October 2010 Archives

The 10th Annual Tivoli Street Painting Festival was this past weekend ....... and by chance "the accessorator" was there!!!! Artists of all ages are given free pastel chalk, assigned an 8' by 8' square of pavement that has been pre-painted with blackboard paint and thenset free to express their own "inner chalkings"!!!! Not to be left blank, the brick boarders of the side-walks are done-up too!!!!! 

but, I do think "chalking" the main drag of Tivoli, NY is charming!!!! 

AARON RAYMER "Gypsum" Drywall & Plaster

PETER MARIGOLD  "Man Made" Norwegian Pine

OSCAR MAGNUS NARUD "Keel Collection" Fir, Ashwood, & Rusted Cast Iron

SIMON HASAN "Cuir Bouilli"  Boiled Leather, Polyurethane, & Steel

Finally got to spend some time last week with Murray Moss & Franklin Getchell looking at the new Butch-Craft Exhibition at Moss ........ it's fantastic!!!! There is a NY Times article talking about the show & the designers that is much more articulate than I, and everyone should read it ....... it's on the Moss website. 

 

I love working with my new House Beautiful E.I.C Newell Turner ....... and when he asked my thoughts about Curb National's launch project, Operation Dollhouse, (they had sent six shelter magazine E-I-C's dollhouses to decorate!!!!) I made a suggestion ..... AND ....... he took it to heart and this is the result!!!! 

I suggested the house be decoupaged with HB pages ...... the walls covered with the wall pix from the magazine ..... the furniture be covered in black & white magazine text ...... and the outside be logos!!! Well, Newell took it beyond my wildest dream ...... and used the famous "All About Blue" issue as the jumping off point!!!! The dollhouse was covered completely by the magazine's incredible staff ....... bonding over a glue pot and endless decoupaging!!! The final photographs were taken in the style of artist Laurie Simmons (another thought I had!) and the result is amazing!!!!! Look at the itty bitty books & magazines .......  the sweet paper baby pillows ..... and the rugs ........ SOOOOOOOO GREAT!!!

Designer Charlotte Kingsnorth's one-off pieces from her "Hybreed" collection were once thin frame chairs ..... who have been transformed by upholstery into "bulging beauties"!!! These "fatties" were part of the Designersblock installation during London Design Week.