felicidades
Winter intersession: sararu will return in February.
detail 2˚
Cotton twill chain-stitched with silk. Indian (Gujarat), late 17th century.
Now watercolor with pen.
reinvented detail
Originally, cotton twill chain-stitched with silk. Indian (Gujarat), late 17th century.
On enamelled table top by Stig Lindberg
(And table by David Rosén.) The only decorative object not described in a photograph of items by Nordiska Kompaniet, Stockholm, in the Design in Scandinavia exhibition catalog. 1954. Catalogue cover and layout design by Tapio Wirkkala.
Huge mythical birds in the house of a man-eating monster.
E. S. Curtis. Kwakiutl masks. 1915. V. 10, Pl. 336.
Türk kahvesi. Or, turecká káva.
nazar boncuk ağacı, a Turkish recipe blog based in Slovakia, is using this sketchbook drawing of nazar boncuğu for its header. An experiment with Google Translate this morning resulted in the creation (and subsequent enjoyment) of Turkish coffee.
Ďakujem and teşekkür ederim, Elena.
Repetition and cross-hatching
Venezia dall’alto [Venice from above]. 1892.
Studio de G.M. Urbani de Gheltof e 320 disegni di Luigi Lanza.
Hundreds of chimneys initialed by V.T.
(Low-quality scan available online. High-quality available in-person at 36 libraries around the world, three in Manhattan.)