Male Lotus Flower Tattoo Picture

Hand Male Lotus Flower Tattoo

Female Lotus Flower Tattoo

Lotus Flower Tattoo

Hand Lotus Flower

hug o war / new tweets

This needs to be said: Thank you to the COUNTLESS people who sent messages that my twitter acct had been hacked yesterday. I just adore you. During the stress of starting the new account, your messages were hilarious and made me laugh. I am sorry you recieved crazy messages from fake me- but happy you knew it was not real me. I followed you all from my new page. I'm now @dallasshaw01 and I promise the new page will have just as many great things as the last starting today. Please, come follow. xo
Now for todays post:

I originally checked out this website b/c of the adorable name, hug o war. Then I stayed a while.

ps) I would love it if you could send a little tweet out today spread the news of where the new twitter page is. Trying to gather up the gang again.

New series of books published by Conran Octopus in partnership with the Design Museum, London

This new series of books published by Conran Octopus in partnership with the Design Museum is really good.

Each book lists the top 50 products that have made a substantial impact in the world of British design today, offering a short appraisal of each that explores what has made their iconic status and the designers that give them a special place in design history.

An essential piece of clothing in every woman’s closet, Fifty Dresses That Changed The World includes timeless dresses from the 1915 Delphos Pleated dress to Hussein Chalayan’s 2007 LED dress. The collection of iconic dresses in this book provides an introduction to the path fashion has taken in the last century. It is a story that takes in social and economic change and radically fluctuating positions on gender and sexuality. These are dresses that have encapsulated particular moments in time in a particularly powerful way, and that have provided fascinating insights into the people who wore them as well as the people who designed and made them.

A must-have accessory for all shoe lovers and design enthusiasts, Fifty Shoes That Changed The World includes everything from the 1863 Frye boot to Zaha Hadid’s 2009 Lacoste shoe. The shoe clearly exerts a fascination on people’s imagination. In 20 years of temporary exhibitions at the Design Museum, the retrospective staged in 2003 on Manolo Blahnik at the height of the Sex in the City phenomenon, still holds the record as the most popular exhibition that they have ever done. This selection of fifty designs explores the full range of shoe design. They can address comfort, or self image, fashion or technology.

Other books in the new series publishing October 2009 include Fifty Cars That Changed The World and Fifty Chairs That Changed The World.

More information on: http://www.octopusbooks.co.uk/ and http://www.designmuseum.org/

mauve

Oddly inspired by this color lately. Not so oddly inspired by the photos.

annafabo
karuski

sorry for the delay

Back with a bang today and loving this dress.

Pure beauty: Antony And The Johnsons 'Fistful Of Love' 2005

Tattoo Safety First

The action of tattooing involves all-overs that move at actual fast speeds to access the alien layers of the skin. The all-overs breach the skin, and inject dots of ink into the third layer, creating the angel of the boom architecture in the skin. Whenever you are accepting a tattoo, accepted faculty and a bit of assurance are consistently the best important considerations.

When accepting a tattoo, best bodies abhorrence accepting the virus accepted as HIV, which can advance to the alarming AIDS virus. Although abounding abhorrence HIV, it is aloof one of the abounding bacilli that can aftereffect from tattoos. Staph, syphilis, tuberculosis, and hepatitis are all but a few of the added diseases that can aftereffect from tattoos. All it takes is a bedraggled or bedraggled aggravate and you could wind up application one of the baleful bacilli listed above.

Just like added activities, tattooing can be actual dangerous. Although tattooing is absolutely dangerous, there are means that you can abbreviate or annihilate the abeyant dangers. Anniversary and everyday, boom artists accept to attach to a austere cipher of assurance to ensure that the accident of application HIV or any added diseases is little to none.

Professional boom artists will alter their accessories afterwards anniversary use. They use beef burden alter back disinfecting their boom accoutrements and needles. Achromatize and booze don’t alter the equipment; they are instead acclimated to basic the equipment. Once the achromatize and booze accept been acclimated on the instruments, they will again be autoclaved, which will alter them.

