Bird of Paradise living Arts

B I R D OF P A R A D I S E S A N T O R I N I 1 9 9 3

B I R D OF P A R A D I S E / THE ORIGINAL FUNCTIONAL WEARABLE ART SINCE 1982

DEDICATED TO: ROSE-MARIE SCHÖNROS MY BELOVED WONDERFUL WIFE AND MOTHER , SINCE OUR YOUNG DAYS..MY MUSA BEAUTIFUL FANTASTIC ARTIST, DESIGNER, AND EXCELLENT PATTERN CONSTRUCTOR..….HER SPIRIT IS SHINING AND AMPLIFIES US ALL THE WAY..

MY B E A U T I F U L – U N I Q U E – M U S A

NOW .THAT SHE STILL CONTINUES BEING MY BEAUTIFUL  — FANTASTIC ARTIST, DESIGNER, AND EXCELLENT PATTERN CONSTRUCTOR.. ….WONDERFUL MOTHER AND WIFE, SINCE OUR YOUNG DAYS–HER BEAUTIFUL SPIRIT IS SHINING AND AMPLIFIES US ALL THE WAY..…… AS ALWAYS, WHEN SHE WAS ON THIS EARTH . SHE`S I M M O R T A L ***************”””NOW SHE IS AT CHAMPS ÉLYSÉE

Rose-Marie at the Studio of Bird of paradise (SPRING 2016):

HA DEN ÄRAN MIN ÄLSKLING, DU ÄR MED ADONIS NU PÅ CHAMPS ELYSEES MINA ÄLSKADE

YOU MY IMMORTAL ONES… YOUR SPIRITS..

AMARYLLIS AND ME ARE BREATHING YOU AND CELEBRATING YOU 

KULTURHUSET: OCTOBER 1989 – “ART ON SILK & TITAN” AND WHY IT HAPPENED!!…..

THE REASON WAS THAT, THE SPRING 1988 IT WAS PLAYED AT THE FOLK OPERA OF STOCKHOLM GIACOMO PUCCINI`S GREAT MASTERPIECE TURANDOT. IT WAS DIRECTED BY THE FAMOUS DIRIGENT KJERSTIN NERBE, WHO WAS DRESSED IN TITANIUM AND SILK CREATION, (HAND MADE BY R-M & K SCHÖNROS) AT THE PREMIER OF*********************”’*****T U R A N D O T ********************”””””

KULTURHUSET EXHIBITION / OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 1989

INTERVIEWER: BERIT WAHLGREN“: “They create in silk and titan.” – A cosmopolitan creator and a forest shoulder.
On Renstjernansgatan on Söder in Stockholm.
Here hang the most beautiful garments, in pure natural materials: Silk, linen and cotton.
Titan jewelry and rainbows all colors decorative
on shimmering sided.
Rose-Merie Schönros has always created clothes.
Ever since she was 11 years old, she has sewn for herself. At 15, she worked, for a short period,
as a factory seamstress.
But the longing for the world took over. She went to Paris and became a modèle and mannequin de couture.

Roots in Greece.

At the beginning of the eighties Rose-Merie and Konstantin met each other. He with roots in Greece, but a cosmopolitan traveling person.
Konstantin has taken inspiration from his many destinations in Asia.
He has learned batik handling in Bali. He has been in the Philippines and Japan and learned a lot from their tailoring and clothing.
In Konstantin’s jewelry art, Greek and Nordic mythology can be read as sources of inspiration.
Since 1982, they have been working as dyers, batik makers and jewelry makers in titanium. They have participated in many exhibitions and work with avant-garde clothing and jewelry.
-We want to create a total, where dyeing silk garments combined with jewelry creates a total composition. and trendy in a commercial sense.
-“Trends and fashion are a grotesque copy of avant-garde artistic creation,” claims Konstantin.

Titanium jewelry

All jewelry is made of titanium. It is a chemically pure element, which is used in large quantities in surgery and space research.
Titanium is five times stronger than steel. The durability is enormous. By heat treatment, you can create different beautiful colors and rainbows all shades with larger elements of blue-gray shifts.
-Titanium has a unique ability to be accepted by the body.
You avoid allergies Titanium jewelry weighs little
and is easy to wear, explains Konstantin.

Silk.
–Silk is a natural material, which you get from the cocoon of butterfly spider larvae.
A cocoon can contain about a kilometer of thread. This thread uses man and weaver silk fabric.
-No other fabric is so comfortable and easy for the body to accept, says Rose-Merie lyrically. It’s hot in winter and hot in summer.

Thanks to these properties, says Konstantin, we have created art applied on silk.
We use various processes from knotting and wax batik to handprinting, silkscreen and hand painting. We buy the best silk from China.
By: Berit Wahlgren. (Head of Information at the CULTURE HOUSE)

“Art on Silk & Titan” Kulturhuset -89
Photo: ANN ANDREN

“Art on Silk & Titan” Kulturhuset -89
Photo: ANN ANDREN

THE PEACOCK WAS A SYMBOL OF THE GODDESS HERA, WHOSE CHARIOT THEY PULLED.

HERA, THE GODDESS OF THE STARS AND SKIES, WAS NOT ONLY THE SISTER BUT THE WIFE OF THE GREEK GOD ZEUS, THE KING OF ALL THE GODS ON MOUNT OLYMPUS.

SHE HAD LONGSTANDING PROBLEMS WITH THE WITH ZEUS, AS HIS EYE WAS KNOWN TO WANDER, PUTTING IT MILDLY. HE SOON BECAME INTERESTED IN A PRIESTESS OF HERA’S CALLED IO, WHO WAS GUARDED BY HERA’S OWN SERVANT, AN ENORMOUS GIANT WITH ONE HUNDRED EYES KNOWN, AS ARGOS PANOPTIS.

IN ORDER TO POSSESS THE WOMAN, ZEUS ORDERED THAT ARGUS BE KILLED; HOWEVER , BEFORE THIS COULD HAPPEN, Hera IMMORTALIZED her FAITHFUL WATCHMAN BY TURNING HIS ONE HUNDRED EYES INTO THE SPECTACULAR “EYES” ON THE TAIL OF A PEACOCK. By: https://strangeago.com/

“PROMETHEUS BOUND ” IO INITIALLY REJECTED ZEUS’ ADVANCES, UNTIL HER FATHER THREW HER OUT OF HIS HOUSE ON THE ADVICE OF ORACLE’S. ACCORDING TO SOME STORIES, ZEUS THEN TURNED IO INTO A HEIFER IN ORDER TO HIDE HER FROM HIS WIFE.HERMES AGAINST THE HUNDRED-EYED MONSTER

Many versions of peacock story in Greek mythology

In the version of the story in which Zeus transformed Io, the deception failed, and Hera begged Zeus to give her the heifer as a present, which, having no reason to refuse, he did. Hera then sent Argus Panoptis to watch over Io and prevent Zeus from visiting her, so Zeus sent Hermes to distract and eventually slay Argus.

According to the Roman writer Ovid, he did so by first lulling him to sleep by playing the panpipes and telling stories. Zeus freed Io, who was still in the form of a heifer.

The peacock perhaps featured so prominently in story and mythology because it was seen by many cultures as a symbol of immortality; the ancients believed that its flesh did not decay, …..PEACOCK TURNED INTO WOMAN WHO MARRIED ADONIS IN ANCIENT GREEK REPUBLIC MYTH OF ERINONA

THE SPECTACULARLY BEAUTIFUL PEACOCK ALSO FEATURED IN ANOTHER ADVENTURE INVOLVING ATHENA, ADONIS AND ARTEMIS, ALONG WITH ZEUS AND HERA.

THIS LEGEND IS OF THE CYPRIOT GIRL KNOWN AS ERINONA. ERINONA AND ADONIS WERE THE VICTIMS OF THE RIVALRY OF THE GODS, WHO CLASHED WITH EACH OTHER IN THEIR CONTINUAL POWER PLAYS. THE GODDESSES ATHENA OF THE ARTEMIS THEMSELVES ADMIRED THE MORTAL GIRL ERINONA FOR HER WISDOM AND PURITY. APHRODITE, ANGRY, THAT THE GIRL DID NOT HONOR HER, AS WELL, TRIED TO MAKE ZEUS FALL IN LOVE WITH HER.

