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Tag Archives: red
Chinese New Year + Valentine = Red + Gold Gifts
A few gift ideas to celebrate the Chinese New Year (this Friday) or Valentine’s Day (this Sunday) or both 😉
Posted in ONLINE FINDS, THE FABRIC OF HOME, work
Tagged 2021, Chinese new Year, gifts, gold, online, red, Shopping, Valentine's Day
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DESKTOP | Female Reds
Posted in ART, blog art, CREATIVE CAREERS, DESTINATION HAPPINESS
Tagged 8th march, abused, bothered, collection, curated, dangerous, fast, female, funny, images, international women's day, mood, out time is now, pink marches, power, red, red action, screaming, strong, trend, view, women
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Chinatown Red & Union Square Typography
Posted in DESTINATION HAPPINESS, PHOTOGRAPHY, THE FABRIC OF HOME, Things I made, work
Tagged burnt, chart, Chinatown, city, color, color guide, color inspiration, digital, facade, houses, New York City, Paint, red, reds, reflection, Street art, terra, terracotta, text, Typography, USA, warm
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Color places
Charts, stereotypes and Photoshop, regarding ‘skin tone’. And art. A photograph by Man Ray, approaching the subject from an aesthetic angle. “This photograph of Kiki de Montparnasse’s head next to an African ceremonial mask bears a title that references both … Continue reading
Posted in ART, CREATIVE CAREERS, DESTINATION HAPPINESS, ONLINE FINDS
Tagged african, Apple, asian, beginning, birth, black, causian, charactre, Child, color, dark, facade, family, individual, innonsence, Kiki de Montparnasse, light, make-up, Man Ray, place, play, power, race, rainbow, red, roots, show, skin tone, snow white, stage, white, wikiart, yellow
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Little Red Corvette
We’re looking at the back of a little red Corvette. Prince died ‘on April 21 2016’, as artist Rob Scholte stated, during a live show on Dutch television last night. A memorable date, the end of an area. Corny it may … Continue reading
Posted in ART, CREATIVE CAREERS, everythingcar, MUSIC, TIME LAPSE
Tagged adventure, April 21 2016, car, Corvette, death, driving, DWDD, eulogy, everythingcar.com, jalopnik.com, legend, limousine, memories, Memory Lane, Music, news, Prince, red, Rob Scholte, story, today's dead
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A nice red
A bottle of red, bought in the UK.
Posted in TEXT, THE FABRIC OF HOME
Tagged car, design, drink and drive, exclusive, Gavi, italian, label, Piedmonte, red, united kingdom, Waitrose, wine
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Potato patina
I have been investigating the color of beetroot. To get the right patina for the surface I used a cut potato drenched in red ink. Took the photo with the sunlight shining onto the ink being sucked up by the potato fibers. The … Continue reading
Posted in CREATIVE CAREERS, PHOTOGRAPHY, THE FABRIC OF HOME, Things I made
Tagged beetroot, color, curiosity, daily life, ink, inspiration, investigation, patina, Photoshop, potato, red, shades, stamp, sunlight, surface
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Postcards
The other day I spent the evening with a friend and we had a look at her postcard collection, in an attempt to work towards our mutual goal, to lose some stuff. Which cards can go? I am not sure now, … Continue reading
Posted in ART, OUT OF THE BOX, Stuff
Tagged anonymous, basin, beach, black and white, clouds, dahlia, elegance, fingers, flower, gypsy, Hamilton, hands, Hitchcock, lake, Leonardo da Vinci, Louvre, Mona Lisa, mountains, nails, North by Northwest, painting, PHOTOGRAPHY, piano, plane, postcard, red, reflection, running, salt, sunbeam, Turkey, woman
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As old as the world
The oldest winery was found in Armenia, dating to around 4000 BC. The earliest archeological evidence for a dominant position of wine-making in human culture dates from 8,000 years ago in Georgia. The illustrations are from my mother’s wine atlas, published … Continue reading
Posted in DESTINATION HAPPINESS, Illustration, THE FABRIC OF HOME
Tagged Armenia, atlas, cabernet sauvignon, chardonnay, chenin blanc, close-up, Georgia, grapes, history, illustration, pinot noir, red, renach, sauvignon blanc, spectrum, vine, white, wijnatlas, wine
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