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scale

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…keep everything in scale. From the thickness of the shingles down to the wallpaper design and door knobs, everything must be in the proper relationship to each other. I can’t stress that enough…

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it’s not difficult to see why model-maker michael paul smith enjoys his work so much… in fact his ‘own world’ is quite similar to that of my wife, see also his flickr collection for more examples, beautiful stuff

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m / 16-10-2013 12:49 - tags: , ,  

a different take

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the guardian (UK) recently published the following article on local photographer and rising-star viviane sassen

m / 16-10-2013 12:46 - tags: , , ,  

art heads

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my friend andre thijssen visited the rijksmuseum recently and made this great little series; could it be the start of a bigger project? i hope so…

m / 14-10-2013 08:30 - tags: , , ,  

dutch (lavatory) masters

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an amusing series of ‘selfies’ made by nina katchadourian on long-haul flights, based on old dutch master paintings and created using just the objects she could find on board the plane…

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m / 08-10-2013 08:16 - tags: , , ,  

artists’ statement

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warning proud dad post: this was made by my favourite artist, who had the following to say about the picture:

‘it’s a girl with curly hair looking at a piece of broccoli in the road’… can’t argue with that

m / 08-10-2013 08:08 - tags: , ,