bark

I've been chiseling the bark off tree stumps for two days,
which is incredibly satisfying. So is this bowl.

Gabriella Crespi, 1970s

here

Trinidad Contreras

wearable lace globes and orbits, delicate bombs

here

collections

Katie Lockhart's gathered things

here

Okinari Kurokawa

here

letter

A letter of complaint between brothers

The texts on the tablets, written in the Old Assyrian
dialect of Akkadian, describe the Assyrians bringing
textiles and tin to Anatolia on the backs of donkeys,
and trading it with the locals for silver and gold.
This letter is from Ashur-malik to his brother
Ashur-idi complaining that, although winter has already
come, he and his family have been left in Ashur without
food, clothes or fuel. Lack of space obliged him to
finish his letter on a small supplementary tablet.
Often, as in this case, the tablet was encased in a clay envelope.

1900 BC

from here

(thanks,JC)

boxes (blue)

country mouse, town mouse, again

box

here

(dinner) bell

We grew up in a big old house in New England, a veritable brood.
Instead of yelling into the void of the house,
my mom would ring a dinner bell to summon us all to dinner,
a big cast iron one that never quite suited her.
Carl's bells would have been a more appropriate
match for her sensibilities, suggesting mealtime with panache.

Carl Aubock bells at the perfect Everyday Needs.

(found via The Selby)

bell

Brutalist sculptured bell by Akron metalsmith, Don Drumm
c. 1970s

channeling Beatrix

Lots of rain tonight. British-feeling rain: yellow-greenish.
Made me think of Jeremy Fisher, Lucy and her hankies,
Peter and his shrunken jacket ("quite new, with brass buttons")
and all of Potter's other muttering, slightly odd or timid, lonely creatures.
Humble, all of it. And warm.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

color

My mother always tells me I wear too much black.

So when my better half found this little old lady of a dress shoved on a rack in

a vintage shop in town and made me buy it, I said: Alright, twist my arm.

Now all my other clothes are jealous.

multiples

Jens Quistgaard round-up

1, 2, 3, 4

hammock

wooden swing, all grown-up

by Adam Cornish

here

pillows +

I may have to drive to Houston.

here

pigs

1. 1960's leather pig

2. 18th century piglet bank

3. tattooed pigs (via i'm revolting)

Spring makes me think of livestock, and I have an affinity for pigs.

shrinkable

Sonia Delaunay, swimsuit, wool, 1928

rahr

here

menagerie

Gio Ponti animal round-up

1, 2, 3, 4

rahr.

birdhouse

by Stan Bitters, at South Willard

via Ready for the House, who has an even better one

brassy

Carl Aubock at Mondo Cane last year.

rahr-issimo.