» Craft http://nothing-is-new.com Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:30:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 MOCHA WARE http://nothing-is-new.com/2012/01/19/mocha-ware/ http://nothing-is-new.com/2012/01/19/mocha-ware/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:55:29 +0000 KellyR http://nothing-is-new.com/?p=8365

I spotted the second image (the jug) at a restaurant in Saratoga Springs, NY over the holidays. The oozing, puffy graphic was so bizarre and contemporary, I loved it! My DP did a little research and found that mocha ware is ‘a uniquely English form of decorating earthenware‘ made in the 1800′s England. And it happened to be very popular in Colonial New England. Mocha ware has become a favorite with folk art collectors and now there is a whole industry of reproduction which is based in upstate New York. The last image is from Antiques Road Show, that handsome marble jug is worth $4-6,000.

This post was brought to you on behalf of BS — thank you!

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Work hard, study hard, weave hard, frolic hard at Black Mountain College, Black Mountain, North Carolina. via North Carolina State Archives

 

]]> http://nothing-is-new.com/2011/12/20/black-mtn/feed/ 0 SILHOUETTE SET http://nothing-is-new.com/2011/12/15/silhouette-set/ http://nothing-is-new.com/2011/12/15/silhouette-set/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:57:31 +0000 KellyR http://nothing-is-new.com/?p=8246

One pastel hued Memphis-styled pattern applied to various shaped & sized vessels. Brilliant idea Rosamonde Nairac! 1985.

via V&A

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POSTRS ! POSTRS! POSTRS ! $ 25 $ 25 $ 25 CASH !
This FRIDAY in WBURG above Marlow & Sons. 1 – 7pm
I’ll be selling select postrs, Italian Sweater & Red River Valley .
Let me know if you’d like a different postr. I’ll print it, you can pick it up Friday.

PS: Manimal & Courtney Reagor (Raised on Sandwiches) will be there too!!

 

]]> http://nothing-is-new.com/2011/12/12/shop-postrs/feed/ 0 IRL: Wintry Mix Holiday Sale http://nothing-is-new.com/2011/11/28/irl-wintry-mix-holiday-sale/ http://nothing-is-new.com/2011/11/28/irl-wintry-mix-holiday-sale/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:24:41 +0000 KellyR http://nothing-is-new.com/?p=8104

Hello Brooklyn! Come to our lil holiday sale at Brooklyn Farmacy. Warm up with a hot cocoa and holiday shop—Manimal moccasins for men, women and kids, Manimal jewelry, Molly O’Rourke knits, New Friends weavings, and Nothing is New POSTRS—a new POSTR will launch morning of sale. Exciting!

Wintry Mix Holiday Sale
Wednesday November 30th
6-9 PM
in Carroll Gardens
at Brooklyn Farmacy

Visit Manimal and ◄ ∩ i s ∩ ► and New Friends to see some of our goods.
Or if you are elsewhere, order online! : )

 

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Yesterday I spotted these Dorothy Liebes sample weavings via I’m Revolting, which lead me to the Design Center of Philadelphia tumblr. Textile swatch galore.

1. Dorothy Liebes. Rigid weft sample. 1950s. Wood and novelty yarns.
2. Dorothy Liebes. Rigid weft sample. 1950s. Wood and novelty yarns.
3-4. Geometric print on silk in 4 colorways. Unknown manufacturer. 1930s-1940s.
5. Vase print on silk in 3 colorways. Unknown manufacturer. 1930s-1940s.

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