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Marissa W. Chen

Visual
journal

A collection of things I’ve recently read / borrowed / seen / made / forgotten / remembered.
Pair of silver scallop-shell dishes
Pair of scallop-shell dishes from Count Orloff's silver service, gifted to him by Catherine the Great, Jacques-Nicolas Roettiers, 1771–73, via The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
“To think of life is to think of oysters, all year round, almost as if you could hear all those millions of them breathing when the tide is out.”
Clark, Eleanor. The Oysters of Locmariaquer. Pantheon Books, 1966.
Drawing of meconopsis
Drawing of meconopsis.
Mancala board
Mancala Board by Kindred Black x Don't Let Disco via VESTIGE
The Insect Chorus by Charles E. Burchfield
The Insect Chorus, Charles E. Burchfield, September 5, 1917 via Burchfield Penney Art Center.
“Burchfield’s career was defined by his desire to develop a system of gestures and symbols that synthesized and gave form to sentient perception in all its dimensions.”
From a review by Christopher Bedford of Robert Gober’s 2010 show at Frieze for the Hammer Museum.
Suminagashi marbling by Sheryl Oppenheim
Sheryl Oppenheim’s suminagashi marbling, via the Center for Book Arts.
A patterned moth
A patterned moth.
Baguette Dia Signet Ring by Komi
Baguette Dia Signet Ring by Komi.
Homemade ink test
Irreplicable homemade ink test.
Soymilk, strawberries, and bread in Shanghai
Soymilk, strawberries, and bread in Shanghai.
Last summer’s cherries
Last summer’s cherries.
Fritillaria and black poppies
Fritillaria and black poppies from Oron Peri.
A mantra, a mascot
A mantra, a mascot.