HERA, EVER JEALOUS OF ZEUS’ INNUMERABLE ALLIANCES, ARRANGED FOR ADONIS TO RAPE THE VIRGIN GIRL, WHICH CAUSED ZEUS TO LOSE ALL INTEREST IN HER. Now enraged over the subterfuge, ZEUS struck and killed ADONIS, while Artemis transformed ERINONA into a peacock — and then the peacock into a human being.

APHRODITE then begged ZEUS to allow a shadow of ADONIS to return to the world of the living, guided by HERMES. The resurrected ADONIS then married the transformed — and re-transformed — ERINONA, and they had a son together, called TALEAS or TALOS.

IN THE REAL WORLD OF HELLENIC-ERA GREECE. ALEXANDER THE GREAT HIMSELF WAS SAID TO HAVE BEEN SO DAZZLED BY THE BEAUTY OF PEACOCKS THAT HE MADE IT ILLEGAL TO KILL THEM..,,.AND IF SOMEONE DID THAT, HE WAS PUNISHED BY DEATH PENALTY.

SANTORINI -83

HERE ARE TWO MASTERPIECES OF HAND WORK ON SILK VELVET WITH A COUPLE OF PEACOCKS AND CRYSTAL MIRROR CARVING BELOW ROSE-MARIE LOOKING AT THE CRYSTAL MIRROR, IN WHICH WAS CARVED THE PEACOCK THE SYMBOL OF THE “BIRD OF PARADISE” – DIVINE CREATIONS, OF ROSE-MARIE AND KONSTANTIN SCHÖNROS.. PHOTO: PRESS

ANORAC JACKET AND PILOT OVERALL, SEWED IN JAPONEE’ – 18′ SILK,/ECO PIGMENT DYED, INAUTUMN 1986 BY ROSE-MARIE AND KONSTANTIN. PHOTO: KARY LASCH

SISTA BILDEN FRÅN FÖRRA SOMMARN

IDAG DEN 02/06/24 SOMNADE DU IN MIN FINAÄ L S K L I N GTACK FÖR ALLA FYRTIOTVÅ (42) LYCKLIGA ÅREN TILLSAMMANS!!

Rose-Marie at the “Bird of Paradise” workshop in Stockholm -88

Studio & Work Shop 1987 at Rensiarnansgatan Södermalm /Stockhom

Rose-Marie
Photo: Kary Lasch

Bird of Paradise – Divine Creations/ Fashion Fair1986

ROSE-MARIE PHOTO: KARY LASCH

ROSE-MARIE & KONSTANTIN PHOTO: TONY LANDBERG

INSTAGRAM: euphoriatrica

“Bird of Paradise” Wearable Art since 1982 – Art on Silk & Titan

“Odyseus & Gorgona” Eco colours – washproof on 8″ japonee silk From the 1989(October) “Art on Silk & Titan” Kulturhuset Stockholm. (Saatchi & Saachi Galery)
www.konstantin living arts

“Cloudy Dreams” from “Art on Silk & Titan” – with Eco-Silk pigments – washproof – on 8″ Japonee`Silk
Photo: Konstantin
at KKV Konstnärernas Kollektivverkstad i Nacka.

“Cosmic Power”
Hand painted in 8″ Japonee silk with Eco-colours
by Konstantin Schönros
Photo: Konstantin

Artitanic Mask “Art on Silk & Titan” from “Bird of Paradise”- Kulturhuset – October 1989

Titan, Silver & Black star stone Papercuter; Handmade by Master Jannis Papastavridis,Konstantin`s younger brother.
Photo: Jannis(R.I.P.)

Titanium, Silver, brass & red Gold – BeltBucle; Handmade by Jannis Papastavridis, Konstantin`s younger brother.
Ph: Master Jannis(R.I.P.)
www.functionalwearableart since 1982

Spectrolithe-stone & Titanium; H-made by Master Jannis Papastavridis (Konstantins younger brother)
Photo: Jannis(R.I.P.)

“Spectrolite & Silver” Hand made By master Jannis (Konstantins brother).
Photo: Jannis Papastavridis
Photo: Jannis(R-I.P.)

Myriam watching the “cosmic dream” handpainted by Konstantin & Rose-Marie Schönros at 8” japoneè silk with eco-textile colours (125cm * 110cm )
(private Collection)

PHOTO: WOODY OCHNIO

“Fire Bird” in Titanium & Fossil Block-Batique
Modell: Victoria

“Fuji” Handmade in Titanium, Gold & silver by Functional Wearable Art.com

Identical Amonite Fossil Block Batique by Konstantin & Rose-Marie on various Silk garments (here: on Japoneé 8″ , Satin & Dupunione Silk (“Art on Silk & Titan”) -1982

CLASSICALS FROM BIRD OF PARADISE:

FOSSIL BLOCK BATIQUE ON SILK SATIN & DUPUNION 8″, /ECO-COLOURS

Raw Silk & old Ikat from Suba Island – Indonesia
from “Bird of Paradise”, Sewn by Rose-Marie Schönros
Modell: Rose-Marie
Photo: Woody Ochnio

“Optical Line” /A..part of the Show-room
of Bird of Paradise in Stockholm Photos by the master Woody Ochnio

“INDIVIDUAL DESIGNS
HERE: 3 KIND OF SILK:
LACES, CREPE DE CHINE, JAPONEE 8″
HAND MADE(1992) BY ROSE-MARIE, WAX BATIQUE, ECO COLOURS PHOTO: ROSE-MARIE

Fuji” Handmade in Titanium, Gold & silver by Konstantin Schönros

Gold mask(18 carats), Silver Titanium & Silk Fossile-Block Batique
Photo:Woody Ochnio

Owe SANSTRÖM/(ABBAs DESIGNER) & Rose-Rosemarie Schönros
Photo: Press

Padded Batik-Jackets-85
Choreographer Roy Barrows & Rose-Marie
Photo: Press

Rose-marie in Paris

Photo: Michael Klazskow

ROSE-MARIE IN YOUNGER DAYS! (A) PHOTO; KARY LASCH

ROSE-MARIE IN YOUNGER DAYS! (B) PHOTO; KARY LASCH

Rose-Marie Samuelsson-chönros & Kary Lasch himself
Photo:Kary Lasch

Rosemarie Schönros

Photo: Tony Landberg at Stig Forsberg’s studio sometime in the late 70s and waffled hair which was very fashionable then.

A FANTASTIC ARTIST, DESIGNER AND EXCELLENT PATTERN CONSTRUCTOR….WONDERFUL MOTHER AND WIFE, SINCE OUR YOUNG DAYS–HER BEAUTIFUL SPIRIT IS SHINING AND AMPLIFIES US ALL THE WAY..NOW .THAT SHE`S AT THE CHAMPS ÈLYSÈES.. IS I M M O R T A L AND SHE CONTINUES BEING M Y U N I Q U E M U S E…AS SHE WAS ON EARTH

Rose-Marie at the Studio of Bird of paradise
p: Woody Ochnio

“Optical Line” Art on Silk & Titan” by “Bird of Paradise” – Divine Creations- Hand made by Rose- Marie & Konstantin (Living Arts Batique)
Eco Colours –19 88
Modell: Rose-Marie
Photo: Woody Ochnio

ANORAC JACKET AND PILOT OVERALL, SEWED IN JAPONEE’ – 18′ SILK,/ECO PIGMENT DYED, INAUTUMN 1986 BY ROSE-MARIE AND KONSTANTIN.

