Federal style - Kirsten Hammerstrom

Memento Mori/Memento Vivere

Posted on August 22, 2019 by kittycalash

Late August is the time when kids go back to school, and nostalgia grows for summers past and the months just gone, and for what you didn’t get done that...

Clothing/making things/material culture/Research

You Are My Sunshine

Posted on December 10, 2018 by kittycalash

The best things turn up when I’m looking for something else entirely. First came the miniature, now in a private collection, with the lovely carnelian or ...

making things/material culture/Research

Pink on My Brain

Posted on November 29, 2018 by kittycalash

I no longer remember where in the wilds of the interwebs I found this charming servant, but find her I did, three years ago. I probably came across her research...

Clothing/making things

Capote de Velour garnis en satin

Posted on November 27, 2018 by kittycalash

This plate has stuck with me for years: those mailbox shapes, in velour! In 1807, velour was not what we think of today (and I don’t mean Zapp Branigan). ...