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My job is an odd one as I spend 99% of my time talking about technology and various Internet and mobile companies and another 80% of my time (everyone works more than 100% of their “allotted” time I believe) writing here, working on the yurt and volunteering with parks groups. So I guess one of […]

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Rare is it that I’m not writing about sculpture here on the blog but when I saw Jonathan Delafield Cook’s charcoal drawings I was blown away. When I saw their scale I was even more impressed! The above is from his Nest series and is 78×82 centimeters – that’s huge! And it’s all charcoal. Some […]

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In just a few short days my mother will be receiving the very first Parks Partners award from the Mayor of Boston. In the spirit of that I thought I’d do a horticulturally inspired post and Susan Benarcik’s work fit the bill. I’m fairly certain those are everyday toothpicks glued to the wall in an irregular pattern. […]

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Karen Margolis uses circles in her work (both positive and negative) and it’s amazing what she can do primarily with just that one shape. The circle to Karen represents “infinity and perfection” rooted in Zen Buddhism. She says on her site that, “The Enso, Japanese for circle, is my inspiration for imagery.” and in the […]

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The Hallway Gallery in Jamaica Plain has a new show up right now, Katrine Hildebrandt. She uses paper cutting as her medium and she does incredible, ocean-inspired work. That’s seriously cut paper. She calls it Yupo Paper, which I had never heard about before. I quick spin through Google explained that it’s a synthetic, water […]

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I’m hooked on Pinterest – this isn’t going to be the last time I say this but the site is awesome. I added the “Pin It” button to my toolbar and now as I’m cruising the internet I’m pinning stuff, repinning other people and liking what everyone else is up to. One pin that I […]

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I’m into a pen and ink mental place…or felt tip pen and paper I should say today. I came across Nadia Khawaja’s work and love it for the same reasons I loved Virginia’s yesterday. As the Time Out Dubai story says, “The repetition in each gestured stroke of her pen mimics a dancing rhythm.” To me […]

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Now that I’ve started down an Etsy path I’ve found another artist that I had to share, Virginia Kraljevic. She does both illustrations and pen and ink drawings and her line drawings are awesome from the repetitive, meditative perspective. Cream Puff – I really like her titles. It’s funny, since I saw Meander’s work I […]

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I’ve been so deep into StumbleUpon and Pinterest lately I’ve not been spending too much time on Etsy – but today on a pinboard I saw the stamps of Mollie Flatley and went straight to my favorite source for more info. Mollie’s stamps are adorable and in my love for all things repetitive and mind-clearing, […]

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While I know I’m late to the party again, I recently discovered StumbleUpon and have lost countless hours to the Stumble button. It’s addictive. The other night, deep, deep in a hole of of the internet I came upon this post on a blog called BumBumBum and the work of Heike Weber, I was floored. This piece is […]