- epershand
A couple of weeks ago I preordered a necklace from the talented Isette & it arrived this morning :) The delivery time was a lot faster than I expected, I was prepared for another couple of weeks so I’m very pleased.
“Epershand” is the Scots and Scottish English name for ampersand…
whereas ampersand is a corruption of the phrase “and per se and”,
Epershand is a corruption of “et per se and”, with the same meaning.Excuse the poor picture – the lighting at work is not ideal for an impromptu photoshoot but I wanted to show it off straight away :)
- the barefoot contessa
the barefoot contessa, blackeyedsuzie
I was feeling quite melancholy myself last night when I happened upon the barefoot contessa on etsy & just fell in love with the style & detail of this art doll, the face is just perfect. I love the little stories that blackeyedsuzie gives each of her creations:
The Barefoot Contessa is from a very wealthy family, but due to some unmentionable (and unjust!) scandals must now dance for her dinner. She is famous for her mastery of the fan dance, her different-coloured eyes and for never wearing shoes. Her only friend is the tiny bird, Minou, who lives in her hair. (The Contessa knows that ‘minou’ is a French term of endearment for a cat, but she is a melancholy ironist.)
We went to the exhibition of contemporay Chinese artwork over the weekend but I didn’t take a digital camera… what a pain!! My phone camera is fairly poor & while John’s is as good as my regular camera, it has an automatic flash so no go.
I did take some film photos which will be developed this week, I’ll post those along with a couple of other images I picked up. The works that stand out in my head are the Metaphysica series by Ah Xian, & most of the works by Zhang Xiaogang which were so beautiful and haunting.
More later :)
- flowers & a cat
I house sat for a few days a couple of weeks ago & made sure to take some pictures of their garden – lots of flowers & one very inquisitive cat. He is very sweet but very demanding of attention, my first night there he woke me in the middle of the night by meowing right in my face, he wanted a cuddle :) I wanted to stop the heart attack I felt like I was having. Have you ever heard a burmese wail for attention?
- on the way to work
Fortitude Valley, Holga, Fujichrome Provia
Walking over Wickham Street from the train station into McWhirters. I like the view through these wonderfully 70′s triangle windows. Buildings on one side, sky on the other. While the recent renovations to the Valley train station was so overdue, I’m hoping they don’t try to ‘modernise’ this walkway, I like it the way it is. It’s a sunny little tunnel with beautiful light in fine weather & dingy and outdated looking on overcast days.
- travels
brisbane river, looking over towards kangaroo Point from the river walk
These are just two more pictures I’ve taken while walking to and around the city of a Saturday.
- wheel of boredom
The crappy local Sunday newspaper dubbed the ferris wheel at Southbank (officially The Wheel of Brisbane) The Wheel of Boredom after reports of poor ticket sales. I do feel a bit bad calling it that as I’ve never been on it & I think it looks great from a distance, especially at night :) But the name has stuck for me & so will for ever be known as The Wheel of Boredom.
I took a long exposure shot of it the other night from the ferry, there was too much light at the dock so the results wont be great – but fingers crossed because it really does look beautiful all lit up. Yes, I am one of those people who ooohs & aaahs at fireworks ;)
- knitted throw blankets
In the approach to winter I’ve been thinking about finally knitting a blanket. I’m in two minds about what style I’m after though – I’m torn between bright and cheerful or subtle and stylish… The tacky in me is always at war with the well styled when it comes to home decoration & the result is usually a hybrid (think the Hemlock Ring in bright green).
1. Hemlock Ring Blanket, modification of vintage doily pattern, Jarrod Flood (brooklyntweed)
2. Elongated Cable, Adrienne Rogers
3. Rainbow Throw, Donna Yacino for Berocco (ravel it)I will choose a nice merino for the Hemlock Ring, a cashmere blend for a style similar to the Elongated Cable (I’ll just make my own version of this) & something in a cotton blend for the Rainbow Throw.
:)
- lady owl
If I was going to start collecting ceramics, I would start with this piece by Robin Van Valkenburgh.
- poladroid
I’m sure everyone by now has seen the results of or tried out poladroid. I played around with it last year & saved these images but only uploaded one other to flickr.
I came across these & was reminded of one of the reasons I started to want a Holga so much. The interesting & different effects you can achieve by experimenting with a toy camera – without any guarantees you can ever replicate the results.
I actually love this bee picture un-poladroided :) I’ve tried often to catch bees in flight & I think this is the best result I’ve ever managed to get. I particularly like that he isn’t smack in the middle of the picture, it’s like a little scene in which a bee happens to be flying into the rose just at that moment.
