like lollipops at the circus

Fiona Apple - Parting Gift (by fionaappleVEVO)

Tue, 21 May 2013 02:17:11 -0400

Fiona Apple - Parting Gift (by fionaappleVEVO)

vlynx: Camille Seaman

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:24:47 -0400

vlynx:

Camille Seaman

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Tue, 21 May 2013 00:16:45 -0400

Eye-Catching Patterns in Architecture Around the World - My Modern Metropolis

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:38:09 -0400

Eye-Catching Patterns in Architecture Around the World - My Modern Metropolis

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Mon, 20 May 2013 03:52:13 -0400

(via Tokyo’s Modern Restaurant with Wavy Black Lines - My...

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:32:16 -0400

(via Tokyo’s Modern Restaurant with Wavy Black Lines - My Modern Metropolis)

(via IS / Yo Yamagata Architects | Plataforma Arquitectura)

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:31:07 -0400

(via IS / Yo Yamagata Architects | Plataforma Arquitectura)

(via Doutzen Kroes is White Hot in Calvin Klein Collection at...

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:23:25 -0400

(via Doutzen Kroes is White Hot in Calvin Klein Collection at the 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival | Fashion Gone Rogue: The Latest in Editorials and Campaigns)

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Mon, 20 May 2013 02:55:51 -0400

drawing-bored: isn’t sass an emotional response?

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:53:26 -0400

Leonard Nimoy (1968)

Zachary Quinto (2009)

drawing-bored:

isn’t sass an emotional response?

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Sun, 19 May 2013 06:43:25 -0400

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Sun, 19 May 2013 06:30:13 -0400

dovetail

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:28:33 -0400

dove·tail [duhv-teyl]
noun Carpentry.
1.
a tenon broader at its end than at its base; pin.
2.
a joint formed of one or more such tenons fitting tightly within corresponding mortises.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
3.
Carpentry. to join or fit together by means of a dovetail or dovetails.
4.
to join or fit together compactly or harmoniously.
Origin: 1555–65; so named from its shape Related forms
dove·tail·er, noun

Embodied Cognition and Design: A New Approach and Vocabulary | Moments of Genius | Big Think

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:20:14 -0400

Embodied Cognition and Design: A New Approach and Vocabulary | Moments of Genius | Big Think

(via Gravity Defying 3D Printing Robot (Almost) Makes Objects...

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:19:21 -0400

(via Gravity Defying 3D Printing Robot (Almost) Makes Objects Appear in Thin Air - Shapeways Blog on 3D Printing News & Innovation)

atavus: Herbert James Draper - Pot Pourri (Detail), 1897

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:58:55 -0400

atavus:

Herbert James Draper - Pot Pourri (Detail), 1897

"In the current abortion debate, there is no talk of children. Those who are anti-abortion never..."

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:54:01 -0400

“In the current abortion debate, there is no talk of children. Those who are anti-abortion never mention them. They seem to be the same people who want to cut food stamps and get rid of social programs that might help children and mothers. They never talk about nineteen-year-old fetuses. They don’t talk of war or hunger or about how much it costs to buy shoes and socks and how hard it must be to have children without a washer and dryer. They never seem to take into account who the father is, or who the boyfriends might be. I never wanted to have a baby if I wasn’t positive I could give it a wonderful life and my undivided attention. I didn’t get that from my own mother. When I was little, I didn’t understand that there is no such thing as undivided attention. My feeling was I needed to become a good mother to myself before I invented a child that needed one.”

- SNL’s Nora Dunn and other women writers and comedians on the choice not to have children. (via explore-blog)

architizer: Check Out This Playful Playground!

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:48:31 -0400

Photo: Katsuhisa Kida. Ring Around a Tree by Tezuka Architects. 2011.

Photo: Katsuhisa Kida. Ring Around a Tree by Tezuka Architects. 2011.

Photo: Katsuhisa Kida. Ring Around a Tree by Tezuka Architects. 2011.

Photo: Katsuhisa Kida. Ring Around a Tree by Tezuka Architects. 2011.

Photo: Katsuhisa Kida. Ring Around a Tree by Tezuka Architects. 2011.

architizer:

Check Out This Playful Playground!

bakerstreetbabes: i-am-in-your-fandom: Moriarty is……not...

Thu, 16 May 2013 07:45:29 -0400

bakerstreetbabes:

i-am-in-your-fandom:

Moriarty is……not impressed

Srsly.

grimsperation: Michele Caragher Embroidered details in Game of...

Thu, 16 May 2013 07:06:02 -0400

grimsperation:

Michele Caragher

Embroidered details in Game of Thrones

‘Michele Carragher is a London-based Hand Embroiderer and Illustrator who has been working in costume on film and television productions for over 15 years. She studied Fashion Design at The London College of Fashion, where the course incorporated design, pattern cutting, garment construction, embroidery, millinery and illustration. At the same time she attended a three year evening course in Saddlery at Cordwainers College learning skills in leatherwork.

After leaving college Michele worked in Textile Conservation, repairing and restoring historical textiles for private collectors and museums, specialising in hand embroidery. She then moved into a career in costume for film and television, initially working as a Costume Assistant/Maker on productions such as the BBC’s Our Mutual Friend, ITV’s David Copperfield and Mansfield Park. She soon gravitated towards the decoration and embellishment of costumes, using skills in hand embroidery and surface decoration, taking inspiration from the many historical textiles she had encountered working as a Textile Conservator.

The first production that saw her undertake the role of a Principal Costume Embroiderer was for HBO’s 2005 Emmy Costume award-winning production of Elizabeth 1. Her most recent work has been on HBO’s 2012 Costume award-winning television series Game of Thrones, working on all three seasons.

As a Costume Embroiderer Michele specialises in hand embroidery and surface embellishment, using traditional hand embroidery techniques, smocking, beading and surface decoration. She works directly onto the completed garment or starts with motifs and textures on silk crepeline/organza, which are applied to the costume and then worked into once on the actual garment. She also works on existing machine embroidery designs that are not too dense, adding some hand stitching and beading to give a more authentic, hand-finished look.

Michele finds hand embroidery has more flexibility and diversity than that of embroidery created by machine, as there is a greater variety of thread choice and colours to use. It is also possible to work more easily on garments that are already constructed. However, machine embroidery in combination with hand work can be very useful when completing many repeats by creating light outlines or a less dense machine stitch, work can then be completed by hand and again can be carried out on a finished garment.

Michele is a highly creative Costume Embroiderer, producing original designs as well as working closely to a costume designer’s brief to create their desired look.’

Text and images from http://www.michelecarragherembroidery.com