Crayon Scupltures

Storytelling Crayons by Diem Chau.

FOUND: Etsy

1. and 2. Little People Dolls by Hasenpfeffer Incorporated.
3. Brontosaurus by bluebutterflyshop.
4. Girl and Boy Head Pillows by vintagejane.

Running With Scissors

I read this book yesterday. I was at a Christmas Brunch with my family this weekend, and my stepmother suggested I read it, she said it would remind me of my own family. It was good, but also put me in a bad mood.

Interestingly, there was a lawsuit brought against the author by the family portrayed in the book, even though he changed their names.


"The defamation lawsuit filed against St. Martin’s Press and Augusten Burroughs by the Turcotte family for the author’s characterization of the clan in his bestselling memoir Running with Scissors has been settled, with both sides claiming at least partial victory."

FOUND: Textures

1. Unknown.
2. Unknown.
3. Elisa Strozyk.
4. David Galletly.
5. Peter Gregson.

“How can we have missed these beautiful compositions?”

This is work by Carmen Herrera, a 94-year old artist who is finally being discovered by the art world. The NY Times just ran an article on her: At 94, She’s the Hot New Thing in Painting.


"Last year, MoMA included her in a pantheon of Latin American artists on exhibition. And this summer, during a retrospective show in England, The Observer of London called Ms. Herrera the discovery of the decade, asking, “How can we have missed these beautiful compositions?”"

How indeed.

Winter Break Has Come.

I hope I get a glimpse of snowflakes as beautiful as this during these next two weeks. I love making paper snowflakes. I decorated an entire window at school with them!

Yarbleck.

What I've Been Reading.

This is a wonderful fairy-story about a princess who has no gravity. (In both senses of the word, one of the best things about this book is the language and puns, not to mention the illustrations by Sendak.)

Mrs. Piggle Wiggle is one of the first books I remember my Mom reading to me, and she's been one of my favorites ever since.

I've seen the Disney movie, but this is the first time I've ever read the book. It's very different from the movie, for the record.

I really didn't enjoy this book. In fact, I stopped reading it, which is something I don't do very often. It seemed like a poor imitation of 20th century British children's lit.

 

A Person's a Person, No Matter How Small

Small Magazine is so cool.

Fantasia 2.0

This is a really beautiful animation. It reminds me of a more modern Fantasia. Someone should make a new full-length film like Fantasia. Fantasia 2000 didn't really cut it.


PRESS + from benjamin ducroz on Vimeo.