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Showing posts with label handmade. Show all posts
Showing posts with label handmade. Show all posts
Monday, August 7, 2023
Monday, September 2, 2019
Labor Day love
Surely a summer highlight was attending the opening night for artist and friend Gabrielle Lundy whose textile collage was shown at Chelsea's Viridian Artists juried exhibition in mid-July. She flew in from Seattle to participate in the show upon learning her work had been included.
Changing Hands, Stitching Stories is crafted from multiple up-cycled fabrics collected by the artist and mounted on an old picket fence.
Gay has been creating textile collage and mixed media assemblage for over three decades now in spite of being diagnosed with severe rheumatoid arthritis.
A self-taught contemporary maker who has lived all over the world, she celebrates everyday materials through exuberant color and design.
Labor Day love goes to this true labor of love!
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| Changing Hands, Stitching Stories, Gabrielle Lundy (photos by me) up-cycled cotton, linen, polyester, velvet, suede mounted on old picket fence.... for more about Gay Lundy and her work, visit www.gabriellelundystuio.com |
Wednesday, August 7, 2019
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
morning, and mittens
sometimes duty calls but the blog is now back....
stay warm and cozy, dear fashionistas!
xoxo
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| on broadway.... |
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
Friday, September 22, 2017
apple of my eye....
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| Random Acts of Creativity... Mercedes Salazar.... http://www.raclifestyle.com/nomadic/ |
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
RAMONA in the HOUSE
"Knitting is the new yoga," fashion obsessed designer Lau Almeida says of RAMONA HOUSE classes initiated as an expansion of the knitwear brand she founded in 2009. Over 50 women come each week from her native Montevideo to participate in the sessions, not just for the meditative benefits of knitting but also to relax, find a warm, welcoming place and share a cup of sweet tea...
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PHOTO of founder LAU ALMEIDA by BRUNO NOGUEIRA
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RAMONA is named after Lau's grandmother, from whom Lau inherited her childhood hobby as the starting off point for her design career and mission.
Lau's vision is expansive, embracing both ancient techniques and contemporary lifestyle. "Each piece is carefully crafted from soft Merino wool or from cotton... An estimated 20 to 45 hours of handmade work is required to create each piece, all made with love by Uruguayan artisans."
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| photo_KARIN TOPOLANSKI |
Lau shares: "It is fundamental to support Fair Trade, and to be conscious about social, economic and environmental wellbeing. It is from happy sheep and weavers that work comfortably at home, that unique and fashionable clothes come... "
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| photo_KARIN TOPOLANSKI |
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Learn more and view Lau's look books at
@ramona.house PHOTOS ON MODELS BY KAREN TOPOLANSKI from AW GUIDAI Collection |
Saturday, February 11, 2017
Friday, February 10, 2017
Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Thursday, January 19, 2017
Saturday, December 3, 2016
Saturday, October 29, 2016
Sunday, August 7, 2016
Friday, May 6, 2016
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Saturday, August 1, 2015
journeys with jess brown
What a happy surprise to find jess brown and friends at Playtime New York show today!
A pigeon with pom presided over the mini atelier which included paper dolls, Parisian plumed flappers, ballerinas, beauties with cross body bags, a few fur collars for a quick change, one fine brown burro and the softest, rainbow woven doll pillow and throw for the weariest of our intrepid travelers ...
A pigeon with pom presided over the mini atelier which included paper dolls, Parisian plumed flappers, ballerinas, beauties with cross body bags, a few fur collars for a quick change, one fine brown burro and the softest, rainbow woven doll pillow and throw for the weariest of our intrepid travelers ...
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| jess brown design at Playtime New York |
Not to worry, jess's latest book collaborations were there, too, and a linen covered coloring book for those long summer road trips...
Sweet travels! Sweet dreams!
Thursday, July 16, 2015
frida and fresh coconut
i am always grateful for a new taste temptation, especially a chocolate one.
the local and exotic market inspiration behind each handmade truffle at roni-sue's is reason enough to sample all the flavors.
i started with Frida, followed by fresh coconut and passion and was offered a perfect chocolate rose.
it was only after i had left to walk up Forsyth street in search of cw pencil enterprise that i realized i had to backtrack a few blocks to find my intended destination.
mistakes in new york can be serendipitous, not to mention delicious.
a return visit is in order to try the caramel corn and buttercrunch or to enjoy a "make and take" class on the premises.
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| please read more about roni-sue's inspiring story of entrepreneurship and community advocacy www.roni-sue.com |
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