When the boom artisan does the tattoo, he should consistently abrasion elastic gloves that can calmly be disposed of. The balm spreaders and any blazon of rags that are acclimated should additionally be disposable. Back you airing into the boom studio, the floors should be spotless. In the apartment breadth the tattoos are done, the alive breadth should consistently be apple-pie and sanitary.

Before the tattooist starts the tattoo, he should consistently accord anniversary chump a cast new set of beginning needles. Then, he should consistently dip the aggravate in a baby cap of colorant that he aloof took out of a ample squeezable bottle. If the artisan dips the aggravate into the big bottle, you may actual able-bodied be administration fluids with those who accept had tattoos from that aforementioned big bottle.

Whenever you adjudge to get a boom you should consistently put assurance first. Assurance is actual important with tattoos, as you could contrarily get a ache or a austere infection. Before you adjudge on a boom studio, you should consistently accomplish abiding that they are apple-pie and sanitary. If you get a boom from a flat that is bedraggled or unsanitary, you could wind up on a never catastrophe circling of infections and viruses.

Animal Tattoo Designs

There are many reasons for choosing an animal as the theme of a tattoo. Some people see themselves in a certain animal. Others want to memorialize a beloved pet and be able to see them wherever they go. Whatever the reason, animal and pet tattoos are a growing motif for tats. There are millions of different animals out there, but some are definitely more popular then others. Here's a list of the most popular animal tattoo designs and why people choose to have them on their bodies forever.

Dog Tattoos
Of all the different animals out there, this particular one has the biggest following when it comes to memorial tattoos. That's because most people who get dogs tattooed on them have a particular breed in mind. Getting your dog tattooed is a fairly popular theme because dogs can have an amazing impact on people's lives. Some even see their dogs as being their best friends. So when they eventually pass, getting a memorial tattoo is a good way for some people to cope with the loss. Other than memorial tattoos, people will get dog tattoos to represent themselves. Those who think that they are tough will go for tattoos of strong breeds, etc.

Frog Tattoos
Frogs are a very popular animal tattoo choice, especially among women. Frogs can be seen as representing the coming of spring as well as the abundance of life. They have also been known to stand for harmony and fertility (a big reason women are the main demographic for this tat). But honestly, many people opt for frog tattoos because they can be very cute and colorful!

Snake Tattoos
Tats of snakes have been popular for a very long time. There are various reasons for people to get this creature tattooed on them. Snake tattoos are mostly gotten to represent power, poison or a deadly personality. However, history tells us that snakes can also have good qualities. They can stand medicine and healing properties that go along with the healing powers of the rainforests.

Moon Star Tattoo

Moon, star and sun tattoos have always been very popular, there seems to be something about those three celestial bodies that draw people in. Each of those tattoos have a myriad of meaning, but why mix the three together? Well some people really like the design, others think it has more meaning if you put the sun, the moon and some stars together.

Just as what they sound like, moon star tattoos are combination of moon and star tattoos, which represent the sky at night. Moon star tattoo doesn't have any symbolic meaning but just simply a beautiful design especially if you add more fairy look or tribal style to it.

star tattoos

Shooting star tattoos usually associate with a short moment in time that left such a long lasting impression on you. Whether it's a short romance, a special event, a person, or something that happened to you that have may change your life. Everyone has that unforgetable moment which has a deep meaning to their life so the shooting star tattoo designs could fit very well.

Popular Tattoo Ideas

The designs Tattoo Ideas are very intricate and complicated. Usually, they are colourful and depict several images with some unusual designs or patterns. These are popular among boys, especially those who belong in a rock band.

Angel tattoos unique

Angel tattoos are unique in the fact that they appeal to so many people in a variety of ways. You can decide to go in completely opposite directions, going from a menacing dark angel or to a sweet and cute cherub design.

Frieze Week - Tuesday: Patti Smith at Alison Jacques Gallery

One of Frieze's highlights was the performance by Patti Smith at Alison Jacques Gallery's opening of Robert Mapplethorpe's A Season in Hell' show. The performance included a sing-along acapella rendition of "Because the Night" and a reading of "People Have the Power".

