Filed under: Oddities, Steampunk | Tags: bulb, Curious Oddities, Decorus globosa, disovery, explorer, journal, necklace, neo victorian, Steampunk
Pluck your own Decorus globosa necklace from the collection at the Curious Oddities shoppe
Filed under: General | Tags: Curious Oddities, Distillery District, E. Bartholomew, Portobello East Marketplace, Toronto Art Craft Show
If you are in Toronto this summer, be sure to head down to the Distillery district on Sunday July 26th to check out the very first Eastern installment of the fabulous Portobello West Marketplace (previously only in Vancouver and Calgary).
“Opening July 26th and held the last Sunday of every month thereafter, Portobello East will be held at the Fermenting Cellar in the trendy Distillery District. Portobello East showcases only the hottest Canadian designers and artisans. With over 80 designers on show each month, any fashionista or art aficionado can find something to suit their unique style.”
Stop by the Curious Oddities table on the 26th of July and August 30th and say hello! I still have my summer promotion on: mention the name of your favorite pirate or privateer and receive $2 off your purchase!
For more information, visit the Portobello East Website or Facebook Page
For updates on all Curious Oddities happenings, visit the Curious fanpage on Facebook or Twitter for my daily ramblings.
xo Kat
Filed under: Oddities, Steampunk | Tags: antique, Belgium, Brussels, industrial, lamp, lueurs poetiques, modern, salvage, Steampunk, Zoetises
While wandering the winding streets through Brussels I stumbled upon the most delightful of shops:
Zoétises: Lueurs poétiques located at 10 Rue de la Tulipe, Bruxelles
In her small and very charming studio, Zoé creates magic with salvaged treasures and light. Antique glass cloche 
domes, steel boxes, baking tins, sieves, cages and industrial scrap all become components of her beautiful work. The light from the wide variety of incandescent bulbs highlights the aged, chipped paint and worn textures, casting strange shadows through the mesh, wire and holes of her lamps.
Zoé also shares my love of old fashioned light bulbs, with their coils, filaments and warm glow. She fears that as Belgium, like many countries, switch to compact fluorescents, the beauties at the heart of her wonderful lamps will be harder to find than the salvaged pieces that frame them. Be sure to visit the Zoétises website to see more of her fantastic pieces.
I can’t thank her enough for introducing me to the daily antique/flea and junk market in Marollen quarter of Brussels…it blew my mind…
