ideal to steal: faux fireplace sketch
There’s a funky little town halfway between Santa Fe and Albuquerque called Madrid (prounounced MAD-rid, not Ma-DRID) that is chock-a-block with quirky stores and galleries. The best is one called Rock Paper Gallery, where we spotted this clever take on a trompe d’oeil fireplace. It’s a simple pastel sketch of a firey heath, placed in a closed hearth. Easy enough to reproduce if you have a touch of drawing skills, or perhaps a talented friend. Keep an eye on the Rock Paper Gallery site — ecommerce will be coming in a couple of months!
May 30th, 2007 at 7:24 am
Oh, I just love Madrid and the lemonade at the ice cream store. Oh, how I miss New Mexico and the fun decorating ideas just like this.
May 30th, 2007 at 1:22 pm
Thanks so much for posting about Madrid - and Leona’s in Chimayo, too. I need a green chile fix, bad. One thing to check out in Chimayo, beside the miraculous church, is the store where they sell many varieties of dried chile, including some sun-dried red that will knock your socks off!
July 17th, 2008 at 5:05 am
[...] James, check out these old posts. This one is about using a sketch of a fire as artwork and this one is about a stuffed campfire pillow. It’s [...]