Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Monday, July 26, 2010

Never Never Land



Above: Puffin's Peter Pan
Below: Elsita's papercut


Above: Peter Pan by Tuesdaymorning

Above: Never Smile at a Crocodile by Amanda Visell via Vinyl Pulse
Below: Crocodile costume at Inchworm


Above: Tina Fey as Tinkerbell
Below: Tinkerbell by Gali-miau


Above and Below: Peter Pan as illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman. She also illustrated Caddie Woodlawn by Carol R Brink (which I loved so much that I signed my middle name as "Caddie" for my entire 2nd grade year. As I have a hyphenated last name, that made for one loooong heading.)

Below: Neverland as depicted in Hook


Above: Wendy
Below: Alexander Wang Spring 2009


Above: Peter Pan in the 2003 version
Below: Bless Necklaces Advanced by Samuel


Peter Pan, one of my favorite books/plays and the partial namesake of this blog, has a generation spanning appeal. I grew up on the Mary Martin version but the 2003 adaptation is probably truest to the original. Despite terrible reviews I also love Hook, which in my opinion is the only movie to have gotten the appearance of flying right. As far as written work I don't think Barrie's original play can be topped. The novel, an adaptation of the play, has a darker undertone of which I'm not as fond. No-one can dispute the pervading playfulness of any of his works, however, which in the end captures our hearts.

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Prickly Chairs


Valentina Gonzalez Wholers Prickly Pear Chair as seen on Design Sponge

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Sunday, May 16, 2010

My Favorite Song


Felt artwork by Castle, quote from The Beatles "Blackbird"

Silhouettes

Above: Carter Kustera prints at Jonathan Adler
The captions read "Liberace - refuses to poop in the rain", "Jonathan - is in the gift community", and "Simon - lied about his height on his passport."

Below: Karl Johnson cuts silhouettes for Martha Stewart Weddings

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Summer


Schools are starting to let out. Hooray!