In Manhattan, there is a very interesting store for anyone looking for curiosities, oddities, taxidermy, natural history...
Even if you make miniatures you can find something there. I came back with new pieces for my Cabinet of Curiosities. Here are the first pieces for my mini cabinet...the others- I still have to make them- are not ready.
Tiny coloured shells, a fossil ammonite, a fossil sea urchin and at the bottom some extrasmall rock crystals.
Also a really tiny seahorse and a starfish. I have added my miniature magnifying glass to give you the size. The skull was carved in a bone in Indonesia.
You can use the magnifier to see my last find, that's really the best one : fossil amber from the Baltic with a mosquito or something trapped inside. I will play "Jurassic Park". Next time I'll show you my dinosaurs !
Have just discovered your blog and absolutely adore your shoes. Good luck with your new Etsy store.
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ReplyDeleteLast summer we were in San Francisco and throug letterboxing we discovered a store called Paxton Gate.
http://www.paxtongate.com/
Very inspirational for a cabinet of curiosities.
To Jolande, thank you for the link. That's an interresting place to visit.
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