PHOTO: KARY M LASCH

“Marmorated-Block-Batique” & Titanium suspenders (“Wearable Art” collection-88) Hand Made by Konstantin Schönros
Mod: Miriam
Ph: Woody Ochnio

“Wearable Art”-1988 – Fossil Batique & Titan;H-Made By konstantin Schönros.
Modell: Petra on her horse.
Ph: Woody Ochnio

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Titanic ..drama! (titanium, Gold & Silver by Konstantin)
Mod: Konstantin
Photo: Woody Ochnio

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Titan, Gold, Silver; H-Made by Konstantin Schönros
Mod: Konstantin
Photo: W.Ochnio

“Fire Bird” Artitan collection H-M,by Konstantin & R-Marie Schönros
Mod: Victoria
Ph: Woody Ochnio

“Artitan” Rose-Marie & Konstantin Schönros -88
Modell: Victoria
Photo: Woody Ochnio

Viktoria(RIP), Dressed In Japonee Silk Pilot Overall With Block Batique/In ECO Colours & Titanium Jewelry (“Wagner”Series// “Artitan”), For:

“Functional Wearable Art”, From Bird Of Paradise-Divine Creations”).

Photo: Woody Ochnio. Private Collection Of Christer Knutars.

Myriam -98 Marmoring on Batique By Konstantin & R_Marie Konstantin Schönros
Ph: Woody Ochnio

“Art on Silk & Titan” -by Konstantin &Rosemarie Schönros
“Titanium shapes”
Photo: Konstantin  /— at Konstnärernas Kollektivverkstad – KKV Stockholm.

Earth Colours by “Bird of Paradise” (Rose-Marie & Konstantin Schönros).
“Art on Silk & Titan”
Photo: Woody Ochnio
Modells: Ann with Viktoria Sokolov and Rosemarie Schönros.

“Fossile Batique” (Block Batique from Amonite-Fossiles from Gotland-88) Earth Colours by “Bird of Paradise” (Rose-Marie & Konstantin Schönros).
“Art on Silk & Titan”
Modells: Rose-Marie &Tame
Photo: Woody Woody Ochnio 

“Fuji” – Artitan – (Gold, Titan & Silver) hand made by Konstantin Schönros
Photo: Konstantin Schönros  — at Konstnärernas Kollektivverkstad – KKV Stockholm.

ROSE-MARIE & MARIE LUISE BAXTER

Rose-Marie in younger days

Photo: Kary Lasch

Rose-Marie(-84) in Silk Anorak & Overall
Photo:???

Rose-Marie &Marie-Louise Nordlund-Baxter  1982

Kary Lasch & Rosie to the..left

Kary Lasch & Rose-Marie in “Antlantic”

“Art on Silk & Titan” October November -89
Konstantin & RoseMarie
Photo. Ann Andren

Functional wearable art from Bird of Paradise – Divine Creations
Here: Block Amonite Fossile batique on Dupunioni & 8″ japonee silk at late 80`s
Natural(ECO) pigments Designed & Handmade by Rose-Marie & Konstantin Schönros
Modell: Rose-Marie
Photo: Kary Lasch

Rose-Marie modelling for the image of the Fifties

Photo: Jörgen Reimer

Rose-Marie

Bali residence -85 (Golden Village)
Photo: PAOLO ROSI (for Italian magazine)

Lurex collection Fall – 1986 – Bali from Bird of Paradise – Divine Creations (Functional Wearable Art 1982)           

Modell: Ati / Photo: Konstantin

The unforgettable Family of Hamiltons(R.I.P)
Photo: Woody Ochnio

City Hall Stockholm -84
Shiffon Silk Dress
Hand made by Rose-Marie & Konstantin Schönros (“Bird of Paradise”) with Eco colours.
Modell: Rose-Marie

City Hall Stockholm -84
Japonee Silk “salopette pilote”
Hand made by Rose-Marie & Konstantin Schönros (“Bird of Paradise”) with Eco colours.
Modell: Rose-Marie
Photo: Konstantin

Rose-Marie at the Bird of Paradise Studio -88
Photo: Konstantin

KONSTANTIN & ROSE-MARIE HAVING A BRAKE PHOTO: WOODY OCHNIO

Gabriella at the release party
of Staffan Hildenbrandt film
“Ingen kan älska, som vi”,
at her place (-88)
Photo: Woody Ochnio

Modell: Anne
Photo: Woody Ochnio

“Optical Line” Art on Silk & Titan” by “Bird of Paradise” – Divine Creations- Hand made by Rose- Marie & Konstantin (Living Arts Batique)
Eco Colours –19 88
Modell: Rose-Marie
Photo: Woody Ochnio

Silk overall & Anorac Jacket(padded with Silk Japone) from Bird of Paradise – Schönros Original -84
Modell: Rose-Marie
Photo: Woody Ocmnio

Silk overall & Anorac Jacket from Bird of Paradise – Schönros Original -84
Modell: Rose-Marie
Photo:Konstantin Silk overall & Anorac Jacket from Bird of Paradise – Schönros Original -84
Modell: Rose-Marie
Photo:Konstantin

-88, 89 & -91
Modells: Tame & Rose-Marie
Photo: Woody Ochnio

Silk overall “Bird of Paradise”-87 / Modell: Rose-Marie /Photo: Woody Ochnio

Lahman’s Trikot in “Bamboo Batik” /Fashion Show 1992
Modells: Tony & Monika
Photo: 

Woody Ochnio

Wearable Art -88-2001, from “Bird of Paradise”-Divine Creations
Hand made by Rose-Marie & Konstantin Schönros -on 3 different kind of natural silk (Dupioni japonee & Crepe satin)
Fossile (Amonite)-Block Batique
Modells: Rosie (Rose-Marie) & Tame
Photo: Woody Ochnio

“art on Silk & Titan/from “Bird of Paradise-Divine Creations(since 1982)
Photo: Woody Ochnio

Artitan (Titan, Gold & Silver)
Modell: Konstantin
Photo: Woody Ochni

OUTSIDE THE WORKSHOP OF BIRD OF PARADISE

Earth Colours by “Bird of Paradise” (Rose-Marie & Konstantin Schönros). SANTORINI -83
Mod: Rose-Marie
Photo: Konstantin

Konstantin & Rosemarie
Relaxing outside the work shop of “Bird of Paradise” – Divine Creations in Santorini -83
Photo: Press

Mixed famify photos…up to the Right: Konstantin & Rosie
in their favorate Tavern in Santorini -83
Up to the left: Rosemarie at the summer house of the parents of Konstantin – down Adonis looking for ..something at his moms chest….middle right relaxing in Bali Safari –
Down to the right Konstantin, Adonis & Rosie in Xylokastro beach -85 

Santorini -83..thirsty Konstantin & Safari

Ann & “OPTICAL LINE TYPE-B

Photo: Woody Ochnio

Konstantin & Rose-Marie /up to the Right – Just Maried in Traditional Japaneese Silk Kimonos – 83! ( five days home & then Back to Santorini & Bird of Paradise!)
Photo: Antony Struwer

Ann in “Optical LineB”/Titan & Platina

Golden mask(18 carats), Silver Titanium & Silk Fossile-Block Batique
Mod:Viktoria Sokolov.
“Titan vision” by Konstantin Schönros
Photo: Woody Ochnio

more Titan image

Mod: Viktoria Sokolov.
Photo: Woody Ochnio 

“Fire Bird” in Titanium & Fossil Block-Batique
Modell: Victoria
Photo: Woody Ochnio

Marmoring Batique -87, -88, 89 Wearable Art by “Bird of Paradise”
Modells: Mirjam, Rose-Marie, Peter, Åsa , Konstantin, Tame ,Tomy
Photo: Woody Ochnio

Mia & Adonis in Silk handpainted jackets

Fall -87..block batique from “Bird of Paradise”
Modells: Standing: Peter, Åsa & Konstantin(down)
front: Tomy & Tame
Photo: Woody Ochnio

“Bird of Paradise” – Divine Creations
From the left: Gabriella, Konstantin, Åsa, Tame & Tommy
Photo: Woody Ochnio

Ethnic gang!
From the Left: Konstantin, Tomy & Tame on ANTIQUE Wild -Java Silk Block Batique–
Photo: Woody Ochnio

Up to the left: 3 different Silk collage – batique with organic colours – crepe de chine, laces, japomeè; bottoms made by titanium(blue) Hand made by Rose-Marie & Konstantin Schönros – “Bird of Paradise” “Living Art” & “Functional wearable art” collection…NOT for the BIG market….of course!! (1988)

