Sonya Nimri

Book tree made out of books curled  on top of one another held together by 3 inch drywall screws and L-bracketed to a plywood stand.  The background is book covers shingled over a canvas. Plywood frame supporting books from behind.  My good friend Miriam helping me. Javiera reattaching the canvas after it fell down due to heaviness.  Thank goodness for Javiera's core fusion classes. I wanted to make a tree made out of books for the back to school window and received a generous donation of books from my friend Karen at the Sherman Oaks Library .  It was a simple but pretty labor intensive project.  I have great friends that helped me with it or I would have been toast! Here is the how-to: What you need: Lots and lots of books Plywood base- mine was 3/4 inch thick and measured 3x4 feet Plywood support for the books- a 2x4 that was about 5 feet tall backing another 3/4 inch thick piece of plywood that measured  inches 10 x 8 feet tall. Dr...

I haven't designed windows since I worked at Anthropologie but, like riding a bike, it came right back... working the ladder into an impossibly tight, hot space, getting paint where I shouldn't have, spending too much time removing it, being stared at by homeless people right on the other side of the glass...ah, yes, the glamour of window display!  It's awfully frustrating, but so worth it when it's done!  These gigantic flowers were really easy to create and would be a great project to decorate, say, a float in New Orleans.  If you want to see it in person, it is at 1221 2nd Street, Santa Monica, CA 90403 at the UCLA Family Commons  until Mother's Day. What you need for the flowers: Scissors Cardboard boxes- I used large flats from Costco Colorful scrap fabric Gold foil 12x12 Card stock or Crepe paper Tissue paper Background: Painter's Tarp 4x12 feet ( I only used half) Yellow Paint 1 quart diluted with water For the Window Poem 2 packages Provo Craft vinyl...

Paris is not the city to be a window display artist in.  The approach is no frills- just merch and prices- truly uninspired for a city that is all about inspiration.  Except for one place- Moschino at 33, rue de Grenelle in the 7th district.  Feast your eyes on these amazing windows. They fi rst photo where it is a room made out of fabric is so expertly sewn even the buttons on the phone were sewn on.  In the next windows, the life-sized marionettes are all made of wood.  Bravo Moschino !