http://tmesis.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ en Vox Mon, 07 May 2007 15:52:44 -0700 Copyright 2007 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://tmesis.vox.com/library/post/hanging-vases-by-maggie-williams.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Charlotte Mittnacht) http://tmesis.vox.com/library/post/hanging-vases-by-maggie-williams.html?_c=feed-rss http://tmesis.vox.com/library/post/hanging-vases-by-maggie-williams.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 07 May 2007 15:52:44 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://tmesis.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22525770a549d00d09e69f521be2b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c22525770a549d00d09e69f521be2b-50si" alt="hanging vases by maggie williams" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Apropos of Nepenthes, I really like these free-blown hanging vases by Maggie Williams. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tmesis.vox.com/library/post/hanging-vases-by-maggie-williams.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22525770a549d00d41433c70f6a47?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> stuff vases maggie williams http://tmesis.vox.com/library/post/science-art-judith-k-mcmillan-1.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Charlotte Mittnacht) http://tmesis.vox.com/library/post/science-art-judith-k-mcmillan-1.html?_c=feed-rss http://tmesis.vox.com/library/post/science-art-judith-k-mcmillan-1.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 07 May 2007 14:51:13 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://tmesis.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22525770a549d00cd9728165d4cd5.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c22525770a549d00cd9728165d4cd5-50si" alt="Arisaema triphyllum (Jack in the Pulpit) 2000 reduced_web" /></a> <a href="http://tmesis.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22525770a549d00d4142fa267685e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c22525770a549d00d4142fa267685e-50si" alt="Carpinius japonica (Japanese Hornbeam) 2000 reduced_web" /></a> <a href="http://tmesis.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22525770a549d00d41433c1ca6a47.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c22525770a549d00d41433c1ca6a47-50si" alt="Staphylea trifolia (American Bladdernut) 2000 reduced_web" /></a> <a href="http://tmesis.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22525770a549d00d09e69f0eabe2b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c22525770a549d00d09e69f0eabe2b-50si" alt="Nepenthes &#39;Coccinea&#39; (Pitcher Plant) 2000 reduced_web" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Judith K. McMillan makes these x-ray photograms of plants. They look so lovely and effortless, but I can only imagine the difficulty of balancing the contrast on delicate botanical specimens. You know, I have a particular soft spot in my heart f... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tmesis.vox.com/library/post/science-art-judith-k-mcmillan-1.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22525770a549d00d4143622473c7f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> science & art judith k. mcmillan http://tmesis.vox.com/library/post/i-am-making-an-afghan.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Charlotte Mittnacht) http://tmesis.vox.com/library/post/i-am-making-an-afghan.html?_c=feed-rss http://tmesis.vox.com/library/post/i-am-making-an-afghan.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 03 May 2007 17:42:59 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://tmesis.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22525770a549d00d09e68dd46be2b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c22525770a549d00d09e68dd46be2b-50si" alt="RippleKitty2" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I've been working on a ripple afghan for a little while now, so I decided to join the no-end-in-sight ripple-along. Unfortunately, I've just undergone some surgery on my hand, so I have to either put the rippling on hold... ...or learn to croch... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tmesis.vox.com/library/post/i-am-making-an-afghan.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22525770a549d00d09e68de04be2b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> stuff i made http://tmesis.vox.com/library/post/art-sarah-horowitz.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Charlotte Mittnacht) http://tmesis.vox.com/library/post/art-sarah-horowitz.html?_c=feed-rss http://tmesis.vox.com/library/post/art-sarah-horowitz.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 09 Apr 2007 11:19:40 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://tmesis.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22525770a549d00d4142eb2973c7f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c22525770a549d00d4142eb2973c7f-50si" alt="Magnolia Torinoko I" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I cannot even tell you how much of an inspiration the work of Sarah Horowitz is to me, right now. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tmesis.vox.com/library/post/art-sarah-horowitz.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22525770a549d00d4142c54636a47?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> art sarah horowitz http://tmesis.vox.com/library/post/su-blackwell.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Charlotte Mittnacht) http://tmesis.vox.com/library/post/su-blackwell.html?_c=feed-rss http://tmesis.vox.com/library/post/su-blackwell.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 05 Apr 2007 06:08:37 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://tmesis.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22525770a549d00cd971f99d44cd5.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c22525770a549d00cd971f99d44cd5-50si" alt="The Quiet American" /></a> <a href="http://tmesis.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22525770a549d00d414272c97685e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c22525770a549d00d414272c97685e-50si" alt="The Extasie" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I have such a complicated relationship with altered books. As the daughter of a teacher and the granddaughter of a librarian, I grew up with a respect for books that bordered on reverence. Seeing them damaged or rendered unuseable is really ups... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tmesis.vox.com/library/post/su-blackwell.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22525770a549d00cd971f9bcc4cd5?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> books art su blackwell http://tmesis.vox.com/library/post/the-way-of-all-flesh.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Charlotte Mittnacht) http://tmesis.vox.com/library/post/the-way-of-all-flesh.html?_c=feed-rss http://tmesis.vox.com/library/post/the-way-of-all-flesh.