#personal collection

[evenlis]

Goddammit, I hope you know, That it was never just for show.

- Evenlis

[gunhilde]

Roman cavalry facemask, found in a quarry near Siena, on display in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Firenze.

Masks like this formed the front piece of a particular style of helmet, referred to today as a cavalry sports helmet because they were worn by those taking part in the hippika gymnasia, a sort of tournament and display of skill performed by the best cavalrymen in their unit. They are sometimes thought of as parade armour, but would probably also have been used in battle. The masks and helmets are often styled to depict mythical Greek heroes or Amazons.

[arcadebroke]

[archivist-dragonfly]

Book 472

Worlds Beyond Time: Sci-Fi Art of the 1970s

Adam Rowe

Abrams 2023

Another new book from Abrams. We’ve gotten to the point in publishing where, if you’re like me and like large-format art books, you need to get used to the idea of buying them when they are released. Fewer and fewer publishers are taking the risk of releasing art books, and they are staying in print for shorter and shorter periods of time. So, when I heard about this book, I made a point of getting myself a copy, and I’m glad I did. While my preference in vintage book cover art leans more toward the pulp era, it is the 70s covers that I find myself the most familiar and nostalgic. Featuring some all-time greats—Frazetta, Vallejo, Elson, Emshwiller, Mead, the Dillons, et al—and divided into subject categories such as spaceships, cities and landscapes, plants, animals, aliens, fantasy realms, and cryptozoology, this is a beautiful and very welcome look at an incredibly creative, experimental, and occasionally ridiculous sci-fi decade.

[catsofyore]

Discreetly placed security cat. Photo from my collection, ca. 1950s.

[beaniebabes]

Beanie Baby Official Club Coin, 1999 ☆

[byseanbrown]

[f-liiiz]

Carol Christian Poell Leather Fencing Jacket

Fall / Winter 2007-08 MALE LM/2267 - JUICY-PTC/10 (Calf Leather)

[asuddensway]

Maison Martin Margiela line 11 leather face watch bracelet

A/W 2006

[girlmooniverse]

stickers by superOrange, from dekopon magazine issue 3

[izasfaceups]

In honor of 2024 being the year of the dragon in the Chinese zodiac, it felt appropriate to repaint my own noodle dragon girl Dollzone Po in white skin. I had absolutely hated the previous Faceup I’d put on her for many reasons, so I was happy to redo her. Also who can resist shimmer freckles?

See for yourself in the before and after below!

The new Faceup is much much cuter in my opinion. I opted for no applied eyelashes this time because her eyes are just so dang small!

The redo was prompted by her new wig, which was the first wig I’d ever sewn like this. The part is messy, but acceptable to me and not bad for my first time working with sewn wefts!

She’s just so adorable, I’m glad I finally bonded with her

[evenlis]

The saddest truth? Love does not save you. It does not heel your wounds. It does not solve your problems or pay your bills. It does not 'colour' your world and it won't make bring back what's gone. Love is not a saving grace.

-Evenlis

[gunhilde]

Socks found in the Northern Necropolis of Antinoe, 4th-6th century AD, on display at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Firenze.

[arcadebroke]

[archivist-dragonfly]

Book 538

John Abbot: Birds, Butterflies and Other Wonders (Art of Nature)

Pamela Gilbert

Merrell Holberton / The Natural History Museum, London 1998

In July 1773, John Abbot (1751—c. 1840), a twenty-year-old amateur naturalist, left England to spend the rest of his life in Virginia and Georgia to collect and paint specimens for clients in England and Europe. For nearly sixty years, until his death around 1840, he worked meticulously to catalog, paint, and supply specimens for collectors and other naturalists. Though his work was prolific and in demand throughout his life, he never sought greater recognition and virtually never published, as opposed to his contemporary John James Audubon, despite having painted and catalogued many bird specimens well before Audubon began work. Besides being a talented artist, particularly of insects, Abbot was also a gifted scientist and naturalist. Many of the specimens he painted were extinct within forty years of his death, a consequence he predicted following the increase in human population and changes in farming practices.