<i>Let's be still, be still for awhile </i><br /><i>There's no place I wanna be</i><br /><i>Lose our way and sit side by side</i><br /><i>Passing time so carelessly, so carelessly <a href="http://www.nme.com/artists/yo-la-tengo/album/summer-sun/12580/track/lets-be-still">(here) </a></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilNkdDy6uG114VP2a5dGtdJ0nBqz2fuPiKbNbImTX0lxB_vqbRH5gUmkuvvW4oWnML-AODl5Zp-w8s765f9Tzfh7ouooUPzm54X8X0djiLvo9sfRp68h39o-ePToYWWe6pRzrmeva9eRc/s1600/jason+koharik+set+up+046.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHqF6RhWyvlKPaajIaZjo4kIejk0EXv8n3LXP4QVIHzcQ4qs3obWgSnHs6_Pv2v9C_8fSChnOK9tF8AQhp-H15G3p1izLYVp0KLln628rZ2smmIZ3RIO2cXYxErmroY4oMKQN7-EvlLKk/s1600/jason+koharik+set+up+132.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHqF6RhWyvlKPaajIaZjo4kIejk0EXv8n3LXP4QVIHzcQ4qs3obWgSnHs6_Pv2v9C_8fSChnOK9tF8AQhp-H15G3p1izLYVp0KLln628rZ2smmIZ3RIO2cXYxErmroY4oMKQN7-EvlLKk/s1600/jason+koharik+set+up+132.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP81HGWLcGLQfIQN8uQSRK4Dd2QbTMYqDVUA6YGnYSZN0sH6hdNCo2oSDHIlsSvsa7jkF1_1WMLZ6SyDiJxMTXbbcMeQc18ohRBt5hV6-OdLSaUD1NifZ-TInTtEF4DZDqCMHz3tX6FAo/s1600/jason+koharik+set+up+065.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP81HGWLcGLQfIQN8uQSRK4Dd2QbTMYqDVUA6YGnYSZN0sH6hdNCo2oSDHIlsSvsa7jkF1_1WMLZ6SyDiJxMTXbbcMeQc18ohRBt5hV6-OdLSaUD1NifZ-TInTtEF4DZDqCMHz3tX6FAo/s1600/jason+koharik+set+up+065.jpg" /></a></div><br />  <br /><br /><i>New works: Collected by</i><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i> </i><a href="http://www.collectedby.com/"><i>Jason Koharik</i></a></b></span>, <i> </i><br /><i>Opening Reception Nov 9th</i><i><br /></i><br /><br />"All the while, I was continuing to meet people that were interested in design. I would find them some rare or interesting piece, and in many cases, that led me to their homes where I began dressing them, and custom building/designing pieces for them. I do enjoy putting a room together. Finding balance both visually and with their life style and interests. I also get to turn people on to things they would otherwise never consider or designers they are not really aware of.  I am, I suppose, self taught on much of what I do, (metal working, weaving, leather work, sewing, electrical, wood working), mostly out of necessity. I don't know how else to get it done "<br /><i><br /></i><br /><a href="http://youhavebeenheresometime.blogspot.com/2012/02/conversation-with-jason-koharik.html"><i>Read a past interview with Jason Koharik here.</i></a><br /><i>all photos by David John </i><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkS4y1_biohhlnx0q2lKZu7D_fo02cLJW2Yvk9dI9i2aNOuh0Be59LNUXfxTPJfKPg-zgatI3liomnUGVYVvo6GRzMhGQGhMRhGpO7xB75VicZsITMZ8e6EXv93qZcIRHmXwhM1HrjytE/s1600/jason+koharik+set+up+077.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkS4y1_biohhlnx0q2lKZu7D_fo02cLJW2Yvk9dI9i2aNOuh0Be59LNUXfxTPJfKPg-zgatI3liomnUGVYVvo6GRzMhGQGhMRhGpO7xB75VicZsITMZ8e6EXv93qZcIRHmXwhM1HrjytE/s1600/jason+koharik+set+up+077.jpg" /></a><i> </i><br /><br /><br /><br /><i> </i><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />. . .<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2us7HVpVCbQTb8jupS6fw2ETXuxV3rhzeASJJbjUpDqkz-cAtImqgIrnE2A3Ohwv_Vv1fYAvF6slqAR1rjxOTnncfNMm0FJuLn7QvbXU_dclob5jMF7bBNgF-nHXmLO7vL-yMNjLxZqU/s1600/jason+koharik+set+up+184.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2us7HVpVCbQTb8jupS6fw2ETXuxV3rhzeASJJbjUpDqkz-cAtImqgIrnE2A3Ohwv_Vv1fYAvF6slqAR1rjxOTnncfNMm0FJuLn7QvbXU_dclob5jMF7bBNgF-nHXmLO7vL-yMNjLxZqU/s1600/jason+koharik+set+up+184.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />"<span style="color: white;">o much of what I do I feel is collecting. Even the way I learn to do it is a collection of mistakes and break </span><br /><br /><br />"So much of what I do I feel is collecting. Even the way I learn to do it is a collection of mistakes and break throughs. Most of my works, paintings, sculptures, are made from materials that have taken 10 -15 years to collect. Examples being: Paintings made from hundreds of used paint stir sticks creating large linear color fields. I have collected what seems like miles of lost or acquired steel and cloth tape measures to weave large canvas inch by inch.<br /><br />Collected by also refers to my love of "hunting". I have a collection of furniture, lighting, designer, rare discoveries, and things that inspire me. Some I reupholster, some I re-purpose. Some are so far gone I turn them into something new. I also collect old scrap leather, a material I am very fond of. I reuse this (hand stitched) on old bent metal chairs to give them a new life. I love to collect the unusual. The pieces passed by because they no longer have a place. Some of them are just better used as something else. Potential energy."   <i>- Jason Koharik</i><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> --------2 becomes 4-------- </div>

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Polyvore: Creative Inspiration

