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The car came with two roof panels. A body colored panel (Velocity Yellow) and a translucent roof panel. Here's the translucent roof panel.
The only American sculpture garden and the last major international project created by Niki de Saint Phalle
(born France, 1930-2002). Inspired by California’s mythic, historic and cultural roots, the garden consists of
nine large-scale sculptures, a circular “snake” wall and maze entryway, sculpturally integrated bench seating, an
egg shaped fountain and native shrubs and trees planted within the interior plaza and along the outer perimeter.
The garden opened to the public on October 26, 2003.
The garden, like the state itself, takes its name from the legendary black Amazon queen, Califia, who was
believed to rule a terrestrial island paradise of gold and riches. The legend was first popularized in the early 16th
century romance novel, Las Sergas de Esplandian (The Exploits of Esplandian) that received wide circulation in
Spain. Geologist John McPhee recounts the tale in his book Assembling California (1994), which Saint Phalle
read and drew upon as a source for her initial ideas. Queen Califia’s Magical Circle bears the brilliant, unique
mosaic ornamentation that is an unmistakable part of Saint Phalle’s later work. The garden uses a greater
diversity of mosaic materials than any other of her large-scale projects. She personally selected dozens of
varieties of glass of different shapes, color, hue, translucency and degrees of reflection. For the first time, she
also used a wide assortment of polished and tumbled stones such as travertine, agates, quartzes and veined
turquoise. The results are magical and ever changing, as the movement of light, wind, color and reflections
continually transform the garden
The neck is held to the rim with cast aluminium brackets and hardwood wedges. The brackets were cast in school. The assembly is visible through the skin.
I finished my sister's birthday present! :)
I made her a vintage handkerchief dress to match her eyelids. I also handpainted 3 of her eye chips. This was my first attempt at a semi open mouth, it was fun! ♥
Translucent : Photo Friday 24th October 2014
Isle Lewis Tolsta Beach Acrylic Paperweight made 40 Years ago circa 1969/70
When I first saw this I thought it was someone spraying live, somewhat in the style of deuce 7, but when I looked closer I saw that it was a paste-up on translucent paper. I think this one looks a bit like the robot from Metropolis.
The friend with whom I was walking said she'd never been so close to a rabbit. I think I probably had . . . but I'd never been so close to a wild rabbit that clearly knew I was there and seemed totally unconcerned. It was on a public hiking trail, and the creatures tend to allow people a bit closer than usual, but this rabbit is too young to be quite this casual and nonchalant. It doesn't yet understand danger well enough to be this careless, and an older rabbit would not have been so casual. It was still in the same place when we returned perhaps twenty minutes later, though this time a family with a small child and a dog were not far behind us, and the rabbit decided it was time to leave.
This weekend (April 16/17) the tulips were at their best in the Bollenstreek area. Bright colors everywhere!
I thought I would get away from buildings for a while.
Submitted for 7 Days of Shooting Shoot Anything Saturday: Week 12 - Transparent & Translucent
Unidentified translucent katydid eating some kind of egg? Malaysia.
Xiphidiopsis sp.?
More Orthopterans of Malaysia: orionmystery.blogspot.com/2013/02/orthoptera-of-malaysia....
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