June to Renee and Jessica - store windows

I had this one penciled in prior to stamp pondering. Then when I had so many RBG stamps, I thought the oval was enough of a connection to her lace collar. I was wrong. Perhaps I will revisit this border. Perhaps it should be larger. Perhaps I will find some better ideas.

Below is the first idea to go with the stamp. It's a warm up. Jessica gets a lot of warm ups. Certain names pop into my head because they never miss an exchange. I always feel bad about them getting warm ups - but last month Jessica got one of my favorites - so I hope that evens things out.

I already know that she will get a warm up for July and it's pretty good.

The window display guy that I posted yesterday reminded me of how much I loved the annual trek to downtown Minneapolis every year to see the Christmas windows at the Dayton's department store when I was a kid. They were spectacular. I also remembered seeing pictures of Tiffany windows over the years that were gorgeous. As the video mentioned, window decorating is becoming a lost art. It's still fun to see what small local shops do. Once in while there will be something fabulous.

A few days ago I saw a blurb about a big company that had ripped off a very specific style of *totem pole* sculpture that an artist has been producing for many years. It was outrageous what they had done. But, I do not recall the name of the artist or the store that ripped him off. Maybe it will pop up again and I can add a link. 

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Well, that was easy - 2 clicks and I found the artist - Dustin Gimbel - and the store who had copied his totems was Nordstroms - and they have taken all of them down. My guess is that some youngster on staff was just surfing around for ideas - and some of these young people are clueless about the ownership of ideas. It's especially hard for people in the world of fashion because there are many components of fashion that do not fall under copyrights. 

Ironically - Nordstroms did all their knockoffs in cardboard - my favorite medium. 

LINK to Dustin's IG

LINK to totems for sale

$3,505 for the trio - they are ceramic. That seems like a very reasonable price considering how expensive it would be for the materials plus all the time it would take to build them - and how large they are. 

LINK to landscape design. Well, since he is a landscape designer - maybe that's how he makes a living and this is a sideline - and he has a studio where several people are producing the components. But it is still a lot of work. They appeal to me because they are not plants - but look like plants. I like sculpture yards because it takes care of itself. I have a few ideas percolating for my son's yard.

If you like yard art made out of junk - and want to see more - just Google *yard art made out of junk*