My life and art have not been separated. They have been together. (Eva Hesse)

I was just thinking I needed to re-look at some of Eva Hesse's artwork and found that quote from her. One more reason to be inspired...

 

 

 

No swearing allowed on this blog...

and that is a good thing because there would  have been a lot of that this week, when I lost access to the Internet for 3 days..  Anyhow, it's all good now, we're back in service and have a lot to catch up on... but one thing at a time..

Photographer formidable and friend Stella Johnson got her work featured on NPR.  I've always admired Stella's black and white photos but this color group, where she tries to reconnect with her Greek roots, is amazing:

 

 

All photos © 2001-2010 Stella Johnson  

More of Stella's work can be seen on  NPR's Blog and on her website here
And I'm ready to go back to Greece!

You know that feeling that you are always schlepping stuff around...

Well... let's get over it...

Alain Delorme's Totems at Galerie Magda Danysz in Paris, until September 25th. Where's my private jet..

What are they thinking??

Hasn't the whole thing about the VW Beetle always been about being round and cute?  sweet and soft?  I just ran across a picture of the 2011 model and it looks like it went under a truck:

Very sad... especially when they could have gone like this instead:

Now we're talking.. that would be my next car if it was available...

I might give it a try on my old Civic but the roundness cuteness factor isn't quite there..

Photos from  the vintage laundress and  Auto Motto

Belle Isle (East Boston)

Those of you that are in the Boston area know that Chelsea and East Boston don't have much nature... That's why I am always amazed to find Belle Isle in our neighborhood. It's the last of Boston's salt marshes and really offers a beautiful green oasis in a rather urban environment..

Anna Hepler - Portland Museum of Art until October 17, 2010

I was lucky to see this show last month in Portland, Maine.

Also made of recycled plastic sheeting and tarps...

cut in strips, then woven and stitched together,

layer over layer...

You can see more of her work on her work at http://www.annahepler.com/, and a great video of her installation and process here.

Learn to love plastic bags...

Last year I started stitching compulsively on some plastic newspaper bags

so I loved running into these embroidered plastic bags by Josh Blackwell (via Emily Barletta's blog):

More of  Josh Blackwell's work here.

As amazing is this Kickstarter organization that facilitates micro funding of creative projects of all kinds, and through which Josh managed to finance the publishing of a book on his Plastic Buckets. Yeah!!

The Little Dog Club

Don't let their size fool you

They are in charge

and they know it!

Copyright (c) Oops (my heroe)  and Princess Lulu (his new girlfriend) 2010

Soft sculptures

 I started with this:  

and now it's morphing into this:

They're taking a life of their own...