ANIMAL NECKLACES.

Weird & Wild. Soft feathers, luminous beetles and muted cocoons as necklaces. via Peabody Essex Museum

TEXTILE MASH UP.

Whew! I just dove into a deep deep pool of textiles, patterns and power. My eyes are now beaming pattern light. Check this place out and if you have the money—spend it on South Persian Tribal rugs. Totally worth it. via Rug Rabbit

INNU MAKES.

Beadwork, museum photography (baby blue!) and natural to man made objects—a collection of my favorite things! Innu and their ancestors have resided on a large portion of Labrador and eastern Quebec for over two thousand years. According to Innus the world is an island created by wolverine and mink after a great flood.
via Tipatshimuna

ROERICH MTNS.

Mountain study. c. 1925–34
Red Horses. 1926

Kanchenjunga. 1936

Everest Range. From “Himalayan” series. 1924

Nicholas Roerich was a Russian guru—also a painter, philosopher,
scientist, writer, traveler, and public figure. Upon watching hours of
television in Florida I rediscovered via the Discovery channel the works
of Roerich. The paintings were familiar to me. And then I remembered
I had visited to the [...]

MS. HEYMANN.

Margarete Heymann—Bauhaus bad girl—unhappily left the school after one year.
She appealed to founder Martin Gropius for permission to study ceramics. Bauhaus/Gropius strongly encouraged women to study textiles and most did.
But Heymann refused, rocking the Bauhaus boat.
Read more about her life via NYTimes
Thanks to Carl Williamson for sharing this portrait. So so hot & cool!!!! [...]