Sitting Pretty: Swarovski Studded Lounge Chair

A Little Bling On Your Furniture, Perhaps?
The Vendome Chair, an otherwise conservative piece in black wool, is tufted with buttons made of Swarovski crystals.

Now that's sitting pretty!

$3,390 at Sipure Design in Miami, (305) 940-4655.

Lowbrow Artists do Highbrow Charity

Thanks to Corey Helford Gallery of Culver City, today's most respected and popular "Lowbrow" Artists (see previous article on lowbrow art here) have culled together a fabulous show benefiting The Alliance For Children's Rights that takes vintage paint-by-number art and transforms it into unique pieces of low brow art.

Granted, this is not the first gallery to promote and exhibit the idea of paintng over vintage art. To be fair, The Wurst Gallery did this years ago, only not restricted to paint by number art.

With fun original creations by such well known popular artists as Mark Ryden, Shepard Fairey, Joe Ledbetter, Jeff Soto, Camille Rose Garcia and Gary Basemen, just to name a few, these paintings are available for auction on ebay with 100% of the proceeds benefiting The Alliance For Children's rights (see their mission statement below).

Available for purchase on ebay, the auctions ending on Friday, Feb 16th and prices are already rising rapidly, so you'd better get your bids in now.

Here are just a few wonderful examples of the original vintage PBN and the finished pieces. Click on images to enlarge:

Mark Ryden:

Gary Baseman:

Ana Bagoyen:

Shepard Fairey:

Jeff Soto:


The bids are moving up quickly on these works already, so if you'd like to see many more (and you should) be sure to visit Corey Helford Gallery of Culver City or check out the auctions on ebay.


above: Corey Helford Gallery

Nonprofit's Mission Statement
The Alliance for Children's Rights is protecting the rights and futures of abused and impoverished children throughout Los Angeles County, in hopes of creating a world in which all children are able to have a safe and permanent family, access to quality health care, a quality education, and all of the support and services they so rightfully deserve.

House & Garden Goes Goth With D.L. & Co.

Goth seems to be back in a big way. I don't know if tatts brought back Goth or Goth brought back tatts, but either way, skulls, knives, absinthe, hearts, snakes and vector art seem to be taking over the art and retail world, as well as flesh.


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Bergdorf Goodman & House & Garden Magazine hired Douglas Little of DL & Co, who describes himself as a "modern alchemist", to create the Gothic Splendor Windows at Bergdorf Goodman for a special House & Garden Issue. The windows were breathtaking and it's only fair that you get a chance to see them too if you weren't able to see them in person :
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