September 2010
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“The design of the villa is very successful in one key respect. Earlier Venetian...”
– Excerpt on Villa Godi from The Perfect House by Witold Rybczynski I aspire to have Palladian villa qualities one day.
Sep 29th
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Interior Design Student Throws Operation Dollhouse... →
Very proud to inform you that my dollhouse is featured on Curbed National today! Check out their “Operation Dollhouse” project - they’ve sent a bunch of dollhouses out to shelter magazine editors and given them about a week to make their own dollhouses. Related: Dear Shelter Magazine Editors Who Have Received Dollhouses, please feel free to contact me if you need any help or...
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Drinking and Drafting On a Friday Night
This is me playing architect, all ready to make a house. Note glass of Framboise Lambic at right. I hit a bump when my drafting board broke but I will survive.  Chamberlain Cottage · Wayland, Massachusetts · 1940 · Marcel Breuer & Walter Gropius Here is what I have gotten done so far. I love to poché. I don’t usually procrastinate like this but it has been an unusually hectic...
Sep 25th
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Sep 24th
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Um, why has nobody ever told me about this house...
I’m looking at you, class from last semester which will remain unnamed. I feel like you failed me a little bit here. Geller House II, Lawrence, New York. Marcel Breuer and Herbert Beckhard, architects. Ben Schnall, photographer, [between 1959 and 1969]. Marcel Breuer papers, 1920-1986. Archives of American Art.
Sep 24th
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“Be of your time”
– Victor Prouvé
Sep 23rd
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Folk art family portrait in miniature
Framed primitively in walnut-stained coffee stirrers.  Artwork cut from a postcard for the inaugural sale at Keno Auctions, May 1st 2010, Stamford, Connecticut PAIR OF DOUBLE PORTRAITS Attributed to Sturtevant J. Hamblin (American, 1817-1884) Boston, circa 1840  Inscribed on verso “LAURA ANN, AGED 9 YEARS, MARY ELLEN, 7 YRS, GEORGE ALBERT AGED 4 ½ YEARS AND WILLIAM WOOD...
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New Acquisition to the Moorehead Showhouse
I love Rub ‘n Buff I covered the picture in several coats of Mod Podge to give it more of a canvas-y effect Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) Femme nue couchée, Gabrielle Oil on canvas Signed and dated ‘Renoir.03.’ (lower right) 25¾ x 61¼ in. (65.3 x 155.3 cm.) Painted in 1903 Price Realized $10,162,500 Estimate $7,000,000 - $9,000,000 Provenance ...
Sep 13th
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Sep 10th
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Almost completed my first week back at school!
And I am loving every minute. I took the summer off from school since I started working full time again in the Spring. Last summer I took three studio classes (Basic Drafting, Faux Finishes and Color Theory [which involved A LOT of paint mixing]). This summer, I really missed it. So I am very happy to be back. This semester I am doing 12 credits: Intensive French, Basic Math, Modern Architecture...
Sep 10th
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Sep 8th
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End of Summer Treats in Montauk, NY
Sep 7th
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I will be making beach art from here on out folks
Have a great weekend!
Sep 3rd