chihuly in the V&A at night

a drawing master once told me it was sometimes helpful to look at your work upside down in order to see it with "fresh eyes" and to satisfy doubts about the balance & integrity of the design

the courtyard at the V&A

compare and contrast gandharan buddhas

gandharan buddhas c.4th century from brighton and from the V&A

? looted from the same temple ?

symbiosis in the grounds of ashdown forest hotel

to south kensington and the V&A for an excellent ( and free ) sunday lecture

the V&A ... the excellence of every art must consist in the complete accomplishment of its purpose

these panels above the main entrance to the V&A were made by Drury, the same man that made those huge figures on the downstream side of vauxhall bridge

http://emotionalblackmailers.blogspot.com/search?q=allegorical+figures+by+drury

in the norfolk house music room ... saved for the V&A from the 1938 demolition

http://www.vam.ac.uk/activ_events/events/friday_evenings/index.html

cornelia parker's "breathless" at the V&A

http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/british_galls/galleries/55/index.html

chaucer, on glass, and on paper ... by william morris

just how long does it take to cook a dragon's head ?

strawberry hill gothick transferred to the V&A

in the ironwork gallery

model of medusa for a statue of perseus by benvenuto cellini

http://www.vam.ac.uk/images/image/33762-popup.html

the american blacksmith albert paley's bench at the V&A

http://www.albertpaley.com/default.asp

sun god ? garden sculpture from the park at stowe by michael rysbrack ?

eurydice ... she's just been bitten by a serpent

treasures of the V&A ... when i rule the world, this will be my soap-dish of choice

posh surroundings for diners ... the gamble room at the V&A

posh surroundings for diners at the V&A ... the poynter room

its that time of the year again

http://www.vam.ac.uk/res_cons/conservation/journal/number_54/luca_della/index.html