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Walking on Thin Ice -For John Yoko Ono
Purchased at the Virgin MegaStore on Oxford Street London, in January of 1981 Excellent condition with some provenance. ...
read moreThe Rolling Stones – Rare Bootleg Vinyl
The Best of the bootlegs of the era This is kind of fun, I bought these two albums, “The Jean-Clarke Mammorial Sonic Barbecue”, a live recording mostly from the 1973 West German Tour,and “Hot Pants & Wet Panties” circa 1976, (labelled as a ‘Rolling Stones Fan Club Distribution Only’, and ‘R.S.V.P.’,a two-disc set on the Idle Minds Productions label.!) from the back of a record collectors magazine I used to get in the...
read moreLancaster Bomber (1983)
The Lancaster Bomber was the work horse of the RCAF in WWII, and the plane has strong connections to western Canada, many of the pilots who flew them were trained there. Harry produces each print personally, with the finest of museum quality inks and papers.
read moreItajime – Shibori Hand Dyed Paper
Itajime Papers — A fine selection of hand made papers, delicate, beautiful paper, hand dyed…these sheets make anything they touch a beautiful object. Various sizes and hues, 18″x 24″, 14″ x 11″ $11 to $22 a sheet. Contemporary, individually colored itajime (fold and dye) papers are based on a Japanese dyed paper folk tradition of intricate fold and clamp shibori techniques. High quality calligraphy inks, light and wash-fast, are used to color these papers. Various colors of the calligraphy ink are...
read moreSusan Kristoferson – Devotion – Dyed Paper Collage
The possibilities for unending creative invention paired with skilled craftsmanship and happenstance intrigue me. I find them seductively lurking in the creation of paste papers and itajime (fold and clamp tie dye) papers. So much so, that I have been studying and working with paste papers since 1990 and with shibori (Japanese tie dye) since 1977. I have elected to work with processes that allow partnership between creative intuition, effective design, process, technique, color and material. I usually work in collage, by putting pieces...
read moreGeneral Electric Exposure Meter 1940ish
A GE DW-58 Exposure Meter in working order with original case and manuals. I quote, somewhat edited, my apologies to Mr Jollinger, from a really well written (www.jollinger.com) Exposure Meter page – as follows: “This is a pre-war meter—at least pre-war design…. Can be used in a couple different ways; if you pop the hood off it is a reflected meter under moderate light, hood on and flip the cover open for restricted angle reflected or bright light, or flip the cover closed (which still had slits in it) for really bright...
read moreSOLD ! Kayo Oil – 1 Gallon Tin – Vintage
SOLD ! Kayo Oil 1 Gallon tin, very nice graphic, generally good shape, some wear appropriate for the age. SOLD! Tin is 6″ x 4″ x 11.5″
read moreSilver Ring with Semi-Precious Stone (Amethyst)
A really nice Silver Ring with Semi-Precious Stone (Amethyst), hand made, circa 2000 by Annika Svenson, jeweller working, at the time, for Dinny Hall of London.
read moreRose Marie – “Cat Woman” – “Girls” – 2009
Photographs from New York City, Wandering The Meat Packing District – Street Grafitti, ephemera call it what you will, the images are arresting. Small ink jet prints here 3.5″ x 5″, and framed nicely, but also available as larger prints, Enquire.
read moreCynthia Mackenzie – The Kiss
Lacquered and chopped and channeled “The Kiss”, Lipstick captured forever, Shiny shiny shiny, We like these.
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