sogni d'oro: texture

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[Sawtooth Mountains, Idaho]

just because I like oak trees (and texture), and they feature in this story as part of the valley landscape

"No story has power, nor will it last, unless we feel in ourselves that it is true and true of us." —John Steinbeck, East of Eden p. 266

I loved this book, oh, how I loved this book. John Steinbeck might be my favorite author (Miss Indecisive here). The only other author whose work I have read as extensively as I have Steinbeck's is Jane Austen, and while I love her clever observations and quick wit, there is something about Steinbeck's writings I cannot get enough of. I love the way he writes about people and the ways in which he describes places and feelings and human experience. My mom spent a summer in high school reading all of the Steinbeck selections at her local library and I think part of my love of Steinbeck stems from her influence.

As I read this story I thought of the natural man and these verses in 2 Nephi 4:

17 Nevertheless, notwithstanding the great goodness of the Lord, in showing me his great and marvelous works, my heart exclaimeth: O wretched man that I am! Yea, my heart sorroweth because of my flesh; my soul grieveth because of mine iniquities.

18 I am encompassed about, because of the temptations and the sins which do so easily beset me.

19 And when I desire to rejoice, my heart groaneth because of my sins; nevertheless, I know in whom I have trusted.

20 My God hath been my support; he hath led me through mine afflictions in the wilderness; and he hath preserved me upon the waters of the great deep.

This book is a beautiful retelling of a familiar Biblical story and I love the deeply religious themes and its sense of hope, just as this verse gives us hope with one little word: unless.

British Museum - London

sculpture from the east pediment of the Parthenon

Venice enchanted me with its most beautiful architectural details. The countless geometrically adorned railings, the textured buildings, and the worn, timeless feeling of the city were absolutely lovely.

The above photo was taken on the island Murano, which is renowned for its glass. I loved the glass flowers in the flower box outside of those windows! How perfect.

Not that other areas of Italy are lacking in their minute details [because they aren't], but Venice! It was fabulous.

il Colosseo

Pantheon

Parco della Musica - Renzo Piano

[I spent a most wonderful weekend in Rome, much of which I spent admiring some of the architectural treasures there. But that's a given.]

line, texture, pattern.

Arezzo, Italy

Manarola, Italy

(Because it's been a while for my little texture series of photographs.)

my final project is DONE.

After many hours of sketching, pencil-sharpening, praising aloud of the gradient mesh tool in Adobe Illustrator, the using-up of 1.5 rolls of double stick tape, multiple trips to the bookstore, emailing back companies and telling them that no I actually don't need a shipping quote for the wood flooring I ordered a sample of, and a little teeth-gnashing...it's doooone! And I feel very positively about it, which is maybe even more important than the fact that it's finished.

chairs: 1. Eames side chair w/ Eiffel base, 2. Arne Jacobsen Ant chair, 3. Cherner side chair, 4. Michael Thonet-esque cafe chair, 5. Arne Jacobsen No. 7 Chair, 6. Bertoia Wire Side Chair

lighting fixtures: 1. I designed this one..., 2. drum shade, 3. via Ikea.

and by birds i mean elements of design (texture and pattern) and by stone i mean the photograph below.

for my final project i have to include samples of the different finishes and materials i would be using. the marble & bamboo flooring above are two that i'm not going to use but i looove them! the marble has the nicest texture, as does the bamboo. it seemed apropos to juxtapose these what with the similar patterns too. i am a fan.

i haven't forgotten.

[the rainy sidewalk outside my apartment]

this may be a ridiculous statement, but it's quite possible that i've never been so obsessed with a building before. i love the outside and i absolutely can't get enough of the interior.

i love that the exterior is reminiscent of this building (in that it gets slightly more refined in moving up each level until you reach the third)

i love the textures (!), and the combination of raw elements with clean and polished structural ones.

the natural light is so great too!

i think it's absolutely perfect as a commercial space (it's a hotel), and i think i'd even be okay with it as a residential space (oh wait....note the achromatic room in that post) as long as it wasn't located someplace that's really cold in the winter.

(this building is located in Shanghai,

and i read about it in this magazine).

to think i almost forgot about the texture series i started on here!

i walk past this little leaf-in-the-sidewalk-fossil every day on my way to school... i'm rather impressed with how detailed it is despite being in the middle of a concrete slab.

aaand now it's back to the endless amounts of homework. (that's a lie. it ends. it just feels endless)

camping was FANTASTIC...more on that later! i just uploaded photos from my camera, and this calls for playing catch-up.

in the meantime, here are two photographs for my texture series... they are both of old tractors at my grandparents' farm.