Tag Archives: Inspiration

Great Shop in London

November 13, 2012

A warm and friendly room greets visitors to Rachel's delightful candle shop on Kinnerton Street, London.Slideshow

I always visit the shop EGG when I am in London.  I love the visuals of the shop and its location on Kinnerton Street, Belgravia. What a surprise to find another incredible shop on the same street tucked behind a beautiful near black facade. Rachel Vosper, the shop owner, is a skilled and experienced candle maker. One look at her elegant and refined shop and you know you have stepped into a very special place with the charming owner quietly working on a farm house table in the back.

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Thomas Jayne: American Decoration, A Sense of Place

November 12, 2012

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Thomas Jayne, author, historian, preservationist, decorator and friend, has written a remarkable new book, AMERICAN DECORATION, A SENSE OF PLACE published by The Monacelli Press. Thomas’ interest in architecture and decoration started with his family’s legacy of houses that ranged from the Plymouth colony to a Vermont tavern, an Italianate Villa in Iowa and a California Craftsman style bungalow amongst others. Even the re-decoration of his boyhood room by painting the walls White House red. His family’s migration across a broad swath of the country and his own sense of history have informed Thomas’s’ body of work.

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Museum Exhibit: Crafting Modernism

November 11, 2012

A Noguchi sculpture in iron, wood and rope. I was thinking about propellers when I looked at this. The texture of the iron work is great against the rope.Slideshow

Several weeks ago I took the time while in New York to go to the Museum of Art and Design (MAD) to see the CRAFTING MODERNISM exhibit. The museum, formerly the Museum of Contemporary Crafts (MCC) and later the American Craft Museum (ACM) still retains its original vision by creating exhibits to examine and celebrate American craft in the 20th century. It charts the bold new direction in craft media from the postwar period through the mid 60′s, showing a range of works from the strictly functional but studio made, to beautiful objects integrated into the factory with the designer-craftsman serving as the bridge between hand and machine.

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Carole's Candlesticks

November 11, 2012

MacKenzie Childs' stick that is certainly whimsical.Slideshow

My dear friend, Carole Glaser, the shopping bag collector, accumulator of hats, pictures, pins and other original vintage shop finds has a delightful collection of candlesticks that I could not resist photographing. Each stick has a story or two. And, her personal vision for their display is to place them all together at one end of her dining table. They make quite a statement.

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