paper bag

cool paper bag from a stationery shop in switzerland

the silent world

                        editions de paris, 1953

flowers

on plates

and on an invitation card

christmas

merry christmas y'all :)

otarkino

pairing movies with food, 

otarkino is a collaboration between film curator vincent stroep 

and the food collective otark; based in antwerp.

 i was so happy when i discovered this book, published by roma publications, at the latest offrprint fair.

a souvenir from the "film dinners" they curated at hetbos.

i'm not sure they are still doing this kind of events but you can still get some inspiration in this book

or in browsing otark's blog.

three things

marzipan santa

two new wooden spoons for my collection :

above -bought in st petersburg

below - found in a shop for children :)

russian toys

moss dolls from the vyatka province, early 20th century

straw dolls from the tambov province, late 19th century

rag dolls from the moscow province, 19th century

clay toys, 1880s

bolshye gonchary in tula

another post about the super impressive folk art collection at the russian museum