pottery class

we received our first glazed pieces back this week. one of mine is so ugly i can't bear to look at it. the other is this narrow mug which turned out pretty cool.

the selection of glazes available to us are all food safe so the colours aren't as outrageous as they could be, but some of them are still pretty neat.  the rim and inside were painted with a glaze called "texture iron" and the bottom was dipped in black.  the mug itself is too narrow for me to like very much but i think i'd really like to do a set of tea cups in these colours. 

sally jane vintage

i like these two vintage finds from the sally jane vintage etsy store:

 

i love rain

this morning started off much better than yesterday's.  i had oatmeal for breakfast and a comfortable walk to work.  70mm of rain forecast for today!  i put on my rain boots and rain jacket with extra long sleeves and a pair of red tights to ward off the potential rain negativity that will come shooting out from people's mouths for the next few months!

and now i'm eating a perfectly ripe honeycrisp apple! 

hidden landscapes

by chris thompson (junior taxi)

breakfast

came across this livejournal community yesterday, ofmornings. it's all pictures of breakfast. i love breakfast.

what did you eat for breakfast this morning?  i had half a glass of soy milk mixed with hemp protein powder.  we ran out of eggs and toast and oatmeal and other regular breakfast things.

Vancouver wants Grizzly Bear inside her

They're show last night at the Vogue theatre made us want them inside us. Deeply penetrating sounds with lights glowing inside glass jars hanging from telephone pole-like structures. What's that german art word for completeness? i can't remember, but that's what Grizzly Bear is like for me.

My favorite song a capella: The Knife
JOcelyn's favorite: Two Weeks

Also need to mention the Morning Benders who put on a heart-breaking opening for Grizzly Bear. Fabulous. The Morning Benders.

photo tuesday

photos by hui+

my wallpaper

this is my current wallpaper on my macbook. 



by harry bloom

celebrity space rave

alexander mcqueen's spring/summer 2010.

complete collection + detail shots here.

video here. 

i think at least the first few minutes are worth watching.  what a fantastic show.  "...casting an apocalyptic forecast of the future ecological meltdown of the world: Humankind is made up of creatures that evolved from the sea, and we may be heading back to an underwater future as the ice cap dissolves."

keedz

seems like no one on the internet knows what's up with Keedz.  are they a new Justice project?  are they Justice copycats? 





whatever, i still like it.

plants wearing pants

domsai terrariums via oh joy!

regretsy

today's best thing on the internet is Regretsy.

pink leopard goat coat

other gems:

fetus cat toy

handcrafted placenta

masturbating dinosaurs

fish in a squirrel suit taxidermy

custom polymer clay vulva pendant portraits

Vintage framed chalkboards

Want to make!!! Here's how. Images from here.

it's fall and we have needs

jocelyn needs this toque.


and i need this bag. hot red-head not included.

photo monday

some photos to start off your week.

by harry bloom

by feaverish

who knew LA could be so beautiful?

sunday craft day

sunday is arts and crafts day!  last last (last?) sunday we picked ferns and other plants we don't know the names of from marcia's backyard and pressed them between pages of a phonebook. she brought them over today along with the antique papers she picked up from ruby dog--legal foolscaps from the 20's and 40's.  

one of marcia's, in progress (above).  this plant emerged from the press really awesomely! 

my finished piece, mounted on a silkscreened clipboard from the regional assembly of text.

the other one i made didn't turn out as cool as i expected.  i had high expectations because i love ferns, but now i think i only like them when they're alive.  

after arts and crafts we went out for an indian food buffet.  marcia enjoyed the tandoori chicken for dessert and i ate 6958448 papadums.