Fairy shoes are a sweet creation for those days when one feels a bit creative and wants to indulge.
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ART FROM SCRATCH
ART FROM SCRATCH, aka. how I found a new name for my site that’s catchy and NOT TAKEN YET.
Black and White Photography
I am a huge fan of black and white photography. I am a fan of starting blog posts with cliché sentences, too, it seems. I don’t only love taking black and white photos for the sake of it but I am also fond of synthesising them in my work.
Mr Postman,look…
You seem like a nice guy. You really do. Delicate, even – considering that you developed these feelings for me during this short period of time. Your love note truly warmed my heart but made me feel guilty at the same time. Maybe it’s my fault. I shouldn’t have let you this close. I shouldn’t have let you think that this was anything more than you bringing me letters and the parcels.
The Experiment
FACT No.1: The peanut butter and jam toast phenomenon is the tendency of the piece of bread, when it falls, to land PBJ-side down in the majority of instances. Whilst this was once considered to represent mere pessimism, a form of Murphy’s law, scientific evidence for the phenomenon has been found.
Human Nature
I always found that You don’t have to go out of Your way if You need inspiration for designing. Either it’s about architecture, fashion or graphic design, nature provides an endless source of breathtaking structures, colours, patterns and phenomenon.
Portal
I’ve seen this architectural phenomenon many times on my way to Cranleigh. It caught my attention right away because, well, a gate that refuses to be a gate makes me question the very base of my studies.
So this little ‘attention door’ cannot be told what a gate should do. Separating and connecting at the same time, for instance. (How poetic of a few pieces of brick and some cement!) But this one only stands by the road, not separating nor connecting, just looking very mysterious. Even suspicious if You ask me. But I guess, that’s just the way portals to other dimensions are nowadays…
Photos: Bramley, UK (2016) and Miami beach, USA (2010)
Jewellery Tree
I used to store my jewellery in a box which wasn’t the most practical place for them. They would easily get tangled and it was hard to fish out the particular piece I needed without having to pour all of them out.
One day I came across a picture of a branch that was hung up on the wall and bracelets and necklaces were put on it. The whole composition was silver and still, it didn’t come across tacky at all. For a magpie like myself the thought of being able to stare at my whole jewellery collection any time was very inviting.
‘They know that a cat is watching them.’
We travelled down to Brighton for a few days. I have never been to there and I made a big mistake when I thought I already know the English winter and how mild it is. Despite the fact that my ears turned to be icicles, I really enjoyed walking around and discovering a new city.
Free creation
I wish. I wish gravity and rainwater didn’t make it so hard to create freely. Experimenting with masses, materials, textures and surfaces without having to think about heat insulation or load bearing beams sounds like a dream come true. And then there is electricity to consider, heating and God forbid plumbing with all the wires, pipes and those fairly unattractive chimneys and bathroom windows that end the façade fairytale. Unfortunately though these things are quite handy on an everyday basis when you are a human being, not a cow.
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