I don't remember exactly how (but I do know why!) I landed there yesterday early afternoon: Free Vintage Bird Pictures, where you can read "I fell in love with these bird pictures, which came along for the ride when I bought some CDs with vintage images. The colors and plumage on these birds are amazing in real life. But when you add the artists' talent into the mix, the results are breathtaking." "I've wanted to share these bird pictures for a while now. But I had a sneaking suspicion that they might not all be in the public domain as I was told they were when I bought the CDs. So I checked the Audubon Society's Web site to see if some of the illustrations came from there. Sure enough, several of them were painted by Audubon; so I removed them from this page." "If anyone finds other Audubon images on this page, I would appreciate it if they would leave a comment below to tell me so I can remove them."
Shore Lark
For instance, this wonderful illustration made by naturalist and painter John James Audubon is from the book The Birds of America, first published in 1827.
Oh, now I remember, I remember how I landed there. In order to advance my new project, I surfed on the web cos I need wood… small wood tiles measuring exactly 2.5 x 2.5 inches, that will receive my latest drawings of white swallows.
I went to Etsy.com, searched for "supplies square wood custom" and found this item, at Annie Howes' shop.
1.5 inch square wood tiles
I like them (I like the price too: 50 pieces for $10) but they are exactly one inch too small for my project.
And I also saw this wood tile, at Kari Asbury's shop.
Birds handmade ephemera tile
And these birds above made me forgetting about the wood supplies I need and I spent a long time downloading free vintage bird pictures.
The Gorn, or Gornarian Archosaur (Homo lacertae), is a sentient reptilian humanoid species native to the planet Gornar.
Arena is an episode of Star Trek: The Original Series. It is a first season episode, broadcasted January 19, 1967. It was written by Gene L. Coon, based on a short story of the same name by Fredric Brown. The episode introduces the Gorn.
He fights against Captain Kirk. And the barehanded duel is often seen as the worst (or best, a different point of view) fight scene ever.
The episode was filmed in part on location at the Vasquez Rocks (natural area park located in the Sierra Pelona Mountains, in northern California, USA), which was subsequently used as a shooting location in other Star Trek episodes and films.
Vasquez Rocks (painting by Stephen Ponting)
The fight scene between Captain Kirk and the Gorn
The Gorn appears only once in the main Star Trek universe.
Original Gorn costume from Star Trek: The Original Series episode Arena
The gold embroidered tunic with zipper side closure features a matching neck sash and mauve leather gauntlets. In this memorable episode, Captain Kirk and the hulking reptilian humanoid from the Gorn species are transported to an uninhabited asteroid and are forced to fight to the death. Kirk has to use his intelligence, speed and agility to combat the seven foot tall creature with superhuman strength. Without doubt one of the most iconic aliens in the Star Trek universe. $10,000 - $12,000 (SOLD)
Bauhaus was a school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts, and was famous for the approach to design that it publicized and taught. It operated from 1919 to 1933.
The school existed in three German cities: Weimar, from 1919 to 1925; Dessau, from 1925 to 1932; Berlin, from 1932 to 1933.
The Bauhaus school was founded by architect Walter Gropius.
Interested in creating a new form of design found at the intersection of architecture, art, industrial design, typography, graphic design, and interior design, Walter Gropius was inspired to create an institution known as the Bauhaus at Dessau [built in 1925-1926], with an emerging style that would forever influence architecture.
I've found those beautiful photos of the westside of the Bauhaus Dessau through this flickr group, The real Bauhaus, where you can read: I would like to see only pictures of the westside of the Bauhaus shot from nearly the same point, showing the Bauhaus in Dessau!
Six (out of 344) photos from The real Bauhaus: redundant but fascinating.
Bauhaus Dessau in 27 mins, 13 secs
Bauhaus Dessau in 60 secs
The Bauhaus style became one of the most influential currents in Modernist architecture and modern design. The Bauhaus had a profound influence upon subsequent developments in art, architecture, graphic design, interior design, industrial design and typography.