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 02 Apr 2007 09:09:11 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://tmesis.vox.com/library/book/6a00c22525770a549d00cd971eda964cd5.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c22525770a549d00cd971eda964cd5-50si" alt="The Way of All Flesh (Modern Library Classics)" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> "Do not let us agitate ourselves unduly." [His father said.] "Such a life let us pray God that it may please him to enable us to pray that we may lead." "His mother would pounce noiselessly on his remarks as a barn-owl pounces upon a mouse, and... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tmesis.vox.com/library/post/the-way-of-all-flesh.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22525770a549d00d414266e00685e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://tmesis.vox.com/library/post/paris-march-2007.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Charlotte Mittnacht) http://tmesis.vox.com/library/post/paris-march-2007.html?_c=feed-rss http://tmesis.vox.com/library/post/paris-march-2007.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 31 Mar 2007 20:08:44 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://tmesis.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22525770a549d00d4142603e9685e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c22525770a549d00d4142603e9685e-50si" alt="Sacre Coeur" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Earlier this month, I visited my sister in Paris. Here's a picture I took of the Sacre Coeur from the Pompidou Center. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tmesis.vox.com/library/post/paris-march-2007.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22525770a549d00d414260410685e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> travel http://tmesis.vox.com/library/post/richard-anuskiewicz-bowl.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Charlotte Mittnacht) http://tmesis.vox.com/library/post/richard-anuskiewicz-bowl.html?_c=feed-rss http://tmesis.vox.com/library/post/richard-anuskiewicz-bowl.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 31 Mar 2007 19:50:59 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://tmesis.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22525770a549d00cd971e6e974cd5.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c22525770a549d00cd971e6e974cd5-50si" alt="Anuskiewicz bowl" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Apropos of nothing, here's a picture of a bowl from hi+lo modern. The op art movement had as its subject perception itself, and utilitarian objects with op art designs have always seemed remarkably generous to me. They are beautiful things with n... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tmesis.vox.com/library/post/richard-anuskiewicz-bowl.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22525770a549d00cd971e6f2c4cd5?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> art op art richard anuskiewicz http://tmesis.vox.com/library/post/more-on-charley-harper.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Charlotte Mittnacht) http://tmesis.vox.com/library/post/more-on-charley-harper.html?_c=feed-rss http://tmesis.vox.com/library/post/more-on-charley-harper.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 31 Mar 2007 05:58:34 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://tmesis.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22525770a549d00cd971e4a524cd5.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c22525770a549d00cd971e4a524cd5-50si" alt="Whooping Crane" /></a> <a href="http://tmesis.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22525770a549d00d41425e0de685e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c22525770a549d00d41425e0de685e-50si" alt="Seasons_deer" /></a> <a href="http://tmesis.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22525770a549d00d41425e0e2685e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c22525770a549d00d41425e0e2685e-50si" alt="Seasons_bull" /></a> <a href="http://tmesis.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22525770a549d00cd971e4c564cd5.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c22525770a549d00cd971e4c564cd5-50si" alt="Seasons_horse" /></a> <a href="http://tmesis.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22525770a549d00cd971e4c574cd5.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c22525770a549d00cd971e4c574cd5-50si" alt="Seasons_moose" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I was talking about Charley Harper's work to someone in my lab, and she said she didn't like it. Too simplistic and dated-looking, she said, and went on to list a number of bird artists whose work she preferred - people like Pieter D. Prall and K... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tmesis.vox.com/library/post/more-on-charley-harper.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22525770a549d00d4142c5f3e3c7f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> art eleanor grosch science & art charley harper pushmepullyou http://tmesis.vox.com/library/post/charley-harper.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Charlotte Mittnacht) http://tmesis.vox.com/library/post/charley-harper.html?_c=feed-rss http://tmesis.vox.com/library/post/charley-harper.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 29 Mar 2007 05:14:50 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://tmesis.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22525770a549d00cd971dcf094cd5.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c22525770a549d00cd971dcf094cd5-50si" alt="missing migrants" /></a> <a href="http://tmesis.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22525770a549d00d414256437685e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c22525770a549d00d414256437685e-50si" alt="Costarica_redstart_icon" /></a> <a href="http://tmesis.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22525770a549d00d414256439685e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c22525770a549d00d414256439685e-50si" alt="Guatemala_bw_icon" /></a> <a href="http://tmesis.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22525770a549d00d41425643a685e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c22525770a549d00d41425643a685e-50si" alt="Peru_tanagaer_icon" /></a> <a href="http://tmesis.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22525770a549d00d4142be0ea3c7f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c22525770a549d00d4142be0ea3c7f-50si" alt="Mexico_sapsucker_icon" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Earlier in the month, my husband and I received a flier for the Cape May Bird Observatory's Spring Weekend, and a poster went up in the ornithology department at work. That was how I connected Charley Harper's name to the wildlife art I had been i... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tmesis.vox.com/library/post/charley-harper.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22525770a549d00d4142be14e3c7f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> art science & art charley harper