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Foreigner's Cabinet of Chinese Curiosities: the marvelous inside the mundane in Shanghai: April 2014
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Foreigner's Cabinet of Chinese Curiosities: the marvelous inside the mundane in Shanghai. Thursday, April 17, 2014. IDtown #3: The Factory. Girolamo in his studio box. The three of us for whom the factory was the thing began by scrounging. Maybe there's something in a western art training that encourages that? To see the delightful thing that became of the blue green bulbs on the worktable, click here. Photo credit: Chen Hang Feng. In yet another illuminating moment about "Made in China" really means (se...
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Foreigner's Cabinet of Chinese Curiosities: the marvelous inside the mundane in Shanghai: Cabinet on the Move
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Foreigner's Cabinet of Chinese Curiosities: the marvelous inside the mundane in Shanghai. Wednesday, July 1, 2015. Cabinet on the Move. Another long hiatus here on the blog as the Cabinet of Curiosities made the Big Move from Saint Louis, Missouri to Bakersville, North Carolina. Along with all the stuff we've had in storage for the past 10 years (! Former Associate Dean at the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Art. At Washington University in St Louis and now in Fayetteville. July 6, 2015 at 6:44 AM.
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Foreigner's Cabinet of Chinese Curiosities: the marvelous inside the mundane in Shanghai: July 2015
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Foreigner's Cabinet of Chinese Curiosities: the marvelous inside the mundane in Shanghai. Wednesday, July 1, 2015. Cabinet on the Move. Another long hiatus here on the blog as the Cabinet of Curiosities made the Big Move from Saint Louis, Missouri to Bakersville, North Carolina. Along with all the stuff we've had in storage for the past 10 years (! Former Associate Dean at the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Art. At Washington University in St Louis and now in Fayetteville. Links to this post. This C...
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Foreigner's Cabinet of Chinese Curiosities: the marvelous inside the mundane in Shanghai: Drawer # 5.3: Bridges
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Foreigner's Cabinet of Chinese Curiosities: the marvelous inside the mundane in Shanghai. Saturday, April 11, 2015. Drawer # 5.3: Bridges. A lot of water under the bridge since the last post…. Little lead bridges from the Bird and Insect Market, [irresistible] gaudy brocades from the Fabric Market, sticker labels from the Haberdashery and Notions Market. And if you though my Buddha hand was over the top, you should see the one I gave my brother as a wedding present…). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Foreigner's Cabinet of Chinese Curiosities: the marvelous inside the mundane in Shanghai: Drawer # 4.7: Bonsai by Another Name
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Foreigner's Cabinet of Chinese Curiosities: the marvelous inside the mundane in Shanghai. Wednesday, April 22, 2015. Drawer # 4.7: Bonsai by Another Name. Sometimes the streets of Shanghai can feel all wall. It took me not a few walking tours to understand that the secret of delight in this city is to pass thru those walls,. Whether by gate or by lane or by [sp]iPhone…. Like here, just down from us at #18, secreted. Behind the gate at #25: a front courtyard entirely filled with penjing. But has, in fact,...
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Foreigner's Cabinet of Chinese Curiosities: the marvelous inside the mundane in Shanghai: Drawer # 8.1: Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
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Foreigner's Cabinet of Chinese Curiosities: the marvelous inside the mundane in Shanghai. Friday, October 25, 2013. Drawer # 8.1: Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). The traditional manner of prescribing the medicines is in their natural form as roots, plant parts, the occasionally animal bit or substance ( bear bile. In the Cabinet, there are 27 tins of medicines. This one holds dried bitter orange and (maybe) lychee seeds. For a curious list of TCMs, including human and animal parts, click here. From h...
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Foreigner's Cabinet of Chinese Curiosities: the marvelous inside the mundane in Shanghai: Row 8: Insulated Pipeline
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Foreigner's Cabinet of Chinese Curiosities: the marvelous inside the mundane in Shanghai. Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Row 8: Insulated Pipeline. The back compartment of each drawer of the 8th row, starting with 8.3 and heading across 8.4, 8.5, 8.6 , 8.7 and 8.8. This one across the back reaches of the drawers in Row 8. There's one other planned path and that is the meridian that runs in a somewhat interrupted square around the peripheral edges of the Cabinet.but that's another story. 8.1. For full drawers in ...
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Foreigner's Cabinet of Chinese Curiosities: the marvelous inside the mundane in Shanghai: Drawer # 1.5 : Stripey Mops
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Foreigner's Cabinet of Chinese Curiosities: the marvelous inside the mundane in Shanghai. Wednesday, February 20, 2013. Drawer # 1.5 : Stripey Mops. Despite my endless fascination with the human condition, I find the day-to-day business of dealing with actual humans a bit exhausting. It was the overlooked architecture of factories and agro-industry: watertowers, dust collectors, grain dryers. These days, it's the Stripey Mop. The View in Fragments: Mops. Courtesy Bruno David Gallery. Drawer #1.4: Chi...
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Foreigner's Cabinet of Chinese Curiosities: the marvelous inside the mundane in Shanghai: Drawer #1.3: Predatory Goldfish, on Wheels
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Foreigner's Cabinet of Chinese Curiosities: the marvelous inside the mundane in Shanghai. Tuesday, May 19, 2015. Drawer #1.3: Predatory Goldfish, on Wheels. 8230;which, actually, with a little research,. O be a Predatory Carp. Which, according to my Chinese Motifs. Book, is distinguished by 1. its scales 2. “its wide mouth and two pairs of barbels attached to its upper lip” 3. its long dorsal fin. Homophone Alert: carp. Which, depending on its tone, can mean profit. 利) or it can mean power. 8220;full of ...
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Foreigner's Cabinet of Chinese Curiosities: the marvelous inside the mundane in Shanghai: May 2015
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Foreigner's Cabinet of Chinese Curiosities: the marvelous inside the mundane in Shanghai. Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Row 8: Insulated Pipeline. The back compartment of each drawer of the 8th row, starting with 8.3 and heading across 8.4, 8.5, 8.6 , 8.7 and 8.8. This one across the back reaches of the drawers in Row 8. There's one other planned path and that is the meridian that runs in a somewhat interrupted square around the peripheral edges of the Cabinet.but that's another story. 8.1. For full drawers in ...
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