Inspiring Things

Another visit to my “storage paradise” ended up with this finding: an Indonesian shadow puppet which is as beautiful under the light as it is against it. Made of leather and beautifully decorated with colors. Hand Made-Quite a treasure. Do kids still play these days with these? I remember that in Greece, Shadow Puppet Theaters were a big thing. Maybe I should come up with a shadow puppet playstation…

There is nothing more powerful than an open blue sky together with the sight of a wide sea. A sailing march and a flying show add the fun! [independance day in Hertzelia harbour!]

I’m in a hurry! I will explain what this is later today! 

I saw one of her items in a shop and had to check her out her site: Liora Manne’s Innovative Designs and Cutting Edge Technology. Rugs, Home Accents, Installations, Patterns, Fashions, Lighting - Colorful stuff, beautiful textures. Yum!!! 

http://www.lioramanne.com/

This just came in the mail. I love Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (by Lewis Carroll) and everything that she stands for… I also love Tea parties! 

This messenger bag by baba-store in magical Prague, fits all my daily-carry-around and some more. It has an adjustable strap and can be worn as a backpack too. It adds inspiration to any casual outfit. You can browse the fabulous Baba collection at their online baba-store!

The small beautiful cups are from my private collection, most of them bought in flea markets around the New York area. There were times that I was really obsessed about collecting them and initiated trips just for that. They are perfect for Greek coffee as well as for Espresso. They are also perfect to just “be”! The cardboard figurines are hung ornaments.

Toyota initiated this booklet about Eco Living - small things that you can change in your lifestyle (your car, at work, at home) that have positive effects on the environment.

The illustrations were done with a medium black marker and some of them slightly altered in the computer. I like that quick and immediate style. The challenge sometimes is to find a good idea that will fit with the text!

Most of all I admire Toyota’s initiation

Now you can get a reading at Tarot.com with the Sakki-Sakki tarot!

Matan Shaki from Denver, CO, is the young artist of these works (4 plus years old).

[So what if he is my nephew? this just helped me discover him.]

Cracking art is a group of European artists that specialized in creating art from used or recycled plastic. In Tel Aviv’s harbour they display different plastic animals, such as dolphins, crocodiles and birds.

(from the billboard):

“What is common to all Cracking artists is the non-destroyable optimism transmitted by all their art works and installations.

Everything concurs to this dimension (colors, materials, subjects,…) , making the art field dynamic on an unusual register, as with no doubt it rejects environmental pessimism and defeatist attitude in front to the modern world crude reality.

This approach exalts the critical proposition on which their thought is based upon, no matter how fantastic and live it appears, as a seamless effervescence of the pleasure of the existence”.

Claude Lorent

Art Curator, Palais des Beaux Arts

Brussels, Belgium