Roxy Paine...I dig.....

Roxy Paine was born in 1966 in New York and studied at both the College of Santa Fe in New Mexico and the Pratt Institute in New York. Since 1990, his work has been internationally exhibited and is included in major collections such as De Pont Museum of Contemporary Art, Tilburg, The Netherlands; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY. His tree sculptures can be found at various museums and foundations including the Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, WA; Wanas Foundation, Knislinge, Sweden; Montenmedio Arte Contemporaneo NMAC, Cadiz, Spain; and the St. Louis Museum of Art, St. Louis, MO. Roxy Paine lives and works in Brooklyn and Treadwell, NY.

Urban/Street Furniture

By Hoogte Twee Architects - found on Design Dautore - Check out their Facebook Page!

Fossils4Africa

I blogged about these guys before and they now have their own website - check it out - www.fossils4africa.co.za

no comment from the couch.....

.....but do have a brilliant weekend!

2 of my fave things.......

I was lucky enough to spot one of these babies down and under construction, near Safal Steel(www.safalsteel.co.za) in Cato Ridge, South Africa. You generally spot them upright, carrying high voltage cables.....Managed to capture two of my favourite things at once, Hot Dip Galvanizing & my car...how shallow am I..... :-)

Sometimes lunch can be interesting....

.....and not only for the food, which by the way was delish! Bellevue Cafe in Kloof, Durban, South Africa. Love the Hot Dip Galvanized accents and the vivid green. Bellevue Cafe 031 717 7280

Cheviot Court

Nothing to do with Hot Dip Galvanizing, but this has to be one of my favourite Durban buildings. Cheviot Court on Musgrave Road, Durban South Africa. I have dreams of one day occupying an entire floor once the kids have left home. Just me, my cats and my laptop – writing all day long whilst savouring the views.
Durban has many Art Deco buildings, but sadly many of them have fallen into disrepair and neglect. What a pity…..