Art Detectives

  Dejan Zmijanjak, Wood Sculpture Koala, 2021 Robert Tolone, Wood Sculpture Shark, no date Robert Tolone, Wood Sculpture Southwest Rabbit, 1992 -- link --  Robert Tolone, Wood Sculpture Southwest Cow, 1992 -- link --  Robert Tolone, Wood Sculpture Southwest Pig, 1992 -- link --  Dejan Zmijanjac, Woodwork Beauty, 2021  Dejan Zmijanjac work in progress Dejan Zmijanjac work in progress Dejan Zmijanjac, BearPaw, 2021  Wood block selected for sketching Dejan Zmijanjac drawing for wood-burn Dejan Zmijanjac sketch on wood block Dejan Zmijanjac, work in progress Dejan Zmijanjac, Woodwork Wolf, 2021  Woodblock selected & design completed First level design etched Dejan Zmijanjac, work in progress  Dejan Zmijanjac, Owl, 2021 Dejan Zmijanjac, Mandala, 2021  Dejan Zmijanjac, design etched on board Dejan Zmijanjac, Woodwork Dreamcatcher, 2021  Dejan Zmijanjac design Dejan Zmijanjac, design process Dejan Zmijanjac, Woodwork Koala, 2021  Dejan Zmijanjac, Woodwork Beauty with Flowers, 2021 

  This is the bakelite rabbit ink line -- find the link below as well as examples of bakelite in jewelry and in the old phones folks used to have in their homes  Unknown Carpenter, Memorial Tablet of Lu Ban, Qing Dynasty (1616–1912) -- link -- Article about Lu Ban, Master Carpenter, Architect & Craftsperson -- link -- Unknown Carpenter, Full-relief Galloping Horse Shaped Ink Line Republic of China (1912–1949) -- link -- Japanese ink line to show mechanics -- link --  Unknown Carpenter, Full-relief Lion-shaped Ink Line, Republic of China (1912–1949)  --  link --  Unknown Carpenter, Ink Line with Cock and Floral Patterns, Republic of China (1912–1949) -- link --  Modern Ink Link tool for comparison -- link --  Unknown Carpenter, Rabbit Shaped Ink Line, Republic of China (1912-1949) -- link --  Doing a search for Bakelite images brought up the most colorful visual treats, so I didn’t pick a page … here are a bunch of beautiful examples PLUS the old phones! -- link -- 

Top of the Day: The Flute Player - William Williams, 1992 Today's Artwork: Dream of Arcadia - Thomas Cole, c. 1838 -- link -- The Flute Player - William Williams, 1992 -- link -- Le Bassin d'Argenteuil vu depuis le pont routier - MONET, Claude, 1874/1874 -- link -- Elijah in the Wilderness - Frederic, Lord Leighton, 1877/1878 -- link -- On the deck - Roy de Maistre, (1935) -- link -- ​Here is a link to an explaination  of our Top of the Day painting found by detective Kiki

We continue our look at Icelandic art & architecture as well as culture with these fun & enlightening articles we perused together: Elf lore -- link --  Elf homes -- link --  Hidden Folk (some overlap with Elves) -- link --  Home of Trolls -- link --  Troll rocks & Elf realms -- link --  Elves Trolls & Iceland Spirits -- link --  A few more troll rocks & lore -- link --  More trolls / elf rock formations so we can see how these folklore creatures came to life -- link --  Christmas Folklore -- link --  Eeeek! Icelandic Yule Lads! (Plus Momma & Poppa!) -- link --  Trolls / Giants history -- link --  Sea Monster Museum (just one page introducing it) -- link --  Icelandic Sea Monster Museum website -- link --  More Sea Monsters from the museum plus a video tour (one of the videos didn't work but the other did -- it's on YouTube if the link on this page won't work for you) -- link --  Tour Aficionado Mereb Mathisen takes us on a video tour o

Photos of  Hallgrímskirkja  -- the largest church in Iceland. Ruth gets different angles here.  Ruth got great pics of the natural basalt formations that formed the inspiration for the design of the church.  Interior of the church with the big pipe organ.  Check out the entry in Wikipedia about the church, its history & criticisms (can you imagine???) Very detailed write-up about the pipe organ as well.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallgr%C3%ADmskirkja Ruth found out the Burden of History sculpture was done by Magnus Tomasson -- you will see one of his famous sculptures on Friday's blog as well. Elves!!! Ruth photographed this witchy sculpture complete with cauldron outside of several homes. The animal skins form the body of this tall sorceress! Architecture & art collide Graffiti -- perhaps by sound engineers?  Wonderfully graffitied building in a small town in Iceland.  LGBTQ representation in this tiny town welcomes everyone.  Park Sculptures HugList! A tall rider.  T