A somewhat broader view of the shelving unit I designed and had built. You can see the various fabrics I adhered to the backboard as well as the subtle paint treatment on the shelves themselves. Make sure to click on the image to enlarge it. There are all sorts of small items displayed on it, small in stature, not in meaning or history! Several vintage salt and pepper shakers can be seen, including one where the salt is a wedge of cheese and the pepper is a hungry-looking rat. Also pictured is a vintage Kodak camera, several scale model cars, the head of a nineteenth-century bisque doll, the top half of a ceramic saluting woman, which I dug up from the ground when I was a child, and a very small red-ribbon lapel pin, given to me by my late friend Andy. This photo shows about a third of the case.
That fuschia, if that's the right color, Cadillac really is top shelf material. I'd link to shrink for a few hours and take it for a spin around Chez Casey.
ReplyDeleteOn another note, the red lapel pin is very touching. I have one too.
And on yet another note, I really like the look of those old-time doll heads. You really don't even need the rest of the doll at all.
A poster from a short movie (New Zealand)
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GOING TO YOUR HOUSE WOULD BE LIKE GOING TO A CANDY STORE FOR ME. YUM, YUM. I HOPE EVERYONE ARE MAKING THE PICTURES LARGER TO SEE THE DETAILS OF ALL.
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I SEE THIS WAS POSTED AT 3:30 AM. DO YOU SLEEP?
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That bright '59 Cadillac is not one I would have bought myself, it's a Dubs edition, with something like 24 inch chrome wheels, I prefer totally stock scale models, but it has sentimental value, so it gets a spot near the top. when I look at it i see who gave it to me, and i try to put stuff on the shelf in front of it to mitigate the wheels, lol. I have some dried out african violet flowers there now.
ReplyDeleteGranny, I usually go to sleep around 2-3am, but I had to finish paging a book last night, so I was up later than usual. I only sleep about 6 hours a night though. sometimes i nap between 5-6pm, depends on when cocktails start, lol.
Marius: I love those posters! I've done quite a few photoshoots with my dolls. I'll dig them out when I get a chance and scan them. They're on film. I found some prints the other day and realized I haven't seen one of my dolls since I moved. I have to make a point of going through boxes in the attic to find her.
ReplyDeleteGood morning all. Thanks for sharing your "goodies" with us Casey. Needless to say, I LOVE the old Kodak. I know it isn't top of the line, but I STILL love kodaks today. They kind of "overdo" their digital color and since I don't like to run photos through a program (too lazy!!) and I like the colors for my stuff more vibrant, it works ok for me. The bisque doll head is wonderful as well...wonder who she belonged to and if they played with her...oh, the history.
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful day everyone...off to make some coffee.
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Casey, come take a morning walk with me on my blog when you have time.
ReplyDeleteCasey, thanks for your comments and suggestions. I too liked the blurry one of you, I thought it depicted the act and motion of being startled. Funny how your hummingbird cut out in a fence led to all this. It is fun. I'm learning so much from you and your blog.
ReplyDeletecreativity and art should inspire other people. i'm so glad it is! it makes me happy.
ReplyDeleteHey Casey, Where's your Star Wars toys? lol
ReplyDeleteI'll let you get away with the old cars on your self : )
It's funny. As much as I love space, and the Hubble photos, and 2001: A Space Odyssey, i've never been a fan of science fiction or Star Wars. I don't have any collectible stuff from those movies...
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ReplyDeleteI wish I had the room to display my treasures, like my over 100 Dinky Toys, but two people and a kitty cat in a studio apartment doesn't make for a lot of flexibility. When we were in Maine we visited the Boothbay Railway Village that has a narrow gauge steam train (Maine had a lot of 2' gauge railroads in the olden days) and a building housing about 50 antique cars. They also ahd everal large display cases of car models in various gauges. What I particularly liked about the models was that all the shelves were backed with mirrors so you could see both front and back of each car. Someday I'll be able to do that, I hope!
I also liked the real cars, many of which looked like the Driveable Dreams in Hemmings. They were not all shined up with pristine white wall tires, etc. They looked like real cars used by real people and were all the more intersting and charming for that.
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Paul, I totally agree. I like the patina of an older car that has clearly been used. I find it odd to peruse a car museum full of cars that look like they've never been driven. it sort of misses the entire point that the cars were built to be driven in the first place! and rarely are cars in museums actually restored the way they were built on a production line, with drips and spotty welds, and nameplates attached slightly crooked. as wonderful as the cars with Pebble Beach-like restorations are, they're really some person's idea of perfection, and it's really a testament to the wallet and their level of OCD, not the glory of a real car. That's why I like the 'preservation' class idea so much, cars that have made it through the ages proudly confident of their parking lot scars, family wear and tear etc.
ReplyDeleteYou should take some closeup shots of your Dinky toys and assemble them in a frame. you could do a grid with say 50 of them in it. just cut the prints and use spray adhesive and use a frame with glass and they'll look great!
If anyone is interested in a car with a lot of patina, just let me know. If you want to actually drive it, that's a different matter.
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