Be Mine heart print by Kensie Kate
$15, Etsy
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ARTmonday: Joël Penkman
Although I don’t really recognize Valentine’s Day (just seems silly to me), I am going to take advantage of the “holiday” to post artwork and recipes for sweets, heart-shaped home furnishings, and pink rooms. To start the week, let’s look at the artwork of New Zealand-born artist and graphic designer Joël Penkman, who now lives and works in the U.K. They evoke the work American painter Wayne Thiebaud, don’t you think?
Joel Penkman paints simple still-life studies. He sets them on a clean backgrounds in order to facilitate a connection between the individual and the subject, since food, like music and fragrance, “triggers memories and emotion.” Penkman works in egg tempera, which he concocts himself.
Here are ten paintings of his that I think are the sweetest.
Krispy Kreme Dozen
Blancmange
Cream Biscuits
Flying Saucers
Milk Truck
Pink Wafers
Iced Gems
Blackpool Rock
Fabs
Nobbly Bobblys
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Montage: 30 Kids Rooms with Teepees
Teepees, wigwams, play tents (whatever you want to call them) have been trending for a rather long time. However last week, the Wall Street Journal proclaimed them a trend: Teepees: The New Urban Hideaway. I’m not sure why a newspaper would be so slow to catch onto this (it’s not like there’s a three-month lead time). No matter, they’re still going strong. We had a refrigerator box playhouse for a while; admittedly not nearly as chic. But that was a dozen years ago.
The teepee is great because it looks good not only in a kids room, but in adult spaces too. As you can see from these 30 rooms with teepees, they work well in white Scandinavian interiors, minimalist black and white living rooms, nurseries with traditional childrens bedroom furniture, and of course colorful playrooms. You can even erect one outdoors.
I was obsessed with building forts as a kid, always enclosing my bunk beds with blankets, and wishing I had a way to hang a sheet from the ceiling. My kids, too, used to love taking all the blankets they could gather and draping them over chairs and ottomans to create fun enclosures. There’s definitely something satisfying, and practical too, about a kid constructing a hideaway on his own. That said, it’s also nice to have a ready-made private quiet space. Wonder if my boys are too big for one now?
Photo by Lönngren Widell
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L.A. home of fashion designer Jenni Kayne
Photo by Roger Davies for Architectural Digest
Home of architect Clare Cousins
Photo by Sean Fennessy • The Design Files
Apartment Therapy’s My Bedroom Retreat Contest
Photo by Krista Keltnanen
Home of Minnie Mortimer
Photo by Claiborne Swanson Frank for Vogue.com
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Photo by Christina Kayser Onsgaard for Bo Bedre
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Get the Look: Cherry Blossom Accessories
S H O P P I N G
1 InkDish Cherry Ink Side Plate, $56/set of 4 at Wayfair.
2 Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Phone Case, $50 at SemiSweetStudios on Etsy.
3 Lumimarja Cotton Fabric, $53/yard at Marimekko.
4 Cherry Blossom Market Tote by Modern Newst, $18 at SupermarketHQ.
5 Letterpress Cherry Blossom Folded Note, $18/ten at Crane.
Get the Look: 40 Pieces from Boston Jewelry Designers
For this season’s Style issue of the Boston Globe Magazine, in addition to a few profiles of Boston’s Most Stylish (friend and art/science documentary producer Alberta Chu, jewelry designer/computer scientist Jessica Rosencrantz of Nervous System, and Deborah Z. Porter Founder and Executive Director of the Boston Book Festival), I also wrote “Jewelry’s Big Moment.” The spread includes nine pieces from wonderful, emerging local jewelry designers. With Mass Art and the SMFA in town, (not to mention RISD in nearby Providence, but that’s a whole other post) the artisan jewelry scene is absolutely thriving. Below are additional works from the featured artists, as well as a number of local metalsmiths that we didn’t have room to feature in the magazine. Lots of talent!
S H O P P I N G
1 Petra Seibertova Nest Earrings, $50 at MassArt Made.
2 Ripegoods Rain Drop Hoop Earrings, $78.
3 Dev Bennett Three Dot Studs, $32 at 13 Forest.
4 Lauren Passenti Fish Jaw Bracelet.
5 Hannah Blount Barnacle Ring, $198.
6 Petra Seibertova Disc Cup Earrings, $340 at MassArt Made.
7 Little Pancake Stamped Triangle Necklace, $36.
8 Nikky Bergman Deer Antler and Leather Amulet.
9 Dev Bennett Geometric Solid #1 at Cambridge Artists Coop.
10 Sophie Hughes Slit Drop Chain Earrings, $240 at Fire Opal.
11 Sasha Walsh Ring, $360 at MassArt Made.
12 Becca Straus Maria Feather Necklace at Michele Mercaldo.
13 Alison Storry Rose Gold Heart Charms Necklace, $44 at Etsy.
14 Iolyte Stackable Ring, $340 at M. Flynn.
15 Dev Bennett Small Metropolis Necklace, $150.
16 Sasha Walsh Stackable Crystal Ring, $56 at Wicked Peacock.
17 Lauren Passenti Claw Necklace, $87 at MassArt Made.
18 Marissa B. Orchid Blossom Earrings, $62.
19 Sasha Walsh Druzy Ring, $220 at MassArt Made.
20 Julia Groos Halo Designs Gold Bead Ring, $220.
21 Beatrice Kim Karung Watersnake Cuff at Good.
22 Sasha Walsh Cuff, $330 at MassArt Made.
23 Hannah Blount Raw Crystal Brass Ring, $88.
24 Dev Bennett Four Post Earrings, $56 at 13 Forest Gallery.
25 Bree Richey Gondola Earrings.
26 Leah Meleski Infused Series Earrings
27 Lauren Blais Garnet Spire Studs, $210.
28 Nikky Bergman Hannah Bangle, $160 at MassArt Made.
29 Leah Meleski Recycled Impurities Earrings.
30 Monique Rancourt Small Granulation Ring, $200.
31 Monique Rancourt Cuff at Society of Arts & Crafts.
32 Lindsay Minihan Felt Bud Earrings, $120.
33 Filomena Demarco Double Feather Earrings, $95 at 13 Forest.
34 Monique Rancourt Feather Series Necklace, $400.
35 Sophie Hughes Razor Shell Earrings, $290 at Fire Opal.
36 Beth Solomon Ring at Alchemy 925.
37 Rachel Pfeffer Hearts on a Wire Ring, $88 at Wicked Peacock.
38 Joyo Small Squares Necklace, $50 at Wicked Peacock.
39 NYX Studio La Damme Earrings, $190 at Wicked Peacock.
40 E. Scott Originals Topaz Stud Earrings, $60 at Wicked Peacock.
Read “Jewelry’s Big Moment” in the Boston Globe Magazine here.
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