Don’t adjust your dial, it’s not Friday yet, just Wednesday! (Remember when I used to do Elsewhere on Wednesdays? Hump-day distractions ftw.) Since Sept 1 is on Saturday, I’m actually kicking off the Marlisle Knitalong here on Friday, so I’m doing a little mid-week Elsewhere today!
– LAST REMINDER: Summer of Basics ends Friday, so if you want to be considered for the Grand Prize(s), get your final post into the #sobf18finisher feed ASAP! Details on entering to win are here
– Admirable Kickstarter aimed at increasing awareness and income for Peruvian alpaca farmers (photo above left)
– “… monetizing a hobby changes our relationship with it, shifting it from play to a job. And our society undervalues play, even though it’s an important component of health. …” (photo above right)
– I don’t know why histories of colors and pigments are so fascinating, but they are! (thx, DG)
– I think I could live happily all summmer if all I owned was what Martha McQuade packed for Portugal
– (Speaking of: Do hand-drawn packing lists make anyone else think of “Sara Midda’s South of France”? Just me?)
– Current style muse: @ebonyh
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PREVIOUSLY: Elsewhere
I highly recommend Victoria Finlay’s ‘Color: A Natural History of the Palette’ – if you’ve not already read it!
I’d second that – it’s the best book I’ve read yet about an art-related subject. It’s been lent to parents, friends (and their friends) and they all loved it.
I’ve heard great things about it but have never actually read it. Thanks for the plug!
There is a delicious irony in your list, where the hand-drawn packing list seems to echo Jen Hewett’s statement: the author is seriously contemplating the selling of her designs while Jen makes a good point for keeping things ‘not monetized’, mainly what we do for fun. Interesting collage!
I’ve been following @ebonyh for a while. She is a seriously talented maker with oodles of style. Love her Instagram feed!
So happy to see a reference to Sara Midda! Her stuff is lovely.
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