months and months ago some kind person left me a comment with a nudge to go check this out. finally i've stumbled upon the link in my bookmarks! doesn't tuesday just call out for some whimsy? and what better use could there be for old rotary phones than these clever sculptures? i love the feet in particular. if you've ever spent much time around sheep, as i have (oh to be nineteen and roaming the highlands of scotland again.) you'll appreciate how eerily life like those phone-feet really are! and where oh where did i find this? i'll add the link when i figure that out (comments, please if you know the original artist)

can you believe that today begins the month of july? it seems we've just finally slipped into consistent summer weather here in the pacific northwest. it's lovely. any readers that are local to the portland area, just a little reminder, 1st thursday in the pearl, the monthly art stroll is this week. i'll be on the street with my portable boutique and most of my jewelry for you to come try on, chat with me and maybe even go home with a new treasure. so please come one, come all. it's always a fun event with great people watching... 

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check out installation fiber artist janet morton. quirky, surprising and obviously not afraid to think big, she is my kind of artist! i love that she uses surfaces we readily associate with grandmothers and applies them to objects large and small to shift our awareness. she has a massive and interesting portfolio right here. it's really fun to pour over, so please do.

when i first came upon these images of installations by chiharu shiota, i gasped! can you believe it? miles and miles of black thread must have been used in the top piece. she is japanese, living in berlin. the 600 old windows were all salavaged from houses being demolished in that city. and i couldn't resist showing an earlier piece as well, this room of long, long dresses coated in mud. i love the use of repeated shapes, of objects in mass. shiota's work occupies significant emotionl space - quiet, yet so powerful you can't not be impacted. i would dearly love to see even one of these in person someday.

please do click the link, you'll surely be as amazed as i was at her extensive portfolio, right here.

silver and silk, paper money and pages of a worn world war two bible, bone and pearls, bugs and painted ladies. the show beauty and other monsters, by kristin beeler is well named. i am loving her exquisite sense of detail, steeped in history and mystery. her piece make you look, and look again. makes me feel i've fallen down the rabbit hole and the most interesting objects are floating by. curious and curiouser, indeed.

please do go check out the show kristin had at velvet da vinci, you'll be amazed. and many wondrous images to dig into at her flickr page, here.

happy monday, dear readers! i hope your heart takes flight as mine did when i stumbled upon these magical birdcage pieces. made by the charming jennifer fay of fun is always in style. (isn't that a great philosophy?) to me, these tinkered forms look like whimsical line drawings brought to life with wire. add a few select found objects and each one starts to really sing. wouldn't you sing in a sweet handmade cage like this? check out these two pieces at superfay's etsy shop, right here. and many more wonderful birdcage images to love right here.