Living with Fashion, Giving with Style.
A few years ago, I visited my dear friend François at his home in Paris; at the time he was keeping his granddaughter while her parents were away. I noticed a small jar with tiny rocks on the counter, and asked François what it was. “La boîte à dodo,” he replied. The story has stayed [...]
Thrift store record albums love to be repurposed. Trust me on this. Of course, the best way to repurpose an old record is to find a turntable and play it again. Anytime I play a record for the first time, I wonder how long it’s been since this record has spun on a turntable. I’d imagine [...]
Great article in the New York Times yesterday about Lisa Occhipinti, an artist with a penchant for repurposing books she finds in thrift stores, garage sales and the like. In addition to her new book out this week “The Repurposed Library,” she has a gorgeous Etsy Store full of awfully inspired stuff. What are some [...]
Yesterday I stopped into Housing Works, a fabulous thrift store that lies in wait for me between the subway and my house. I meandered in looking for a replacement for my ugly coffee table, and, like a deer in headlights, I was stunned by what I saw – ART. Lots and lots of original art. [...]
Great article today from the Montreal Gazette; a couple of guys buy home videos in thrift stores and turn them into a film festival. The article has me dying to see what they’ve come up with. One man’s trash is another man’s film festival.
Being the daughter and granddaughter of artists, this subject is one of my nearie-dearies. To me there’s nothing better than the smell of turpentine in the morning. I try, in various spurts of enthusiasm, to step up to my genetic calling, but, satisfied for the moment at being a neophyte, I absolutely revel in cleverness [...]