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">What do I do when I'm not making jewelry?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I make other jewelry. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">But when I really feel the need to take a break, I sometimes head on over</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">to <span style="color: #444444;"><a href="http://polyvore.com/">Polyvore.com</a>,</span> where you can design and put together clothing and </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">accessories </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">to create outfits.  ...</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I know, I'm like a ten year old. :)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Polyvore is a great way to practice using color, texture, pattern, coordinating - </span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">all the </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">things that I do when I am designing a piece of jewelry, or what you're </span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">doing when your making any kind or art or doing any kind of craft.</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sometimes </span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">when I'm </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">playing </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">around on Polyvore I get inspired </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">to create a new jewelry </span></span><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">design. Sometimes a certain color will catch my eye and put me in the mood </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">to work with that same color gemstone or bead. </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Not only </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">is Polyvore</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">relaxing, but it also can be a great </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">source of creative inspiration! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Below are a few outfits that I put together in my own style. If you haven't </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">checked </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">out Polyvore yet, you should give it a try, it's fun! </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></span><br /><img alt="Deep Purple Casual Boho 2012" src="http://cfc.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/.sig/mVABJWZLjZL5H00BsTug/cid/46553637/id/h548tohyTaGu-qjIkDOi3A/size/c600x527.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/deep_purple_casual_boho_2012/set?.svc=copypaste&id=46553637" style="font-size: 13.333333969116211px;" target="_blank">Deep Purple Casual Boho 2012</a><span style="font-size: 13.333333969116211px;"> by </span><a href="http://laurabethlove.polyvore.com/?.svc=copypaste" style="font-size: 13.333333969116211px;" target="_blank">laurabethlove</a><span style="font-size: 13.333333969116211px;"> featuring </span><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/antique_rings/shop?query=antique+rings" style="font-size: 13.333333969116211px;" target="_blank">antique rings</a><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0 auto; width: 600px;"><div style="position: relative;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/denim_cream_ii_2012/set?.svc=copypaste&id=47596741" target="_blank"><img alt="Denim & Cream II 2012" border="0" height="575" src="http://cfc.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/.sig/MluE6M397CXRrQMgTs4WQ/cid/47596741/id/XCUMTxiTRwKCMlYV9MsEVw/size/c600x575.jpg" title="Denim & Cream II 2012" width="600" /></a></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/denim_cream_ii_2012/set?.svc=copypaste&id=47596741" target="_blank">Denim & Cream II 2012</a> by <a href="http://laurabethlove.polyvore.com/?.svc=copypaste" target="_blank">laurabethlove</a> featuring a <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/button_shirt/shop?query=button+shirt" target="_blank">button shirt</a></small><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="margin: 0 auto; width: 600px;"><div style="position: relative;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/distressed_boho_with_pearls_2012/set?.svc=copypaste&id=46409246" target="_blank"><img alt="Distressed Boho With Pearls 2012" border="0" height="562" src="http://cfc.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/.sig/p695CnwZgNyeV7PVAHnA/cid/46409246/id/_5MvBRDJRkKRxksxvcqnOQ/size/c600x562.jpg" title="Distressed Boho With Pearls 2012" width="600" /></a></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/distressed_boho_with_pearls_2012/set?.svc=copypaste&id=46409246" target="_blank">Distressed Boho With Pearls 2012</a> by <a href="http://laurabethlove.polyvore.com/?.svc=copypaste" target="_blank">laurabethlove</a> featuring <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/skinny_leg_jeans/shop?query=skinny+leg+jeans" target="_blank">skinny leg jeans</a></small></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="margin: 0 auto; width: 600px;"><div style="position: relative;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/weathered_emerald_2012/set?.svc=copypaste&id=46749944" target="_blank"><img alt="Weathered Emerald 2012" border="0" height="510" src="http://cfc.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/.sig/If6SW7bgOHWBBZq9KGSbA/cid/46749944/id/3QhHEHYxS0STG9UAZF8ikQ/size/c600x510.jpg" title="Weathered Emerald 2012" width="600" /></a></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/weathered_emerald_2012/set?.svc=copypaste&id=46749944" target="_blank">Weathered Emerald 2012</a> by <a href="http://laurabethlove.polyvore.com/?.svc=copypaste" target="_blank">laurabethlove</a> featuring <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/bootcut_jeans/shop?category_id=238" target="_blank">bootcut jeans</a></small></div><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="margin: 0 auto; width: 600px;"><div style="position: relative;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/peace_love_in_black_white/set?.svc=copypaste&id=46405137" target="_blank"><img alt="Peace & Love in Black and White 2012" border="0" height="596" src="http://cfc.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/.sig/SvDbJJB5DE9H0YinlmwDzQ/cid/46405137/id/erewP2XVT5iQ7svQDTjWOQ/size/c600x596.jpg" title="Peace & Love in Black and White 2012" width="600" /></a></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/peace_love_in_black_white/set?.svc=copypaste&id=46405137" target="_blank">Peace & Love in Black and White 2012</a> by <a href="http://laurabethlove.polyvore.com/?.svc=copypaste" target="_blank">laurabethlove</a> featuring <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/skinny_bootcut_jeans/shop?query=skinny+bootcut+jeans" target="_blank">skinny bootcut jeans</a></small><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="margin: 0 auto; width: 600px;"><div style="position: relative;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/plum_perfect_2012/set?.svc=copypaste&id=47604737" target="_blank"><img alt="Plum Perfect 2012" border="0" height="505" src="http://cfc.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/.sig/b2YsYlSwc7vSyEtsm7P4w/cid/47604737/id/cidwS-ppSJ2HI2jqJqazgw/size/c600x505.jpg" title="Plum Perfect 2012" width="600" /></a></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/plum_perfect_2012/set?.svc=copypaste&id=47604737" target="_blank">Plum Perfect 2012</a> by <a href="http://laurabethlove.polyvore.com/?.svc=copypaste" target="_blank">laurabethlove</a> featuring <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/tear_drop_earrings/shop?query=tear+drop+earrings" target="_blank">tear drop earrings</a></small><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">What do you think?</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>

Polyvore: Creative Inspiration

What do I do when I'm not making jewelry? I make other jewelry.  But when I really feel the need to take a break, I sometimes head on ov...