Photo: Konstantin

Ewa-Lena Posing in Swedish “Lahmans Trikot”
in “Bamboo”- Batique by Konstantin & Rose-Marie Schönros,
with eco-pigments -91 “Bird of Paradise”
Photo: Woody Ochnio

Up to the left: 3 different Silk collage – batique with organic colours – crepe de chine, laces, japomeè; bottoms made by titanium(blue) Hand made by Rose-Marie & Konstantin Schönros – “Bird of Paradise” “Living Art” & “Functional wearable art” collection…NOT for the BIG market….of course!! (1988) Photo: Konstantin

Ewa-Lena Posing in Swedish “Lahmans Trikot”
in “Bamboo”- Batik by Konstantin & Rose-Marie Schönros,
with eco-pigments -91 “Bird of Paradise”
Photo: Woody Ochnio

“Passion” sewn by Rose-Marie from “bird of Paradise” -87
Modell: Eva-Lena
Photo: Woody Ochnio

ANN dressed in “LAHMANS” TRICOT 1992 SRING-TIME

PHOTO: WOODY OCHNIO

“Wearable Art” – Art on Silk & Titan by Bird of Paradise (Rose-Marie & Konstantin Schönros)
Modell: Ann
Photo: Woody Ochnio

Rose-Marie at the Bird of Paradise Studio -88
Photo: Konstantin

Rose-Marie Schönros photographed by: Kary Lasch

Rose-Marie Schönros photographed by: Kary Lasch,

Rose-Marie Schönros photographed by: Kary Lasch

Rose-Marie Schönros
Photographed by:Kary Lach

Living ARTS on Silk & Titan
Modells: Tony & Monica
Designed & Hand made by Konstantin & Rose-Marie Schönros.
Photo:; Woody Ochnio

Living ARTS on Silk & Titan
Modells: Tony & Monica
Designed & Hand made by Konstantin & Rose-Marie Schönros.
Photo:; Woody Ochnio

Myriam dressed in batik & Titan
Photo: Woody Ochnio

Lahman’s Trikot in “Bamboo Batik” /Fashion Show 1992
Modells: Tony & Monika
Photo: Woody Ochnio

The well-known – at -80`Tony Johansson dressed in Titanium armour Silver Tie (Saatchi & Saatchi.art/schönros) –  
Photo: Woody Ochnio

Silk (..in ALL kind of Silk:.as Satin, Japonee, Organga, Crepe de Chine, Dupunioni, Laces etc)

Upp from the Left: 

Upp from the left: Peter,Åsa & Konstantin sitting Front: Tommy & Tame
Designed & Hand made by Konstantin & Rose-Marie Schönros.
Photo: WoodyOchnio

All dressed in Silk batik – works by Rose-Marie & Konstantin /Functional wearable art
Modells – from the left: Gabriella, Konstantin, Åsa, Tame & Tommy
Photo: Woody Ochnio

Living ARTS on Silk & Titan
Modells: Tony & Monica
Designed & Hand made by Konstantin & Rose-Marie Schönros.
Photo:; Woody Ochnio

Rose-Marie photographed by Victor Arimondi

Portret of R-Marie by Victor Arimondi)-1981

Rose-Marie at “Relax” –80(victor-Arimondi)

An-other-portret of Rose-Marie by Victor Arimondi -1980

Rose-Marie “Innocent-80”-Photo: -Victor Arimondi

“Bird of Paradise” – Divine Creations
“Wearable Art”
In Black & White: Rosemarie Schönros
Photo: Victor Arimondi

Old Laces – Collage from “Wearable Art” – Art on Silk & Titan by Bird of Paradise (Rose-Marie & Konstantin Schönros)
Spring -87
Modells: Åsa & Tame,
Photo: Woody Ochnio

“Wearable Art” Hand made by Rose-Marie & Konstantin Schönros
Modell: Anne
Photo: 

50`s Nostalgy
Rose-Marie
Photo: J.Shäffer

MSH Modell Angency
RoseRosemarie Schönros
Photo: Tony Landberg

Rose-Marie in Younger Days!
Photo: Kary LaschRose-Marie
Photo: Kary Lasch

Rose-Marie
Photo: Kary Lasch

Rose-Marie Samuelsson-Schönros Rose-Marie in Younger Days!
Photo: Kary Lasch

Kary Lasch the human & not only master of Photography, but great comedian, as well! P.I.P Kary!

Antlantic -81
Rose-Marie Samuelsson – Schönros photographed by Kary Lasch (photo to the lift)
Photo: Kary Lasch

Rose-Marie Schönros -81
Photo: Kary Lasch

Image of the 50″sRose-Marie Schönros(Samuelsson)
& Kary Lasch
Photo: Kary L. Lasch

RoseMarie
Ready to swim
Photo:Shäffer

Modell: Rose-Marie / Photo: Schäfe

Image of 50`s
Rose-Marie
Photo:J. Shäffer

RoseMarie for Hallberg jewelry

MSH Modell Angency
RoseRosemarie Schönros
Photo: Tony Landberg

Rose-Marie
Photo: Kary Lasch

Rose-Marie, as little girl
Photo: Alex Fröberg (Her uncle)

Camila on Golden padded jacket in silk from “Bird of Paradise” by Konstantin & Rose-Marie Schönros
“Functionalwearableart Art on Silk & Titan” -87
Photo: Woody Ochniohttps://scontent.farn1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t31.18172-8/10623804_10152906924124609_6607163087446439251_o.jpg?_nc_cat=110&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=BHdT3J0JSeAQ7kNvgHVjB3n&_nc_ht=scontent.farn1-2.fna&oh=00_AYA5jbTyFoyRQgRmGp-a2guFjAx9yP9Lzsqf-WrWeclDGA&oe=66791C9A

-Petra on her horse; dressed on silk (Fossil Block Batique) & Titan
Photo: Woody Ochnio/SUMMER -88

Rose-Marie SamuelssonRosemarie Schönros
Photo: MSH Modell Agency

Adonis Schönros
Photo: Konstantin

ROSE-MARIE WITH FURS BY SOPHIE ERICKSONS

Up to the left: 3 different Silk collage – batique with organic colours – crepe de chine, laces, japomeè; bottoms made by titanium(blue) Hand made by Rose-Marie & Konstantin Schönros – “Bird of Paradise” “Living Art” & “Wearable Art” collection…NOT for the BIG market….of course!! (1988)

Sidenoverall, sidenskärp samt titan armband hand made
by Rose-Marie & Konstantin
Modell: Rose-Marie
Photo: Woody Ochnio

ROSE-MARIE AT THE WORKSHOP-SHOW AND STUDIO OF “BIRD OF PARADISE-DIVINE CREATIONS”, WEARING HER OWN CREATIONS, AS USUAL PHOTO: KONSTANTIN

Fashion Show “Wearable Art” Konstantin dressed in his Silk – Creations (Making jokes & mimes) at Dagmar Elleby`s show-room – 1990
Photo: Woody Ochnio

“Green Gourmet” på “interiorigin” vernissage.. — in Stockholm, Sweden.“Arte Ordinata” Detail from Kitchen – “INTERIORIGIN”
Photo:Tony Landberg

Detail from the kitchen
Photo: Tony Landberg

Dancing Angels at the Livingroom
Photo: Tony Landberg interiorigin …at youtube

“Dancing Dolphins” – mosaIc (towels silk screened with the motives of the mosaics). with the Great Assistence of Adonis (RIP)
Photo: Tony Landberg

Detail of Bathroom “interiorigin
Photo: Tony Landberg

Adonis Schönros creation (at the age of 18)
Photo: Konstantin
Rose-Marie living arts

Adonis var en väldigt kreativ person, skapade fina möbler, smide, keramik, han hade även ett svetsarcertifikat för heta arbeten, han var en människa med många talanger..
Lärde sig språk snabbt, engelska, grekiska, italienska. En härlig humor och en stor empati för djur och människor.
Ett stort intresse för historia.
Underbar att sitta och prata med.
Han kunde få mig att skratta så tårarna rann, han hade något utöver det vanliga.
Världen gick miste om en person som var en stor tillgång att kunna se dråpligheterna
I den värld han levde.R.I.P
Älskar dig för evigt. 

