Josh Simpson

Josh Simpson might be the coolest glass artist on earth.

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Yes. That is glass, not an underwater photo that I thought first.


Nu tackar alla Karro fint för att hon tipsade mig! Alla utom jag tackar, för nu vill jag ju bli glaskonstnär! Och vi alla vet vad som kommer att hända: glas är fett varmt och jag kommer tutta eld på nåns atalje och säkert behöva amputera en massa kroppsdelar. Tack Karro. Tack.
(Nej, egentligen borde jag bara plugga, men tittar på hans glasvärldar istället. Det är därför jag är bitter. Tentatider.)

Happy Earth Day

I love you Earth. :)


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(source) Uh, only like the coolest globe EVER? Except for the real deal of course.


(source) Map, 1600'ds style.


(source) NEET! Love the idea, from RespectYourMother on Etsy. (And I get the feeling of being overwhelmed while trying to imagine what Earth from space looks like. I'm already overwhelmed by all the gorgeousness/coolness/beautifulness of nature that I can see.)

I wonder why Earth Day isn't as known about as Earth Hour?
If it wasn't for Google's logo I would never have known about it. Anyway, go and recycle, use a cloth bag instead of a plastic one while grossery shopping, turn your lights off, be a herbivore for a day, pet a sheep, spread the love. In short: go and make earth happy. :)

Some girls collect shoes/stamps/boyfriends/whatever and others collect awesome books.
Like me. I don't mean fiction (though i've got a shelf full of it) I'm talking about how-to-books, books with myths and books with photos and books that I've bought just so I could stare at pictures from the 80/90's.



This is most of my collection.



I especially loooove the 20-30 year old sewing books. I've never really learned how to sew, but I like the colours. Plus, the patterns aren't hard, so I probably will try to make something sometime.



And I've got a huge crush on this west. Which means that I'll also will have to learn how to knit. (Or go bazonkas on another west with some markers, yaaay.)
Thank you second hand.



For now I'll just have to be satisfied with reading a hundred pages about impressionism art instead. Not as fun as actually making a painting, but still very interesting.

oooh, pretty!

Looking for some awesome (<--- I think that 'awesome' must be the word I write the most. It's a good thing.;)) jewellery I came across Rivkasmom on Flickr. She does the most amazing jewellry. Some with a touch of vintage, lots with a steampunk theme.

Like this ring:


(Rivkasmom on Flickr made the ring & took the pic' and here's the source)

I am in love with it.
The only person/thing that would want a ring more than I'd like that one on my finger must be Sauron and his Ring.
(+ it reminds me of Harry Potter and the philosophers' stone)

Home Sweet Home

Doing:
*Doodling (look, a new header!), sewing, listening to music.

Should be doing:
*Reading about 16th + 17th century art, cleaning, prepaing a lunchbox for tomorrow.
*Keep my eyes open for a summer job.

Feelings right now:
*Growing up sucks. Where is Neverland?
*I long for spring.

I'd like to keep doodling all day long. I did so yesterday, it resulted in this:



The dots are Morse for 'home sweet home' :)
Although right now I'd rather not be at home. Actually, I'd like to be in a completely different country, where spring has already arrived.
Ah well, i suppose it could have been worse. At least the sun is shining.:)

Jared Brown

I googled 'embroidery art' and stumbled across this guy, Jared Brown.



He does the most amazing things with yarn + acrylic paints + canvas, and his motives are really neat (super heroes, yaaaay!). I'm in love with his Voltron piece:



...and pretty much every other embroidery he has made. Take a look!

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Yesterday I was at the annual booksale. I managed not to purchase anything except for a couple of postcards and some stickers (hint Amanda, hint!) mostly because my dad arrived from Baltimore and brought home two books I'm dying to read. :D

Before I start any of them i must read some more school stuff.
We learned about Jan van Eyck a couple of lessons ago, his artwork is amazing. Especially this peace, The Arnolfini Portrait (1434):



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The details are absolutely stunning, I wish I get the chance to see this painting for real some day.