Christo's islands

I drove past the islands in Biscayne Bay this weekend and wished that I was around to see them when the Christo surrounded them in 1983. He used pink woven polypropylene fabric extending 200 ft to follow the contours of the islands. The installation was meant to highlight the way in which the people of Miami live between the land and water. When large scale outdoor installation comes together like this, it makes you not just appreciate the work, but also how crazy ambitious it is!

These photos make my jaw drop. I can't imagine the effect of one in person.

how perfect-- self-portrait

photogram

I created this little amoeba-jelly fish last year. I have it hanging in my bedroom since it's calming to look at. There's actually a lot more negative space in the original, but I had to crop it to fit in the scanner.

A photogram is made without a camera. You place your objects directly on photo-sensitive paper and expose them to light. The paper is then run through a color processor to develop. The end result is a negative shadow with tones that depend on the the transparency of the objects used. In this case, I used paper collage cutouts, which is why such a range of colors came through.

hunger pains

I have a thing for alternative fabrics, which don't have to necessarily be real life, ready-to-wear by any means. In this series "Hunger Pains",  each model wears the meal they were craving. 15 designers took hours to create, cook, and assemble each one. Once completed, they were photographed by Ted Sabarese. Practicality aside, pretty freakin cool.

everything in its place

As an obsessively organized person,  I'd like to dedicate this post to things alike and neatly organized. My fondness for all things orderly has led me to take pictures like these.

Organized edibles:

Rubber ball typology:

One of my favorite installation artists uses only recycled materials to create magnificent, organized accumulations within the gallery space. Tara Donovan:

For more things neatly organized, check out these sites:

http://thingsorganizedneatly.tumblr.com/

http://www.featureshoot.com/2010/10/carl-kleiner-stockholm/

Spain from day to night

These were taken in 2009 in and around Barcelona.

hotel down the rabbit hole

The Italian fashion brand Moschino just opened this ethereal hotel in Milan. Predame per favori.

from the garden

homegrown eggplant, heirloom tomatos, and Kentucky pole beans.