View from the south-east, students residence photographed in about 1930
« This incredible sculpture of herons was hand formed by master glass artist Oscar Zanetti of Murano. Known for his lifelike representations in glass, this is an opportunity to own a true work of art. This piece is quite heavy and is of excellent quality. It is signed by the artist and guaranteed to be a true Zanetti sculpture.»
If you got of lot of smackers ($4 900), you can buy the incredible sculpture of herons here!
Glassmaster Oscar Zanetti was born in Murano, Venice, Italy, in 1961.
« Oscar Zanetti began working with glass at 14 and attended the Istituto d’Arte in Venice. Like many apprentices, he started out as an assistant or serventino. His technique was perfected when he worked with some of the most prestigious masters in Murano before joining the family business.
Oscar’s father Licio – well-known artist – in fact wanted him to join the family’s furnace to further enhance his technique and to strengthen his artistic skill. It was there that Oscar ultimately achieved the status of Maestro in 1989.
In 1990, Licio retired, leaving Oscar to run the family business. Free from his father’s artistic influence, he has added his own personal touch to the furnace’s work whilst continuing in the ancient Murano tradition. In 1993, Oscar moved to the new studio where he still works.
He inherited his father's artistic talent, which he expresses through the ancient glass techniques of Murano, as well as through new techniques invented in the furnace itself.
He has a predilection for naturalistic subjects all executed rigorously by hand, in the best tradition of the great masters of Murano.»
The massello technique, in which glass is stretched, molded and fused, allows multiple pieces to be joined without seams. It is full, not blown glass, processed under heat by modeling a block of glassy mass applied over the tip of a metal rod. This process appeared in Murano for the first time in the late 20s.
Birds (Maestro & designer: Oscar Zanetti)
Hand made using the massello technique with a 3-color effect, layers of different color glass are added through immersion. Crystal base.
Flamingos (Maestro & designer: Oscar Zanetti)
Hand made using the massello technique, opaque pink glass with black decorative details.
Group of ducks (Maestro & designer: Oscar Zanetti)
Hand made using the massello technique with a 3-color effect, each separated by a thin crystal layer, the different color layers are added through immersion.
Herons (Maestro & designer: Oscar Zanetti)
Hand made using the massello technique with a 3-color effect, layers of different color glass are added through immersion. Crystal base.
Pair of herons (Maestro & designer: Oscar Zanetti)
Hand crafted using the massello technique (calcedonio glass), a vitreous paste with multicolored veins imitating natural chalcedony, zoned agate. Crystal base.
Pair of ducks (Maestro & designer: Oscar Zanetti)
Hand made using the massello technique with fading colors: crystal and notte boreale (northern night blue). Inserted onto the base with a hinge. Crystal base.
Pair of parrots (Maestro & designer: Oscar Zanetti)
Hand made using the massello technique with the insertion of 24 carat gold leaf worked into the sculpture with the rigadin retorto technique. Amber, red and aquamarine decorative details. The parrots are inserted into the crystal branches through hinges. Three-color base.
Paradise birds (Maestro & designer: Oscar Zanetti)
Hand crafted solid crystal using the massello technique with 24 carat gold decorations.
Pellicano calcedonio (Maestro & designer: Oscar Zanetti)
Hand crafted using the massello technique, white silk with calcedonio glass, a vitreous paste with multicolored veins imitating natural chalcedony, zoned agate.
Seagulls (Maestro & designer: Oscar Zanetti)
Hand made using the massello technique with a 3-color effect, layers of different color glass are added through immersion. Crystal base.
Swans (Maestro & designer: Oscar Zanetti)
Hand made using the massello technique with the insertion of 24 carat gold leaf. Black and red decorative details. Crystal base.
Execution of a bird with Murano glass by Mauro Vianello, Venezia, Italy
In this profession, Oscar Zanetti often repeats, you never stop learning.
Hi, my name is Myriam Cliche. I live in a cold country and spend almost all of my spare time on the web looking at artwork. My blog is a place to share with you what I find.
