102nd post!

Clearly I was paying attention to post count lately and 100 is just too common of a celebratory number for blogger. So, 102 it is!

That being said of course, this post will be remarkably similar to most of my previous ones. To pretend to celebrate though, I am going to start off by showing some work by Laurent Craste, a maker in many mediums whose works I have just discovered and now adore.

Iconocraste au bat IV (2012)

Porcelain, glaze, baseball bat.

Dépouille "à la scène galante" I (2012)

Porcelain, glaze, nails.

Iconocraste au pic (2010)

Porcelain, glaze, pick.

All of these pieces are part of his "Abuse" line, and according to a recent interview of him by Dirty Magazine he says that he had "always been fascinated by the phenomenon of vandalism, especially the ransacking phases that accompany revolutionary insurrections, when the works of art are destroyed because they incarnate an ideology, or symbolize a specific social class... and at the same time I am also totally fascinated by the destructive impulse, the violent nihilistic action." I'm looking forward to my next trip to Montreal where I can hopefully see his work in person.

Otherwise, I've been on a Dollarama kick lately, and I've slowly been collecting pieces to try and updo my hideous dining room chandelier. In a perfect world I 'd like to get it to look like the one from Urban Outfitters that I was coveting last year, and that don't have anymore. Just as well, couldn't afford it anyway. So far, I think I've got most of the dangley bits, mostly from the craft section of Dollarama, of all places. I need to work on the center and the dishes around the "candles." Apparently they are actually called "Bobeches," and I think if I find some glass ones, they can be painted in glass paint to retain that see through look. Ideas a plenty!

Sexy colour explosion.

More ice rink action! Since my friends and I could never afford to go to a Leafs game (and I'm a Habs fan anyways), we took advantage of a recent Leafs viewing party hosted by the ACC here in the Tdot. The leafs were actually playing in and against Ottawa, one of my other home towns, so we watched the game live on the jumbotron. My friend was super excited about watching a Leafs game at the ACC, despite the fact we weren't really, and tried to sit at ice level. We threatened him with our chiropractor bills for the busted neck we'd have from staring up at the screen all night, and we took pictures at ice level instead before moving further up to much better seats.

Yep, he's excited.

Sadly, about 20 seconds after I said "looks like we'll have some overtime tonight" to my friends, Ottawa scored in the last minute of play and won. Montreal won against the Islanders that night, so I'm happy regardless.