‘https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g72OyCzKSbk

INTERIOR by Konstantin & Rose-Marie IS:
Mosaics, Paintings, Marmorings, etc by using STRICTLY ECO Colours for BOTH to the Garmrments & on the Walls:
…UNDER the name:
interiorigin (at youtube)
Photo: Tony Landberg : ttps://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=interiorigin

Interviewed by the Interior Magazine

Photo: Christopher Landberg

Interiorigin youtube
Photo: Tony Landberg / /ENTRANCE

Dancing Angels” by James Cane ,rest by Konstantin
Photo: Tony Landb

THE ART OF MOSAIC ~ ~ ~
The term mosaic usually refers to an architectural surface (floor, wall, ceiling) covered with a decorative layer consisting of mosaic tiles, which can be made of natural materials (e.g. stones, marble, semi-precious stones) or manufactured materials (tiles, glass). The tiles are fixed to the surface they decorate with the help of mortar, which serves as an adhesive.

The term mosaic (synonym of the Latin word mosaic) first appears in Latin texts and it is possible that its etymology is associated with the Muses and more specifically with sacred caves dedicated to the Muses, decorated with mosaics.

Most of the mosaics that have survived are, for obvious reasons, floor mosaics, important examples of which can be found in OLYNTHOS, OLYMPIA, PELLA, DION, CORINTH, etc. The mosaics used during the 5th-4th centuries BC are pebbles with natural colors, which is why the colors are limited. There is no clear picture of the period when the transition from rounded pebbles to cubic mosaics was made. It is most likely that this happened in the middle of the 3rd century BC and the technique probably came from ALEXANDRIA, the most famous city of the “HELLENISTIC PERIOD”=LATE CLASSICAL HELLENIC PERIOD).

Although the mosaic has its roots in Greece, it was the Romans who made it more widely known from Britain to North Africa, where it is found in both public and private buildings. Pergamon was famous for its mosaics, the birthplace of the great Greek sculptor Sosos, whose works were described with great accuracy by Pliny. Pliny, like Vitruvius, described in great detail the construction technique and the substrate of mosaics.

The art of mosaic reaches another level during the Byzantine period with new characteristics and themes, marking significant developments in the technique

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I N T E R I O R I G I N

Bathroom Detail ..ALL Mosaic & Painting
motives are silkscreened at the same place so
for example, the towels are carrying of the “DANCING DOLPHINS”

Photo: Tony Landberg

Konstantin preparing “Green Gourmet” Dinner
for the guests Interiorigin Vernissage at Östens!
Photo: Tony Landberg

DETAIL FROM THE KITCHEN

Raw food à la cart & boufet    LEMURIA (Nybrogatan)-1994 Raw food Restaurang
Krister & Konstantin….those were the Days!!….& NOW: Raw Food is just growing BIGGER!!………………..

“Allt om Mat” MAGASIN

The Ultimate Fermented Kale chips Recipe(Photo: Allt om Mat)
1) 250 gr. Kale leaf.
,2) 200 gr. Fine Tahini.
3) 2 Tablespoons Probioform, Juiced out of 2 (two) freshly squeezed lemons, including one (1) grated lemon zest.
4) Half Red Onion (grated) 2 slices of pressed garlic and 2 teaspoons Butane Lemon Pepper “Sichuan”
5) 3 tablespoons umeshu-shiso vinegar & one dl. gluten-free Tamari.
6) 2 dl. “Bjäst” (cultivated yeast flakes).
Do this:
First, mix the ingredients from 2an, 3an, 4an and 5an, in a bowl.
Then you put in the kale leaves, “massage” them and let the leaves absorb for at least 15 minutes.
Last you put in “Bjäst”!
Flatten out on baking paper and into the drying cabinet (at 38 ° C) for about 12 hours.
P.S: Probioforme. Bhutan pepper & Tahini

Tjärhovsgatan  “Green Gourmet” -95 Raw food Bouffet..
Eva Sangwall & Konstantin, njuter av Raw-ice cream at the office of the Swedeish Vegetarian Society – above the”Green Gourmet” 
Photo: Christer  Knutars

“Green Gourmet” RAWFOOD Restaurang at the Swedish Vegetarian Society 1996/ Petra, Konstantin, Rose-Marie, Patrick

PHOTO: PRESS

THE SILK IN THE ANTIQUITY

Alexander the Great, Aristotle and Pamphili from Kos

Interesting information from the Museum Guide
The comments of PLINY the Elder:
“The women weave webs, like spiders, making a luxurious material for women’s dresses, called silk. The process of breathing and weaving the thread was first invented in KOS, by a woman named PAMPHILI, daughter of PLATAEUS. She had the undoubted glory of inventing the way to lighten women’s clothing to the point of nudity.”
In this way PLINY the Elder, a writer of the 1st century, comments on the property of silk to “reveal” the human body (Naturalis Historia XI, xxvi-xxvii). We obtained the information from the Silk Museum guide written by Alexandra Tranta (published by PIOP), where one can find many interesting facts about the history of silk.

ALEXANDER THE GREAT, ARISTOTELES AND PAMPHILI
We also READ: “SILK CLOTH WAS INTRODUCED TO ANCIENT GREECE WITH THE CAMPAIGNS OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT (334-323). WISHING TO UNRAVEL THE SECRET OF SILK PRODUCTION ALEXANDER SENDS COCOONS TO HIS TEACHER, ARISTOTLE, WHO, THE FIRST OFTHE ANCIENT GREEK WRITERS, MENTIONS THE SILKWORM, DESCRIBING IT, AS A kind OF “LARGE WORM” (ARISTOTLE, ON ANIMAL STORIES, V.XIX, 551 b):
“From the large worm, which has one horn and differs from the others, it becomes first a variable of the tapeworm, then a bombylus, and then a necydalus; and in six months it changes all these forms. And from this life also the cobs are analyzed by the women’s clothes, being rubbed
, and then they woven; and the first is said to be woven in K. Pamphili Plato’s daughter”. Hist. Anim.V.19.6. Aristotle, “The Histories about Animals”.

Here ARISTOTLE mentions as the first silk weaver PAMPHILI from KOS in even earlier times (the first one is not called ὑφῆναι ἐν Kῷ Pamphili) and describes the process of converting the cocoon into silk.
He speaks, in fact, of its transformations, as well as of the process of pulling the thread from the cocoon: “therefore the animal and the analyzable buds of the women’s tennis shoes are woven together”.
Aristotle mentions that Pamphili from Kos wove silk cloth, but we don’t know if silk-making was later forgotten. Thus, we do not know if silk was imported or reused because it had fallen into oblivion when Alexander “discovered” it in his campaigns.

Image: Detail of a black-figure lekyth by the AMASIS Painter depicting women in domestic work: weaving on the standing loom and grinding. Metropolitan Museum, New York.
https://anihneftes.wordpress.com/, https://www.archaiologia.gr/
https://euphoriatric.com/living-arts-bird-of-paradise…/

The oldest silk was found in Cyprus

In Pyrgos, Cyprus, the archaeologist Christos Dumas found a fossilized cocoon of a lepidopteran species similar to the silkworm (!) and connected it to the many figures in Cretan art showing women collecting cocoons in forests.

Nevertheless, there is a reference to the introduction of silk into Greece as early as Alexander the Great, who, wishing to discover the secret of silk production, sent cocoons to his teacher, Aristotle, who was the first of the ancient Greek authors in his work “The Life Stories” refers to the silkworm and its transformation process.

A little later, a small piece of 4,000-year-old silk fabric (the oldest silk found in the Mediterranean), was unearthed by Italian researchers. In the container where the cloth was found, there were also wool and cotton fibers, as well as weights and a small spool.

(K.M.): At least for me, the event caused sensation, admiration and curiosity… We know that in other countries, when a …shovel that is at least 200 years old is discovered, a Museum is built to …show it off!

