by MARINA RYBAK
If you are ready to meet your soulmate or a twin flame of a garden variety (and we all have more than one), then Sharon Slowik is a matchmaker for you. Sharon is a plant whisperer. Her pioneering botanical oeuvre spans from creating “intelligent” experiential textiles to an essential oil and a horticulture therapy. Revealing our individual relationships with plants, it’s effects and benefits, her multidimensional botanical work radically shifts our attention … Read More
by Marina Rybak ~ Moon & Venus
Enveloped in its own controversies, the corset has been holding its firm grip on the feminine principle for half of the millennium. Its original function was to emphasize a slender waist, perceived as a sign of great feminine beauty. It was viewed as a status symbol of the elite, whose ability to be restrained in such a manner was associated with being virtuous and privileged.
by Marina Rybak
It was a seductive discovery, when I stumbled upon the art of Tamar Stone. I have never seen anything like that before. Fascinated, I reached out to the artist immediately. Once the connection was established, I proceeded to journey into the Corset Work world of one-of-a-kind handmade books, created with vintage corsets, girdle paper advertisements and lingerie salesman manuals from the years past.
Society’s Corset: Hints to A Fashionable Lady © … Read More
By Marina Rybak
There are many hot places on the planet, yet during the month of May and this year from the 15th till the 26th the hottest spot of all is on the Côte d’Azur at Cannes. And to add to the temperature the prestigious Cannes Film Festival is followed by another “Glam” Slam event – tennis Roland Garros in Paris; unmistakably the French heat wave is on in full force!
The legendary celebration … Read More
by Marina Rybak
Recently I attended a poetry reading at the Italian Cultural Institute. Giampaolo Seguso is a poet like no other. He is a romantic philosopher, emotionally rooted at the heart of his spirit. He is an artist, a maestro glass blower, who is forging his masterpieces in the furnaces of Murano Island in the middle of the Venetian lagoon.
Not many of us are knowledgeable about professional occupation of our ancestors more than … Read More
By Marina Rybak
Every time I find myself above 42nd street and west of Eighth Avenue, I remind myself to go out of my way to stop by Domus (“home” in Latin). This eclectic home-décor and gift shop is nestled at 413 W 44th street between 9th and 10th avenue, right in the heart of Hell’s Kitchen, NYC.
The experience of visiting this splash of local color always brightens my day and inspires my soul. … Read More
By Marina Rybak
Spring was born last week; its arrival was trumpeted by the snow flurries silently falling on the concrete sidewalks. The city, still clad in the melancholy of the urban grays appeared weary and naked to its bone. The change of the palette was long overdue and I was growing impatient, longing for “ la Primavera” true range and her healing “power of green”.
The Flower Shows have painted the city horizon and … Read More
