Sunday, January 31, 2010

object: texture and pattern


So, no one else wants to hazard a guess?

There were some very good guesses.  Some were right on and some were, if not exactly correct, so clever and so close.  I myself, had I not known what they were, would probably not have been able to guess more than a few.



Clear textured glass in my window.





Gourd.
























Brick wall in the big room.



             
Ink on paper, a drawing I did of a leaf.


              
Coral.







Blown glass vase in a basket weave pattern.




Blown glass vase with a wire drawing embedded in the surface.
























Wood inlay design on my china cabinet.





























Crackled glaze on a ceramic box.































Striations or threads in a crystal egg.


21 comments:

  1. That was fun.

    I've done a few posts similar to this one over time. It's more fun on the guessing end. ;)

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  2. Wow, Ellen! I'm blown away. I thought most of them were like, mold, and fungi and stuff hahaha. And all the time they were beautiful objects from your home. I really enjoyed this. Very clever post! :-)

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  3. That was so much fun!! I was way off on almost all of them. LOL!!
    Hugs
    SueAnn

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  4. I always enjoy when an object or vision is spun in a different perspective, interesting post. And I love your china cabinet, very beautiful.

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  5. What beautiful objects. I especially love the vase with the wire drawing encased in the glass.

    I had fun thinking about what these images were...and even more fun finding out the reality, and how it compared to my imaginings.

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  6. I should have at least been able to guess the gourd! Mine are all in different stages of shedding parts of their "skins" and molding!

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  7. The coral is the only one I wanted to hazzard a guess on - and the gourd I SWORE was fabric - how cool is that.

    Glad I didn't guess. This was a very fascinating post. I am so happy you shared it. Thank you.

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  8. What a feast for the eyes! Now, the hands want to touch.

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  9. I missed the guessing part, I was in such awe over the beauty of the shots.

    Can we play again sometime?

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  10. I'm glad I didn't guess now! That is some fabulous furniture you have there... and I love the coral.

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  11. Mystery solved! I didn't guess because I suck at contests like that, but I enjoyed the textures anyway.

    That glass egg is rutilated quartz - very powerful healer of second chakra ailments. It's beautiful, too!

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  12. wow -- I guess I got called away from the computer before I could comment. I figured the first one was glass, but it looked mercury-like- couldn't tell if that was the light or the actual material. And the coral was the only one I was really sure on. I could tell the weave pattern was on glass but I had no way of being able to tell you what object it could have come from. Lastly, I'd guessed the last one to be hair but I had no idea in what kind of space you could have photographed it. Ends up to be a glass egg....

    I thought the brick wall was some kind of chopped pastrami with onions really really close up, lol.

    Never could have guessed half of them but I want to say, seeing the place they came from next to them is an incredible visual dessert! Decadent!! You did a fabulous job just looking at the objects that you chose and seeing the close up in them. A lot of work for you but it was so much fun for us!

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  13. Clever you! I love how you put the small photo ontop, I have no idea how to do that sort of clever thing- I am in awe!

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  14. Well I missed the whole shebang (what's up with having a busy weekend & not having time to read blogs?). This was really fun! I don't have a macro setting on my camera (that I know about - hmm - something to explore), but if I can figure out how I'm totally copying this post idea. What fun!

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  15. Okay, I'll have to say the gourd was the most amazing!

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  16. Wow. Amazing to think I'd have never been able to identify the brick, but I wouldn't have in a million years.

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  17. That blown glass vase with the basketweave is stunning!!! I have never seen anything like that.

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  18. The only one I knew for certain was the coral. LOL

    And I actually thought the brick was raw hamburger! haha

    Yes, I'm a dork.

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