Jimena Rios

Jimena Rios from Argentina studied Jewelry in Barcelona and Florence,
in her work she uses silver, gold , fabrics and pearls.
On her website you can see more...these 2 pieces are my favorites.

Antje Dienstbir

Antje Dienstbir is a silversmith from Germany
She calls herself Löffelschmiedin , because she makes spoons and only spoons

Waiting....

for another load...

In the meantime I would like to introduce you to some people
I got to know this week, who all have inspiring things to show you




Heather Moore


Marieke



Sia

Parts

Love tiny parts and the 'lets put a matchstick next to it'
By a company called Jaccard

Have a nice weekend everybody and thanks for all the kind words!

Been here and gone

photography Michal Kluvanek

These beautiful ceramic objects are made by Angela Valamanesh
The texture reminded me of the texture of the tip of a match
Title : Been here and gone 2006
found it here

Red thread

Clothes by Maren Korbøl 2006 graduate at Danmarks Designskole
Beautiful pictures also
I couldn't find any further links, hope she has a website soon..







Love the idea of flexible lights, it's made by re-producte from Germany.
The textiles are made by Karin Bjørneboe, another 2006 graduate from
Danmarks Designskole

BAUHAUS

Kitchen towels (1937) by Kitty van der Mijll-Dekker (1908-2004)
The Textile Museum Tilburg (Holland) is showing her work at the moment.
The Museum still reproduces some of her work and sells it in their shop.
She studied at the Bauhaus school for art and architecture in Dessau Germany

The photograph is made by Ola Kolehmainen via Galerie Anhava,
He was born in 1964 in Helsinki but lives in Berlin.
There is no real connection between him and Bauhaus,
but for me there's a connection.

Umami and ?

Two beautifully designed books from Japan...Umami is about fabric bags
the other one about sock and glove puppets.
You can buy them at YesAsia. The category on YesAsia is Home Arts
Here's a quick link to the right department.

Umami ISBN 4-579-10985-6
Sock puppets ISBN 4-479-11061-7
On Flickr you can see more pictures by other people

Rugs

I discovered these felt rugs through Shiny Shiny because she showed
a felt laptop bag made by the same company.
I can't tell you much about it except that they are made in Germany here's the link

KOOS

A while ago Bloesem mentioned a shop in Amsterdam called Tante Tini,
Irene showed their beautiful shoes for children , although I am not a mom I went to see the shop anyway and much to my surprise it turned out that they also make shoes for adults under the name Koos. It's a collaboration between a Dutch women and a Japanese man, the idea to also start making tiny shoes came from all the leftover pieces of leather.
So Irene thanks, I'm walking on air with my new boots!