Bolefloor Wood Flooring
Bolefloor is the world’s first industrial-scale manufactured hardwood flooring with naturally curved lengths that follow a tree’s natural growth. Bolefloor takes its name from bole, the trunk of a tree. More »
The India Shop Newspaper Bags
The India Shop, located in England, is a gift shop that specializes in Fairtrade products. One item though that stands out in their vast collection are these newspaper bags that are entirely made from recycled newspapers and Bollywood movie posters!
The India Shop writes, “The organisation was started in 2004 by street children who wanted to give something back in return for the opportunities which had allowed them to escape desperate circumstances. These elder children, now married with children of their own, generate an income by making newspaper bags and jute items. This allows them to take care of thirteen street children that they have saved from the streets surrounding Delhi train station. Support for this wonderful project means that these children can enjoy going to school and playing, rather than pulling rickshaws, shoe polishing, rag picking and worse.
The newspapers are collected by bicycle rickshaw calling at residential homes for any read newspapers. This is why sometimes your bag will have a completed crossword!”
The India Shop Website
http://www.theindiashop.co.uk/
The India Shop Newspaper Bags Products
http://www.theindiashop.co.uk/acatalog/Newspaper_Bags.html#a2128
More about Fairtrade can be found at Fairtrade.net
http://www.fairtrade.net/
The Art of Elizabeth McGrath
Los Angeles-born artist Elizabeth McGrath has always had an eye for the strange beauty in the grotesqueries of life; this appreciation is nowhere more evident than in her work. Inspired by the relationship between the natural world and the detritus of consumer culture, she brings forth a new cavalcade of creatures from the darker corners of the streets, the city, the imagination. It is this melancholy interaction between man-made status symbols and suffering specimens of nature that make up her intricate body of work. Today she lives in Downtown LA with her hairless dogs Blue and King Tut, and her Husband Morgan Slade. They play together in the band Miss Derringer. [Link]
Nerdbots
Oddly obsessed with all things robot, married couple Nicholas and Angela from Kansas City, Missouri, decided on a whim one day to do nothing other than to build one themselves.
After piecing together parts found at their favorite antique and thrift stores, they created their first robot friend. Since that first day, Nicholas and Angela have added many fabulously geeky robots to their beloved robotic collection. [Link]
The Art of Marilyn Manson
It’s really hard to describe why I like diving into the deep end of life and also art but through the journey of life I am finally coming to terms with it. Marilyn’s art conveys that same sort of feeling. Wanting to enjoy it but something deep inside keeps you from doing so. Not saying it’s bad but that is what I enjoy about his music and art. It’s interesting how water colors can bring such beauty to a canvas but let it run a bit and the picture totally changes. Link
