Little Nothing » Color http://littlenothing.com Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:04:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 MFA http://littlenothing.com/?p=425 http://littlenothing.com/?p=425#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 02:46:21 +0000 reganmiller http://littlenothing.com/?p=425 I’m shocked.

We’ve actually been keeping our promise to each other to hit museums more often. This weekend we had intended to hit both the MFA and the Gardner Museum but I think we forgot just how huge the former is.

As the last time, we took some photos of a few things that inspired us. We apparently get really, really inspired.

 

 

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We started this weekend at one of my favorites, the Harvard Museum of Natural History. It always feels like walking into a different era. The taxidermy is a bit old and crumbling but displayed in beautiful wood and glass cases and labeled with hand-penciled tags.

I grabbed a few photos (Iphone – not high-quality) of animals or objects that I loved for color, texture or shape inspiration. I actually believe the words “Wow, I really like the colorway on this bug!” made it past my lips. Sorry Nature, I’m kind of an ass.

 

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