Drawing by Mark Dion, from the Mildred’s Lane website  I’m beginning to prepare for a residency at Mildred’s Lane this summer, described below on the Mildred’s Lane website: Session 2.09 June 23- July 9, 2009 THE LAND Artists-in-Residence to date: Scott Constable, Mark Dion, Jeffrey Jenkins, Athena Kokoronis, J. Morgan Puett, James Prosek, Boris Richter, […]
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The Week in Bloom
Steady rains this week brought silvery skies and an new burst of blossoms, including:
Pacific Coast Practical
Gems like this fence abound along this stretch of the Pacific Coast Highway. Maybe it was made by a frugal rancher short on time but long on material, making a higher fence from salvaged short boards to keep the deer out. Or maybe it’s a remnant of the sixties, a hippy-chic statement of ‘togetherness’ favoring […]
Plow Chair Morphology
Eze Chair Point Load, Crotch Rocket Jay Martin Chair My friend Donald Fortescue commented on one of my recent posts, making the connection between my story of the Market Stool and Hella Jongerius’ Kasese Chair. I wanted to share some of my own explorations with the form, pictured above, which have been evolving since I […]
Orchard Report
With the return of rain in the forecast, the apple farmers are making piles of trimmings from a later than usual winter pruning. Delaying the blossoms this way helps to ensure a healthy crop and timely harvest of apples this fall. ivermectin cream long term use ???? ???????? These trees are not sprayed, so the […]
Market Stool
Traditional menusiers of West Africa will travel great distances on foot to find naturally bent crooks from trees or rootstock grubbed from the marigot. From these, they fashion two things primarily, similar in form but close to opposite in function. Hoes are the main products, usually with a hand-forged iron blade, but occasionally with a […]
Archetype in Sand
Are sand castles the same all over the world? If so, what are their common traits?