Recently the British Library uploaded over 1 million photos into the public domain via Flickr Commons. The images, according to the library, include “maps, geological diagrams, beautiful illustrations, comical satire, illuminated and decorative letters, colourful illustrations, landscapes, wall-paintings and so much more that even we are not aware of.” Each image has been tagged with information about its provenance but little else. The Library is hoping they can collaborate with others for ideas on how to classify, markup and organize the images. See them all here and read about the images on the Library blog here.

Here are a few examples

I did the first two San Francisco Holiday Fairs, in 2007 & 2008, when they were in Golden Gate Park. Five years later, while the fair might have about the same number of vendors, it’s gotten much more elaborate. Before, a “booth” was enough room for a table and 2 chairs. Now it’s 8’x8′ and the woman next to me put up 3 floor to (almost) ceiling wooden walls, covered in wallpaper, as if one was walking into a B&M store. My little table looks a tad forlorn!
But the first day was gratifying —I’ve had old friends stop by, and new friends— people who read this blog and looked for me especially.
I made a few of my Ode to Louise matchbox books—my piece inspired by the black reclaimed wood sculptures of Louise Nevelson. Much to my delight, many people recognized the Nevelson-ness of the box, and there was much reminiscing about art we’d seen growing up (how I first saw Nevelson’s work).