The title of this book is kind of a pun, because the main character is a nineteen year old girl called Lona, and she is an introvert who has dropped out of studying for a Bachelor of Fine Arts. She doesn't really know why she's dropped out and, amusingly, she's in the habit of sneaking …
I really like making little art and creative things for my home to make it more cozy, and this little whimsical lamp was a really fun, easy project. I got the idea from Pinterest, and if you look at the ones on there, there are some lanterns with amazingly detailed scenes inside, so mine is …
How cute is this? I've always loved miniatures, ever since falling in love with dolls houses as a kid, but I've never made any. This cute kit really appealed to me, with it's tiny lights, snowy scene, and cozy rabbit burrow. This is from a series of kits which are pretty cheap and all over …
Continue reading Box Theatre Project: Miniature “Snow Dream”
There's something about the lives of artists that are endlessly fascinating. Perhaps it's because of their daily routines as artists that mean that the structure of their lives is so different to the average. Perhaps the fluctuating finances of creating peicemeal work seems romantic, or there's something about the creative mind that's so compelling. Often, …
Continue reading The White Crucifixion: A Novel About Marc Chagall by Michael Dean
In the heart of London's historic East End, where the streets are still cobbled, and Jack The Ripper walking tours wander the night, one of London's most eccentric museum experiences is hidden behind the doors of 18 Folgate Street. There is no sign outside to tell you what's within, so you could mistakenly walk past …
Continue reading London’s Silent Museum, 18 Folgate Street: Dennis Severs House
Just off Leicester Square in London, and down a bit, there's a fancy door with three busts over the door. They are the figures of the biographers and historians who founded the museum housed inside, a museum whose patron is the Duchess of Cambridge, and which houses only one kind of painting, in a multitude …
Continue reading Famous Faces: London’s National Portrait Gallery
Vincent Van Gogh is a strange, enigmatic figure on the landscape of modern artistic history. He's a man who is often reduced to being known only as a mad genius who cut off his own ear. I was sent this novel by Holland Park Press for honest review, and I think honestly think that you'll …
Continue reading The Yellow House: A Novel About Vincent Van Gogh by Jeroen Blokhuis
My boyfriend recently built me a laptop (he does things like that, he works in IT), which has all the perfect specs for the blogging, writing and editing that I do. I loved it, but ... It's black and grey. If any of you have seen my really old Mac, you'll know that it has …
