Florence's Photo Blog

Meet TechGnome Mini

2007-06-01T18:00:00.000-07:00

TechGnoMe Mini have arrived! Pronounced Tech-Gnome -Me, they are Super happy and Super lucky. TechGnoMe Mini will love living anywhere that needs a little spot of Sunshine :) Flying Star Toys by Florence Forrest

for more about TechGnoMe mini read TechGnoMe Mini have arrived!

All Safe and Sound

2007-05-08T20:00:00.000-07:00

Safe and Sound mice are a hanging charm. Joined by a crocheted tail it is knotted and the pair are hung upside down, dangling by their tails. Having caught the troublesome mice, all is now Safe and Sound. The small mouse has the word safe embroidered on it and the large mouse at the top of the image has the word Sound hand embroidered on it. ..read more at Safe and Sound Mice - Hanging Charm Toy

Safe and Sound mice are an original Flying Star Toys design.
Copyright 2006.

now available at Flying Star Toys on Etsy.

Flying Star Toys on Etsy

2007-05-02T04:42:00.000-07:00

This is the banner to launch Flying Star Toys on Etsy store at www.flyingstartoys.etsy.com

To celebrate the shop launch shipping will be free for the whole month of May!

New banner for WindBag and Thunder

2007-03-30T03:32:00.000-07:00

Time to update the blog to the new layout system...some tinkering ahead!

New photo for profile

2007-03-27T01:02:00.000-07:00

going green? ;)

Design dramaturge blog banner

2007-03-16T05:04:00.001-07:00

Star Boomers

2007-03-11T21:12:00.000-07:00

Star Boomers new toys from my Flying Star Toys collection. Original designs, handmade and embroidered by me using finest quality materials and finish. Silver fleck wool suiting backed with wide white corduroy. Mother kangaroo and joey come together as a set. Stars on the front of each combine to make the Southern Cross constellation.

blogged at Sky Kangaroos = Star Boomers

The Jealous Neighbour - images for Crackle Mountain

2007-02-24T21:00:00.000-08:00

These images are for the Japanese Folktale, "The Elves and the Jealous Neighbour": adapted on my Asian Folktale blog Crackle Mountain.

Image 1: Oni in a tug of War, attributed to Hasegawaw Mitsunobu, from "Toba-e fude byoshi" (Comic Pictures in Rhythmic Brushplay. 1772) Vol. 2. Woodblock printed book, 25.4 x 18 cm. This is image has been scanned from the book "Japanese Ghosts and Demons: Art of the Supernatural", Edited by Stephen Addiss, George Braziller, New York, 1985, in association with the Spenser Museum of Art, University of Kansas.

Image 2: Japanese Kyogen Mask, from Masks of the World.

Image 3: Noh Mask; Humans and Fox Netsuki, unknown artist, ivory with inlay, height 5.1 cm. Spenser Museum of Art: William Bridges Thayer Memorial, 28.355. Scanned from the book "Japanese Ghosts and Demons: Art of the Supernatural", Edited by Stephen Addiss, George Braziller, New York, 1985, in association with the Spenser Museum of Art, University of Kansas.

Blogged at The Elves and The Envious Neighbour - Japanese Folktale on Crackle Mountain.

Novas Infinite

2007-02-07T05:11:00.000-08:00

The Legend of Novas Infinite. One crazy year in the 1990s, when the fabric between the universes thinned, curious beings that feed on electromagnetic radition began to slip into our world just to help. They are called Novas Infinite! (beings of Infinite Light).

Novas Infinite are handmade cloth toys. From the Limited Edition Collection.

Blogged Here to Help - Novas Infinite

My cat, Baby

2007-01-31T04:23:00.000-08:00

First story of six personal legends.

blogged on WindBag and Thunder

Snow Walkers

2007-01-15T04:28:00.000-08:00

Introducing 1000 Cranes: Snow Walker, a beautifully handmade toy using the softest brushed cotton and muslin. Designed to hang on the wall. Flying Star Toys (copyright 2007).

Posted at 1000 Cranes: Snow Walkers

Moon Ark - William Blake

2007-01-07T22:10:00.000-08:00

Moon Ark by William Blake. From plate 44 of the illuminated manuscipt, "Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion", 1804. This reproduction from the book (above named) published by The William Blake Trust/Princeton University Press, 1991.

blogged in the post For Jude - symbol of wholeness

New Growth

2006-12-31T05:43:00.000-08:00

Turkish carpet from Kayseri, floss silk prayer rug. Image from "Contemporary Hand Made Turkish Carpets," by Ugur Ayyildiz, 1984.

Blogged in the post The Hour of Transformation

Happy Holidays

2006-12-18T05:24:00.000-08:00

Image: North African Haiti, nineteenth or early twentieth century. Coloured cotten appliqued to sack cloth, 260 x 122cm. From Matisse: His Art and His Textiles.

Blogged at May Your Holidays be Bright

Arachne's legacy

2006-12-04T22:35:00.000-08:00

Image 1: Detail from the two fold screen "Weavers and Dyers". First half of the 17th century, Edo period, Japan. Pigment on Gold leaf over paper: height 151.3 cm x width 170.9 cm. From the collection of MOA Museum of Art, Japan.

Image 2: Triangle amulet protecting a loom in Northern Turkmenistan. From the book, "Amulets: A world of Secret Powers, Charms and Magic", Shelia Paine, Thames and Hudson, London, 2004. ISBN 0-500-28510-1

For more on this read my post Imperfection by design and Arachne's Legacy on Windbagandthunder.

Inspiration Folk Art 1

2006-12-02T06:39:00.000-08:00

Image 1: Alphabet Quilt, c. 1875, found in Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA. Cotton, 801/2 x 80 inches, Pivate Collection.

Image 2: Merimaid, by Mary Ann Wilson, 1800-1820, ink and watercolour on paper, 13 x 16 inches. New York Historical Association, USA.

From the book, From A to Z: A Folk Art Alphabet, Karen M. Jones, A Main Street Press Book, Mayflower Books, New York City, 1978. Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number 78-61870

Post at Why I like Folk Art - part 1

What I got in the mail today

2006-11-30T01:08:00.000-08:00

A "Hooter" from Shell at sacredheartarts

Umbrella Collective Christmas Show 2006

2006-11-27T17:59:00.000-08:00