Filed under: Happenings, Interesting Tidbits, Photos | Tags: Ceramics, FM Gallery, Joe Kowalczyk, Oakland, sculpture
Filed under: Happenings, Interesting Tidbits, Photos | Tags: Assemnblage, FM Gallery, In Electric Slumber, Kinetic Sculpture, Mechanical Works, Nathan Goodman, Oakland
Filed under: Happenings, Interesting Tidbits, Photos | Tags: Art, Artist Residency, drawing, Ever Gold Gallery, Exile and the Kingdom Also, Found Objects, Owen Takabayashi, painting, San Francisco, sculpture, Tenderloin
What a great collection of work. I don’t want to say much more than that about the exhibition. Just go check it out, it’s really worth it. My photos are a bit tardy, as the opening was back on Sept. 1, but what the hell. If you can’t make it out to the space, read his interview discussing the work and Ever Gold’s residency program at the Ever Gold Website.
Filed under: Books, Interesting Tidbits, Photos | Tags: Hand Bookbinding, Smythe Sewing Machine, Stanley Book press, Taurus Bookbindery, Vintage machinery
Stanley Book Press c. 1920’s
Smythe Sewing Machine c. 1870’s
Signatures after being sewn by the Smythe. 140 years later it still works well. This machine is incredible.
Singer Sewing Machine
Filed under: Interesting Tidbits, Photos | Tags: Public Art, San Francisco, wheat paste
I love this wall because it’s constantly being updated. A true compendium of wheat-paste genius, featuring pieces that you will see all over San Francisco.
Filed under: Buildings, Interesting Tidbits, Photos | Tags: 14th street, interesting buildings, Mission St., San Francisco, South Van Ness St.
This building is located on 14th street between Mission and South Van Ness streets in San Francisco. Though the pick-up truck diminishes the drama a bit, the structure is really quite stunning. First off: it’s black, which you would think would be too intense, but because the building is pretty simple apart from the minimal victorian detailing along the top and columns, the black actually helps express the detail. Also, on a beautiful day like today, the mirrored windows reflect the blue sky. As stated in the title of this post, I don’t know what this is, but I like it.
Filed under: Buildings, Happenings, Interesting Tidbits, Photos | Tags: aquatic plants, carnivorous plants, poisonous plants, San Francisco. Conservatory of Flowers, venus fly trap, Wicked Plants
The left side of the building, which was constructed in 1878.
In the Aquatic plants room.
At the special exhibit: Wicked Plants! A compendium of poisonous plant life… the jars housed the seeds of plants that were too “dangerous” for the actual exhibit. This included the coca plant, just in case anyone got the crazy idea to ransack the conservatory and make drugs?
Carnivorous plants
Filed under: Books, Interesting Tidbits | Tags: Book cover art, Daniel Mróz, Liars Underneath the Golden Anchor
http://50watts.com/#1200974/Infinite-Hatch-The-Book-Covers-of-Daniel-Mr-z
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