My son gave me the book LOW COST DESIGN by Daniele Pario Perra. Intervista a Daniele Pario Perra + Daniele Pario Perra | Low cost design: This volume is founded on a principle upheld by leading designers: the best project is not necessarily the one that is patented, that is created by architectural firms or at the computer by leading companies, but rather the one that springs from the simplicity of daily life. Starting from this concept Daniele Pario Perra presents here the results of a vast research project carried out between Northern Europe and the Southern Mediterranean, in the course of which he documented thousands of examples of spontaneous creativity, creating a visual dictionary that strikes a constant balance between “poetic skill” and “technological skill”. The book at Amazon.
For instance, dried orange peels, watermelon seeds, silk cocoon, ground coffee beans, and Bombona and tagua seeds – indigenous to Colombia – are ingredients for beautifully crafted necklaces, earrings, and bracelets + Fair trade Eco friendly Orange peel necklace set one of a kind—-Gönül Paksoy and Edible Beads , coiled orange peel necklace + another orange peel necklace.
Dehydrating Oranges + Orange Peel Tea + Orange Peel is a digestive aid. It is used for abdominal bloating, nausea and poor appetite. Orange peel moves stagnant energy and helps the digestion. Also used as an expectorant for Arguably, the most important flavanone in oranges, herperidin has been shown to lower high blood pressure as well as cholesterol, and to have strong anti-inflammatory properties.
Louise Bourgeois cutting a tangerine skin in Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, The Mistress and the Tangerine + Zoe Leonard’s strange fruit + Retrospective of Zoe Leonard.
In the tradition of the Victorians and Royalty alike, pomanders were used to mask odors. The sweet smelling scent will fill your home with citrus freshness. How to make a pomander from orangers.
Plants have feeling, too: Clive Backster‘s Ground Breaking experiment + French Physicist Creates New Melodies – Plant Songs, Remember those song birds we used to hear in the fields? The sounds of animals in nature singing a symphony of soft and subtle sounds as all things flow together to create a living and vibrant concerto? Science is now showing that these sounds actually do influence the growth of plants. Researchers have demonstrated that plants respond to sounds in pro-found ways which not only influence their overall health but also increase the speed of growth and the size of the plant.
Sofa patchwork + Patchwork sofa + Patchwork sofa + Bokja, Have you ever heard of the word “Bokja”? It is an Arabic word for Money box. Recently, I have been introduced to a Lebanese line called “Bokja” a line of reclaimed chairs, sofas, and benches, where each furniture piece is in a rich patchwork of fabric and textiles. BOKJA designs.
Nobel Peace Prize Winners 2011: Tawakkul Karman, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, peace activist Leymah Gbowee, and human rights activist Tawakkul Karman have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel Prize Committee lauded their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and women’s rights to fully participate in peace-building work.
Leymah Gbowee promoted a “sex strike” among efforts to end Liberia’s civil war. No sex until the wars were ended. Leymah Gbowee on Jon Colbert explains why Liberian women organized a sex strike.
Interesting how all 3 women wear some kind of headdress. Southern Angola headdresses.
2 Minute Scarf-WrapTutorial
Why not make a hat? Especially for the winter since wearing a hat can help keep you warm.
Here’s a foto of the artist Janet Cooper in my studio. Look at her delightful hat. It’s a pill box type hat that she made herself with recycled materials.
Amélie Nothomb wearing a Mad Hatter Hat. Amélie Nothomb is Belgian (tho’ born in Japan) writer well-known in Europe. The sudden transition from a Japanese culture whose elevated sense of aesthetics demanded beauty in everything to a Peking saturated with ugliness during the Cultural Revolution has informed both the themes of Nothomb’s writing and her personal worldview. And, if you want to disguise yourself as Nothomb, you will need this tutorial on how to make a Mad Hatter Hat.
Recycled cheese grater jewelry stand
DIY : Cheese grater pencil holder
Bird feeder
Gartenkultur
Aluminum Can
Chanel patchwork
The Narrative Within 