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"Viewers were free <i><b>to further transform the spaces</b></i> by scratching, writing, and marking the pristine yet vulnerable material with whatever was at hand, leaving individual traces that were soon subsumed into the accumulated mass of marks that the space became."<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2fHi5N8Rjdd7YYwRCUpc0yrHm3IWHNBUFHkbBdD9OwbtXgFUZ9Bl-WCiiedGHmU4f9MeDlLMoW6NQjmouIJw9FVQWZEVVYvnLwDzeqcVqye8hv8akBEpP8tF4JnikF0PuQvFrKKEmRr8/s1600/755120a84fafe37c567bdf786afdb08b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2fHi5N8Rjdd7YYwRCUpc0yrHm3IWHNBUFHkbBdD9OwbtXgFUZ9Bl-WCiiedGHmU4f9MeDlLMoW6NQjmouIJw9FVQWZEVVYvnLwDzeqcVqye8hv8akBEpP8tF4JnikF0PuQvFrKKEmRr8/s1600/755120a84fafe37c567bdf786afdb08b.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><i><b>Rudolf Stingel</b></i><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i>October 16 - December 22, 2012 </i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i>4 rue de Ponthieu 75008 Paris </i></span><br /><br />Central to <i><b>Rudolf Stingel's oeuvre is the passage of time rendered palpable</b></i>, together with the expansion of the vocabulary of painting and its perception: from the abstract tulle silver paintings of the 1990s to the carpet installations that aestheticized both the surface of spaces and visitors' traces; from the series of melancholic self-portraits to the latest gold studio-floor paintings.<br /><br />Casting and plating large sections of graffiti-covered Celotex insulation panels, Stingel has produced opulent paintings that both <span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>celebrate and memorialize the passage of time.</b></i></span> The original panels for these paintings come from the environmental installations of his mid-career retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and the Whitney Museum in New York in 2007. In each of these renowned participatory works, Stingel transformed the exhibition space by covering the walls in a layer of reflective aluminum-faced insulation material. Viewers were free to further transform the spaces by scratching, writing, and marking the pristine yet vulnerable material with whatever was at hand, leaving individual traces that were soon subsumed into the accumulated mass of marks that the space became. The new works are selected fragments of those inscribed walls cast in copper via a process that captures even the most delicate surface detail. The cast base is then electroplated with gold, transforming the random inscriptions alchemically and permanently into something new and shamelessly beautiful.<a href="http://www.gagosian.com/exhibitions/rudolf-stingel--october-16-0012/exhibition-images"><i> (text images taken from here)</i></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>1-----leads ----2---and eventually --- 3</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />

