Home sweet home.
Hugo Kaagman, a Dutch artist who has been working in spray-paint art since the 1970s, has re-interpreted the traditional blue-and-white Delftware pattern on many surfaces over the years, using spray paint and an updated take on the traditional motifs. Today, while visiting Holland's Zuiderzee Museum, I toured the fishing village on the grounds of the museum. Many of the individual homes in this Read more
I just came across tattoo artist Paul Tillman's Irezumi dinnerware collection (available here), which seems to be inspired by Dutch delftware with traditional Japanese motifs, and am noticing a trend. Delftware, as you may know, is the blue and white pottery and tin-glazed pottery that originated around Delft in the Netherlands in the 16th to 18th centuries. The ceramics had a white glaze that Read more
I personally tend to gravitate towards modern décor, though I ideally like to mix styles. But, as I was raised in a traditional-style home, I do have an appreciation for the sort of old, dusty way of decorating . . . antiques, worn-in wood furniture, classic shapes, reserved colors. Writing Casa, I often catch myself saying that some products would "work well in both traditional and modern Read more
