I wanted to add to my sculptures these antique chandeliers to make them more exclusive and special, both for the brass components value and for the difficulty of the sculpture process that must be entirely done by hand around the piece of the chandelier. To make the composition even more magical I left the electric cable as if it were torn, as if the animal had broken the piece recently, but the light is still on.
From Mary Berry in Burberry by Freddie Smithson to paintings mixed with street style by Shusaku Takaoka, to some the most lovely and imaginative floral collages we've seen in a while, here are three creative and artistic Instagram accounts to follow ...
JUST IN FRONT of the Centre Pompidou, in the Place Beaubourg, there lies a small building in which a fascinating permanent exhibition is held. This exhibition is of the works of Romanian-born sculptor, painter and photographer Constantin Brâncuși (February 19, 1876 – March 16, 1957).
TIME AGAIN for another instalment of 10 Things We Love this Week, and this week, we're looking at beautiful paintings, garden picnics and abandoned theme parks in Japan; tassel earrings and wool sweaters, Macramé bag DIYs and much more...
WE WROTE ABOUT Mathias Kiss' mirrored sculptures and other work (here) in 2014, but as the new year is often a time for reflection, we thought we might take this point literally and feature a few of our favourite artistic works rendered in mirror.
Fondation Vuitton will showcase more than 200 artworks, co-ordinated by both institutions, tracing the history of the museum through the decades. Displayed throughout the entire 126,000-square-foot Frank Gehry-designed building, the Fondation will present a selection of visual work drawn from MoMA’s six curatorial departments, from paintings like Paul Cézanne’s “The Bather” to films like Walt Disney’s animated short, “Steamboat Willie.”
Habitual Feels is a daily mood board blog founded in 2014 by graphic designer Deni Paradise. However, it’s her Instagram...
WE HAPPENED UPON new photos of artist and interior designer William Rankin McLure IV‘s Birmingham, Alabama loft on Instagram...
It’s the weekend, and for those fortunate enough to have some time at home, it’s a favourite time for lounging about, perhaps for a little redecorating, and definitely browsing online home shopping sites. For this very reason, we’ve compiled a wonderful home shopping guide — this one, for the Sophisticated Romantics...
The act of consuming music, film, art and books on the surface may seem simple enough, but in fact, exposure to these media is a much more complex and multi-faceted experience. Memorable books and music weave their way into our own personal history and form the tapestry of our identity.
THE NEW YORK TIMES Style Magazine ran a great piece recently on the Parisian designer and architect Joseph Dirand, a favourite of ours here at This Is Glamorous. In it, he spoke of one of his dream projects, one where he there were no creative or budgetary constraints, or any constraints at all for that matter. A project where he was completely free to realise his fantasme with the client's blessing, who told him “I want you to achieve your dream; that would be my dream”.
