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Top and skirt : POISON ROUGE - Lottie - Violet. At The Arcade Gacha.
Necklace and earrings : KUNGLERS - Adira. At Fameshed.
Lamp and hold pose : Tentacio - Natale lamp. At Santa inc.
Tattoo : [Onyx] Gothic bloom. At Gothmas Market.
Skin : [Glam Affair] Bonni [Lelutka EvoX] L002. At C88.
Eyeshadow : NANITAS DESIGNA - Nieves Eyeshadow - Violet. At Gothmas Market.
Lips : NANITAS DESIGNA - Nieves Lips. At Gothmas Market.
Eyes : Misunderstood. Deedlit eyes. At Gothmas Market.
Nails : Nives: Gothmass Long Stiletto Mesh Nails. At Gothmas Market.
Hair : S-CLUB LALISA
Decor :
Blue Blood - Dark Glow Xmas Tree. At Gothmas Market.
Jinx : Krampus Skull Deco - Green and Purple. At Gothmas Market.
[CIRCA] - "Solstice" Gothic Advent Table - Violet Black, L and S. At Gothmas Market.
[noctis] *ALL Victorian Christmas sidetable bruise.
[noctis] Helleborus pentagram wreath/PLUM. At Gothmas Market.
[noctis] Pentagram GothmasTree. At Gothmas Market.
[noctis] Winter Bruise Christmas chair. At WLRP.
[noctis] Winter Bruise Loveseat W xtra cushion. At WLRP.
[noctis] vintage angel in belljar/plum
{EP} En Pointe - Radiant Stag Candelabra. At WLRP.
“Jar - Riva Lehrer”, 2022, graphite and ink on a 28.5” x 40” Schoellerhammer drawing board.
A drawing of my dear friend (artist, author and activist) Riva Lehrer . Read her marvelous book Golem Girl.
Perhaps of interest: One well known art historical precedent including a bell jar is Joseph Wright of Derby's painting "An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Experiment_on_a_Bird_in_the_Air_...
From my current Voice & Site drawing project.
From my new series The Other Is Looking In On You
11x14" mixed media on board
BellJar Gallery SF Show Details • Prints, ltd editon of 10 • Portfolio
The Japanese Flowering Quince (Chaenomeles japonica) has been flowering its little head off since December now, and is showing no sign of stopping. I love its elegant form and the colour tones beautifully with the turquoise glass and deep brown leather.
San Francisco! My new show "The Other Is Looking In On You" opens tonight at Belljar.
6-9 PM, 3187 16th Street
I recently paid another visit to this exhibition where a large number of plants from around the world are exhibited in bell jars, in a huge glass case. The exhibition is to demonstrate plants' evolution and the biodiversity of the planet. I took some photos of individual plants, through the glass case in which the belljars are displayed, so the plants here are seen behind two layers of glass, one of which is curved. I thought the reflections and distortions were OK and didn't take too much away from the beauty of the displays.
I made a weird little sculpture thingy! She's a DIM Laia customized by me, floating in a jar I designed. The laser etched glass is also a design I created. She's on display at "Otherworlds Books" in Edmonds all month ♥
55/366/2020, 3342 days in a row.
the sun was shining today for the first time in ages and these looked pretty in the window light
Bell Jars. One Life: Sylvia Plath - National Portrait Gallery - Smithsonian Institution. (2/18/2018)
Under glass domes, amid carefully arranged mosses, ferns and grasses, small birds perch in silent tableaux - preserved for eternity, their glass eyes catching the light. Behind them, more cases recede into the shadows, an endless procession of specimens that speaks less of a natural history museum and more of a magnificent Victorian obsession. This is Calke Abbey, and these birds are part of one of the most remarkable collections in the entire National Trust portfolio.
The Man Behind the Collection
Sir Vauncey Harpur-Crewe (1846-1924) assembled at Calke Abbey the largest natural history collection ever seen in an English country house, including many hundreds of taxidermy items. Victorian Sir John (1824-88) and his son Sir Vauncey filled the house with taxidermy and display cases of mineral and organic specimens until much of it resembles a dusty natural history museum. Evidence suggests that purchasing specimens was given priority over the cost of employing domestic staff, amplifying Sir Vauncey's reputation for eccentricity - and the total expenditure on taxidermy and other natural history items was probably a significant factor in the economic decline of the whole Calke estate, which eventually led to its acquisition by the National Trust.
