Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Crowned











Images from top to bottom, courtesy of:
austria-trips.com, image62.webshots.com, i30.photobucket.com, .famousdiamonds.tripod.com, vandaprints.com, 2experiencela.com, 6.worldisround.com, kunstpedia.com, 4.bp.blogspot.com

Monday, March 16, 2009

Whirling Dervishes







Images from top to bottom, courtesy of:
jewcy.com, cs.cmu.edu, touregyptphotos.com, chestofbooks.com, media.independent.com, crystalinks.com

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Birds of a Feather














Images from top to bottom courtesy of:
SilverPheasant.com, sixstarsales.org, penguinscience.com, stickbow.com, terryco.us. artbynature.ca, hainaultforest.co.uk, takoda-aviary.com

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Deborah Turbeville

















All images copyright Deborah Turbeville

Monday, March 2, 2009

Let Down Your Hair










Images from top to bottom, courtesy of:
pixdaus.com, edcug.org, made-in-england.org, universityprincess.files.wordpress.com, onevintagephoto.files.wordpress.com; Jean Jacques Henner, Solitude, oil on canvas, courtesy of
en.wikipedia.org.

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Japanese Folk Textiles: Boro








Images from top to bottom, courtesy of SRI Threads:
Boro futon cover, ca. late nineteenth century
Sashiko Furoshiki, ca. late nineteenth to early-to-mid twentieth century
Boro,
Taisho Era, ca. 1920
Boro from Sakabukuro (sake straining bags), ca. early to mid twentieth century
Katazome Boro, ca. 1900
Kotatsugake Boro, ca. mid twentieth century

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