Artistic

IZZYIYANA SUHAIMI

“The looms in our bones” by Izziyana Suhaimi Izziyana Suhaimi:   “My work explores the evidence of the hand and of time.   Embroidery for me is a quiet and still act, where each stitch represents a moment passed. The building of stitches then becomes a representation of time passing and the final work is […]

Russian Ballerina

  “That she is young, has exquisite feet, an ideal physique, is musically alert and technically assured… But Shapran seems to give each step, each action, an inner life that is revealed to us as she moves.”   Financial Times     KRISTINA SHAPRAN   PHOTOGRAPHY: ROGOV BUNDENKO         Born in Leningrad […]

Brown Paper Packages

I just love brown paper packages tied up with string!   The simplicity of the paper leaves open so many possibilities to decorate in your own unique way.   There’s nothing like getting a delightful package with a creative twist.   Here are few wonderful packages to inspire… these are a few of my favorite […]

Ballet Beautiful

  Xao Nan Yu National Ballet of Canada Photo © Karolina Kuras     via:parisienneballerina     NYC Dance Project Lauren Lovette and Chase Finlay Ken Browar and Deborah Ory Photography.   Nikolay Krusser ©     Olga Smirnova and Viktor Lebedev performing the Nutcracker for a ballet festival in 2010 via:dysphoricsylph       […]

Ballet Beautiful

Diana Vishneva Диана Вишнёва (Mariinsky Ballet) and Marcelo Gomes (American Ballet Theatre) * Rehearsing “Manon” choreography by Sir Kenneth MacMillan. * 2011 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April) * Photographer Stas Levshin * *

Superhero Chic

Superheroes and Star Wars Characters Meet Flemish Art.     This series of original photos of French photographer Sacha Goldberger is called Super Flemish. The idea: crossed superheroes, Flemish painting and fashion of the Elizabethan era. From Batman to Superman through several characters of the Star Wars saga.                   […]

Artsy Artsy

  “The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.”   – Aristotle     Judy Rush, QUILTING, EMBROIDERY     PEBBLE FACES       Supplies       “When I think of art I think of beauty. Beauty is the mystery of life. It is […]