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The Upcycled Guitar

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I love music, and I love guitars. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Now of course, I am going to share with you some creative things made from</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> upcycled guitars and guitar cases, as well as some guitar-inspired art!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I hope you enjoy!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia_Dvs_5uZU6uaNH2_9rmfm1lVmOYHy9FuRR9ipSfR1jnVUR_XNW9Gj5fqt5Yn5XKD_OBuoNFccqd-5_pCeSBjoescrxtNQQJjymhdFxjiUgJd6Xhc16_ZrA_AqWQ1hgkLyL7gAdRr2wTC/s1600/peace.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia_Dvs_5uZU6uaNH2_9rmfm1lVmOYHy9FuRR9ipSfR1jnVUR_XNW9Gj5fqt5Yn5XKD_OBuoNFccqd-5_pCeSBjoescrxtNQQJjymhdFxjiUgJd6Xhc16_ZrA_AqWQ1hgkLyL7gAdRr2wTC/s1600/peace.jpg" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://weheartit.com/entry/30017173#" target="_blank"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Peace inspired carved guitar</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://fairymeadowminiatures.com.au/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzKmj_Rnyrm3dJD6RToxNFvnr1Fx56p9O-WNNaL1JXSXYoivWAI4W9KMSNWK_LK1vEbD9NK7-PyfGsUAgD5J47Fcgti6tJas5vD1Z1iqpFognM6JoKT1TAQJ09hxNjfOuQilWuzMtjE0zg/s1600/guitar+.jpg" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://fairymeadowminiatures.com.au/" target="_blank">Guitar dollhouse made by Lorraine of Fairy Meadow Miniatures</a></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBJHyyD5uJNyswVpu0f4zqNdoQC_1j1bkFe4CEGTw-eink_reFhOmC6xL0JZsEKNf5wJncxcW1Pk7qCFJhQvltlqRp-MCvXENOTf6saR4D1KA7i-uPIXpQ2_EiN2fEcwiQC97nw2svncOd/s1600/aa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBJHyyD5uJNyswVpu0f4zqNdoQC_1j1bkFe4CEGTw-eink_reFhOmC6xL0JZsEKNf5wJncxcW1Pk7qCFJhQvltlqRp-MCvXENOTf6saR4D1KA7i-uPIXpQ2_EiN2fEcwiQC97nw2svncOd/s640/aa.jpg" width="489" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/110630134/childrens-deer-guitar" target="_blank"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Children's deer guitar by tripperdungan via Etsy</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2585005" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHYah1DrSM_MRJiKthOvZ6svRZuinDGmn3WvFzArgVdOhLPjn4OjMNjK03xyth6PViYDLg8bTyXlqmeIP1G5kkveJB8X74eXep6NjaHV1FRkO7oqlMrvx8ZyowdrFxd-tOngx2IOJL_v6H/s1600/planter+1.jpg" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2585005" target="_blank">Guitar planter (above and below) by Kitchen Guitars</a></span><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2585005" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMPpyf3VxRUOPS8PhC7pRHwKXFihCFyhetCarH7I9AeC3-uVzudViWMjha11Oxe8nGfN9PUX23Sg5mqO7t0WepbuQZDRUpApEN7NFg7CVeY1AhtVnWPRq7eSoiJO0ZzVHIJJGqIKfHWl4L/s1600/guitar+planter+2.jpg" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaxcnY9yUWxlgin-ZDuWTl5eHJDP0Zy4P4RgbpKXAlsEX8IoBzPlm3fxLjqI4BQ9Qz5S98ymGYs6dEw-AOI_j25H6i8Za_JtIDcDfO-Z_g5HYaSbwQOcP6PcHBy2AtmVQLhLXv9h75HWT5/s1600/bbb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaxcnY9yUWxlgin-ZDuWTl5eHJDP0Zy4P4RgbpKXAlsEX8IoBzPlm3fxLjqI4BQ9Qz5S98ymGYs6dEw-AOI_j25H6i8Za_JtIDcDfO-Z_g5HYaSbwQOcP6PcHBy2AtmVQLhLXv9h75HWT5/s1600/bbb.jpg" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/107924627/upcycled-guitar-shelving?ref=usr_faveitems" target="_blank"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Upcycled guitar shelving by boxtopdesigns via Etsy</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig5IpsjWygsh47kP8LuDnquKLb8okWNA54PJ672pdQYlYCIuYP-8EosQCH06xLySkdJHJGYsOzL9LAMLuXgarTG9iygKE23tsdSa8XujDSnVcMGnjxt-aHJvf6T0b7dvvEVRQpQdDPwja6/s1600/hooks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig5IpsjWygsh47kP8LuDnquKLb8okWNA54PJ672pdQYlYCIuYP-8EosQCH06xLySkdJHJGYsOzL9LAMLuXgarTG9iygKE23tsdSa8XujDSnVcMGnjxt-aHJvf6T0b7dvvEVRQpQdDPwja6/s1600/hooks.jpg" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.lakeside.com/For-the-Home/Decorative-Accents/Wall%2BArt/Guitar-Wall-Hooks/prod41033.jmp#" target="_blank">Guitar hooks from The Lakeside Collection</a></span><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjhorW8nUjMgb_mEdpqUk4gXiPjz_O4sjE_8iNbajdtTeH5z2S5rr2XG7csaCsScS83xInboeKOic-xq4_injUFwuLT1gld3HtJrMS8Wg6LSL7lLt4KgMUNcHYERf4mXFIQWreqJXcs8ZO/s1600/git.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjhorW8nUjMgb_mEdpqUk4gXiPjz_O4sjE_8iNbajdtTeH5z2S5rr2XG7csaCsScS83xInboeKOic-xq4_injUFwuLT1gld3HtJrMS8Wg6LSL7lLt4KgMUNcHYERf4mXFIQWreqJXcs8ZO/s1600/git.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/100923079/earrings-rack-mahogany-guitar-shaped?ref=usr_faveitems" target="_blank"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Earring rack made from guitar-making scrap by TheYarnKitchen via Etsy</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://marymakesdinner.typepad.com/marymakespretty/2013/01/upcycled-guitar-lamp.html" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqcX_ENWNPjRinRpBCX0QEUAJMEAqBnqTvMELaDMrZA5CVDYoJ1ocUsBFzInlVG6AYgwAhX23F9lqnB1MnLE9U4oIE2cyibDF2mykB3AmKY2YJIOu1pCvjRN3x4TGm8oeaX1FgEQTN0-IG/s1600/guitar+lamp.jpg" /></a></div><a href="http://marymakesdinner.typepad.com/marymakespretty/2013/01/upcycled-guitar-lamp.html" target="_blank">Upcycled guitar lamp by Mary Makes Pretty</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS_ZVquSjEd4ejJzhlNdwGXIokdTXGB_T9yWcQzl5iNgefFXeysTDt0tqfl36C0nVUD-H7XNiCyA2n0m5QwcDbl6kyfPyDBsjifEZw2hAhs32vuBgk8xndWDn0dC9pKOuvMD6zKxLzLX06/s1600/shelff.