Jenny Haniver

More Caribbean textile printers

maija.anderson — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:01:00 +0000

Bahama Hand Prints

Ruth Clarage

http://www.bagshawsstlucia.com/

Vintage couture and accessories, November 15, part 2

maija.anderson — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:52:14 +0000

So I decided to go to Pilates and review my benefits enrollment package instead of going to today’s Leslie Hindman auction. Which means no new reptiles in my wardrobe:

Top to bottom: Lizard, Lucile de Paris alligator, python.

Vintage couture and accessories, November 15

maija.anderson — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:16:36 +0000

Another of Leslie Hindman’s vintage auctions just snuck up on me! Some picks from the online catalogue:

Top to bottom: Pauline Trigere, pink chiffon, Geoffrey Beene. I guess my taste right now runs toward “pointy.” Accessory picks to follow. Anyway, if you’re in Chicago you should go, just for the hell of it.

Because I have to work on an unseasonably warm Saturday

maija.anderson — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:36:30 +0000

More from the Vintage Occupational Photographs pool on Flickr:

Back at it

maija.anderson — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:21:00 +0000

I’m just finishing up an interesting freelance project that consumed both the time and brainspace that I had dedicated to blogging. Thanks for waiting.
Walter Hamady’s Gabberjab #6 via the Center for Book Arts.

Archives of American Art, part 3: Louise Nevelson Papers

maija.anderson — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:21:06 +0000

All from the Louise Nevelson Papers, 1903-1979. Part of my Archives of American Art vacation series.

Traditional Industries of Greece, part 2: Sandal making

maija.anderson — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:57:35 +0000

Worn by the ancients and soon adopted by glamorous celebrities. A must-have for pagan gods and the jet set, they are nonetheless a bargain for mere mortals.

One of many variations on a theme from Melissinos, the Poet Sandal Maker of Athens.

Part of my “Traditional Industries of Greece” vacation series.

Archives of American Art, part 2: Joseph Cornell Papers

maija.anderson — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:03:39 +0000

All from the Joseph Cornell Papers, 1804-1986 . Part of my Archives of American Art vacation series.

Traditional industries of Greece, part 1: Sponge fishing

maija.anderson — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:40:09 +0000

Once an important source of wealth in the Greek islands. The sponge industry was centered in the Dodecanese island of Kalymnos. A variety of social and environmental mishaps led to the near collapse of Greek sponge fishing by the 1980s.

These and more via the totally committed people at divingheritage.com

(I decided to be very slightly lazy about preparing posts before I go on vacation, so this will be the first in a short series featuring traditional industries of Greece, which is where I am right now).

Archives of American Art, part 1: Alexander Calder Papers

maija.anderson — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:43:04 +0000

All from the Alexander Calder Papers, 1926-1967

(I decided to be very slightly lazy about preparing posts before I go on vacation, so this will be the first in a series featuring collections from the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art. Each post will follow my usual tendency to look for unique, possibly atypical but revealing items from a digitized collection)