and that's where they all live...

... at the moment. some of them are ready for adoption now.
through annasusanna peter und hanna, por favor! ;)

(wooden sculptures by kristina johlige)

the inner life of a cupboard, part V

(or - part I, revisited)
as promised - some more still lifes from the sculptor kristina johlige's home.

the inner life of a cupboard, part IV

well, not really cupboard. it's about one wall in my studio. i offer a sneaky look in some "shelf-lives" ;)

the inner life of a cupboard III

it's winter, that's all.

the inner life of a cupboard II
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the inner life of a cupboard II

and here some snapshots from the inner life of my beloved steel cupboard, more precisely - from its more or less public side of life: the one behind the glass doors ;)




the left side, january 09:

" inventory": glass bottles (mostly dating from the first half of the 20th cent., latvia), eggcups (20s-50s ?, germany), antique photography (a christmas gift from my sister, she brought it from prague), cream jug from a thrift shop,
incense grains.

the left side, november 09:

others as already listed: old cutting board (villeroy & boch dresden, bought in riga), some pieces of coal found on the river shore (wertach) in augsburg, handmade earings (zagatas bode, riga), porcelain spoons (butlers, germany), postcard with a portrait of louise brooks (photographed 1928 by eugene robert richee) and a greeting card (from gallery istaba, riga, author: laima bikse)

the right side, january 09:

inventory: mostly old pharmasist bottles, glass cubes, plate (kusnetzow,
the beginning of the 20th cent., riga), vodka bottle (the 20s, latvia)

the right side, 11.09:

others as already listed: a mannaput - a piece of art (a gift from the author) out of an extraordinary project by nora van der decken, pebbles from the riverside near my home, a bottle of mini-gems, letter "k" as a magnet, snail shell

remarks and answers (dec10):
oh, thank you all for your nice words! some of you wanted to know where's that cupboard from..
well, it was an ebay-find, and if i remember it right, it's from the 20s and made in amerika (virginia?).
the original colour was already removed. first i wanted to paint it off-white - therefor the white sides behind the glass doors. but somehow it didn't work well, and my husband vetoed my original intention saying that without paint and a bit rusty the cupboard looks just perfect. well, perhaps he's right after all ;)

vielen dank an all die schönen kommentare!!
der apothekerschrank ist ein ebay-fund, stammt (laut vorbesitzer) aus den 20-ern, aus amerika, ich glaube, virginia. die originalfarbe war schon entfernt. ursprünglich wollte ich den schrank gebrochen weiß streichen, daher die weißen innenwände hinter den glastüren. aber es funktionierte nicht so gut (wegen anti-rost mittels, der vorher aufgetragen worden war), und auch mein mann legte ein veto ein - ohne farbe und mit ein wenig flugrost sähe es perfekt aus. vielleicht hatte er ja recht ;)

the inner life of a cupboard

i love displays, especially those which are not carefully styled but rather naturally "grown". little treasures, gifts, postcards, newspaper clippings... collections like this possess the quasi coincidental character of flotsam and the intimacy of a diary.
with the time, some pieces disappear and new ones appear, or change their placement. that's what i call "the inner life of a cupboard" (sounds even better in german: das innenleben einer vitrine).



such "naturally grown collections", inspiration boards, as well as working places in general always draw my attention when i am in other peoples' homes. i think i'd like to have a book on this theme, or - to make one myself!! (this idea queues up right now into the endless list of ieva's ideas ;)
recently i even discovered a blog dedicated to creatives' working places: inspiration board!



all pictures in this post were shot last summer as i visited a friend of mine, a wonderful sculptor, kristina johlige. she works mostly with wood often integrating material found in the nature, like seeds, grass, cones...
i really like the subtlety of her sculptures and objects. as well as her inspirational collections, of course :)