19th June, 2008
In lieu of a ‘proper’ entry, here’s a collection of the interesting and inspiring sites I’ve found over the past few weeks. I hope you enjoy them as much as I have.
Art:
- Catherine's Animals
Catherine Ledner's enchanting animal portraits span a whole range of species, from alligators to zebras. You can view the pictures and order prints from this site. Cow 2 is my favourite, although Ostrich comes a close second.
- Dan Hiller Altered Engravings (NOTCOT)
NOTCOT's article on Dan Hiller's amazing illustrations of human-cephalopod hybrids. Bring on the tentacles!
- Desiree Dolron
I keep returning to these outstanding photographs, especially the "Xteriors" series. There is a stillness about her work that evokes old portraiture and religious tableaux.
Fashion:
- Barbican – The House of Viktor & Rolf
A new exhibition from the Dutch fashion duo – it's a complete collection of their work starting from 1992, but reproduced in miniature for dolls in a "theatrical installation". Sure to be interesting.
- Wardrobe Refashion: Sign Up
Sign up for this year's Wardrobe Refashion, where you pledge not to buy new clothes for 2, 4 or 6 months. Instead, clothes will be recycled, renovated, pre-loved, thrifted or handmade.
Food:
- BBC Food – Recipes – Best chocolate cake
Made this for Father's Day and it was a great success. Not too rich for my on-the-fence-about-chocolate mother.
Knitting:
- Handspun Recycled Newspaper Yarn | greenUPGRADER.com
Use up old newspaper by spinning it into yarn and using it for household projects.
- Twist Collective
An exciting online knitting magazine to be launched in August. You pay per pattern, giving the designers a better deal (something which I fully support). Some of my favourite knitwear designers are involved. The teasers are very tantalising!
Media:
- The Big Picture – Boston.com
My new favourite blog. Powerful high-quality photographs of recent news stories. Not to be missed.
- The Incredible Hulk | Reviews | guardian.co.uk Film
Hilarious review of The Incredible Hulk. Best line undoubtedly "Roth groin area ambiguous." Recommend everyone read this instead of watching the film, which sounds dire.
Misc:
- Your Personality Type: The Reliable Realist
My personality type according to iPersonic.com. It seems pretty accurate.
Shopping:
- Ruby Emporium
An UK-based online shop which sells Bésame cosmetics. I’ve been wanting to try these vintage-inspired products for ages, so I may have to place an order.
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I made the test, i click on the ad instead of the good test so i made one paid test that i don’t bought for finally find how the made the good same test as you linked.
Well i’m the Harmony seeking Idealist! http://www.ipersonic.com/type/HI.html
I recognize me in major part of it.
Spinning with newspaper is interesting and the Twist collective too, can’t wait for that be ready!
Thanks for the links. According to the personality test, I’m an AT (Analytical Thinker), which from the description, sounds very much like me.
@Alice from france -
You’re very welcome! :) I like the section where you can compare how your personality type matches with others, too. It sounds like we would get on well!
@Steph –
Your personality type sounds lovely. I’m counting down the days until August and the launch of the Twist Collective, because I already know that I want to make a lot of the designs… I’ll just have to save up for the bags of yarn that will be needed! :)