Comments on Kitchen and Residential Design: Hugs not bugs

Check out what the Mosaicists have to say about th...

2009-11-16T21:44:19.340-05:00

Check out what the Mosaicists have to say about this ceiling over at Mosaic Art Now's blog. It's arresting to say the least and I'm a layman. Mosaicists are going bonkers over this thing.

This is the best thing about blogs, when we go off...

2009-11-16T16:49:40.549-05:00

This is the best thing about blogs, when we go off topic and share what
astonishes/enrages/enlightens us. The ceiling is dreamlike with elements of beauty and death/ eros/thanatos......

On the topic of Grey, check out Color Me Happy's Maria Killampost "What everyone should know about Grey. She writes intelligently about color.
http://colourmehappyblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/what-everyone-should-know-about-gray.html

I know what you mean, I keep thinking that I waste...

2009-11-15T16:36:40.147-05:00

I know what you mean, I keep thinking that I waste too much time on Twitter, but I get so much good stuff from it. How can that be construed as a waste of time. Even so, I need an assistant just to keep up with it.

like damien hirst's buttefly paintings, the ce...

2009-11-15T15:30:27.022-05:00

like damien hirst's buttefly paintings, the ceilings are at once beautiful and unsettling...

and you couldn't be more on the money about the twitter- the best source of random good stuff ever. i bookmark interesting resources as i come across them, as i'm sure most of us designers do and my bookmarking as gone way up since i've been twittering. couple the resources with the blog posts, and random ephemera, and twitter becomes way too entertaining- i'm scared to follow more people, as i'm scared to lose more time to it!

My pleasure Brenda. It's great to have a forum...

2009-11-15T12:52:08.500-05:00

My pleasure Brenda. It's great to have a forum where I channel some of the volumes of arcane knowledge that rattle around in my head.

THANK YOU Paul for enlightening 'me'. As ...

2009-11-15T12:44:19.151-05:00

THANK YOU Paul for enlightening 'me'. As said on more than one occasion "you are such a wealth of information". :) -Brenda-

Interesting. I always think of Cecil B. DeMille an...

2009-11-15T12:37:59.320-05:00

Interesting. I always think of Cecil B. DeMille and the Ten Commandments when I hear that expression. But the Mummy works.

Why am I thinking of The Mummy? grin

2009-11-15T12:11:17.484-05:00

Why am I thinking of The Mummy? *grin*

Apparently, it was assembled by a cast of thousand...

2009-11-15T12:00:01.459-05:00

Apparently, it was assembled by a cast of thousands.

What big plans are underway for Ms. Kelly's birthday?

I'm not sure what to say!! Wow. Talk about PAT...

2009-11-15T11:27:33.208-05:00

I'm not sure what to say!! Wow. Talk about PATIENCE REQUIRED. I mean, seriously, how long did it take to attach all those beetle shells to the ceiling?? And they're not random, there's actually a pattern to them.

Definitely a one-of-a-kind ceiling, that's for sure!!

Thanks for the birthday wishes :-)

Kelly

Well, physically, sea shells are made from calcium...

2009-11-15T11:21:37.481-05:00

Well, physically, sea shells are made from calcium carbonate primarily and beetle shells are made from a polysaccharide called chitin. Who doesn't know that? Hah!

I was asking more from an emotional level. A seashell used to have a mollusk in it and a beetle shell used to have a beetle in it. Why does one make people cringe and the other make people oooh and ahhh? I don't think there's a real answer to taht, and definitely no correct answer, but I love thinking about those sorts of things.

Hee hee. There's something about this ceiling ...

2009-11-15T11:18:15.314-05:00

Hee hee. There's something about this ceiling that appeals to me on a really fundamental level. I think it's beautiful but I love the cringes it induces just as much.

"Calling all" Entomologists and Marine B...

2009-11-15T11:18:14.170-05:00

"Calling all" Entomologists and Marine Biologists in Blogland who can answer Paul's question that he addressed to me. (It's beyond my intellectual capacity.)
SMILES -Brenda- HAVE A SUPER DAY!

Very pretty but now knowing what they are I am get...

2009-11-15T11:01:56.081-05:00

Very pretty but now knowing what they are I am getting the creepy crawlies.
xx-Gina

Hah hah! And I say, what's the difference betw...

2009-11-15T10:16:19.297-05:00

Hah hah! And I say, what's the difference between a beetle shell and a seashell?

Perhaps a beautiful ceiling Paul, BUT I can't...

2009-11-15T09:11:48.230-05:00

Perhaps a beautiful ceiling Paul, BUT I can't get pass the fact it is made from the shells of dead Beetles. Jeweled or not, they were 'once upon a time' Beetles. :) -Brenda-