Add greenery into your living room areas, balconies, and outdoor patios a dash of fresh and clean air as you place these cement-textured fiber clay planters on corner walls, entryways, and outdoor pavements. This item ships in 1 carton. These planters are designed with four slanted legs for extra support. Suitable for indoor and outdoor use. Planters have no drainage holes. Fiber clay planters come as a set of 2. Contemporary design.
This was made using my granny square afghan tutorial. This littles guy's cap and tie were made with this argyle technique! A friend of mine wanted penguin center pieces at her reception. We spent an evening making penguins, and this is what we came up with! I was happy because several of the girls didn't think they were artistic at all. This is always one of my first clay projects with my students. They love it!!!
Black cube pot made of fiber clay, suitable for all types of flowers or artificial plants. Its modern look makes it a very popular pot. Use of the insert (compatible model sold separately) is suggested to minimize contact with moisture. The insert can also be used to hold flowers, plants or natural green herbs. Compatible models are: insert 122604 with pot 109158, insert 110734 with pot 109159 and insert 110733 with pot 109160. This planter is not guaranteed. However, we strongly recommend that you store your pots indoors during the winter - away from frost and/or temperature variations - to ensure their longevity.
The Crane WASP uses locally sourced clay, mud or cement with aggregate and natural or artificial fibers to 3D-print houses. That means all the dirt you just pushed around to level out your new yard can be used as printing material.
Dark gray set of 2 large planter pots are versatile enough to be used in various settings, from living rooms to office spaces or outdoor patios. This item ships in 1 carton. Please note that this item is for decorative purposes only and is not food safe. Suitable for indoor and outdoor use. This item ships fully assembled in one piece. Maximum weight limit is 20 lbs. Planters do not have drainage holes but they are not watertight. This dark gray colored iron plant pot comes as a set of 3. Contemporary style. This dark gray indoor outdoor planter set is made entirely of durable, high-quality iron, ensuring long-lasting use Square plant pot set boasts a striking matte dark gray finish, adding a modern and sophisticated touch to any space Each dark gray metal planter measures 15L x 15W x 25H , 13L x 13W x 21H, 11L x 11W x 17H inches, and collectively weighs 15.8 lbs Metal set of 2 planters features a tapered base and a polished exterior that adds an elegant touch to its simple design
Detail of Nocturno Nocturno Yesterday I received these images by email from the extraordinarily talented Eduardo and Maria Portillo, and they quite frankly, made my heart skip a beat. The images show their work that is in a current exhibition 'Azul Indigo' in Caracas celebrating their exquisite use of indigo dying. But its not just about dying: the weave structures and dramatic yarn combinations take the colour exploration to another level. The work is utterly absorbing both from afar and up close: I love the way the ordered grid structure ripples, undulates and surprises as a result of the different yarn characters. The artworks aim to capture the various shades of blue that take us through the day; from the inky midnight blue sky, to a sky laden with rain, to the transparent air of the afternoon tinged with golden sunlight. The exhibition is on until the 27th January. Sadly I won't be able to indulge myself with a trip to Caracas, but should you be nearby, you must go and savour this exhibition.... Detail of Nubes En la Noche Detail of En la Noche Al Amanecer Detail of Al Amanecer Detai lof La Noche The artists image reflected in an indigo dye vat UPDATE, 15th March 2013 Here is some text that Eduardo and Maria have sent me translated from the catalogue that accompanies the exhibition. Enjoy..... A Blue Journey by María Dávila & Eduardo Portillo Blue, color of multiple meanings, is also the color of hope. Every day dawns and the blue accompanies us in the sky, in the sea and in the distant mountains. We see the blue in the morning but in the afternoon shows transparent with yellow and white. At night it darkens and with the moonlight follows a blue air. With the stars, in the morning, when it's almost dawn, the blue is still there. Ten years ago, in 2002, when we found the indigo blue and draw travel lines to see the color of the peoples of Southeast Asia, of the desert´s blue men , the Andean textiles and blue jeans, the eternal blue. Indigo is obtained from various plants containing "indican" and Indigofera tinctoria L is the most used. As it is insoluble in water, requiring an alkaline medium and a reducing agent to