‘Shining Arcade II’
…more arched architectural art deco delight…
Shining Arcade II
Tag: Glass
Shining Arcade
‘Shining Arcade’
…the shimmering leadlight and stained glass ceiling of the 1926 art deco style arcade – it’s always worth looking up!…
Rising Under Circles
‘Rising Under Circles’
…a startling upward view – in a shopping mall, of all places!…
Kaleidoscope 14
‘Kaleidoscope 14’
…inspired by the glass conservatory roof at Auckland’s Domain Wintergardens – one of my local happy places!…
Raindrops On The Window
‘Raindrops On The Window’
…every raindrop that falls
and collects on the glass
is the watery future
from its watery past…
A Roof Of Glass & Steel
‘A Roof Of Glass & Steel’
Two Stained Glass Windows
‘Two Stained Glass Windows’
…a duo in different hues…
Conservatory Sky View
‘Conservatory Sky View’
Criss Cross/ Blue II
‘Criss Cross/ Blue II’
… all blue and double-crossed – there’s a sad song in there somewhere…
Big Blue
‘Big Blue’
…reflecting sky, dwarfed by sky…
Criss Cross/ Blue
‘Criss Cross/ Blue’
…unders and overs…
Interconnections
‘Interconnections’
…everything to everything, in all time and space…
Hundertwasser IX
‘Hundertwasser IX’
…another recycled bottle window courtesy of the unorthodox but environmentally friendly design mind of Friedensreich Hundertwasser…
Hundertwasser VIII
‘Hundertwasser VIII’
Hundertwasser VII
‘Hundertwasser VII’
I kid you not, this is a window made of recycled glass bottles in what has to be one of the world’s most artistic toilet blocks.
So stunningly different that you almost forget why you entered in the first place! And, given the architect Hundertwasser’s dislike of straight lines, the tiled floor is all a bit crooked and uneven, so you need to watch your step a bit…
Steel/ Glass/ Sky
‘Steel/ Glass/ Sky’
Zoom In (All Seeing Eye)
‘Zoom In (All Seeing Eye)’
I had just been listening to jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter’s adventurous 1966 album “The All Seeing Eye”, when I saw ( and saw through to the building behind) the pictured glass sculpture in downtown Auckland.The sculpture zooms in to the world beyond – an all seeing eye.
Strange when two very different art forms conflate in one’s mind!
Glass/Garden
‘Glass/Garden’
Skyward Prow
‘Skyward Prow’
…another take on the impressive Māori canoe in glass, situated at the entrance to the Auckland Art Gallery. the vertical sculpture points to the sky…
Shattered
‘Shattered’
“Complacency is a state of mind that exists only in retrospective: it has to be shattered before being ascertained.” – Vladimir Nabokov
ebb then flood 