The Scale of It
By 1840, there were nearly 400 cases of stuffed birds and other animals at Calke. Following the death of Sir Vauncey, much of the collection was sold to meet death duty taxes. What remains at Calke represents less than half the original collection - a remarkable fact, considering the scale of the collection today.
The taxidermy is present in over 10 rooms of the house, ranging from high quality finished dioramas to unfinished mounts hanging upside down in overcrowded cases. In the Saloon, large cases of birds even obscure a painting of Harpur Crewe children, demonstrating the importance placed on these objects by their historical owners.
The Un-Stately Home
By 1985, many of the house's rooms had been abandoned for decades and were in a state of decay. The National Trust decided to preserve these rooms as they were found, vividly demonstrating how country houses like Calke Abbey fell into decline. From 1701 until Calke Abbey passed into the ownership of the National Trust in 1984, the house was hardly changed by its inhabitants. The result is one of the most atmospheric and genuinely unusual country houses in England - a place where time conspicuously stopped.
I made a weird little sculpture thingy! She's a DIM Laia customized by me, floating in a jar I designed. The laser etched glass is also a design I created. She's on display at "Otherworlds Books" in Edmonds all month ♥
Have had the bell jar green terrarium earrings forever;
just had to have the garden ribbon!
One never know what's going to grow from my infinite stash!
Happy Green Thursday, everyone!
I couldn't decide whether I preferred the colour or B&W version, so I uploaded both.
Under glass domes, amid carefully arranged mosses, ferns and grasses, small birds perch in silent tableaux - preserved for eternity, their glass eyes catching the light. Behind them, more cases recede into the shadows, an endless procession of specimens that speaks less of a natural history museum and more of a magnificent Victorian obsession. This is Calke Abbey, and these birds are part of one of the most remarkable collections in the entire National Trust portfolio.
The Man Behind the Collection
Sir Vauncey Harpur-Crewe (1846-1924) assembled at Calke Abbey the largest natural history collection ever seen in an English country house, including many hundreds of taxidermy items. Victorian Sir John (1824-88) and his son Sir Vauncey filled the house with taxidermy and display cases of mineral and organic specimens until much of it resembles a dusty natural history museum. Evidence suggests that purchasing specimens was given priority over the cost of employing domestic staff, amplifying Sir Vauncey's reputation for eccentricity - and the total expenditure on taxidermy and other natural history items was probably a significant factor in the economic decline of the whole Calke estate, which eventually led to its acquisition by the National Trust.
The Scale of It
By 1840, there were nearly 400 cases of stuffed birds and other animals at Calke. Following the death of Sir Vauncey, much of the collection was sold to meet death duty taxes. What remains at Calke represents less than half the original collection - a remarkable fact, considering the scale of the collection today.
The taxidermy is present in over 10 rooms of the house, ranging from high quality finished dioramas to unfinished mounts hanging upside down in overcrowded cases. In the Saloon, large cases of birds even obscure a painting of Harpur Crewe children, demonstrating the importance placed on these objects by their historical owners.
The Un-Stately Home
By 1985, many of the house's rooms had been abandoned for decades and were in a state of decay. The National Trust decided to preserve these rooms as they were found, vividly demonstrating how country houses like Calke Abbey fell into decline. From 1701 until Calke Abbey passed into the ownership of the National Trust in 1984, the house was hardly changed by its inhabitants. The result is one of the most atmospheric and genuinely unusual country houses in England - a place where time conspicuously stopped.
1. Muscari, 2. 126/365, 3. On a rainy day, 4. Gold and shades of blue
I love this Thursday task more and more! thank you, my friends, for being so inspiring! you have some lovely streams I can never get enough of :)
and yes, I have already mentioned I love blues? all shades, all kinds of blue.. it has always been my favorite color :)
Have a wonderful day, sweet friends, and enjoy the small moments that make life perfect!