Designed by Dutch artist, Noortje de Keijze, who says, “my knitted boyfriend means you’ll always have someone to cuddle with.”
I think it is a stitch. Impressive knitting, though. I wonder what size needles she used?
Posts Tagged ‘art’
Whose birthday am I celebrating?
April 23, 2013Happy birthday to William Shakespeare, born on this day in 1564. This year his birthday corresponds to Tattoo Tuesday – so here goes . . .
What am I celebrating today?
April 22, 2013
Today is National Jelly Bean Day.
The pictures above are jelly bean art. These creations are an interesting take on the ancient art of mosaics. My research indicates that jelly beans themselves may have an ancient history, having evolved from Turkish delight candy – fruit jells coated with powdered sugar. Advances in manufacturing methods in the late 19th and early 20th centuries enabled candy makers to add a hard sugar shell to soft jell centers and modern jelly beans were created.
Click here for the Mommy Files compilation of the best and worst Jelly Belly flavors.
What do I find fascinating?
April 21, 2013
This installation by sculptor Soo Sunny Park.
Using chain link fencing and colored acrylic discs, Park has created soft looking undulating, organic forms of characterized by ethereal colors that belie the underlying materials that make up their construction. More here.
What is tattoo Tuesday about this week?
April 9, 2013This week is a photo essay on stork tattoos. I decided to stay away from the baby-storky tattoos and go for those that are more realistic ones. Some of these may actually be cranes – but, close enough.
And for something different, yet related:
More on storks from the San Diego Zoo.
What is tattoo Tuesday about?
April 2, 2013In honor of Charlemagne’s birthday, here is a series of fleur de lis tattoos.
The fleur de lis is a stylized lily. It figures prominently in heraldry, particularly in European royal coats of arms, such as on this flag of the Kingdom of France.
Whose birthday am I celebrating?
April 2, 2013
Charlemagne, born this day in 742. He became King of the Franks, King of the Germans and the first Holy Roman Emperor.
Called the “Father of Europe” Charlemagne’s empire united most of Western Europe for the first time since the Roman Empire. His rule spurred the Carolingian Renaissance, a revival of art, religion, and culture through the medium of the Catholic Church. Through his foreign conquests and internal reforms, Charlemagne encouraged the formation of a common European identity. Both the French and German monarchies considered their kingdoms to be descendants of Charlemagne’s empire.
The Carolingian Renaissance his reign spurred was short-lived, yet influential in that during that time:
Northern Europe embraced classical Mediterranean Roman art forms for the first time, setting the stage for the rise of Romanesque art and eventually Gothic art in the West. Illuminated manuscripts, metalwork, small-scale sculpture, mosaics, and frescos survive from the period.
Source: Wikipedia
Read his biography here on the BBC site.
What am Sappy Cat Blogging?
March 29, 2013This week Sappy Cat Blogging is a photo essay on cats and cars. From the fantastic . . .
To cats on vacation – where else but in the Catskills . . .
A cat parking lot . . .
And do not forget:
Happy Friday!
What is tattoo Tuesday about?
March 26, 2013Today is March 26 and it is still snowing in Cleveland. This weather is not out of the ordinary, and I am not one to rush the hot weather. If I ruled the universe, I would make spring and fall the longest seasons with a few weeks of snow over the winter holidays and warm sunny weather whenever I want to go to the beach. Perfectly logical, if you ask me.
Today’s tattoos are an homage to snow.
At least our magnolias are still in their buds, not like this Washington, D.C. tree
(photo by Kevin Andrews from the Washington Post)
What am I eating, er, reading?
March 9, 2013
I blogged about colors earlier this month and then came across this delightful post on Hovercraft Doggy. Read the rest of the post here. It has bacon.
Gunsmoke and Knitting 