Coated Arms

19.11.12

13.11.12

Just let your soul glow.

Luster: Hair gel. Soul Glo from Coming to America John Landis 1988.

I recently watched this again and it was as surprisingly good as I remembered it.

10.11.12

When the men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go.

Luster: Polished Marbles. Marble Solitaire

8.11.12

dancing with the sitars

Luster: Floorboard Varnish. The Well Polished Floor Sculpture (2010) by Ger Van Elk

6.11.12

sticky fingers on the streets of china

Luster: Toffee covered fruit in China during Spring and Summer.

5.11.12

polished hearts with untame minds

Luster: Steve Parrino. Enamel on canvases.

4.11.12

Something to hold all your small things

Luster: Lacquered Inros by Shibata Zeshin.

An inro is a traditional Japanese case for holding small objects. Lacquer was used to decorate inros made of other materials. Shibata Zeshin was a famous and revolutionary Japanese painter and lacquerer in Japan during the 1800s.

3.11.12

More eggs

Luster: Polished Tigers Egg

2.11.12

Metallic to Luster

Metallic to Luster

Luster is the visual property of something that shines with reflected light, due to being given or possessing a gloss, glaze, sheen or pearly finish.

29.10.12

Tinseltown

Makes me think of cheerleaders pompoms

Metallic: Tinsel Trading Co.

23.10.12

was it you that killed the goose that laid the golden eggs?

Metallic: Early coins. Athen's tetradrachm, Native American indian gold coin, Lydia Turkish Coins, Anglo-saxon silver coins

17.10.12

So cute!

Metallic: Hutring ( Hat Ring ) 1971. Dieter Roth.

Golden Ring, five interchangeable hats: iron, copper, brass, silver and gold, in brass box (5 x 10 x 15 cm). Edition/Set of 10