Archive for May, 2006
Saturday, May 27th, 2006
Kelly’s Spot
Kelly Lyles, a Seattle artist and art slut extraordinaire, is featured in the new HGTV show “What’s With That House?
George Gray, the show’s host, explains: “You’re driving down a neighborhood street and all of a sudden, you slam your brakes and you turn your head like a dog that’s just heard a whistle.” You [...]
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Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006
The Cob House
The Cob or “earth” house is made of dirt. Dirt is universally and easily available. It has been used a a building material throughout history and in most cultures around the world.
Cob building is a form of earth architecture and was for centuries a staple of British and Western European home architecture.
An [...]
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Friday, May 12th, 2006
Lisa Petrucci, Pop Culture Artist’s Home
Lisa Petrucci is a nationally known pop surrealist artist based in the Seattle area. Lisa is influenced by pop culture, cheesecake, old movies, dolls and old toys. Eventually these things made their way into her artwork and she found the perfect format to capture them - the souvenir wood plaque.
Each slab of [...]
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Saturday, May 6th, 2006
Cargotecture
Via BoingBoing, this year marks the 50th anniversary of the Shipping Container.
“By dramatically lowering freight costs, the container transformed economic geography. Some of the world’s great ports saw their bustling waterfronts decay as the maritime industry decamped to new locations. Production moved much farther afield, which took advantage of cheap, reliable transportation to make [...]
