hotshoeagain:

urbanlensbabe:

The Dream Garden by Maxfield Parrish, Philadelphia | March 2018

OOH!ย 

This is a glass mosaic made by Tiffany โ€“ designed by Parrish โ€“ composed of over 100,000 glass tesserae in about 260 colors. ย 

Parrish refused to attend the official unveiling in 1916 in Philadelphia (after its initial showing at Tiffany studios, New York).ย 

Tiffany, in a subtle put-down of Parrishโ€™s criticisms, wrote publicly that without his favrile glass it would have been impossible to achieve the desired effect.

Restoration work was done after 2016 construction in the building caused damage to some of the tiles.ย 

proletariangothic:

Frida Kahlo disliked white capitalism intensely, so I wouldย recommend not buying images of her on socks or whatever from big box stores especially if youโ€™re white.

What I would recommend instead is make your own art and design inspired by her. She taught underprivileged teenagers art in the years leading up to her death. Her class was multicultural due to Mexico accepting refugees from WW2 including Jewish people(she herself was half German Jewish). She was very pro DIY and I think wouldโ€™ve been flattered by fan art thatโ€™s not sold for money.ย