In the 1820s, British potters figured out something clever. Americans would pay more for plates with American buildings on them. So factories in Staffordshire, England started cranking out dinner sets decorated with scenes of places they'd never been. Hotels, capitols, canals.
Great list of funding links in France for studios who make all kinds of things -
www.mekanika.io/en/financing...
Art Karlsruhe: "Collectors Often Start with Works of Paper"
'The diversity of works on paper is greater [than with other media]. And I have the impression that artists who work with paper are more spontaneous' - Kristian Jarmuschek, director
france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/grand-est/al...
I know, girl. I know.
Ditto to seeing Suzanne Vega posters here in Paris
Not by any means
My soon-to-be Guatemalan sister-in-law has had to postpone her US marriage ceremony (planned for Minneapolis where much of my family lives) to my brother indefinitely
The one big social media habit that we need to all break is going "look at how stupid this is!!" Yeah, we all know. Don't give it oxygen.
Question: did Mondrian owe his success to a cross-dressing lesbian artist who lived in a Cornish cove?
Rรฉponse: YES! (Il s'agit bien sรปr de Marlow Moss)
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
I lived in these neighborhoods aged 20-23, within a few hundred meters of each site. Cannot begin to explain how this institutional violence becomes tangled into memory when it happens on your street, where you greet your neighbors, in the places where you love and fail and build and live your life
Today's inspiration: artists commissioned to design public works for stations as part of the Art at Amtrak program @amtrak.com www.amtrak.com/at-the-stati...
โWhat a week, huh/ Lemon itโs Wednesdayโ 30 rock meme showing a woman in glasses on the top panel and a man below, except if says โwhat a year/ itโs Jan 2ndโ
A fascinating artist and life en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Bo...
If I was working the NYT end of year death list, I would write this one up so HARD.
Rest in Power Cecilia Gimรฉnez, creator of Beast Jesus.
www.euronews.com/culture/2025...
How many painters are there?
Millions and they're all pretty good.
Everybody is creative.
Tony Cokes, Pittsburgh.Isms (still), 2022
Another site with suggested charges ranging from Paris to the rest of the country takes into account the many costs that go into producing and sharing work
kitdesurvie.metiers-graphiques.fr/articles/com...
it's not been updated for current cost of living so you'll want to add 50percent + (in FR)
Great resource for those working in the visual arts in France. It breaks down charges associated with producing, exhibiting, and sharing artwork in varied contexts
reseau-astre.org/ressources/r...
This particular site is specific for Nouvelle-Aquitaine but can be modified for anywhere in the country
Explorations of Lisbon patterns with Ceramicas Vicente last December. Like many visitors I was mesmerized by the tiles that simultaneously protect and enhance the city's architecture
Finally managed to understand mid-tones when painting ceramic glazes at Ceramicas Vicente, Lisbon, December 2024 by interpreting the same motif over and over www.instagram.com/p/DD0liOsIWG...
Oh would love to see those
"Cobalto / ้"
Cobalt blues from my research of the past year:
five centuries over two continents - Sintra, Porto and Lisbon; then Jingdezhen, Macau and Hong Kong
Only now am I catching up with this thread!
Some images from my Azulejo / Chinese tile painting tile research from the past year.
Early tiles in Portugal showed strong links with North African geometric designs. Clay was rolled in a relief pattern then colors are filled in like cloisonnรฉ enamel
Newest addition to the bucket list:
OMG beautiful and terrifying. what are they made of?
Thanks for this! Fascinating topic
stained glass window depicting a black christ
'60 yrs ago Wales gifted a commissioned stained glass window to a community in the US city of Birmingham, Alabama, in the aftermath of a bomb that killed four black girls
John Petts visited Alabama and opted to construct a stained-glass image of a Black Christ.'
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales_W...
A green hardback of Meditations by Marcus Aurelius.
Inside the book an inscription, in beautiful swooping cursive penmanship: To Major R.C. Miller For those moments while youโre waiting for the forecast to verify - a few meditations of another misunderstood genius. Lt. Mac August, โ56
My father, rooting about his shelves, found a book heโd inherited from his father. Opened it for the first time. Inside an inscription.
My grandfather, Robert C Miller, was a US airforce metrologist. He developed the first tornado forecast. The inscription is during the development of that forecast
รa me rappelle au passage le projet Guilt nostalgia de @ebriel.bsky.social ici :)
www.ebriel.com#/gilt-nostal...
Thanks John! This is a great overview
pale blue rags hang from wooden shelves next to stacks of papers under a stone ceiling
This week in the studio: full-on paper production. Rags hang from every surface and dehumidifiers work overtime
