Archive for February, 2009

Selection from the Collection: Badigeon Beetle

Wendy Wallin Malinow, Badigeon Beetle, 1999,
11″h x 8″w x .75″d
polymer, telephone wire, pearl
Most of us who have marched through the long history of art began that rich journey in exactly the same place: Ancient Egypt. Some of us focused on monumental objects like the pyramids and the Sphinx. Others took delight in the intricate and [...]

Selection From the Collection: Spring Shoe

Wendy Wallin Malinow, Spring Shoe, 1998
2.5″H x 4″W x 10.5″L
polymer clay, telephone wire
It’s Fashion Week here in New York.  Move over, Manolo Blahnik, there’s a new shoe designer in town!
And she doesn’t design fashionable footwear merely to impress the Neiman Marcus crowd or the audience for the next Sex and the City movie. Her goals [...]

How do I love thee?

Debra DeWolff, Bracelet, 2007
“How do I love thee?     Let me count the ways.” *
Expressions of love are numerous and vary from culture to culture.  In many cultures, not only is holding hands a tangible connection between two people, it generally is an outward sign of affection.  Wearing a bracelet that encircles the wrist in [...]

It’s All in the Details

It is difficult to view a sumptuously decorated medieval manuscript without being amazed by the high level of craftsmanship.  The creation of an illuminated prayer book, such as the celebrated, Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, would have involved many skilled artists and artisans such as a scribe or scribes, a supplier of [...]