Saw this on http://www.boingboing.net/ (thanks, Mark Frauenfelder) today which led me to Steve's flickr page (click on photo). I like the body and I really like the tuner buttons which are squiggly around the edges.
Which reminds me, my Tickler Uke #2 is actually done now, except for the tuner buttons which are being hand-carved out of blackwood.
For Steve's home-made telecaster go to http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/
Friday, April 24, 2009
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
WWI Flag Flower Postcards
Japan
Great Britain
FranceHere are some unusual WWI postcards from the collection of
I love the drawings of flowers as flags and soldiers as insects. Two of them are smoking pipes. There's a frog with a helmet- that's cool, too. Follow the link to see more cards.
Rare Crehore Piano for Sale
This beautiful piano was made by Benjamin Crehore, an ancestor of mine (I think), who manufactured the first pianos in the U.S. in Milton, MA. (1915 article from the Boston Globe attesting to this: here.) Look at the pretty decoration and hand-lettering on this piano! I know there are other instruments by Benjamin Crehore in the collection of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (bass viol and piano). This rare Crehore piano is among the items the Boston Public Library will offer at auction (Skinner Auctioneers and Appraisers) in the coming months.Here's the Globe article.
They are also selling off their Audubon prints.
Friday, April 17, 2009
San Francisco Gets to See These
" Murmur of the Innocents"-a new series of paintings by Gottfried Helnwein. More photos HERE . Fascinating shots of the artist painting large, emotionally disturbing, photorealistic portraits of a pale little girl with a baby-powdered face and giant toys, a gun and... covered in blood (The Disasters of War, Part II). The paintings will be at Modernism Gallery in S.F., CA on May 7, 2009. www.modernisminc.comThursday, April 16, 2009
My Newest Work in Slideshow Format
In case anyone missed my show in L.A. last month, here it is in mini slideshow format.
LINK on flickr if you want to see larger images.
Contact amy@amycrehore.com for information about acquiring my original art.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
March Hares
Another goodie from Steve Chasmar via flickrClick to enlarge. Just what is going on here? Two colors of rabbits, I see.
Must be a bunny dance of some sort.
Vintage Cigarette Cards
Girls-with-animals-and-things-on-top-of-their-heads. It's all the rage. I can't count the number of contemporary painters who have followed this fad. Is this where it all started? Here are just a few cigarette cards from the NYPL collection of over 700 hundred series (totaling thousands) from before 1900 to mid-20th century. You won't believe this collection.
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