The ancient Greeks did have knowledge of sea silk, in 5Th century BC ,referring to it as “sea wool” continuing in the 2nd century CE, indicating its use as a luxury item. Archaeological finds of *Pinna nobilis shells in ancient Greek sites suggest a potential for the material, though the fibers may have been used for other purposes, such as food, as they were in Southern Italy. The earliest saved written records for sea silk date to the 2nd century CE, and while the Greeks may have been among the cultures that worked with this rare fiber, the Magna Graecia connection remains less clear compared to later production centers.

SILK IN ANCIENT GREEK CONTEXT

Term for Sea Silk:

By the 2nd century CE, the Greek term for sea silk was tà ἐκ τῆς θαλάσσης (thalassis eria), or “sea wool,” which still denoted a luxury textile material,

Use as a Luxury Item:

Sea silk was already considered a luxury item in the ancient world, and the Greeks were likely continuing used this precious, naturally golden-brown fiber.

Magna Graecia Connection

Pinna nobilis Distribution:

The noble pen shell (Pinna nobilis), the source of sea silk, is endemic to the Mediterranean and was always present in the waters of Magna Graecia, as in the main land of Greece

Shell Remains:

Remains of the noble pen shell have been found in ancient Greek sites in locations like Thessaly and Santorini, suggesting that the material was available in the region.

This very luxurious textile made (Later in Latin “Byssus”, from the Greek Βυσσος=filaments) of the Mediterranean pen shell, known for its naturally iridescent, golden-brown color. While silk production from silkworms in ancient Magna Graecia was limited, Greek maritime networks and the trade.

In luxury Marine Silk and goods did connect back the regions to Greece, especially in Thessaly, Corinth and Santorini, where it was started once, commerce. Sea-silk remained a luxury product, during the Roman era was, as before, appreciated by the elite, and its production was a dying art, with ancient sources mentioning its existence and appreciation in the classical period..

 “SEA SILK” IN THE COPPER AGE for UNDERWEAR

According to a recent study, “sea silk” was used for the spidery, fitted underwear of women, as shown by the figures in Minoan and Mycenaean frescoes. The almost transparent “bodice” that they wore under the vest, and which gives the impression that their breasts were bare, was instead covered by a very thin, fitted underwear made on a loom from the organic silk of the “Noble Pinna” shell (Pinna Nobilis) that was endemic to the Aegean archipelago (Dr. Eleni Konstantinidi – Syvridi).

The noble pen shell or fan mussel, commonly known in English as the “noble pen shell or fan mussel”, is the largest bivalve mollusc in the Mediterranean Sea (marine bivalve mollusc) that can exceed one meter in length, with a lifespan of (45) years. It belongs to the Pinnidae family and the Anisomyaria order, and resembles a huge mussel. It has the property of producing a rare type of silk, which was the finest textile material of animal origin with brilliant transparency and sparkling in the sun like gold. The threads were extremely expensive, more valuable than gold and precious stones, and is even mentioned in Champollion’s Rosetta in the British Museum.

The laminae, with their broad triangular and relatively fragile shells, reddish-brown in color with fan-like radial striations, and their inner surface covered with nacre, are found on soft bottoms and seagrass beds standing upright on the bottom. They produce teardrop-shaped pearls, and secrete from their glands a network of fringes (byssus), made of a multitude of silken threads, consisting of keratin and other proteins, which solidify immediately, and reach a length of (6) centimeters.

This was the raw material for the processing of luxurious threads for the transparent underwear worn by priestesses and goddesses in the signet rings of Crete, in the wall paintings of Mycenaean times, and in Sardinia until Roman times (goddesses and priestesses attire). These delicately tufted “busts” were symbols of high social status, and were worn by the wives of officials and wealthy individuals (Evagella Campi, Dr. Italian history).

Today, the shells tend to disappear due to parasitic infection, and they survive only within the Amvrakikos Gulf in the Ionian Sea, and in the Gulf of Kalloni in Lesvos. In Italy, their fishing has been banned. According to the BBC, there is probably only one person left in the world today in Sardinia, who collects the viscose, spins it and weaves it like our ancestors into shiny fabrics for newlyweds, etc. Her name is Chiara Vigo from Sant’Antico, a small island southwest of Sardinia.

practitioners keep it alive–more for tradition’s sake than economic reward.

Unfortunately the Pinna nobilis clams which are the source of byssus fibers have declined rapidly in number thanks to overfishing, pollution, and the general decline of the Mediterranean sea-grass beds. Other fibers like seaweed based cellulose or watered silk have adopted the “sea silk” name further confusing the issue. Today the sea silk industry only barely survives in Sardinia where a handful of aging practitioners keep it alive–more for tradition’s sake than economic reward.

A few pieces have survived in museums including the extraordinary mediaeval chasuble of St. Yves pictured below

Luxury fiber is a strange thing. Linen comes from flax (which has some legitimate claims to being the first domesticated plant). Silk is derived from the cocoons of lepidoterans. Qiviut comes from the undercoats of musk-oxen. One of the rarest of all luxury fibers comes from an even more peculiar source. “Sea silk” is produced by collecting and spinning the long micro filaments or “byssus” secreted by several kinds of bivalve mollusks–expecially Pinna nobilis (a large saltwater clam once widespread in the Mediterranean ocean). Pinna nobilis can grow up to a meter (3 feet) in size and anchors itself to the ocean floor with an extremely fine fiber it excretes from a land in its foot.

NO V I O L E N T SILK:

Peace Silk, or Ahimsa silk, is made without hurting silkworms. Rather than boiling the cocoons, small incisions are made to allow the month to exit the cocoon once the metamorphosis is complete.

Unlike conventional silk production, which involves boiling silkworms alive in their cocoons to extract the silk fibers, Peace Silk is produced by allowing the silkworms to complete their metamorphosis into moths before harvesting their cocoons. Ahimsa is a Sanskrit term meaning ‘non-violence’ or ‘non-harm.General Information, Caring For & Breeding Silkworms

Background

Silkworms are the larva of a moth (Bombyx mori) native to Asia that spins a cocoon of fine, strong, lustrous fiber that is the source of commercial silk. The culture of silkworms is called sericulture. The various species raised today are distinguished by the quality of the silk they produce. Silkworms feed on the leaves of the mulberries (genus Morus) and sometimes on the Osage orange (Maclura pomifera).

Bombyx Mori will not bite, making it an ideal worm for feeding most reptiles, amphibians and other animals. And they offer great nutritional value as a live feeder. mulberry leaves

Mulberry Leaves

Newborns are small enough for most baby reptiles to eat and young silkworms can even be fed so they will grow to a desired size. Silkworms are soft-bodied, slow moving and can grow to 3 inches in length. They are also relatively fast growing, reaching about 3 inches in length and ready to cocoon in as little as 25 – 28 days.

Silkworms go through four stages of development, as do most insects: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Click here to see a life cycle chart. The adult (imago) stage is the silkworm moth. The larva is the caterpillar (not really a “worm” at all). The pupa is what the silkworm changes into after spinning its cocoon before emerging as a moth. Since the silkworm grows so much, it must shed its skin four times while it is growing. These stages-within-a-stage are called instars.

Today, the silkworm moth lives only in captivity. Silkworms have been domesticated so that they can no longer survive independently in nature,

particularly since they have lost the ability to fly. All wild populations are extinct. Also contributing to their extinction is the extraordinary fact that they only eat mulberry leaves.

Silkworms have been used by researchers to study pheromones or sexual attractant substances. The pheromones are released by female moths and the males detect the chemicals with olfactory hairs on their antennae. This allows the male to find the female for mating. The male antennae are made of many small hairs to increase the chances of picking up small amounts of the pheromones over long distances.

How to Grow Your Worms to the Perfect Size silkworm eggs

Silkworm Eggs and Moth The great thing about silkworms is that they only grow as much as you feed them, and they can go for up to a week without food. Keep in mind, however, that they will become dehydrated and begin to die off after a few days without food, and should be fed at least once daily in order to remain healthy. But, in general, if you have too many you can feed them a few times per week and they’ll stay alive until you need them without growing too much larger.

