More Crochet Love

The person behind Resurrection Fern sells these lovely crochet-covered stones (plus photographs and other little bits) on esty.

Beautiful!

Crochet Goddess

I am very rarely this speechless. Or jealous. Or amazed.

Gooseflesh

These first four are made from recycled plastic bags collected by the artist on the shores of australia (I think?)

Recycled Island

Ok, I found my life's purpose:



So very cool. Anyone want to join me?

For All You Cat-Lovers

"Best internet video evar?"



via Boing Boing

Nesbit Reunion?...

With Special Guests:

David Adey, Artist, Point Loma Nazarene University
David Hlebo, Musician and Composer
Lou Huesmann, Senior Pastor, Grace Brethren Church, Long Beach
Judy Larson, Director, Reynolds Gallery, Westmont College
J. Stanley Mattson, Founder/President, C.S. Lewis Foundation
Patty Wickman, Artist, Professor of Art at UCLA


http://www.biola.edu/academics/undergrad/art/symposium/

Woh. I found this guy, Andrew Holder, via the Hibbleton Gallery as per Hope's suggestion on Facebook.

I LOVE the folk-art, flat, graphic, geometric, and color-block qualities his work has.

"A woman's work is never done?"

... what the hell does it mean?

Nesbit, let's talk about it. The tone of the phrase seems kind of negative to me, as if the saying gives off a weird vibe. I want to know everyone's feelings. Laurel why did you pick it? Anyone started yet? Have ideas?

This is what happened when I googled it:

http://www.americanantiquarian.org/Exhibitions/Womanswork/
http://sniff.numachi.com/pages/tiNEVRDONE.html
http://www.purpleslinky.com/Humor/Life/A-Womans-Work-is-Never-Done.83537
http://www.gjfreepress.com/article/20080312/OPINION/509136068/0/FRONTPAGE

"Man may work from sun to sun,
But woman’s work is never done."

Elements of Style

This is a truly lovely little book that I have been reading to brush up on my grammar and writing style. It was written by William Strunk Jr., an English professor during WWII and then enlivened by E.B. White, who was his student. It is excellent if you need to learn how to make every word really speak, be concise and poignant. The beautiful thing about the version I have is that there are 57 whimsical little painted illustrations by Maira Kalman to add to the prose. I highly recommend this gem.