Hey Ho.
This is short but sweet.
Check out this awesome artwork made by artist Bill FitzGibbon. This old railroad underpass built in 1931 has become a new urban space called railroad park. FitzGibbon has creatively used light to encourage more foot traffic at night.
If you are in Birmingham, Alabama go check it out.
further readings
http://www.messynessychic.com/2013/08/26/13-things-i-found-on-the-internet-today-vol-xxxvi/
https://www.billfitzgibbons.com/
Okay so while I was processing all the admin that I have to do, I got distracted and stumbled upon the fantastic flower installations by Rebecca Louise Law.
They are so amazing and beautiful. They transform the space. They take nature inside and the relationship between indoors and outdoors is great.
It is a conceptually beautiful and intricate work and I am now obsessed with it.
Check out more below.
further readings:
https://mymodernmet.com/flower-installation-art-rebecca-louise-law/
As you all are aware, I am a serial procrastinator and avoider. I am one of those people that don’t open up my messages because if i haven’t opened it yet I haven’t seen it. For instance, I have avoided calling my gym trainer for the past two weeks because I am not ready to deal with what she is going to say to me. I should probably call her. Anyway, the important thing is that me avoiding and procrastinating my real life has gotten me back into posting so yippee.
So, what is this post going to be about? it is about the opulent architecture of italy.
These photos are amazing and seeing as I just came back from a little trip to the beautiful land of italy, i thought it appropriate. The photographer is David Burdeny and he is an architect turned photographer. He has now moved his attention toward the opulent architecture of Italy.
Burdeny takes the viewer into these spaces, some still private homes, others transformed into museums, others shuttered permanently and falling into decay is just wonderful.
They are wonderful and gorgeous. Have a look below:
further readings:
http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/david-burdeny-italy-architecture
Did you know that Salvador Dali made a cookbook. The book was published in 1973 and it is awesome. It is very cool big gold cookbook with some old-school classic recipes, such as lobsters glazed in aspic. It is just filled with stunning surrealist paintings by the artist.
There are twelve chapters each covering a specific class of dishes. One chapter is dedicated to aphrodisiacs. Cool hey?
If you want to try make something from the cookbook here is the recipe for a thousand year old eggs (YUM YUM):
1 dozen eggs
1 ½ quarts of water
5 whole cloves
3 tablespoons of sugar
3 tablespoons of vinegar
Tabasco sauce
2 lemons (cut in 8 pieces)
¾ teaspoon of thyme
4 tea-bags
2 onions
2 cloves of garlic
You certainly know these thousand year old eggs, one of the crowns of Chinese cuisine. We will not presume here to reach their ultimate perfection, but we will simply try to help you follow an amusing recipe which has the advantage of being prepared ahead of time.
First, boil the eggs for ten minutes in salted boiling water. Then take them out, put them under cold running water which will make it easier to shell them. In the same water in which the eggs had boiled, add the cloves, sugar, vinegar, a lot of Tabasco sauce, the lemons (cut in eighths) and thyme. Boil for 15 minutes. Shut off the flame, dip in the tea-bag and let them steep for 10 minutes.
In a jar, put the diced onions and garlic. Add the shelled eggs, and pour the broth so that the eggs are completely immersed. Close the jar and keep it on the lower shelf of your refrigerator.
Be patient for three weeks before opening the jar and serving. These eggs go well with cold meats and fish.
further readings:
This video has become viral. The artist, Garip Ay created a stunning interpretation of Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’ using the Turkish paper marbling technique called ebru.
If you want more Ebru marbling videos check this one out from the 70s.
further readings:
these beautiful #pantoneposts are by designer Lucy Litman and are stunning.
What do you think?
further readings:
http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/lucy-litman-pantone-posts
https://www.instagram.com/lucialitman/
Bansky is amazing.
The infamous artist has struck again with a a scribbly school girl bowling a realistic tyre along a 14 ft wall and note to Bridge Farm primary school in bristol.
What could the meaning of this work be? Some believe it is referencing Martha Cooper’s Street play series, and is using dark humor to comment on kids growing up in today’s world.
The work came with a letter saying: “Dear Bridge Farm School, thanks for your letter and naming a house after me. Please have a picture, and if you don’t like it, feel free to add stuff. I’m sure the teachers won’t mind. Remember, it’s always easier to get forgiveness than permission. Much love, Banksy.”
What a cool dude!
further readings:
http://www.juxtapoz.com/news/street-art/new-banksy-in-bristol/
spot the difference. for some reason the photo of annette messenger and christian boltanski (two of my favourite artists) reminds me of my parents.
happy monday.
Now I don’t know if this is a museum or a playground but regardless it is amazing.
The space used to be a 10-story International Show company, it is called the City Museum and is located in St Louis. It is the brainchild of artist Bob Cassilly, who opened the museum/urban playground in 1997 after many years of renovation and construction.
While, Cassilly passed away in 2011, the museum is constantly under construction and new features are being added or improved by the a group of artists called the Cassilly Crew.
So what do you find at the city museum? a sky-high jungle gym? two towering 10-story slides and numerous multi floor slides? A rooftop ferris wheel? a circus arts facility? it is all there. Everything in the museum is sourced locally. That is super cool and sustainable!
It is like the hip arty version of Disneyland. it is worth visiting if you are in St Louis!!!!
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Here is something pretty awesome I found on the internet today: Glass Portraits!
They are done by self – taught artist, Loren Stump. He makes a variety of beautiful glass artworks but he is well known for his skills at murrine. It is a 4 000 year old Mideast technique where coloured patterns or images made in a glas cane are revealed when cut in cross-sections. Murrine are designed by layering different colours of molten glass around a core, then heating and stretching it into a rod. Once cool, the rod is sliced like loaf of bread revealing these awesome artworks.
The artist has had 40 years experience with this technique and able to create amazing paintings in glass. His most famous is a complex and unique interperation of Leonardo da Vinci’s painting Virgin on the Rocks. He used hundreds of glass rods to create each detail, building the portrait one component at a time. If you want to buy a slice, it would set you back $5,000 a slice.
If you want to learn how to do the murrine technique, watch the video below.
Happy Tuesday everyone!
further readings:
http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/loren-stump-murrine
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