i love chaos...

i'm currently reading (or more correctly, just looking at the pictures) an incredible coffee table art book about belgian conceptual artist Arne Quinze, and I found this image, which amazingly bears the same colourings as the image i used in my previous post, hence why i have pinned it here. plus the fact i really dig this guys work. i wish i knew about him back when i was doing my fine arts degree, this guy and i share some very similar visions with our artistic concepts.
see more of his stuff at http://www.arnequinze.tv/

time to dust off the old collectors hat

oooh, czech glass.
oh how i wish i lived in europe, so i could scour the garage sales and op shops for amazing bits of glass so highly sort after by collectors all around the world. the few lucky pieces that have managed to make it to aussie shores are being sold for a ridiculous amout by those in the know, and they are becoming increasingly hard to come by. and even harder to purchase on a poor-man's budget.

it's all here in black and white.

...here is the first image of the next piece for my collection that i have my eye on, sure to take pride and place alongside the goldscheider piece.

Here is the (replica) vase by one of my favourite designers/architects, Italian legend Ettore Sottsass. Despite lacking the vivid colour so distinct in his "memphis" works, this black and white piece c1980 still exhibits that obvious sottsass touch.

(re) discovered gems.

you know when you own an album that you bought ages ago from the bargain bin, listened to once, and then stuffed back into the pile to gather dust?

and then one day, you accidently decide to give it a play, and discover an aural masterpiece?

as much as i have tried for years to avoid all things miles davis, whom i have always found to be so ridiculously over-rated, i have been tempted back to the darkside by gusman, who advised that perhaps i should give some of his "earliest" stuff a listen.

so that's when i revisited my collection, and discovered miles davis' workin'...

originally purchased to satisfy my need for a bit of a coltrane fix, (who makes up the rest of the quintet, along with red garland, paul chambers and philly joe jones), and given that this lineup recorded an incredible 5 ALBUMS IN 2 DAYS! (miles: the new miles davis quintet, cookin', relaxin', workin' and steamin') i may now find myself adding a few more early miles albums to my collection.

the opening two tracks "it never entered my mind" and "four" have been played in my repertoire non-stop for the last 2 weeks.

ps. i still think he's over-rated.

recent additions...

We all know I have an OCD when it comes to collecting things, you only have to look at my staggering collection of albums to realise that, so I've made it one of my new life ambitions to try and score a place on the ABC's "Collectors", and it's my glass/silver/ceramics collection of vases, candelabra and bowls that I hope will get me there someday soon.
While I try and focus on the more obscure bits'n'pieces, I do have a soft spot for some of the mass produced contemporary stuff that is currently being produced, and recently stumbled upon this funky little Danish company, Muuto, and really dig their stuff.

Recently picked up both this yellow vase, and a nice little white earthenware jug. http://muuto.com/

every cloud has a silver lining.

right now i really hate trying to join tiny pieces of silver together, and i hate the fact that my digital camera has gone to camera heaven (or hell?) so i can't take photos of any of the new pieces i've been painstakingly trying to complete. bummer.
but last night i had a fantastic time listening to "solo monk" while the silversmithing drove me mad. god bless monk.