Banquet Journal

rodarte

Beautiful piece in the nytimes today by Susan Morgan, on the Rodarte sisters. A few of their past and present inspirations include: - the “Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death,” Frances Lee Gless...

julie morstad

I've posted Mike Swaney's work before, most recently here on open cool. His show opens thursday at Atelier Gallery, along with new work from the lovely and talented Julie Morstad. These days I esp...

savary

A Viking ship found on a walk in the woods, and two of the many bird's nests hidden in the ivy on the house...

more quilt love

An abandoned quilt i'm revisiting - it seems i can only wrap my head around things in stops-and-starts these days... Eventually, it would be lovely to make something like this with some found quil...

evelyn lambart

For birthdays when i was small, my dad would borrow NFB films from the library and project them onto a sheet hung in the basement, or between two trees in the backyard. I think of them often, espe...

milk maids and grace kelly

Carine Roitfeld and I are once again on the same wavelength. I thought I was the only one channeling milk maid meets Normandy nun meets Grace Kelly for autumn. I love the silhouettes, and that l...

joseph beuys

some beautiful graphics on these signed Joseph Beuys posters, at the Jack Hanley Gallery in ny.

some marine animals of the pacific northwest

Arrived back from a perfect holiday to the arrival (finally!!!) of the marine animal poster. This silkscreen has been a long time coming, but it's finally here, and I'll be posting it to the etsy...

cravings

While this lime cupcake recipe came from Bon Appetit (and soooo delicious)...     ...the day-glo colour reminded me of some of the images from my copy of the Betty Crocker Cake and Frosting Mix C...

more thoughts on quilts

If I had the patience, I'd love to make this one into a quilt... From an old Australian Vogue Living. Off to Savary for two whole weeks - I'll be back, browner, fatter, inspired (yes please!)