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS_ZVquSjEd4ejJzhlNdwGXIokdTXGB_T9yWcQzl5iNgefFXeysTDt0tqfl36C0nVUD-H7XNiCyA2n0m5QwcDbl6kyfPyDBsjifEZw2hAhs32vuBgk8xndWDn0dC9pKOuvMD6zKxLzLX06/s1600/shelff.jpg" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://data.whicdn.com/images/3786640/upcycled-guitar-case-bookshelf_large.jpg" target="_blank"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Upcycled guitar case book shelf</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjpsZkxgbBfjAF_953JL0VTc3ZkzD2uuS_uKRDV6ezuVvNKkkDb4Nze7Tal7eS94XkA4HzXxA1jJXmunDFYFoV1CDr-JGCl1CQTnfaNFH_HNwR9Az1Ye_y_zklFbXtYTjDxDaYgsv9X_oD/s1600/artt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjpsZkxgbBfjAF_953JL0VTc3ZkzD2uuS_uKRDV6ezuVvNKkkDb4Nze7Tal7eS94XkA4HzXxA1jJXmunDFYFoV1CDr-JGCl1CQTnfaNFH_HNwR9Az1Ye_y_zklFbXtYTjDxDaYgsv9X_oD/s1600/artt.jpg" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/62784531/guitar-original-mixed-media-art-made-in?ref=usr_faveitems" target="_blank"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Guitar mixed media art by dolangeiman via Etsy</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjArClXYGapxArvBZ07yUkdDXWBw1YaS6LiOU2QhG9l2DpAo1hJpgRSP9TW3zFvOJq4xviedh6xsyYRH0ZTWdzwHUYYiUvvbpPDMVUYPhZ1K7j3IHgTtvCk0wpkQMx9Cyx5ZWwKcyaOyttO/s1600/aaa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjArClXYGapxArvBZ07yUkdDXWBw1YaS6LiOU2QhG9l2DpAo1hJpgRSP9TW3zFvOJq4xviedh6xsyYRH0ZTWdzwHUYYiUvvbpPDMVUYPhZ1K7j3IHgTtvCk0wpkQMx9Cyx5ZWwKcyaOyttO/s1600/aaa.jpg" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/69185713/rock-and-roll-personalized-guitars-pick?ref=usr_faveitems" target="_blank"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Recycled license plate guitar art by recycledartco via Etsy</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ5z8aqqq9ZVJ7iAjiAraFMlo2ZBBStf8cWd-TJyoLBNWv58WnlCOivKJAqIabSJznpXkBqqPZOZKYwqlsLaMSXEn15YgYaReJyb7AUtSOxKwIqM_pjAhWFFXPIiLJPqOPLZa8qXKNU0nB/s1600/plants.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ5z8aqqq9ZVJ7iAjiAraFMlo2ZBBStf8cWd-TJyoLBNWv58WnlCOivKJAqIabSJznpXkBqqPZOZKYwqlsLaMSXEn15YgYaReJyb7AUtSOxKwIqM_pjAhWFFXPIiLJPqOPLZa8qXKNU0nB/s1600/plants.jpg" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://debholien.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Upcycled guitar planter box</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirXHc4sUw7ELQSorRTeOF4vtb4uKmhtiIRuBq6Ee1m5lxw_xvpHZBQt_a2cchW6kJGOHAyLe4iTaJvj3YQ10lmCwGavKhtG9-bR2MNHF_L1VA4-fo9hB3m_TcVtLES4udCU0tbJLWHhv92/s1600/tab.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirXHc4sUw7ELQSorRTeOF4vtb4uKmhtiIRuBq6Ee1m5lxw_xvpHZBQt_a2cchW6kJGOHAyLe4iTaJvj3YQ10lmCwGavKhtG9-bR2MNHF_L1VA4-fo9hB3m_TcVtLES4udCU0tbJLWHhv92/s640/tab.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/90158558/guitar-case-coffee-table-distressed" target="_blank"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Guitar case coffee table by Vanessa via Etsy</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoDu3nJeBA2C0DJUfKkThqIp5I_etTYZLui0PGFzy49dYZf6LRTMp_SPth1RwLVtMmMv8TLS6XTQWgKzHXSDE_267xWK8M9md2sphZb36D7i8i31_bfTegVZ0mDg6V1jeP1IEWQhL4DmQz/s1600/brown.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoDu3nJeBA2C0DJUfKkThqIp5I_etTYZLui0PGFzy49dYZf6LRTMp_SPth1RwLVtMmMv8TLS6XTQWgKzHXSDE_267xWK8M9md2sphZb36D7i8i31_bfTegVZ0mDg6V1jeP1IEWQhL4DmQz/s1600/brown.jpg" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/107584875/eco-guitar?ref=usr_faveitems" target="_blank"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Eco guitar art by Repurposedonpurpose via Etsy</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs-_jGC_Rlyh8W7PcfCzNRAkt6ohTUKKQ2UTlLUKIrH4k-BKZpsd7prZoimF0_5cKbcyJcmX-641xg50lI8G8C8HD0TDgv1h8wI89aRQdNFFq8738o4nv4tqB8dN-MdR-juNwlk_9N7VUp/s1600/stand.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs-_jGC_Rlyh8W7PcfCzNRAkt6ohTUKKQ2UTlLUKIrH4k-BKZpsd7prZoimF0_5cKbcyJcmX-641xg50lI8G8C8HD0TDgv1h8wI89aRQdNFFq8738o4nv4tqB8dN-MdR-juNwlk_9N7VUp/s1600/stand.jpg" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lumberjocks.com/projects/42276" target="_blank"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Guitar stand made from an old chair by Jon_in_BK via lumberjocks</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJEt_NXs-c3hpk7o_NVlVuOpakwgpA1oGrLgyiVNW93Q0EyMKqJ0lpYUewB4GrBQsf6-XFlMyllEFrGeNbzCrdkwgVPugQprzIKN3X-HBEKa0OxdPm-nxf9_DExYoRMKWBL21ldnZO6vHx/s1600/cccc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJEt_NXs-c3hpk7o_NVlVuOpakwgpA1oGrLgyiVNW93Q0EyMKqJ0lpYUewB4GrBQsf6-XFlMyllEFrGeNbzCrdkwgVPugQprzIKN3X-HBEKa0OxdPm-nxf9_DExYoRMKWBL21ldnZO6vHx/s1600/cccc.jpg" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/109055472/upcycled-acoustic-guitar-shelves-each" target="_blank"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Upcycled acoustic guitar shelves by thisnthathodgepodge via Etsy</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz3Oi68wMoUBTMVYtodXhS8gL5Ky9csF2QaX_gpO5GTF3nGMn5xYQ_MhmADpNMFzUpdjgtCtCx9DgqLBkosEYtQiPZhqgzbAp3_wrrOapzDtfK0Zq-Kp8tPzIheFWmDNgdhvoQZir-toh3/s1600/mos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz3Oi68wMoUBTMVYtodXhS8gL5Ky9csF2QaX_gpO5GTF3nGMn5xYQ_MhmADpNMFzUpdjgtCtCx9DgqLBkosEYtQiPZhqgzbAp3_wrrOapzDtfK0Zq-Kp8tPzIheFWmDNgdhvoQZir-toh3/s1600/mos.jpg" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/79636491/mosaic-guitar-rock-and-roll-shabby-chic?ref=af_circ_favitem" target="_blank"><span style="color: #666666; 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text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/34699628/large-guitar-wood-art-assemblage-whiskey?ref=usr_faveitems" target="_blank"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Large guitar wood art assemblage by dolangeiman via Etsy</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.behance.net/gallery/Guitar-Table-2012/4053641" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj92Br1FgpK1wJOQPWKavbAbf3DrJvcCKNU-6DBWC5ssrdSuVQvxykkREDv_LxizrTMVGjd-p_OfNosdseko5v9DeSNrONITYnFQpdwXnBuWpG-Ce7tgXwB3GRku0dxkHLBvyLUnS-xAk6A/s1600/guitar+table.jpg" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666; 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The Upcycled Guitar

