Frozen Charlottes are a kind of porcelain doll that was popular between the 1850s to the 1920s. They were inexpensive to manufacture because they had no moving arms or legs so were easily… Continue reading
I realize that I haven’t been sharing my creepy crawly jewels in honour of Halloween. To make up for the oversight, here is a pair of snake skin bangles. First of all, let… Continue reading
Have gun, will stay home.
Wrap arounds
Modernist utensils
Myth understood
Mr. Greenstone
About a year ago I interviewed the super talented sculptor Karen Brodie. After the interview, she gave me a soapstone carving kit. Last weekend, I finally started (and completed) my first stone sculpture… Continue reading
Pattern onslaught
Here’s a wounded pup that I found last week. It’s marked Alfaraz Hand Made Spain. Alfaraz was a pottery studio founded in Madrid in 1952 by Miguel Duran-Loriga. His work is very bold… Continue reading
