One Dodecahedron or Two?

One Dodecahedron or Two?

No longer confined to the lowly cube, now your sugar lump can be any convex polyhedron. This crazy new 3-D printer works with sugar powders, flavorings, and food grade dyes in place of inks to create some really sweet treats. The results are stunning, and mind-blowing...
Hoxton Varieties Mosaic

Hoxton Varieties Mosaic

You may remember Tessa Hunkin and the Mosaic Makers of Hoxton (London) from my post on the Shepherdess Walk, (Ba Ram Ewe Sheep in the City). Well, they’ve been busy and have a new circus themed mural “Hoxton Varieties” and it’s right around the...
King of Cool Funds the Pool

King of Cool Funds the Pool

After 12 years in limbo, the reinstallation of “Brotherhood of Man” a 1968 mosaic mural by artist Anthony Stellon is now re-located at Franklin Square Park (16th & Bryant Streets) in San Francisco, California. The mural’s original site was the...
King of Cool Funds the Pool

Update: Cosmic Brotherhood Meet Up

UPDATE: We have exciting news to announce – the mural has been saved and is re-sited at Franklin Square Park – a Celebration and Dedication is planned for November 23, at 10 AM – location is 16th and Bryant Playground, San Francisco. Please attend if...

Beyoncé: Fierce Full Circle

Beyoncé has come Full Circle. Yesterday’s Super Bowl XLVII halftime performance in the round to over 20 million viewers was one GIANT MANDALA of screaming energy and a heroine’s mythic journey. We are often quick to judge “superstars” not as...

Midcentury Mosaics Saved from the Wrecking Ball

I’m thrilled to link you to this well-researched and engaging reportage by Christina Geyer, managing editor for FD LUXE magazine. She tracks the restoration and rescue process of the 1950’s Mercantile Bank mosaics designed by Millard Sheets, bringing us...

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