LA x Santa Barbara
Isla Vista
Enjoying these California days. This morning we grubbed on La Cantina breakfast burritos and tripped on the architecture of beachside college town, Isla Vista. Home to USCB. Wandered around and it all felt ultra College dayz movie-esque. Young folks feeling free in Pajamas with massive smoothies. Lots of bikes and surfboards. Youth island.
Ladies in Waiting
Being back in California makes me reflect on life in Paris way more than when I'm actually living there. I tend to channel old Hollywood vibes when photographing women friends of mine in Paris. Here's one featuring one of my Paris muses, Hélène. I want to see this photo as a painting using a Hockney palette in LA.
Get Free
Yayoi Kusama: Look Now, See Forever
Japanese artist, Yayoi Kusama, transformed the children's art center at Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art with the help of tiny hands. She offered children colorful dot stickers and asked them to apply them to 'The Obliteration Room'. This interactive installation was first commissioned by the Queensland Art Gallery for Kids' in 2002.
18 November 2011 – 11 March 2012 | Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) | Free admission
NEW YEAR
The new year is now upon us. Let this be a really great one. I can feel it.
It's the year of the Dragon.
We rescued this little baby dragon-newt and watched her find her way home.
Safe and sound.
We rescued this little baby dragon-newt and watched her find her way home.
Safe and sound.
New start.
Totems
When in Milan recently I met a talented group of warm folk who all seem to revolve around furniture design and art. One dude in particular whose sense of humor and sensibility was somehow familiar and comforting to be around ( especially coming from Paris where the good humor realm is sort of tweaked), was Jakub Zak. I am stunned by his work. It's industrial design meets art and craft in all the right places.
He recently teamed up with his long time buddy and gallerist, Nicolas Bellavance-Lecompte, to launch the first collection from their new studio called Oeuffice.
Caramels and Wood Pendants
I had a super lovely time participating in the Jack's Jumble Sale event at Candelaria in Paris. I made caramels and organic sandwich cookies. Adrian designed and crafted beautiful wooden pendant necklaces. To see some snaps of the event cruise over to my sister site, The Trail of Crumbs, to read more.
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| My pain d'epices caramels lined up to get wrapped up for the big day |
Too Good
I finally found a shoe company that has beautifully constructed shoes in traditional styles that are both a little bit elven and also American old school. So much goodness it's kind of hard to take. The company is called Yuketen and "...Since 1985, designer Yuki Matsuda has paid homage to the American crafts and traditions by treasure hunting for outstanding examples of footwear and luggage in remote locales spread out across the rolling Appalachians to the high Sierras."
Check it.
Check it.
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