Saturday, February 19, 2011

Tara Donovan show in NYC

Ok, Tara Donovan is my favorite artist

this gradient is created with ......


thousands upon thousands of nails

Friday, February 18, 2011

Image of the Sun White T-Shirt > Image of the sun : Medieval image of the sun

Medieval image of the sun




Don't want to neglect the Image of the Sun store at Cafe Press with new tee shirts with this glowing sunshine with a teletubby face in the middle (that show creeps me out).

ATF/ Dale Guild Williamsburg Ornaments

Is it wrong to love metal type too much?

ATF / Troyer Ornament Matrices

This reminds me of the book I just reviewed about Pictorial Webster's: A Visual Dictionary of Curiosities. There's something so permanent and unyielding about these typographic ornaments from the past.

See more typographic ornaments at the Flickr group of the same name.

Quaestionum physicarum controversarum By Andreas Libavius, Jacob Martini

Typographic ornaments from an alchemy book by Andreas Libavis.

Check out more Alchemical arts and Mythological Animal images on t shirts and gifts custom printed with personalized text at Zazzle.

Jaguar Vector | mulpo.com - Design and Development Blog

Jaguar Vector | mulpo.com
Jagar Vector

This blog has huge numbers of vector graphics that are free to use without registering on the website. And, you can post related comments with links, no problem. I couldn't find the button for donations, but if I use more of these designs a donation will be made. The designs come from Nicolas, a Drupal CMS developer.

Paisley Passion note card at Zazzle

Maternity Henna patterns, news & artists

Little Fiddly Bits

Work of a professional henna artist in Indiana, USA 


The center of henna production in the world is located in the Rajasthan region of north western India. The plant fibers will not stain without the help of a mild solution of lemon juice or other acid (soaked overnight) that chemically reacts with ground leaves to release the dye. Henna tattoos start out with an orange color that changes over the course of three days to a darker, red-brown color which can last about fourteen days, typically. Natural henna does not pose a health risk, but be careful with the impurities found in some pre-mixed henna products.

Pretty Henna Patterns by ~PixieRose16 on deviantART



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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Dominic Wilcox, toy soldiers "War Bowl"

Dominic Wilcox: War Bowl
War Bowl
This and other tableware are on sale at his website.

Do-Ho Suh "Floor" sculpture

Floor | Indianapolis Museum of Art

Toy soldiers hold up a piece of glass flooring, by artist Do-Ho Suh.

Monkdogz Urban Art Gallery - New York City

Monkdogz Urban Art Gallery - New York City
Thought this artwork from JEAN MARC CALVET - Nicaragua 
was made of rubber bands (which sounds like a good idea).
Click image to zoom in new window.

hand-drawn paisley graffiti gallery



The drawings in the dotpattern artwork gallery were completely covering the walls and ceiling of a broom closet in a New York City office building.

paisley pattern in black and white


That's the dreary title of what's actually an interesting government document defining the types of patterns for fabric or paper, with this excellent curly-cued version of a paisley pattern in black and white (click image to zoom, in new window). The categories include these old time favorites:

1. Perforated or openwork (see this lace gallery)
2. Combined unidirectional and bidirectional pattern
3. Unidirectional
4. Paisley
5. Plaid or tartan
6. Texture or open weave
7. Tracery of uniform line
8. Zigzag or wave
9. Stippled effect
10. Grid or graph matrix
11. Reverse, rotated, or alternating pattern element
12. Striated or linear arrangement
13. Single isolated systematically repeating element
14. Random arrangement of pattern elements within repeat unit
15. Appliqué, medallion or singular pattern unit

Do you see anything missing from the big pattern list? - with examples of all known patterns that ever existed. Your comments will help preserve patterns for future generations.

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More photos or video tagged with paisley pattern on Flickr

Monday, February 14, 2011

Jinny Yu | Paintings / Patterns

Jinny Yu | Paintings

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Interesting pattern from Jinny Yu that reminds me of the endpapers for a book I reviewed recently - Pictorial Webster's: A Visual Dictionary of Curiosities. Jinny's work is being shown this month at The Convent of St. Cecilia in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

The pattern on the endpapers and the edge of the pages makes use of all the type that was stamped with a linotype machine for the captions of the book. All the type was cast together and printed with different colors.

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See visual dictionaries covering every subject for children, adults and professionals, that begins with a review of Webster's Pictorial Dictionary. Find all ...



More marvelous marbling - The Private Library

Marbling and The Private Library

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More delicious marbled endpapers. The technique to spatter the white speckles over the whole completed design is called "antiquing", applied right before the paper is laid down into the basin.

BibliOdyssey: Marbled Paper Designs

BibliOdyssey: Marbled Paper DesignsVintage 19th c. marbled paper, Gloster pattern (24)

Patterns in nature are seldom perfectly symmetrical or regular. The best patterns created by marbling artists also have a random effect, like looking into a fireplace. Marbling was an essential trade in the middle ages, as this article suggests, and is still practiced in colonial Williamsburg.

BibliOdyssey: The Eight Dog Chronicles

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Sunday, February 13, 2011

Kolam patterns made of sand


This Kolam pattern seems appropriate this time of year for Valentine's Day in America. These patterns are drawn with colored sand during the Ponggal festival in the Tamil regions of India and on Sri Lanka.


P.S. After a few difficulties, the Atom 2 feed is back in good order without the weight of so much advertising. Thanks for your patience and thank you for riding the MTA.

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