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A sign of things to come for SS12

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:29:40 -0500

A sign of things to come for SS12

The back seat of our car, naturally.

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:50:25 -0500

The back seat of our car, naturally.

littlesybarite:

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:55:45 -0500

littlesybarite:

Photo

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 12:28:06 -0500

Snails in Illuminated manuscripts

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 15:36:00 -0500

Snails in Illuminated manuscripts

Auroville, or the “City of the Dawn” is tucked away near Puducherry in Southern...

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 06:09:00 -0500

Auroville, or the “City of the Dawn” is tucked away near Puducherry in Southern India. At the city’s center is this modern architectural marvel, the Matrimandir. Completed in 2008, the non-denominational temple, serves as a center of meditation and contains an inner “peace” chamber crafted completely out of white marble at its core.

(Source: TheseFields and Kurositas)

Our little Marimo: Flora Moe Mousses a Billes The Grouch

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:13:06 -0500

Our little Marimo: Flora Moe Mousses a Billes The Grouch

The dreamy prehistoric ocean floor

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:50:17 -0500

The dreamy prehistoric ocean floor

The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary was a supposed zoophyte plant widely believed to have grown actual...

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:50:00 -0500

The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary was a supposed zoophyte plant widely believed to have grown actual live lambs as its fruit. While depictions run rampant throughout history, this particular engraving from Athanasius Kircher is particularly charming.

A black rose headband against our wall

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 12:25:00 -0500

A black rose headband against our wall

Sunrise through our studio window

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:30:06 -0500

Sunrise through our studio window

sugarmeows: Mask of Empress Eugenie of France surrounded with...

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:01:05 -0500

sugarmeows:

Mask of Empress Eugenie of France surrounded with flowers and made with real hair (1867) – Edouard Welling

Sadly, the pieces of the Potter collection were separated and...

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:05:00 -0500

Sadly, the pieces of the Potter collection were separated and auctioned off. What we wouldn’t give to own that kitten tea party.

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 11:13:05 -0500

The Crysomallon squamiferum or Scaly-Foot Gastropod is a remarkable mollusk with the unique...

Sat, 05 Nov 2011 12:11:05 -0400

The Crysomallon squamiferum or Scaly-Foot Gastropod is a remarkable mollusk with the unique ability to produce scales of iron sulfides using minerals derived from its deep-sea vent abode. A marvel of biomimicry, researchers are using these little creatures as design inspiration for modern armor. We just want to use them as inspiration for our jewelery.

Remember these? Well, as a result of years of producing these lapel necklaces in our early years,...

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:02:34 -0400

Remember these?

Well, as a result of years of producing these lapel necklaces in our early years, we have hundreds of lapel-less suit jackets stashed in our closet for a rainy day like this one. After shooting the stink-eye towards the ugly upholstery on a set of our mid-century modern chairs for far too long, we found a great DIY solution to take care of the ugliness once and for all. Instructions are as follows, but just a caveat…we are by no means professional upholsterers and cannot be held accountable for any jankiness resulting from following our directions.

What you’ll need:

- A chair with a removable seat cushion

- A staple gun with extra staples

- A suit jacket (lapel-less or otherwise)

- A pair of scissors

- A screwdriver

Start with a chair that you want to reupholster. Make sure that the chair cushion is small enough to fit within the jacket shoulders.

Unscrew the seat from the chair.

You can choose to remove the old upholstery but we opted not to.

Remove the lining and shoulder pads from the blazer (Be careful on some blazers. The shoulder pads are sewn into the shoulder seams. Be sure not to undo that seam)

Lay the blazer on its back with its shoulders away from you.

Line up the straightest edge of the seat with the shoulders. Make sure that the top of the seat is facing down since that is the side that you will want to be covered.Try to center the seam in the back of the jacket with the center of the seat.

Place a staple in the middle of the top edge.

Working your way out, staple along the first edge of the seat.

Now go to the bottom. Pulling the material taut, put a staple in the center of the bottom edge.

Place a few more staples along the sides.

Turn the seat 90 degrees. Repeat the stapling process (Working from the center out, leaving all corners un-stapled. You’ll get to those later) Turn 180 degrees and staple the last side.

Trim material leaving a little bit of excess all around.

Time to do the corners!

Create pleats one at a time to make the excess material hug the corners, stapling each pleat as you go.

Repeat for each corner.

Trim or staple down any excess fabric, making sure the screw holes are not covered.

Replace chair frame on the seat.

Screw the whole shebang together.

The final product.

It’s not that we aren’t enamored by the photo on its own…we just love thinking...

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:06:05 -0400

It’s not that we aren’t enamored by the photo on its own…we just love thinking about how big a mollusk would have to be to be able to produce pearls of this magnitude.

Haunting music from French electronic artist Colleen (real name...

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:12:05 -0400

Haunting music from French electronic artist Colleen (real name Cécile Schott). Her album Colleen et les Boîtes à Musique, from which this track comes from, was largely produced using a variety of vintage music boxes as the only instruments used in her recordings for the EP. So lovely.

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:05:06 -0400

Love lost and found

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:05:00 -0400

Love lost and found