I love music, and I love guitars.  Now of course, I am going to share with you some creative things made from  upcycled guitars and guitar c...

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"It is more just the small things, like that candelabra that I got from <a href="http://youhavebeenheresometime.blogspot.com/2012/02/conversation-with-blackman-cruz_04.html">Adam Blackman of Blackman Cruz, </a>the half moon. I love just the fact that I could change anything here at any moment. For me a beautiful object is like, I love that chair, and if I found a different one, then I would put it in my store, and let someone else love it.<br /><br />That is the idea of the store. I mean I know it is probably smarter, or more marketable, to say “We sell California mid-century modern; Come here for that.” But I am looking to see where this goes and I like change, I really do.... <i><b>  </b><b>I like feeling things. So physical things are there for a moment, but they could go away at any time</b>."  - Coryander Friend, set designer</i><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz3ek9jjF0Lmx98ImOE7XqSfEajZvLpJi5QwoAqNsCP0xXtzHRUSsX6Ha1swMTdtymwx9T8Tii8l0j6WFTpAModcS2GjRIZXJ_iL8WhoDeX9q-l1Nk8vttEb49dwuOsh9fAKexzF5OUXM/s1600/2+Freunde-von-Freunden_Coryander-Friend_H_06-461x692.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz3ek9jjF0Lmx98ImOE7XqSfEajZvLpJi5QwoAqNsCP0xXtzHRUSsX6Ha1swMTdtymwx9T8Tii8l0j6WFTpAModcS2GjRIZXJ_iL8WhoDeX9q-l1Nk8vttEb49dwuOsh9fAKexzF5OUXM/s1600/2+Freunde-von-Freunden_Coryander-Friend_H_06-461x692.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br />Earlier this summer, I worked on a story for Berlin-based magazine,<b> Freunde von Freunden</b>. I'm honored to have worked with <i><b><a href="http://www.danieltrese.com/">Daniel Trese</a></b></i> the photographer on this story.  Daniel and I spent the early morning up in Laurel Canyon with Coryander Friend, while the intense summer sun slowly came to full force. Thank you to Coryander for welcoming us into your home.<br /><br />The full interview and photographs can be seen <a href="http://www.freundevonfreunden.com/interviews/coryander-friend/">here</a><i>.</i><br /><br />With a background in poetry and art from the Buddhist-inspired Naropa University, Coryander Friend has<i><span style="font-size: large;"><b> a natural ability to sense and feel her surroundings, and then translate them into the physical world. </b></span></i>The day we sat in her Laurel Canyon home, she told me “It’s energy, it’s just energy and we are hit with so much information, that to me, the space around me, the space that I can control, is important to me psychologically, it keeps me sane.” <br /><br />In addition to working as a set/production designer with film directors <a href="http://vimeo.com/38205735"><i><b>Mike Mills (Beginners)</b></i></a> and Errol Morris, Coryander has recently opened Storefront LA, a gallery and vintage store in a warehouse district in Los Angeles, while she also just launched her line of jumpsuits called Parachute. Storefront will allow her to offer her flea market finds and the works from the community of furniture designers, artists, potters and storytellers she surrounds herself with.<br /><br /><i>- David John</i> <br /><b><a href="http://www.freundevonfreunden.com/interviews/coryander-friend/"><i>read entire interview here on FvF </i></a></b><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpOmYcj2LxEovzy2mOroyxtEWSYGmouB86y20aFG_-XwZAeqM8VKHciGv8R4HcQ_qlSJP4IwVUg0LrVUc5-4n2v7TFsRTO8G3Mrflxtz2XKZVaAGQcaaeSztjxjPeeDqpsRuwPl-Jmt1I/s1600/Freunde-von-Freunden_Coryander-Friend_H_20-930x619.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpOmYcj2LxEovzy2mOroyxtEWSYGmouB86y20aFG_-XwZAeqM8VKHciGv8R4HcQ_qlSJP4IwVUg0LrVUc5-4n2v7TFsRTO8G3Mrflxtz2XKZVaAGQcaaeSztjxjPeeDqpsRuwPl-Jmt1I/s640/Freunde-von-Freunden_Coryander-Friend_H_20-930x619.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><i> </i><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><i><b>Do objects allow you to feel? </b></i><br /><br />Coryander: Yeah, (big exhale) big time. That’s really how I feel. I mean it’s weird, but how something is placed in a room is really how I communicate with the room. It’s hard for me to be in places that there is a bad spatial scenario happening. It’s energy, it’s just energy. We are hit with so much information, that to me, the space around me, the space that I can control, is important to me psychologically. It keeps me sane.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdEFZFXCvhAETh8uLw4ulwP1XWMuSzlKoTEfiDyFNi3QPiLOULdCFHP4okHUEIRgRoo-hIBTAmLEQgDZoa-7DO-bwYe2Jch-dcSfIBJg633F8WQpw_zP1qCZ-t4NMvHYEzjHdEwKIQ86o/s1600/2Freunde-von-Freunden_Coryander-Friend_H_24-461x692.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdEFZFXCvhAETh8uLw4ulwP1XWMuSzlKoTEfiDyFNi3QPiLOULdCFHP4okHUEIRgRoo-hIBTAmLEQgDZoa-7DO-bwYe2Jch-dcSfIBJg633F8WQpw_zP1qCZ-t4NMvHYEzjHdEwKIQ86o/s1600/2Freunde-von-Freunden_Coryander-Friend_H_24-461x692.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><i>(excerpt from the FVF interview)</i><b> </b><br /><br /><i><b>Did you collaborate with the set design on Beginners, or were those your visions?</b></i><br /><br />It was very much a collaboration between Shane, Mike, and myself. Because the story was so personal, we ended up going to his sister’s house and his house, picking Mike’s parent’s actual furniture that they had collected, including art, books. Really the whole thing. Then we pulled a lot from my house, because we really didn’t have a lot of money. So we were like let’s take this from real life. Mike and I were neighbors at the time in Silver Lake, so we were shooting all in our neighborhood. I would literally just walk to the set. and we were shooting in a house right between our two houses. I would have to run back to my house and think, what would Hal have in his house that I have in my house (laughing). And so it was really organic.<br /><br /><i><b>Did he rent the home for the shoot? </b></i><br /><br />The one that he shot that was Oliver’s house was a neighbor’s house that he rented for the location. The house we shot for two weeks in, which was the house where Hal grew up, that was a Neutra house in Griffith Park. It’s where they shot L.A. Confidential and lots of other films. It’s an amazing place.<br /><br /><i><b>It was really an incredible film, I was surprised by how much I felt it. </b></i><br /><br />Yeah, it was really heartfelt and Mike put a lot into it. He had lots of references for us to watch different movies, of course Woody Allen’s Manhattan. He is so well thought out, he had a book put together of visuals that he had been working on for two years that we all poured through, with colors, everything. Everything in that movie was so thought out and I was so pleased that people really got it. I wasn’t sure that they would actually understand it, because the aesthetic was so personal. It flowed together in our minds, but I really did not know if people would get it. I had no idea that it would be so successful.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">------------------</div>

"It is more just the small things, like that candelabra that I got from Adam Blackman of Blackman Cruz, the half moon. I love just the ...