Wash hands thoroughly before handling the worms or the food or they may develop bacterial problems. Using a cheese grater, grate a small amount of food onto the them and repeat until the caterpillars reach the desired size. For best results, maintain temperatures between 78° and 88° F.

Excessive condensation forming in the container after feeding is the leading cause of failure. If this condensation does form, take the lid off your container and allow the container and old food to completely dry out. In the future, make sure the previous food is dry before feeding again. Old damp food is a breeding ground for mold and other problems, dry food is not. A fan can help for quicker dry outs.

As the silkworms grow, you may need to transfer your worms to a larger plastic container. The lid needs to have ventilation holes. If not, you need to vent the lid so the silkworms won’t suffocate and to allow condensation to dissipate. You can also use a shoebox. The old food and waste matter can be removed, but does not have to be if it remains thoroughly dry.

Under ideal conditions (78° to 88° F and allowed to feed nearly continuously) silkworms can go from egg to 1 inch in length in about 12 days, and 3 inches in under 30 days. The worms will begin to spin cocoons at about 28 – 30 days old or when they are between 2 1/2 and 3 inches long.

From Cocoon to MOTH silkworm

Silkworm moths emerge from their cocoons after spending about two to three weeks metamorphosing. As moths, they do not eat or fly. They will usually mate, lay eggs and die within a week. Fertile eggs turn from yellow to gray or purple in a week or so. If the eggs don’t hatch within 3 weeks, they usually will not hatch until the following year (see above—from egg to larva).

Proper Handling Procedures

Again, in order for your worms to stay healthy for many weeks, you’ll need to keep the silkworms as dry as possible. If condensation builds up during feeding, vent the container lid to prevent excess humidity.

Be sure to wash your hands thoroughly before handling the worms or their food. Silkworms can be susceptible to bacteria if you don’t properly handle them. As long as the container environment remains dry, your worms will be fine.

Mold develops from high temperatures and high humidity. If the worms are covered with droppings, silk and old food for too long, mold may develop and kill the worms. If mold does develop, grate about 1/4 inch of food (sold separately) all over the worms with a cheese grater. As the worms crawl to the top of the new food pile you can transfer them off the moldy food and place them into a new container.

Silkworms are susceptible to bruising and dying if not handled with care, especially as they grow larger.

When handling and transferring the worms, be very gentle.

BACK TO PINNNA NOBOLIS!

The Pinna nobilis (noble pen shell) primarily lives within or on the edges of seagrass meadows, which are composed of marine flowering plants rather than true “seaweed” (algae).
Its most common and preferred habitats include:
Posidonia oceanica (Neptune Grass): This is the primary seagrass species associated with Pinna nobilis. The mussel anchors its pointed end deep into the sediment among the roots of this grass.
Cymodocea nodosa (Little Neptune Grass): It is also frequently found in meadows of this seagrass, especially in lagoon environments.
Caulerpa prolifera: In certain regions like Tunisia, they have been observed living within meadows of this green algae.
Ecological Relationship:
While the mussel lives among these plants, it also serves as a substrate for other organisms. Diverse species of true seaweed (algae), along with sponges and bryozoans, often grow directly on the exposed part of the Pinna nobilis shell, creating a “miniature ecosystem” on the animal itself.
The species is currently Critically Endangered due to a devastating parasitic outbreak. For information on current protection efforts,

RESTORATION PROGRAMME OF PINNA NOBILIS – RAC/SPA
The Mediterranean endemic fan mussel Pinna nobilis is suffering an ongoing basin-scale mass mortality event (MME) since 2016. As most Mediterranean populations have collapsed, the species has been declared as Critically Endangered in the IUCN Red List of threatened species. In an effort to track the progress of the MME and provide updated information on the status of the species in the Greek seas, data collected through dedicated surveys and opportunistic assessments during 2019 and 2020 have been compiled. During surveys conducted at 258 sites, a total of 14,589 fan mussels were recorded, of which 81.1% were dead. Of the remaining 2,762 live individuals, 256 were juveniles. Two marine areas that still sustain living populations were identified, namely Kalloni Gulf (Lesvos Island), and Laganas Bay (Zakynthos Island). The inner part of Kalloni Gulf appears to maintain the largest surviving population of the species in the eastern Mediterranean, with an abundance estimate of 684,000 individuals (95% confidence interval: 322,000-1,453,000). Solitary, potentially resistant, scattered individuals were recorded at several sites. Other previously abundant populations that had been assessed in the past, specifically those of Lake Vouliagmeni (Korinthiakos Gulf), Souda Bay (Crete) and Gera Gulf (Lesvos Island) with a total of ~350,000 individuals, have now been wiped out. Our results document the collapse of most P. nobilis populations throughout the Greek seas. The MME has progressed substantially between early 2019 and mid-2020, as indicated by the increase in mortality at sites consecutively monitored multiple times. This work highlights the urgent need for continuous monitoring of surviving populations and calls for immediate implementation of an effective protection and management strategy that will ensure the persistence of surviving individuals and the production of resistant offspring.
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ZOTOU, M., GKRANTOUNIS, P., KARADIMOU, E., TSIRINTANIS, K., SINI, M., POURSANIDIS, D., AZZOLIN, M., DAILIANIS, T., KYTINOU, E., ISSARIS, Y., GERAKARIS, V., SALOMIDI, M., LARDI, P., RAMFOS, A., AKRIVOS, V., SPINOS, E., DIMITRIADIS, C., PAPAGEORGIOU, D., LATTOS, A., GIANTSIS, I. A., MICHAELIDIS, B., VASSILOPOULOU, V., MILIOU, A., & KATSANEVAKIS, S. (2020). Pinna nobilis in the Greek seas (NE Mediterranean): on the brink of extinction?. Mediterranean Marine Science, 21(3), 575–591. https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.23777
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The “Project Sea-silk” went public in 2004, when the Natural History Museum and the Museum of Cultures Basel, Switzerland, presented in a joint exhibition for the first time over 20 textile objects of sea-silk, dating from fourteenth to twentieth centuries. The exhibition catalogue, Muschelseide – Goldene Fäden vom Meeresgrund, (Maeder et al. 2004) represents the first illustrated book to the theme. All exhibition and catalogue texts were written in German and Italian, as from the beginning of my studies it was clear, that sea-silk was first of all a cultural heritage of Italy. Parts of the exhibition were conceived as a travelling exhibition and presented later in Taranto and Lecce, Italy, and in Lugano, Switzerland. Since 2010, an extensive and richly illustrated Internet site presents the inventoried sixty sea-silk items, the biology of the Pinna nobilis L. and its fibre beard, the production process of the fibres, and – the most important part – the history of sea-silk, followed by a large bibliography. The regularly updated projects homepage www.muschelseide.ch is written in English, German and Italian.

The result is a fine, resistant textile material, once famous and highly appreciated for its natural iridescent, brown-golden colour. (Figure 2) The pen shell Pinna nobilis L. is protected since 1992, prohibiting a reanimation of the sea-silk productFelicitas Maeder Project Sea-silk, Natural History Museum Basel, Switzerland Abstract Sea-silk is made of the fibre beard of the pen shell (Pinna nobilis L.), endemic in the Mediterranean. The fibres were cut off the mussel, washed, dried, combed and spun. The result is a fine textile material, since antiquity appreciated for its naturally iridescent browngolden colour. Sea-silk was rare and nearly unknown in textile history. Sixty small textile items have been inventoried, mostly knitted, but also stitched, embroidered or fur-like. They belong to natural history, not textile collections. The oldest fragment was dated fourth century CE; the oldest surviving item is a knitted cap dated fourteenth century. Sea-silk is often confused with byssus. In the sixteenth century, naturalists have denoted the fibre beard of Pinna by the Latin term byssus, in analogy to the ancient byssus meaning fine linen. These double meaning has created many misapprehensions. Today new problems arise from old textile byssus relics newly declared as sea-silk. Contents: Revealing an old story /

The pen shell and its product: byssus / Written and material evidences of sea-silk / The ambiguity of the terms byssus and sea-silk / Sea-silk in antiquity / What a mess! Byssus and sea-silk in modern mass media Revealing an old story In the long, fascinating history of textiles, sea-silk is only a tiny chapter. In textile research it has hardly ever been a topic – with a few exceptions. Forbes mentions sea-silk in Volume 4 of his Studies in Ancient Technology. In the last part of the chapter named “Other fibres”, he writes: “Vestments were made […] even from the bundles of fibres from the pinna mussel of the eastern Mediterranean coast.“ (Forbes 1956, 63). Furthermore sea-silk was – and still is – a topic in both myth and legends, especially because of its golden gloss and the corresponding associations.

