Nice people thread part 6 - thrice by twice as nice :)

vivatifosi

fc123 wrote: »

I can't decide whather to do it on a canvas/mdf sheet or straight onto the wall yet...plus slight snag is I think I would need a week off to do it.:)

we had a really good look at the colours plus there were loads of different ones; small, giant etc.

At the Sensations exhibition in 93 it blew me away (along with the Myra Hindley picture which was huge and painted just with child handprints...a very emotive piece) and the print has turned up loads on wrapping paper, textiles etc over the years but seeing them again we could see that every single colour was a different shade of each other.
Almost like a pantone chart on selected shades.

I bought a small print for reference.

Then I would love the Paul Smith swirl rug to go on the floor and the rest of the room stark white including the floor.

The dead fly mountains on a giant circle was totally hideous (and went unsold back in 2008 at the dodgy Sothebys sale). Obviously no-one in the world wanted that in their lounge.



We've only had it 6 weeks so I won't worry about washing yet but I will take it down the launderette and wash + dry it there I guess.

I love the Hindley picture, I think it is his best. I'm quite unsure about both his and Emin's work - there are things that make me think "wow" and others that make me think "why?" or worse still, "so what". Possibly because their work is so hard to categorise, unlike say a Mark Rothko or even Dali.

fc123

misskool wrote: »

yes, robert dyas had a new range and we got it as it fitted the specs.

http://www.robertdyas.co.uk/P~151416~Robert-Dyas-Bamboo-Bread-Bin

Big enough for big loaves and fits a bread knife in there. Slice, toast, serve and then all crumbs back into the bin

I'm sad enough to wax lyrical about a bread bin

it'll probably last for years though so not expensive in the general scheme of things.

We have always had the cheap stuff or something given to us and now, after 27 years, I would like to buy some really good quality appliances that will last.

I have lost count the amount of cruddy smart-price toasters + kettles we have had (which also have no aesthetic appeal whatsover) that broke and got replaced whereas if we had bought a decent Dualit or similar we would still have it so cheaper in the long run.

We start on our house renovation in 2 weeks time and can't wait. Have waited since 98 to do the things we really wanted to do with this house and the time finally came

fc123

vivatifosi wrote: »

I love the Hindley picture, I think it is his best. I'm quite unsure about both his and Emin's work - there are things that make me think "wow" and others that make me think "why?" or worse still, "so what". Possibly because their work is so hard to categorise, unlike say a Mark Rothko or even Dali.

I know.
I am not really an Emin fan (but I love her spirit and how she works/markets her 'craft').

I always thought that DH and the crew were part of Saatchis experment on 'worth' and 'value' as he set the prices after Freeze as he bought nearly everything, funded a lot of Sensations work and created a whole new market that could have been seen to be a bit of a 'con' to some.

It was the 1st time I had seen the butterfly works. OMG up close they are insanely beautiful but creepy too as you can see where the bodies have been sliced out.
The White Cube installation was there with the live butterflies in the room .........felt a bit cruel to me.

fc123

From a distance it looks like a gigantic stained glass window.

fc123

Lakeland is a strange shop selling things you never you knew needed.
I bought one of the insulated butter dishes ages ago (was about £14 then) and it is amazing. Butter always just right to spread whatever the temperature. Not fantastic to look at but one of the most useful and fit for purpose things I have ever owned * sad*

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/1496/Insulated-Butter-Dish

Nikkster

fc123 wrote: »

Lakeland is a strange shop selling things you never you knew needed.
I bought one of the insulated butter dishes ages ago (was about £14 then) and it is amazing. Butter always just right to spread whatever the temperature. Not fantastic to look at but one of the most useful and fit for purpose things I have ever owned * sad*

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/1496/Insulated-Butter-Dish

I worked there from just after GCSEs until the end of undergrad. It is a miracle I don't have less random kitchen ware!

PasturesNew

chewmylegoff wrote: »

i've just found some obscure japanese song i've been looking for for years! it's....not quite as good as i remembered.

I felt the same when I finally found (on Youtube) Donna Summer's All Through the Night .... it sounds scratchy and thin on Youtube, the version I remembered was deep, powerful and smooth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSLT2Abu0fo

PasturesNew

My dream toaster would be able to accommodate a naan bread, or a fat muffin. So that'd be a long variable width toaster. But I think variable width have wide slots that mean regular sliced bread takes a long time to toast.... so maybe it'd mean having two toasters. Although the reality is that a frying pan will toast muffins or naan bread just as well/better.

chewmylegoff

PasturesNew wrote: »

My dream toaster would be able to accommodate a naan bread, or a fat muffin. So that'd be a long variable width toaster. But I think variable width have wide slots that mean regular sliced bread takes a long time to toast.... so maybe it'd mean having two toasters. Although the reality is that a frying pan will toast muffins or naan bread just as well/better.

can you cook a poptart in a frying pan though? i think not.

PasturesNew

chewmylegoff wrote: »

can you cook a poptart in a frying pan though? i think not.

I've never had a pop tart....