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr9N9BLFhNI6-MqUcgh6b0TrUrDzEBkBrZAYm-Yez5O4oco59pDIXrJyzSc2Kdf_51njvnZHb8fBao04L9sPl5BTSEKrgPBc8e3gzK7b9yvqwHDcOJk7etjO4codBW_G_ABBYjA1XAkDA/s1600/525593_10152180791260548_476580436_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></div>"In this it is to be noted that Vincent Fecteau seems to color his sculptures less artistically, but rather <i><b>applies paint on them in the way a housepainter treats walls or rooms. </b></i>Mostly with relatively blunt, muted emulsion paint. Any spatial effects, shading, or even permitted stains or dirt seem to derive from the repertoire of a painter for stage designs. "<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLulNZPL0WRq-oSUr-LFqpc6Zd6Fkh7geV-wfJiKnpoGH4tYnl61sj9-tACx2W_eeoPMupBEq2hykpdBlRgYa9S95pvYnvma72qeki-tGNVxoDLk01cA0hlpuzmMtOhsb5dAb7yOqjnmI/s1600/VF2012_04c-800x551.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLulNZPL0WRq-oSUr-LFqpc6Zd6Fkh7geV-wfJiKnpoGH4tYnl61sj9-tACx2W_eeoPMupBEq2hykpdBlRgYa9S95pvYnvma72qeki-tGNVxoDLk01cA0hlpuzmMtOhsb5dAb7yOqjnmI/s640/VF2012_04c-800x551.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsZM2_cJL3dmi_t7uGZ8xspAf4y8dnps3RCpoqVvzXNfYfJAt_bL-T9klUfHRZOOJuOfMEXjB1leR9ciR1gwz_b3Nt9a6NyXPLbhYhscBA7MMZpSw9yHR8J38uS1EDqDz4B579j6u6flw/s1600/VF2012_01d-800x554.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="443" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsZM2_cJL3dmi_t7uGZ8xspAf4y8dnps3RCpoqVvzXNfYfJAt_bL-T9klUfHRZOOJuOfMEXjB1leR9ciR1gwz_b3Nt9a6NyXPLbhYhscBA7MMZpSw9yHR8J38uS1EDqDz4B579j6u6flw/s640/VF2012_01d-800x554.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><i><span style="font-size: small;">"Deepest </span>light, the secret lies </i></span><br /><i><span style="font-size: small;">Wishing well gives you all that you desire</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-size: small;"> Homes and trains, and the greenest of plains </span></i><br /><i><span style="font-size: small;">That you ever happened upon The silent wish, it calls you out </span></i><br /><i><span style="font-size: small;">Calls you out by name Lays upon the plain, on the mountain high"<span style="font-size: small;"> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0-YwHLOOqI">- B. M<span style="font-size: small;">o</span>uld</a></span></span></i><br /><br /><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Vincent Fecteau</b></span></i> has so far always worked on a group of sculptures at the same time over a rather long period. He develops the final form through handling the material and only rarely and in small details does he work from preconceived ideas or sketches. In the past the creative process was determined by a core form determined by the material, for example an inflatable beach ball, or boxes to which he then applied layers of papier-mâché. These first layers were removed, cut up, re-assembled and in this way became the formal basis for numerous further formal modifications, until he arrived at the final shape of the sculpture. The coloring of the sculptures too goes through many different stages. In this it is to be noted that Vincent Fecteau seems to color his sculptures less artistically, but rather applies paint on them in the way a housepainter treats walls or rooms. Mostly with relatively blunt, muted emulsion paint. Any spatial effects, shading, or even permitted stains or dirt seem to derive from the repertoire of a painter for stage designs.<br /><br /><b>Galerie Buchholz </b><br /><a href="http://www.galeriebuchholz.de/index.php?menu_id=exhibitions">Vincent Fecteau  Fasanenstraße 30, Berlin (text from here)</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">---------------------</div>

