Cheaper than taxidermy

.... and nobody has to die.
Love these pictures of a see-through wolf by Murphy (posted on Flickr by Lizette Greco) - Ha!





Darn it! The pictures didn't load properly. I'll post them again soon (meanwhile, check out Liz Grecco's Flickr set and the video linked through the comments section of this post).

Supersized cuteness

... from Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman.

Birdbrain

Today has been quite hectic, with many frustrations at work.
I feel a bit like this fella:



(and I've been through all these stages today too ....)






Time to go home!

Papercuts

Beautiful paper artworks by Peter Callesen ...




I found his gallery on the web and absolutely swooned over the large and small scale paper sculptures, framed works and installations (it's well worth browsing through the whole site).

Sticky!

Today I received an email with pictures of Mark Jenkins' whimsical sticky tape figures...

Scandinavian dreaming

Sorry, none of my own pics today but a couple of links to some lovely blogs:
Posidriv from Norway (accompanied by outrageously beautiful photos on Flickr), Emma's Design Blog from Sweden, Astrid's photoblog from Norway, and Liivian Talossa from Finland ....







Ach! Wanderlust!

Sleepless

Had another peep at the eendar* site again today and found these wonderful quilt covers. They have several pages - how lovely!


They're part of a collaboration at the Royal College of Arts; this design is from Tiago da Fonseca.

Gothica

Today my interest was captured by Robert and Shana Parkeharrison's folio of beautiful photos. The pictures remind me vaguely of Edward Gorey's delightfully dark illustrations. They're also very similar to the wonderfully whimsical photographs of Richard Selesnick and Nicholas Kahn's great Edwardian exploring adventures.

Some examples:




While still on the topic of all things gothicky and Victorian, I love browsing through the memorabilia that can be found in the Vintage Stuff section of this site.

Luscious Lisbon

Ooooh! I found a selection of lovely photos from Lisbon at http://mermaid.test.at
... a great collection of swoony art nouveau architechture and gorgeous tiling ...



Lisbon definitely makes it onto my list of destinations to visit before I die (it's a terribly long list!).

Studio

Feeling inspired - planning to rearrange our house a little, pack some stuff in a storage unit and schedule some painting (after we've filled all the cracks in the walls and fixed up the dodgy cornices) ....

Manda at Treefall Design has posted pictures of her pretty, girly studio - I don't think I'd go quite so cutsie but I like thinking about designs for my ideal workspace.

I'm imagining floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking a garden (with trees of course), wooden floorboards, European/art deco/art nouveau styling, painted wooden shelving and cabinets, a huge table and at least one big comfy armchair to nestle into as well.

Maybe something light and bright in this style from Sunset magazine (with a little more colour and of course the requisite cosy furnishings):




Or these:





La la la!