Summer/Winter

I want to see this exhibition! Unfortunately it's in LA so I can't, and must sate myself with Amber B.'s website (link in title) and the videos and pictures I found there. Summer Winter is Amber B.'s newest exhibition/installation in the POV Gallery. Inspired by the cutest love story, the exhibition tells the tale of the love between Miss Summer and Mr Winter and how they came together. Amber B is an Australian artist and her site is well worth a look, if only for cute things like thise pictured above.

An Irish Master

Jack B. Yeats is one of the most talented and renowned painter that our fair isle of Ireland has ever produced. Son of the painter John Butler Yeats and brother of the Nobel prize-winning writer William Butler Yeats. Though he began his artistic life as an illustrator, around 1920 he moved into a deeply Expressionist style and it's for this that he became famous and made his work become collector's items. This painting, of his favourite subject, the Irish land and seascapes is titled 'The Sea' and it's the painting of his that I love the most (except for 'Old Walls'...) Go online, go to the National Gallery of Ireland (linked in title) and look at his exceptional artwork- you will fall in love with it.

Time To Grab Your Wellies

Festival season is in full swing, and this year, with the choice and range of festivals ever expanding and most people's cash-flow not as healthy as previous years, one must choose carefully what you're going to shell out for. The one I'm braving the weather for this summer is Knockanstockan, a small independent music festival for and by musicians. Run entirely by volunteers and coming in at a mere €75 for three days and over a hundred acts; as well as being situated by the beautiful Blessington Lakes in Wicklow, this laid back and friendly little festival is well worth getting soggy and mucky for.

Crafty Students

Click on the link in the title and find yourself immersed in a world of craft and creation; all things hand-made and original- from teddy's and food, to fascinators and knitwear. This blog (run by two of my favourite ladies in the world) will inspire and delight, and if the pictures here don't pique your interest then I don't know what will...

To Die For

There are no words, except to say Riccardo Tisci is a genius. No runway for Givenchy this year, just a private showcase to properly display these works of art. I wish the photos could show the details of the ceramic belt crafted like a spinal column, the zippers made to look like bones, and the human skeleton itself laid out in flat lace applique on a tulle column. The collection is rich and challenging, exactly what couture is all about.