become soluble. When the vat takes an amber appearance, the fiber is immersed there, extracted and with the air contact indigo oxidize to become blue color. In ancient times, due to its complex preparation process, the indigo vat was restricted to the hands of specialists. Its transformation from yellow-green to infinite variety blues was full of magic and rigor. In Venezuela still grows wild the indigo plant which was the base of an important industry for the country in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. In the highlands of Mérida there remains the memory of using this dye in wool blankets. The discovery of synthetic indigo in 1880 revolutionized the way to obtain the blue in the world, in a few years replacing the use of natural indigo. Today indigo culture remains in traditional communities in Asia, Africa and Latin America and in a wide universe of contemporary artists who see in its process a synthesis of history, culture and life. In the mountains of southwest China, where the golden evening light bathes their endless and steep terraces planted with rice, Dong people wears blue, almost black, their cotton fabrics dyed in indigo that seems to become waterproof paper after going through a slow and fascinating process of immersion in the juice of some plants and systematic exposure to the sun. In northeast Thailand, indigo is full of superstition and alchemy. In every home the recipe for its preparation is different, secret ; add brown sugar, pineapple, tamarind, liquor, prove it, smell it, they keep it "alive". There all hands are blue; for a moment everything is blue. In southern India still there are some indigo plantations, where the rhythmic "dance" of blue bodies in pools of indigo oxygenates the obtained extract , which should be processed until the dye is achieved. In the Andes, in Africa and Japan, the art, study, research, trial and error are present in every indigo vat. To travel in search for Indigo could be itself a motive for a lifetime, every "vat" is different, each vision is unique, we decided to try to find our own blue. After this intense experience, we interlaced the blue with our searchs and then brought them into the loom. After a necessary pause we have resumed the pleasure found years ago, exploring the art of indigo dyeing, immersed in their vats again and over again, and we brought it to textiles structures that move us to get closer to blue moments of everyday: the night, the moon, the sky, the clouds, dawn, dusk, moments of everybody, moments filled with blue. We have tried to fuse into the blue the silk from Mérida, moriche palm from the Orinoco river´s delta, the wool of the Andes, and cotton, dyed in indigo and complementing it with other natural sources of color (cochineal, eucalyptus and onion) and with metallic yarns. The space is constructed using blocks and mosaics born from triple weave , which is based on the interlacement of three layers of warp yarns advancing simultaneously and independently while is weaving each one of them, therefore it should be weave three times the length of the fabric obtained. The various combinations of blues are revealed by Taqueté, an ancient textile structure , based on the sequences of three or four colors yarn groups in the weft or in the warp Today we celebrate the encounter, a blue vision of the world, a vision about the universal indigo blue, navigating the collective imaginary of some moments of the day and we endevour to get them into the space of the wide textile world.- Dec 2012
FIBER CLAY PLANTER ASSORTED SIZES SET OF 3
The designer and activist takes an ever-evolving approach to making a vintage LA house her very own
Meditation on Leaves Mother Earth Rain Dance Splash Flow Awakening to Opportunities Queen of the Forrest Self Portrait with Envious Hair African Girl Contemplation Hope Queen of Flowers Red Plumb Reflection She Cat
Towards the end of each semester, in an attempt to keep the 8th grade classes challenged, I include some 3-d assignments. Here are just a few. The fiber coil pots start out a bit difficult, but once the students get the hang of the rhythm of the stitches, they tend to turn out beautifully. We usually complete these before the holidays so they can take them home and use as gifts. In the spring, students create a paper mache letter and a plaster mask. The letters are constructed from tag board with 3 layers of paper mache and then decoupaged with 3 colors of tissue paper. The masks are created from plastic molds with two layers of plastercraft wrap and then painted and/or embellished. Above is an attempt at using my new hallway display cases. I am lucky to have them, but I am still getting used to the not-so-secure shelves and the non-corked back wall...any suggestions on using the space better, especially from those of you that are veteran art displayers?
