Weaponry is beautiful, mmmkay? Look how pretty it is; it’s sturdy and functional, but still displays a stunning amount of detail for something that could be something much more basic.
Month: July 2019
Tuesday
Now this, my friends, is what we call “stick ’em with the pointy end”.
Monday
Mmm, fiber arts. In this case, it’s just wool and silk, no cloth of silver or cloth of gold, but it’s still a lovely piece and you can see the care that went into the weaving and dyeing of the yarn/thread by the vibrancy of the colors that remain to this day (especially the blue-green hues, and the reddish-browns).
Sunday
This is not a stabbity-stab. This is a hackity-slash. A beautiful, heavy, very well-cared for hackity-slash.
Saturday
This pitcher is one of a few objects that hangs out in a case at the bottom of the grand staircase at SLAM. I always have to fight the urge to rage and scream and throw a tantrum because TIFFANY PITCHER TUCKED AWAY IN THE MOST INAUSPICIOUS PLACE EVER OMFG WHAT ARE YOU PEOPLE EVEN THINKING. And then I stop and remind myself that I’m way more stressed out about it than everyone else in the building is and that I should stop and get a life. But look at this gorgeous silver work and tell me that it doesn’t deserve better placement than just tucked away at the bottom of the stairs.
Friday
Y’all, it’s a dagger. A curve-bladed dagger, typical Mughal style, very simple, very pretty, nice and stabby. We do love our stabbity objects over here.
Thursday
This is another University City pottery piece, again, deceptively simple in its design but devilishly complicated in its execution. It literally gleams in the light from the gilt and it’s the kind of vase you’d imagine them sourcing to use on the set of Downton Abbey or something of that ilk.
Wednesday
The University City studio of pottery is seriously some of the most gorgeous American made pottery of the Art Nouveau movement. There are a fair number of examples tucked away, including tilework, vases and the like. This is one of my favorites: there is nothing simple about the composition, nothing easy about the matte finish in the glaze, the spacing in between the lines… it is an exercise in precision and execution. Its seeming simplicity belies just how extremely difficult it is to pull off with perfection.
Tuesday
This is gorgeous tribal American art from the northwestern coast of the United States. It’s symbolic, it’s stylized, it’s complex, it is exquisite. The symbolism of the people’s faces trapped within the bodies of the animals is not lost on me, nor should it be on anyone who knows the history of this continent.
Monday
This, to me, is like disembodied, atonal notes from a warm-up. I love it, but it’s not really harmonious or full of reason. It’s very much an improvisational, casual style and feel.