Source: mwmgraphics.com via Margaret on Pinterest Source: mwmgraphics.com via Margaret on Pinterest Before I made mosaics, I made collages, and sometimes a work like this one by Matt W. Moore gives me a hankering for cut paper. I also have to dig a guy who calls this series Matthew Scissorhands. He also [...]
For All the Passions of the Heart
February 14, 2012 By 3 Comments
The love you liberate in your work is the only love you keep. (Elbert Hubbard) Here’s to all the love liberated in our works of the heart. More Orange at my Orange Tuesdays Pinterest Board.
John Dahlsen: An Artist’s Palette Picked From Ocean Debris
February 7, 2012 By 6 Comments
Source: johndahlsen.com via Margaret on Pinterest John Dahlsen‘s environmental art came to my attention via Pinterest. Originally he was a landscape painter in Australia, and as he began collecting driftwood on the coastline to make furniture, he discovered a staggering amount of debris, much of it plastic, washed up on the shore. He collected 80 [...]
UnaOdd and Tangerine Tango-ing
January 31, 2012 By 8 Comments
Source: unaodd.blogspot.com via Margaret on Pinterest Source: etsy.com via Margaret on Pinterest Source: etsy.com via Margaret on Pinterest UnaOdd (aka Lynn Lunger) has been in the sisterhood of orange for the time that I have known her, and 2012, the Pantone Year of the Tangerine Tango is made for her. Recently, we had [...]
Dora Ficher and What the Bees Told Her: Vibrant Encaustic Art
January 24, 2012 By 6 Comments
It is serendipity to discover an artist online who turns out to live in my part of the world! The art of Dora Ficher compels me with the color and texture and vibrant energy, almost buzzing with the bees that bring forth the medium of encaustic, beeswax. Recently, I checked a book out [...]
Nutmeg Designs at Pebble Hill Gallery, February 1-25, 2012 in Doylestown, PA
January 17, 2012 By 2 Comments
Nutmeg Designs: Margaret Almon & Wayne Stratz Mosaics and Stained Glass February 1-25th, 2012 Pebble Hill Gallery, Doylestown, PA Reception February 5th, 2012, 12:15-2:00 pm Pebble Hill Gallery Hours Daytime: Sunday Afternoons….12:30 – 2:00pm Mon. Tues. Thurs. …..10:00am – 12:00pm Call ahead for weekday visits: 215-348-3428 x2 Evening: Monday nights…6:30 – 10:00pm 2nd Friday [...]
Nutmeg Designs in the Words of Our Fans: A Wordle
January 10, 2012 By 2 Comments
Nutmeg Designs Wordle with Words from Our Wonderful Fans Thank you to all who sent us words to describe Nutmeg Designs! Stratoz came up with this cool idea to make the Nutmeg Designs wordle and chose the final form and colors, which of course includes orange. I was awed by the words our friends [...]
Otto and Gertrud Natzler: Volcanic Orange and a Life Together in the Ceramic Studio
January 3, 2012 By 10 Comments
Source: portlandart.net via Margaret on Pinterest Untitled Oval Bowl, c. 1940 Ceramic with Pompeian glaze; 3.75 x 5 x 1.5 inches; Collection of Carol and Seymour Haber Photo Dan Kvitka Source: icollector.com via Margaret on Pinterest Natzler pottery mark Source: cathyofcalifornia.typepad.com via Margaret on Pinterest Gertrud and Otto Natzler, in the studio. Otto [...]
Taza Chocolate: In Orange!
December 27, 2011 By 11 Comments
My magpie eye saw this immediately at Hennings Market in Harleysville, PA. Taza Chocolate, orange, with the characteristic disc shape of Mexican stone ground chocolate, in a mandala like display of colors and flavors. Stratoz and I had just been talking about a desire for a cup of Mexican hot chocolate, so I bought this [...]
The Archives of American Art on Pinterest and Fabulous Werner Drewes Christmas Cards
December 20, 2011 By 2 Comments
Source: aaa.si.edu via Margaret on Pinterest Source: aaa.si.edu via Margaret on Pinterest This week my Pinterest path crossed with the Archives of American Art’s Pinboards, commenting upon my Margarets Board, and what fun that was! The About page has a quote that sums it up: “…a repository of inestimable value, like the art [...]
