weekday wrap up

Jacques Flechemuller's darkly comic world

• solid rubiks >^.^<
• loving the all the Woodstock coverage
• art for occupancy is brilliant!
• when artists play sports
  
• if Erwin Wurm and Gneborg had a baby
• big digs for littlediggs
• How I see time
• furniture as trophy
  
• Artists' sandwich
• Klassy Redbull
  
• OMFG! (watched this too many times)
  

dillo v bike

Would you rather own a gorgeous bike like this Bilenky Track bike:
or

an impeccable 9 banded armadillo from evolution store?
I'm being good and all my coins will be saved towards creating a pretty bike friend.
If the armadillo burned calories I'd be all over him.

worth drowning for

Andy Yoder ;Fur Preserver,2009
Life preserver, fur;36" x 36" x 6”

I would call out for help if I knew someone would throw me this lifeline.

Happy Friday

We made it!
James Bradley ; 999.99
acrylic and colored pencil on paper; 12" x 15", 2009

word.

This piece from You Don’t Have to Lie to Kick It by Patrick Martinez was so good they made it into a shirt .

A clever spin on Granny's glasses

Sometimes marrying two bad ideas can create gold.
Eyeglass lariats and weaves make me hurl a bit but this bijules nyc creation sings!
It also comes in black for my fellow brunette bitches.

on my mind:

Donny Miller

zzz

Hopefully checking out Michelle Blade's work this late will induce some posi and lucid dreams.

anthropologist for a new world order

Nick Gazin illustration

Rather than watching art videos for a living I get mentally massacred looking at these corporate finance org charts. Where can I find a job where I get paid to look at cool stuff? Is anyone hiring a professional blogger with a penchant for cute and grotesque?

pony up

"Seventeen horses have been mysteriously slaughtered and butchered in Miami since January. The SPCA suspects the killings are feeding a black market for horse meat." Every time I hear this horse murder coverage I let out a little neigh. I was never a pony obsessed child but I do appreciate a well made equine piece and I'd never ingest their meat.

Yang Maoyuan inflated horse skin

beautiful horse hair rope mary anns cottage
SOMBRA NOBLE
The new poncho collection by Dadadandy Maurizio Cattelan ; Novecento, 1997
Taxidermy horse
handmade horses by astulabee

500th post & Blogiversary

It's a tad belated on the 1 year anniversary here at me melodia but who really cares. Not only does this mark my first year of blogging about art, taxidermy, housewares and just a bunch of nothing about something, but this is also my 500th post. Wosh. Time has seriously whizzed by and in it's wake my head is spinning. In the past year I've maintained my sanity through continuing this blog, been inspired to pursue creative outlets and have made some darling internet friends (you know who you are). I love every single one of you who have visited and continue to stop by. Being committed and staying true to my integrity has always been a priority but it's really easy to get distracted. I'm happy to celebrate this blogiversary and hope the next year is as fruitful and rewarding. In the upcoming days I plan to introduce new features, incorporate a more interactive platform, update the layout and offer some exciting treats and contest.
Thanks again for hanging around!

Oh, and I'd like to thank Elaine Bradford for creating the above piece from her freaks of nurture series.
I've gifted it to the blog in my mind.

I'm not even pretending anymore

So far this morning I've painted my nails, browsed Indeed for a new job and I'm presently scrolling through Mike Fleming's photo blog: Gonna do it anyway.
check out Mike's Flickr
Normally I am a ninja with tabs and stealthy fake working but lately I don't give a crap. I have both my blogger window and mikes photos out in the open.

good article

Todd Forsgren; Columbina passerina - Common Ground-dove, 2009

Proximity Magazine: In Defense of the Philosophy of Art

"There is a saying, attributed to the painter Barnett Newman, that “aesthetics is for art what ornithology is for the birds.” This quip sums up the divide between those who make art and those who think about art. Neither birds nor artists need their academic counterparts to do what they do..."

alternative doorstop

One obvious sign that I'm in nesting mode is that I was shopping around for a door stop recently. People who rarely stay at home don't even bother with unnecessaries like tools to prevent doors from slamming shut. Well, I was and my boyfriend's beat up high school Shakespeare book as stopper was beginning to get on my nerves. When you want to enjoy a cross breeze you have to deal with the persistent slamming. Anywaysimobsessedwithhomepurchases, I happily came across this Schleuderball from Kwikshop and knew I had found the one. Although it wasn't the most pleasant thing to lug around in my tote while cycling through Berlin it was worth it.

Even though this rich leather ball will never be used for any German recreational sports it will be very appreciated.

I had originally debated on buying that nautical monkey fist knot stopper that's been circulating the blogs but spotting it in the uncommongoods catalog left a bad taste in my mouth. Not to say this piece isn't luscious but I just wasn't compelled.

If I were to go the nautical route I'd want something authentic with some memory in it.

collars

Fleur Goedendorp neck sculptures

Natalia Edenmont photographs