Handmade Bullfighter Picture
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This was also £2 in the same charity shop. It tempted me more than the majestic gold thread eagle, but I'm rapidly running out of wall space.
Claire
Eagle attacking a wave Picture
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Found this for £2 in a charity shop in Bangor this morning.
It's a little too much even for my taste.
Thought it was worth sharing though!
It's a little too much even for my taste.
Thought it was worth sharing though!
Claire
Mariachi Bottle
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One of my absolute dream items to pick up would be a boat bar.
Home bars are notoriously kitsch & the ship shaped model, complete with gold anchor, would make me a very happy girly. Until then I keep a look out for a plastic, pineapple shaped ice bucket & console myself with this handsome treasure from Bangor car boot sale. It's a Mariachi figure, originally used as a bottle for spirits.
The head comes away with a cork & there is no clue to the previous contents with only 'Japan' stamped on the base. We love him.
Home bars are notoriously kitsch & the ship shaped model, complete with gold anchor, would make me a very happy girly. Until then I keep a look out for a plastic, pineapple shaped ice bucket & console myself with this handsome treasure from Bangor car boot sale. It's a Mariachi figure, originally used as a bottle for spirits.
The head comes away with a cork & there is no clue to the previous contents with only 'Japan' stamped on the base. We love him.
Claire
Vintage Travel Posters
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My hometown pride & love of 50's design come together in my Bangor Railway Travel Poster. I picked this reproduction print up from Bangor's Heritage Centre.
It's one of a few prints available of the town, along with one of neighbouring Ballyholme. Vintage travel advertisments steer toward the retro side of kitsch, rather than it's tackiness.
Nostalgia plays heavily, even for folks like me who weren't around when these ads had pride of place in stations around the country. Marks and Spencers used the vintage travel poster design strongly in it's anniversary campaign this year. Their picnic ads & classic soda bottles are good examples. Amongst kitsch collectors, retro skiing holiday & cable car travel posters are favourites.
British seaside holiday versions cater to the tackier side of the genre. I recently was given a box full of postcards of these fantastic adverts by Twitter pal @herrbenz Looking forward to using them for decoration somewhere soon!
It's one of a few prints available of the town, along with one of neighbouring Ballyholme. Vintage travel advertisments steer toward the retro side of kitsch, rather than it's tackiness.
Nostalgia plays heavily, even for folks like me who weren't around when these ads had pride of place in stations around the country. Marks and Spencers used the vintage travel poster design strongly in it's anniversary campaign this year. Their picnic ads & classic soda bottles are good examples. Amongst kitsch collectors, retro skiing holiday & cable car travel posters are favourites.
British seaside holiday versions cater to the tackier side of the genre. I recently was given a box full of postcards of these fantastic adverts by Twitter pal @herrbenz Looking forward to using them for decoration somewhere soon!
Claire
Bangor Northern Ireland Snowglobe Tattoo
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I forgot to mention in the last post my favourite of all my tattoos is also a snowglobe. It's a 'Home' scrolled ship & lighthouse globe, with the little red lighthouse we have on our marina pier here in Bangor, N.Ireland. It was designed & done by Sergi of Working Class Tattoos at The Brighton Tattoo Convention 2008.
Claire
Welcome to the World of Tomorrow!
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The Home of TOMORROW!
Rocket ships & robot butlers, all this and more at any 19th centuary expo or world's fair. The memrobilia from these events can be picked up on eBay, myself I have a snowglobe & ashtray, but want a silk scarf badly! It was the time man was looking towards space travel & modern ways of living. Where the kitsch lies is in how misguided many of the potential inventions and ideas were.
Along side that the 'Jetsons' style design of the print & souvenirs, it makes for very cool kitsch. Another fledgling collection below are my snowglobes.
Purest tack.
Rocket ships & robot butlers, all this and more at any 19th centuary expo or world's fair. The memrobilia from these events can be picked up on eBay, myself I have a snowglobe & ashtray, but want a silk scarf badly! It was the time man was looking towards space travel & modern ways of living. Where the kitsch lies is in how misguided many of the potential inventions and ideas were.
Along side that the 'Jetsons' style design of the print & souvenirs, it makes for very cool kitsch. Another fledgling collection below are my snowglobes.
Purest tack.
Claire
Tretchikoff Coasters
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My Vladimir Tretchikoff print coasters arrived today for the new coffee table. I'm ashamed to say I don't have any Tretchikoff pieces, I'm more into J H Lynch & Dallas Simpson.
Claire
Your home is your palace
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Kitsch is all about having ideas above your station. True kitsch comes from the tiny council house adorned with dozens of china dolls, or a 2 bedroom bungalow with a set of huge ornamental gates.
Kitsch is when you try to decorate nicely, but it just doesn't suit the surroundings. We live in a small ex-holiday cottage down near the sea, in a little lane surrounded by bigger, grander houses. It's my dream home. Kitsch is tricky to do on a large scale. It's all about over decoration & clutter, and on a larger scale, like in hip clothing stores, it can look too over dressed. My dream of having, what most people would call a weird house, has always been around, but when I first moved out to flat share with @theronster, I could finally make a room my own. One of the first pieces I bought back then was a flamingo pink cuckoo clock from German eBay.
Usually I steer away from modern takes on kitsch, the urban outfitters approach to the genre, but I just WANTED this ugly little clock. From there the multicoloured, shiny, animal print nightmare began!
Kitsch is when you try to decorate nicely, but it just doesn't suit the surroundings. We live in a small ex-holiday cottage down near the sea, in a little lane surrounded by bigger, grander houses. It's my dream home. Kitsch is tricky to do on a large scale. It's all about over decoration & clutter, and on a larger scale, like in hip clothing stores, it can look too over dressed. My dream of having, what most people would call a weird house, has always been around, but when I first moved out to flat share with @theronster, I could finally make a room my own. One of the first pieces I bought back then was a flamingo pink cuckoo clock from German eBay.
Usually I steer away from modern takes on kitsch, the urban outfitters approach to the genre, but I just WANTED this ugly little clock. From there the multicoloured, shiny, animal print nightmare began!
Claire
