Seth Siegelaub Center for Social Research on Old Textiles (CSROT) at Raven Row

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cornucopia

so different so appealing 

a pattern makers progress

raven row review

article

Jacob Jurgensen

Luis Jacob

More info here

what a nice red line

PLaCE reasearch centre bristol

the shell grotto

i am going here tomorrow

Marbles

all from lapidis

crystal encrustation

A blue crystal flat Roger Hiorn 157 Harpers Road SE1

em•er•ald (em′ ∂r ∂ld em′r∂ld), n 1. a rare variety of the mineral beryl that is green because of its chromium content and is valued as a gem. 2. clear, deep green.

a fluorescent mineral case

A mineralogical journey around the world

black poppies

from here

gardens

i do lots of dreaming about the plants i would put in my ideal garden. i'm going to start collecting and naming them here:

Black peonie
Paeonia delavayi
Dan Pearson mentions it in an article about moving house, i've searched for pictures. maybe it looks like this:

and another Paeonia delavayi variety Paeonia luteafrom here

black peaonie pic from here
from here

also from the same site:

Canarina eminii flower

change of tack...

Well, I've decided I'm never going to be disciplined enough to hold this as a resource of specific spaces or places or artists or whatever, so it's going to be my resource of interesting things - found images mainly - and i will return to it for inspiration. if it inspires you too, i'm pleased :)

Felix Gonzalez Torres