Art pottery is made by a single talented artist, a group of designers and artists who share the different steps, or a large company that has expensive machinery, men who make the molds, throw the clay and manage the hot ovens, and many talented designers and artists. Trial pieces are […]
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A riot of radiant color: Alice Bailey’s mosaic house | Art
Alice Bailey’s fascination with mosaics started with a basic tile project in her guest bathroom. She loved the process, but her imagination quickly took her far beyond a Southwest-style counter and backsplash. She made her first mosaic in 2003, covering a two-story interior stairwell wall with a narrative of her […]
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A riot of radiant color: Alice Bailey’s mosaic house | Art
Alice Bailey’s fascination with mosaics started with a basic tile project in her guest bathroom. She loved the process, but her imagination quickly took her far beyond a Southwest-style counter and backsplash. She made her first mosaic in 2003, covering a two-story interior stairwell wall with a narrative of her […]
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How To Pick a Paint Color You Won’t Regret-Inside and Out
Two years ago, we painted a major living area in our home—a large, open-concept space that contains our family room and kitchen, with high ceilings and lots of natural light. We took it from a garish mustard yellow to white. The room now looks so light, so bright, so green. […]
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This spring, use murals to live in color and embrace the weird
Racheal Jackson’s house in Vancouver, Washington, looks like a modern art installation. There’s a painted yellow arch in her entryway, a pink loop in her living room, and stripes running through her basement and down the side of her house. Bright and happy colors that shout, “Look at me!” Jackson […]
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What color paint is that? Find out and save $20 on the new Nix Mini 2 sensor
The Nix Mini 2 can instantly give you CMYK and other digital color codes. It matches paint colors as well. Nix Nowadays, paint cans come with stickers indicating color information — but that wasn’t always the case. Indeed, I’ve got some walls here that were painted 20 years ago, and […]
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Native Americans urge Deb Haaland to help tackle pollution in communities of color
As Native peoples and stewards of Mother Earth, we celebrate the recent confirmation of Interior Secretary Deb HaalandDeb Haaland Bald eagle population has quadrupled in last decade White House withdraws deputy Interior secretary amid reported pushback from Murkowski OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Obama marine monument […]
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Senator Calls Out Opposition To Deb Haaland: ‘A Woman Of Color Is Being Held To A Different Standard’
Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) says biases drove Republican opposition to Rep. Deb Haaland’s (D-N.M.) confirmation as the 54th secretary of the Interior Department and that GOP colleagues are holding women of color to a different standard, an argument she will make in a speech Monday ahead of the vote. Haaland, a […]
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5 Color Trends That Will Dominate This Year, According to Top Designers
With COVID-19 vaccines rolling out and the promise of a not-so-distant future where life is normal again, now seems like the perfect time to bring your place out of the dark ages of decor and into the bright and beautiful light of 2021. To help with your spring makeover, we […]
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Olivia Cheng’s Vintage Silk Screens Are the Ultimate Color Indulgence
What makes a purchase “worth it”? The answer is different for everybody—so we’re asking some of the coolest, most shopping-savvy people we know—from small-business owners to designers, artists to actors—to tell us the story behind one of their most prized possessions. Olivia Cheng sits under her prized Peter Gee silk […]
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Many of Biden’s nominees of color run into turbulence in the Senate
Controversy has centered on endangered nominee Neera Tanden, who would be the first Indian American to lead the Office of Management and Budget, typically a low-profile post. Her detractors, including Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia, have seized on scores of pointed attacks that Tanden has made via […]
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Joe Biden’s Nominees Of Color Are Facing Outsize Opposition
A number of President Joe Biden’s nominees of color are facing opposition in the Senate, and their increasingly frustrated supporters are mobilizing against the harsher scrutiny these nominees have faced compared to their white counterparts. This week, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) threw the confirmation of Neera Tanden into doubt when […]
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Los Osos home has red color design, heart and rose themes
Roses are a motif in the master suite of Barb and Jeri Saia’s Los Osos home. Barb Saia The word “minimalist” is not in Barb Saia’s design vocabulary. “I’m a maximalist,” she said. “I think everyone should surround themselves with things they love.” Love happens to be the theme of […]
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Amid access hurdles, grassroots efforts underway to get COVID-19 vaccine to at-risk people of color
Donis Hernández spent three hours Wednesday trying to register his 77-year-old father for a COVID-19 vaccination appointment. The Las Vegas construction worker and his dad have been waiting for this moment. Hernández works at construction sites, where four of his co-workers have contracted COVID-19. He worries about his dad, who […]
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Are ‘Color of the Year’ Pronouncements Actually Helpful?
For the recurring series, That’s Debatable, we take on a contentious issue of the day and present two spirited arguments—one in favor and other emphatically opposed. Previous installments from the series are here. YES, A LITTLE INSPIRATION IS ALWAYS WELCOME Around December, the Pantone Color Institute and many American paint […]
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Samsung Galaxy S21 release date, specs, design: New leaks suggest up to 5 color variants with new rear camera bump
Another day, another leak for smartphone fans eager to see what the Samsung Galaxy S21 series would look like. Aside from the previously reported new camera bump in the back, the latest report suggests there would be up to five color variants to be released. Samsung Galaxy S21 design Tech […]
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The first US vice president of color
Kamala Harris has broken many barriers in her election as vice president of the United States. But the first biracial and the person of color to become vice president was Charles Curtis, who served under Herbert Hoover in his single term. Curtis’ mother was a Native American of the Kaw […]
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Painting Your Home This Color Could Lower Your Bills, Study Says
Whether you’re an avid coupon clipper or can’t pass up a sale, everyone has their preferred way of saving money. However, new research suggests there’s a surprising way to save your hard-earned cash that you might not have considered—and all it takes is picking up a paintbrush. According to an […]
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Meet The Design Entrepreneur Who Uses Science And The Sense Of Color For Good
As a first generation American, designer of color and founder of LOVE GOOD COLOR, Laura Guido-Clark was taught to dream big. Having grown up just outside of Detroit, the city taught her to look beneath what’s present to find the true potential. Moving to San Francisco in 1983 was the […]
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Parents Of Color Speak Out After Sen. Kamala Harris’s Name Is Mocked
The Conversation How sexist abuse of women in Congress amounts to political violence – and undermines American democracy From plans to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s being called a “f—ing b—” by her colleague Rep. Ted Yoho, it’s been a nasty year for women in American politics. […]