Around the World in 18 Sleuths
Traveling in my armchair through detective fiction, songs, movies, food, and crafts
Vytynanky (Витина́нки) is the Ukrainian art of papercutting. I fell in love with the breathtaking creations of Daria Alyoshkina (@vytynankaalyoshkina) and wanted to try a simple design myself. You’ve already seen one in the last photo with Kurkov’s novel. I have immense respect for this kind of traditional decorative art and can only imagine the…
Have you ever been to a World Fair (World Expo)? I’ve been to one (I think I was ten?), but I don’t really remember much – except for the long car ride with my parents, and feeling overwhelmed 🙈🙉🙊 In Francisco José Viegas’s “Um Crime na Exposição” (1998) three corpses are discovered on the Expo…
My first introduction to Origami, the Japanese art of folding intricate flowers, objects and animals from one square sheet of paper, was actually a search for creative ways to gift money to friends. I’ve folded a lot of (Dollar and Euro) bills, but I felt for this virtual trip to Japan it had to be…