this time last year, at a jewelry shop in the South End, a brilliant window display...

select jewelry sitting on toilet paper rolls, with a backdrop of more toilet paper into which decorative holes were burned...

dangling from rods...

a charming and inexpensive idea!

Graphite

Two Women by Brett Bigbee

I've had this on my mind since last November: Graphite at the Portland Museum of Art. I happened to be in Portland for a conference and spent an afternoon at the Museum where this exhibit completely took me by surprise. They had this exhibit of graphite works tucked away on a second-floor gallery -- very unassuming and absolutely wonderful.

Two Women by Brett Bigbee was so engrossing. The piece is huge, about 45" x 62", incredibly detailed and as delicate as a watercolor. Some artists made graphite look like paint, like dark, heavy oils. I loved Kendra Ferguson's work -- from what I remember, they were abstract, geometric drawings that looked like mathematic alien lifeforms. I wish they had published a catalog for this!


Class of '54 by John Whalley

Memories of Wisconsin

Farms...*



friends...


and flamingos.

*Thank you, Laura, for taking those farm pictures as I drove. What a pal!

A few things...

Liking this idea for a rustic backyard sink. Via Apartment Therapy a few weeks ago.




Remembering the Hiroshi Sugimoto exhibit at the Hirshhorn Museum back in 2006. The movie theater pictures were my favorite. They appeal to my embarrassing sense of melancholy.


Wondering which year this Paris map was produced. Bought it for $1 in Shelburne Falls this weekend.

Also:
Wishing I could take better pictures in which the colors are true-to-life. That map is actually a delightful peachy-orange.
Wishing I was better prepared for the Doyle's 5-mile road race this Sunday.
Happy it's finally spring. Hello crocus! Good to see you forsythia!

Sticks and Twigs

This post at stylophile about Patrick Dougherty's installation on the facade of the Max Azria Melrose Avenue Boutique in LA reminded me of something...





In 2001 Mr. Dougherty came to Smith to install Paradise Gate. I helped him on the installation one afternoon. I really just handed him large sticks, but I had a great time watching him work and chatting with an artist I'd only heard of a few days prior. That afternoon he was very amiable but also intent on completing the task at hand. It was a memorable afternoon. And, thank goodness, I didn't impale him or myself with a stick!



His work is incredible, no? Thanks for the memories, stylophile.

credits: www.stickwork.net

Memories of Utah, part 2

More Wasatch Mountain Range.


Fun signs and beautiful skies.


More beautiful skies.


Colorful bike racks in SLC.


Flags for cross walks in SLC.


Meat!

Memories of Utah

August 2007

Sweets at Les Madeleines in Salt Lake City.


Hiking and camping in Lone Peak Wilderness, part of the Wasatch Mountain Range.


Eating delicious rice pudding with my lovely sister at Pudding on the Rice in Provo.


Magical graffiti in SLC.


Unique gravestones at small cemetery outside Provo.