I found it simple, humble and amazing! Patti Smith stood in front of the crowd and in a very nice way spoke about her loving realtionship with Robert Mapplethorpe, apologized for not being able to perform inside.

The show itself encompasses beautiful, provocative iconic photographs... in a nutshell pure Mapplethorpe. Go and see it !

Video Copyright Paul Carter Robinson

More info on: http://www.alisonjacquesgallery.com/

Frieze Week - Wednesday : The Age of the Marvellous in London

One of the highlights of Frieze Week this year was the exhibition entitled the The Age of the Marvellous (14th ‐ 22nd October) at the church of Holy Trinity, Marylebone.

Inspired by the Wunderkammer or Cabinet of Curiosities, popular in the late Renaissance through the Baroque period (ca. 1550– ca. 1700), the show featured over 60 works of art, most of them especially produced for the exhibition, that displayed a new‐found tendency for contemporary artists to look beyond the limitations of aesthetic conventions, to a varied, more cross‐disciplinary approach that integrates areas of human knowledge that exist outside the boundaries of traditional art making.

George Clooney (who was earlier opening the London Film Festival) was rumoured to have come to the opening, but surely Tracey Emin, Jay Jopling or Charles Saatchi were seen that night.

Conceived and curated by All Visual Arts Director Joe La Placa, The Age of the Marvellous was the arts organization’s third major exhibition since it was launched in 2008.

I particularly enjoyed the atmosphere around this exhibition and the goth-inspired setting. A perfect show for the pre-Halloween period.

Amongst the most amazing artworks the Polly Morgan's coffin filled with baby-birds that one had the chance to see at the inaugural show of Haunch of Venison in London, the crucified Gorilla by Paul Fryer, "the Levitation of the Head of John the Baptist" by Martin Sexton (a small, life-like head of John the Baptist which seemed to levitate in a reliquary by an invisible force, without physical contact), Ben Tyers’ sculpture which draws attention to what is an otherwise largely unconscious process ‐ breathing.

The crypt will still be opened for another 6 months so run if you haven't seent it ! I loved it !

More information on: http://www.allvisualarts.org/

Wedding Card & Rice

gorgeous styling over at rice

also, visit here to see the wedding invitation I designed!

oak

I know I've posted about oak before, but how can you not keep going back with product images like these? Now these are what I call winter essentials.
oaknyc

Remembering Irving Penn

R.I.P

Frieze Week - Friday: ArtReview Power 100 launch party

On Friday of Frieze Week was the ArtReview Power 100 launch party sponsored by Ruinard. I had the chance to attend it and had a good time: excellent champagne, nice crowd (of mainly Londoners), beautiful music !

"The ArtReview Power 100 is not just a who’s who to contemporary art but also a guide to general trends and forces that shape the artworld". This year's winner is Hans Ulrich Obrist, my friend and co-Director of exhibitions at London's Serpentine Gallery, who I had the chance to interview about Il Tempo del Postino (check the archives). I am really happy for him, congratulations !

Before you buy the magazine for the full list, here is the top ten:

1. Hans Ulrich Obrist

2. Glenn D. Lowry

3. Sir Nicholas Serota

4. Daniel Birnbaum

5. Larry Gagosian

6. François Pinault

7. Eli Broad

8. Anton Vidokle, Julieta Aranda & Brian Kuan Wood

9. Iwona Blazwick

10. Bruce Nauman

The Serpentine Gallery, thanks to its co-Director, is one the most influencial institutions and the Poetry Marathon which took place this weekend proved it once more. It was held in the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2009, designed by architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of the acclaimed Japanese practice SANAA, and welcomed performances by Gilbert and Georges, Tracey Emin, Vito Acconci or Brian Eno. Superb !

More info on: http://www.artreview100.com/ and http://www.serpentinegallery.org/2009/06/poetry_marathonsaturday_and_su.html

minimarket

I wear a ton of brights & pastels this time of year. You'd think I'd do this in the spring, but I tend to love them during the fall. So I obviously love these shots over at minimarket.se

Aren't the colors with the distortion just perfect?