Notes....

Margo Patisserie Cafe

Above: The creamiest, most decadent chocolate mousse from my favorite French Bakery in Williamsburg- Margot Patissserie Cafe.
Below: I found a box filled with dried dendrobiums. Not sure what to do with them but one idea is to use them on a lampshade I'm making. I love the way the viens can be seen through the light! Promise to post when it's finished.

Berry Branch

"Scattered Light"

Last night, after the Keno Brother's talk and presentation of their new line of furniture at ABC Carpets, I walked with my dear friend Doris to the Copper Chimney (my favorite Indian restaurant). We crossed through Madison Square Park and were tickled by Jim Campbell's light installation "Scattered Light". See the video to watch the pedestrians walking through his lights!

Pocket Full of Posies

This posy of Black Scabbiossas was created for a Bride's Magazine editorial feature. The ribbon was made of hand died frayed lavender organza cut on the bias.

Geometric Greens

The photo above was from a wedding we did in Dumbo last year. The guests were seated at these communal tables under a canopy of towering bamboo. Down the center of the table we placed glass cubes with low pillar candles illuminating the banana leaf wraps. In between these where a variety of submerged leaf-wrapped rectilinear arrangements of a single type of flower massed together as seen above. The result was a clean and modern approach with an Asian tilt which was photographed and featured in New York Magazine.

A Blush of Spring

Today handsome men all over the city were in their finest suits leaving their coats at home. First sign of Spring. Above, Spring Bouquet (as seen in Town and Country Wedding Magazine Spring/Summer 2011) of Tree Peonies, Calla Lilies, Spanish Lavender, Phlox, Veronica, Queen Anne's Lace and Astrantia.

Rivers and Tides

stills from the documentary

Rivers and Tides

(Andy Goldsworthy Working With Time)

2003NR 90 minutes

This astonishing documentary from Thomas Riedelsheimer shadows renowned sculptor Andy Goldsworthy as he creates works of art with ice, driftwood, leaves, stone, dirt and snow in open fields, beaches, rivers, creeks and forests. With each new creation, he carefully studies the energetic flow and transitory nature of his work. The film won the Golden Gate Award Grand Prize for Best Documentary at the 2003 San Francisco International Film Festival.

Cast:

Andy Goldsworthy

Director:

Thomas Riedelsheimer

Just saw this on instant NetFlix. HIghly recommend it. Goldsworthy is a personal hero and an amazingly sensitive and connected artist.

Romantic Subtlety

(Olive branches, Eucalyptus, Echiveria, Amnesia Roses, Astrantia,Kangaroo Paws, Hydrangea, Thistle, Hyacinths, and Tweedia)

The gift arrangement above is composed of flowers in hues of gray, lavender, powdery blue, mauve, and emerald green. A soft and subtle ode to Lerario Beatriz's artsy and romantic fashions.

Mercer's Refracting Gems

To say that only a few things excite me is not completely true but the play of light and color in Norman Mercer's acrylic sculptures are so visually engaging that I'd have to count them high amongst the many. These pieces were on display at 1st Dibs@NYDC which opened to the public this week and hosts a wonderful variety of dealers in an expansive 33,000 sq foot loft on the 10th floor of the New York Design Center. Mercer's work was displayed in several booths and I couldn't help being magnetically drawn to them. Mercer was an international businessman who decided after retirement to create art from modern technologies which were previously used to create more menacing products like the acrylic bubbles used on fighter planes in WWII.
He said,
“I wanted to take material associated with destruction and turn it into a means of beauty.”
He was 62 when he began what would prove a very successful career as an artist. He was the first to master this medium and developed a polymer to achieve the results he sought in his sculptures. Shows it's never to late to find your passion.