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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I've been crazy busy preparing for the upcoming holiday season, </span><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">ordering supplies, </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">thinking of some new designs and of course, </span><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">trying to keep up with requests of, </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">"Can you make me</span><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> another one like that one that sold" (I'll try!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In the meantime, here are a few new pieces that I listed</span><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> in my shop this week! I hope you like them!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/50383450/art-nouveau-single-silver-spoon-bracelet" target="_blank"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="Art Nouveau Single Silver Spoon Bracelet with multi-strand chain and Swarovski Crystal" src="https://ny-image0.etsy.com/007/0/5591893/il_570xN.386128340_5r3y.jpg" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><h1 style="margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 570px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">      <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/50383450/art-nouveau-single-silver-spoon-bracelet" target="_blank">Art Nouveau Single Silver Spoon Bracelet with multi-strand chain and Swarovski Crystal</a></span></h1><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/112374605/boho-amazonite-and-silver-link-bracelet?ref=v1_other_1" target="_blank"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="Boho Amazonite and silver link bracelet delicate Bohemian style" src="https://ny-image3.etsy.com/008/0/5591893/il_570xN.385696283_1esv.jpg" /></span></a></div><div><h1 style="margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 570px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">                <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/112374605/boho-amazonite-and-silver-link-bracelet?ref=v1_other_1" target="_blank">Boho Amazonite and silver link bracelet delicate Bohemian style</a></span></h1></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/112376876/carved-scarab-pendant-necklace-with?ref=v1_other_1" target="_blank"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="Carved scarab pendant necklace with leopard jasper, pearl, and crystal beads" src="https://ny-image0.etsy.com/001/0/5591893/il_570xN.385702968_p5ss.jpg" /></span></a></div><div><h1 style="margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 570px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">                       <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/112376876/carved-scarab-pendant-necklace-with?ref=v1_other_1" target="_blank">Carved scarab pendant necklace with leopard jasper, pearl, and crystal beads</a></span></h1></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/102246628/broken-china-jewelry-necklace-antique" target="_blank"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="Broken china jewelry necklace antique amber brown scenic English transferware 1850's boat lake" src="https://ny-image3.etsy.com/008/0/5591893/il_570xN.386537327_6m70.jpg" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><h1 style="margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 570px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">                         <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/102246628/broken-china-jewelry-necklace-antique" target="_blank">Broken china jewelry necklace antique amber brown scenic English transferware 1850's boat lake</a></span></h1></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/112377292/carved-scarab-pendant-necklace-with?ref=v1_other_1" target="_blank"><span id="goog_1995819649"></span><img alt="Carved scarab pendant necklace with prehnite, aventurine, and tourmalated quartz beads" src="https://ny-image1.etsy.com/005/0/5591893/il_570xN.385706021_dn48.jpg" /></a><span id="goog_1995819650"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><h1 style="margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 570px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">                            <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/112377292/carved-scarab-pendant-necklace-with?ref=v1_other_1" target="_blank">Carved scarab pendant necklace with prehnite, aventurine, and tourmalated quartz beads</a></span></h1></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/112376406/carved-scarab-pendant-necklace-with?ref=v1_other_2" target="_blank"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="Carved scarab pendant necklace with amber, unakite, pearl and jade beads" src="https://ny-image0.etsy.com/007/0/5591893/il_570xN.385700900_1plx.jpg" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><h1 style="margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 570px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">                    <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/112376406/carved-scarab-pendant-necklace-with?ref=v1_other_2" target="_blank">Carved scarab pendant necklace with amber, unakite, pearl and jade beads</a></span></h1></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/104197368/broken-china-jewelry-oval-pendant" target="_blank"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="Broken china jewelry oval pendant necklace antique English transferware with birds" src="https://ny-image0.etsy.com/004/0/5591893/il_570xN.355774236_7wgw.jpg" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><h1 style="margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 570px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">                      <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/104197368/broken-china-jewelry-oval-pendant" target="_blank">Broken china jewelry oval pendant necklace antique English transferware with birds</a></span></h1></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/67379962/antique-bird-of-paradise-colorful-broken" target="_blank"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="Antique bird of paradise colorful broken plate broken china jewelry necklace" src="https://ny-image3.etsy.com/000/0/5591893/il_570xN.351420691.jpg" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><h1 style="margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 570px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">                      <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/67379962/antique-bird-of-paradise-colorful-broken" target="_blank">Antique bird of paradise colorful broken plate broken china jewelry necklace</a></span></h1></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; 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New In My Shop This Week

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<i>a room in which to breathe <b>(modernism)</b></i><br /><i><b>aka</b></i><br /><i><span style="background-color: white;"><i>The mess I’m looking for</i></span><b><br /></b></i><br /><i><br />"(Thomas Houseago) His sensitivity both to the art of the Renaissance and the masters of Modernism, as well as his own innovative approach to figurative sculpture."</i><br /><i> </i> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRpv7RRCAfD1fJ2N1Gvriwdi0cuTA2q81gV-sGT_Nok8vm8XYQ54-3yhifv2QD6TZZyaaSefZFNQON904o4tXtUvs2T4NR85wL1P-iNNIUVYXxKVAQAhkrSLfkYPORafdQ-Y_D-Jcn-H4/s1600/thomas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRpv7RRCAfD1fJ2N1Gvriwdi0cuTA2q81gV-sGT_Nok8vm8XYQ54-3yhifv2QD6TZZyaaSefZFNQON904o4tXtUvs2T4NR85wL1P-iNNIUVYXxKVAQAhkrSLfkYPORafdQ-Y_D-Jcn-H4/s1600/thomas.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG6wIFn-kj_p-CJYvXi5CrFoMxSS_x2jyWJ2eBUYVJgoXBZrzmhvORXgeqy5x-P7LQ-r6X6r-K9xMLkq1mM-gjP9x3fjgzgpUr4-gukKwg11_g9cko_TV9h4bCV4wnJsb3VMyyPIp7YL0/s1600/charles+mckintosh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG6wIFn-kj_p-CJYvXi5CrFoMxSS_x2jyWJ2eBUYVJgoXBZrzmhvORXgeqy5x-P7LQ-r6X6r-K9xMLkq1mM-gjP9x3fjgzgpUr4-gukKwg11_g9cko_TV9h4bCV4wnJsb3VMyyPIp7YL0/s1600/charles+mckintosh.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><br /><br />1. <b>Hauser & Wirth</b> is proud to present<span style="color: #999999;"><i><b> </b><span style="color: #444444;">‘The mess I’m looking for’</span></i></span>, an exhibition of works by <a href="http://www.hauserwirth.com/exhibitions/1533/thomas-houseago-the-mess-i-m-looking-for/view/"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Thomas Houseago.</b></span></i> </a>‘The mess I’m looking for’ will act as the third part in a trilogy of exhibitions comprising Houseago’s debut show with the gallery, with ‘I’ll be your sister’ and ‘Special Brew’, opening at Hauser & Wirth London, Savile Row on 7 September. For his first solo show in Switzerland, Houseago will present a new, large-scale figure and a selection of wall works, including reliefs and masks. Together, these works showcase Houseago’s vast range of influences, from the abundance of nature and the sculpture of non-Western art to the superheroes and villains of comic books and cartoons. Houseago’s interpretation of these subjects highlights his sensitivity both to the art of the Renaissance and the masters of Modernism, as well as his own innovative approach to figurative sculpture.<br /><br />2.  "Even now, his work is not as well known as it deserves to be. Critics have never agreed where to place him. Some describe <span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Charles Rennie Mackintosh </b></i></span> as <span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>a prophet of modernism</b></i></span>; some call him an apostle of Art Nouveau. But, in fact, Mackintosh approached every building, every room, as if he were composing a different poem, using his imagination to create something special and whole."<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">----------</div>

a room in which to breathe (modernism) aka The mess I’m looking for "(Thomas Houseago) His sensitivity both to the art of the Renaissan...

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