Banquet Journal

embroidery

          antique embroidered screen from korea...

bound for glory

      i know i've been going a bit crazy for the library of congress lately and here are some more early colour images from the bound for glory exhibition   (images from top: jack delano, russel...

flightless bird

diaghilev

from serge diaghilev and his world: a centennial celebration of diaghilev's ballets russes, found at the library of congress

ikat and roses

  from here

the colour of pomegranates

those towels got me thinking about the 1968 armenian film the color of pomegranates. watch it on youtube here.

belarusian ruchnik

amazing belarusian towels at the virtual guide to belarus. found via the always inspiring nothing is new.

chogappo

hand woven, hand sewn, linen chogappo, a one-of-a-kind korean wrapping cloth. from gallery tsumugi.

easier said than done

inspiration: march

some things, circling... maria callas not yves klein blue, but this moonscape in yves klein pink  ellen gallagher, esp her plasticine and googly eye prints the desert landscape chinoiserie wal...