Tag: design

The Beauty of Glass

Design

I found these 1950’s/160’s Cocktail glasses in an antique shop in Essex and the Salt at an exhibition of crafts in Clerkenwell, London. The glasses were ridiculously cheap and the salt was not expensive.  The glasses are perfectly weighted, the stems are gilded glass, not a metal cone as I had thought when I first glanced them in a showcase. I have not identified the make yet, let me know if anyone recognises them. The salt it is mouth-blown glass intricately hand-engraved with plant forms by Katherine Coleman.
50/60's Cocktail Glasses Katherine Coleman, Salt

Katherine Coleman signature
Katherine Coleman signature

Creating Cast Shadows – Eggs

Art, Photography, Sculpture

I want to explore creating shadows with eggs so I’m going to try making a mould so that all my eggs are the same shape. Some of these real eggs have subtle textures which I love, I don’t know if I will be able to combine areas of texture from several eggs into my mould, I hope so. I think the moulds will be half-eggs, which will make it easier to create the shadow effects I want.
Eggs in a row7 eggseggs

Pictorial Alphabet

Design

I have been entering the on-line exhibition of alphabets, the deadline for finished ideas is tomorrow. Luckily we don’t each need to prepare all 26. I have managed 6 so far and I’ve rather run out of steam now!

I decided to go with the theme of condiments – as the exhibition is entitled Alphabet Soup.

I have made S for Salt, P for Pepper, K for ketchup, M for Mustard, V for Vinegar and my last, shown here, deviates just a little, though some do love raw onion as a condiment on a cheese sandwich I believe!

Los Angeles Street-scape

Architecture, Design, Landscape, Photography

A cut through between streets near Rodeo Drive, interesting street-scape of varying levels, railings, steps a water feature and planting, made particularly memorable by the pungent scent of dope.LA Railings

LA street-scape

LA street scene

LA Water feature

The Reflecting Pool at The Victoria and Albert Museum

Architecture, Design, Photography

The gorgeous red brick courtyard within the museum makes for magnificent reflections in the reflecting pool. I particularly like the concentric construction lines of the base of the pool.

Victoria and Albert Museum pool

Victoria and Albert Museum pool