Beautiful images from Myanmar/Burma and India by German photographer Wolfgang Laib
Friday inspiration
Planning to do some work around the house this weekend? Here's some inspiration. Have a relaxing Friday, all.
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Image: Patricia Larsen. More on her work in the blogpost below
Real, lived in Spaces
Beautiful photographs of real lived in space in Mexico, by artist Patricia Larsen. What a great contrast to the styled, Swedish home I blogged about here...
My Ceramic Christmas Ornaments
These last years I haven't had any Christmas tree. In stead, I've hung old and new ornaments from a twisted branch in the window.
This year's the ornaments are angel shaped raku ceramics (and a few butterflies, small horses and stars) I made this summer.
The other Christmas decorations that soon will be unpacked and placed as focal points around the house, are old, inherited stuff. I like to link back in time - and generations - this time of the year, using decorations my grandmother and mother used, to mark the season. How do you decorate your home for the holidays?
Enkla DIY projekt inför julen
Trött på de juldekorationer du hittar i butikerna? Har du mer tid än pengar finns det en mängd gör-det-själv idéer på nätet. Bara att surfa runt och låta sig inspireras.
Det första exemplet är trädekorationer gjorda av Andrea Brugi (som jag tidigare bland annat skrivit om här). Är inte sågen ditt favoritverktyg, pröva att göra något liknande kartong, som du sedan målar i valfri färg, eller med tea om du föredrar en träliknande patinering.
Ovan 1. Om du har tillgång till en klädhängare av metall. Via
Ovan 2. Har du en rulle washitape kan du forma en julgran på fönstret (tejpen är lätt att ta bort när julen är över). Via
Nedan: Laura Dawn Higgins säljer girlander med pappersgranar via sin etsy shop. Kanske något att göra under en pysselkväll med kompisarna?
Ovan 1. pepparkaksformar i vackra band, via.
Ovan 2. Pepparkakor i snören via och via.
Nedan: ytterligare ett exempel på pinnar till årets juldekorationer. Här en välgjord julstjärna, som kanske tar lite tid och pill att få så här snygg. Via.
Nature as Art
Every now and then, you come across something that just amazes you. Like spanish artist Lorenzo Duran's artwork. Duran uses a traditional paper cutting technique to carve delicate designs into leaves he hand-picks. This is how he describe his work on his website:
Naturayarte is an art project that allows my small family and I to live by doing what we love. I use components from nature that help me complete my ideas surrounding what I consider to be art. I believe that each object in nature and living being has, imprinted in its self, art in its purest form.
- picking the leaves,
- washing,
- drying,
- pressing, and
- cutting.
While they are in the press, I sketch out the drawing, which I attach to the leaf before starting to cut it. At the end, I peel it off, and this last step is the most delicate of all because the leaf is fragile and days of work can be ruined in just moments. This process always results in a leaf and a drawing that are unique, and give the work its own unique character.
What can I say, other than:
Wow, this is awesome!!!
Don't you think?
Saturday Pix Mix
It's been a very windy Saturday afternoon here, but I dared the weather, and got all drenched. Oh well, I'm safe back home now, fire burning in the kitchen stove. Hope you have a great weekend.
BlogLove: Simple & Natural at Loppelilla
If you haven't discovered this lovely Norwegian blog yet, head right over to Loppelilla. She takes the most wonderful photographs of her home and the nature and wild life around her. And she paints. I love her blog. Just look at these simple, DIY Winter/Christmas decorations. More loveliness here.
Vaulted Summer Memories
Today is December 1. Still no snow here in the south west of Sweden. But the days are short, and darkness lingers in the corners. It sure is winter.
I just now came across these photos I took last summer. Makes me long for our endless summer days and that Nordic Light. Soon, soon...
I love patterns, and it seems I saw vaults everywhere last summer! The two top pics are from (a very rainy day) at Läckö, a beautiful 17 Century Castle with a fantastic enclosed garden. The bottom pic is a window in another noble estate - Nääs Castle, and the arts and crafts shop there.
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