UPDATE: Michael has posted his own pencil pots on his blog too.
Pencil Pots
Orange Crate Art posted a beautiful photo of a realistic pencil pot from a Cuarón movie––the sort of thing a good set designer creates––which inspired me to photograph the two pencil jars on my table. (There are a couple more across the room too.)
The first pot I made about thirty years ago, in my one pottery-making phase. (I was working as a janitor at a place with a pottery studio I could use for free.) I see the jar every day but never notice it... till now, photographing it! It's unlovely, but I love it.
III. Rescue Quilt
While I'm at it--there's a folded quilt in the second photo--it's another Rescue from Recycle at the thrift store.
I don't much like pastels, but the fabric is beautifully worn.
Below is one side of the quilt--I'd washed & dried it in xtra-hot, then aired it in the sunshine.
It's so worn, it's not very usable, and it's an unattractive pattern (I think), but there's a lot of fabric that could be harvested.
I don't know though--there's that push-pull about cutting up cool old things... Books too. It's great to give them new lives in new forms, but if they still hold together, I hesitate to take them apart.
If nothing else, I'll take this quilt back to the store and put it in my Cool Old Things shelf--I bet someone would be thrilled to find it.
Pencil Pots
Orange Crate Art posted a beautiful photo of a realistic pencil pot from a Cuarón movie––the sort of thing a good set designer creates––which inspired me to photograph the two pencil jars on my table. (There are a couple more across the room too.)
The first pot I made about thirty years ago, in my one pottery-making phase. (I was working as a janitor at a place with a pottery studio I could use for free.) I see the jar every day but never notice it... till now, photographing it! It's unlovely, but I love it.
III. Rescue Quilt
While I'm at it--there's a folded quilt in the second photo--it's another Rescue from Recycle at the thrift store.
I don't much like pastels, but the fabric is beautifully worn.
Below is one side of the quilt--I'd washed & dried it in xtra-hot, then aired it in the sunshine.
It's so worn, it's not very usable, and it's an unattractive pattern (I think), but there's a lot of fabric that could be harvested.
If nothing else, I'll take this quilt back to the store and put it in my Cool Old Things shelf--I bet someone would be thrilled to find it.