In 1998, the first critical, 200-page monograph was published in the Canadian journal Ars Textrina: “Pinna and her silken beard: A foray into historical misappropriations” (McKinley 1998). Daniel McKinley (1924-2010) meticulously analysed texts from antiquity to the twentieth century, from Portugal to China, identified unexamined iterations of recurring assertions, deconstructed myths and legends and uncovered countless errors. It’s a great pity that this essential source for any future studies didn’t get the attention it deserved. One reason may be that it has not been easy to access. I am happy to make the whole text – with the permission of the author’s family – available on the Internet site of the ‘Project Sea-silk’: http://www.muschelseide.ch/…/bibliogr…/Monographien.html In the same year 1998, without knowing of each other, I started the ‘Project Sea-silk’ at the Natural History Museum Basel, Switzerland with three main objectives: • To compile an inventory of all objects in sea-silk still existing in museums and private collections worldwide • To trace the history of this almost forgotten textile material, its production and manufacture, trade and diffusion • To document the knowledge and remains of this cultural heritage of Greece and Italy especially: “Magna Graecia”

The pen shell and its product: byssus Sea-silk is a product of the noble pen shell Pinna nobilis L. (Šiletić 2004). (Figure 1) This bivalve is the largest shellfish of the Mediterranean, where it is endemic. The sedentary mollusc stands upright in the sea grass weeds along the coast, with almost one third buried in the sand. To withstand the flow, it fastens itself with a beard of very fine, strong filaments in the ground. These fibrous tufts, zoologically called byssus, with a length of up to 20 cm, constitute the raw material for sea-silk. The tufts cut off the mussel have to be washed several times, dried, combed and spun like other natural fibres.

…IN GENERAL…

Ancient Greeks knew ALL of silk, INITIALY in Magna Greacia (Syracuse – Corinthian colony) and Athens, Thebe and Corinth, developing their own production, particularly on the island of Cos, using this time wild silkworms from Asia. Philosophers like Aristotle described it, noting its mysterious origin, and while the secret of true sericulture was lost LOST and REINTRODUCED from China later, Greeks traded, continued producing again Both Pinna Nobilis silk and Mulberry silk for luxury garments, before inking the East and West through the burgeoning Silk Road.

Early Knowledge & Introduction Alexander the Great: Silk apparently returned to Greece in the 4th century BC after Alexander’s campaigns, introducing the Hellenistic world to the exotic fabric. Aristotle’s Account: He described silk being spun on the island of Cos from wild silkworm cocoons from IONIA(Today’s “MinorAsia”in nowday’s Turkey), though his knowledge was vague, suggesting it wasn’t yet mainstream. “Seres”: The Greeks called China the “Seres” (Land of Silk), acknowledging its source, and the term “silk” (sērikós) derives from this.

Production & Trade Cos (Kós): Became famous for silk production, using imported Chinese raw silk for weaving, a practice that continued for centuries. Importation: Silk also came via the Silk Road from China and was a highly valued commodity, exchanged for gold and other precious goods. Other Cities: Syracuse, Athens, Thebes, and Corinth were also known for their silk industries. Usage & Mystery Luxury Item: Silk was a symbol of wealth and exoticism, used for rich robes and fine textiles, though initially rare. “Sea Silk”: All Greeks in Magna Greacia knew of “sea wool” (Amorgina), a very luxury fiber from the sea shell Pinna Nobilis, differed from Chinese silk. Secret Lost: The secret of true sericulture (raising silkworms) was lost later in the West until Byzantine monks smuggled eggs from China in the 6th century CE, making the earlier Greek knowledge distinct.

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Silk screens on eco – T-shirts in…1995!
Messages HAVE to be with Humor!..it works BETTER!
“CLOCK” doesn`t exist anymore, but Clock was an other scam by the time of 1995..- now the referee`s name is …replaced by… (gluteus)-MAX-(imus)!

MATAPOTEKET (=FOOD PHARMACY)  – 2018 –

….”Green Gourmet” (Raw Food – Restaurang – since1994 – 1997 at Tjärhovsgatan at Swedish Vegetarian Sociaty H.Q)..NOW: “Green Gourmet -2B continued” !!!)

Fermented Kale chips

1) 250 gr. Kale leaf.,2) 200 gr. Fine Tahini.3) 2 Table spoons Probioform, Juiced out of 2 (two) freshly squeezed lemons, including one (1) grated lemon shell.4) Half Red Onion (grated) 2 slices of pressed garlic and 2 teaspoons Butane Lemon Pepper “Sishuan”5) 3 tablespoons umeshu-shiso vinegar & one dl. gluten-free Tamari.6) 2 dl. “Beast” (cultivated yeast flakes).       Do this:First, mix the ingredients from 2an, 3an, 4an and 5an, in a bowl.Then you put in the kale leaves, “massage” them and let the leaves absorb for at least 15 minutes.Last you put in “Bjäst”!Flatten out on baking paper and into the drying cabinet (at 38 ° C) for about 12 hours.

ADONIS SCHÖNROS ART WORKS & PHOTOS

“ARTA ORDINATA” DETAIL, FROM THE “INTERIORIGIN” WORKS OF ALL FAMILY: ROSE-MARIE, KONSTANTIN, ADONIS & AMARYLLIS

LAST PICTURE WITH HAPPY MOM

Mother and son

AT THE AGE OF EIGHT(8)

ADONIS IN YOUNGER DAYS

Dressed in in silk pilot overall(Konstantin) & Kio jacket(Adonis) in SKANSEN.. .. – TITTA PAPPA!.. Elefanten äter med snoppen! 

STORKEN HAR LANDAT ADONIS, ROSE-MARIE OCH KONSTANTIN 

ADONIS &. MIA MODELLING FOR “BIRD OF PARADISE”, DRESSED IN HAND PAINTED SILK PADDED JACKETS (ECO COLOURS)

PHOTO: WOODY OCHNIO

ADONIS & AMARYLLIS

INTERIORIGIN/ENTRANCE

DANCING ANGELS/LIVING ROOM

DANCING DOLPHINS MOSAICS / DETAIL FROM BATHROOMA BY ADONIS & KONSTANTIN

PHOTO TONY LANDBERG

PHOTO: TONY LANDBERG “ARTA ORDINATA” BY ADONIS /DETAIL FROM THE KITCHEN

KITCHEN DETAIL/

KITCHEN DETAIL/PREPAIRING THE GREEN GOURMET VERNISSAGE DINER

ADONIS OWN CREATIONS AT THE AGE OF 18

FENG-SHUI BY ADONIS AT THE AGE OF 18

Portret of Adonis by James Cane

MAR-ADON-A!!!!

New collection from Bird of Paradise – Divine Creations (Original Schönros – Wearble Art – “Art on Silk & Titan” est -1982) (MOST of the Photos have been taken in 1987, -88, -89 by Woody Ochnio & worked PERFECT out in 1990 – 91, by Woody again)

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Bird of Paradise New collection – Earth, Wind,Fire; designers Rose-Marie & Konstantin Schonros. photosession made in august 1991 in Saltsjobaden to the seaside. Reworked in computer in 04/2015. Woody Ochnio Photography ©

Published: april 29, 2015

 (Hand made by R-Marie & Konsatntin with Eco pigments in different kind of silk, mainly “Japonè”, Crepe de Chine & Dupionee – with “block Batique” combined with Titanium – “Artitan” – jewelry)

Designers Rose-Marie and Konstantin Schonros, beautiful silky womens clothes,

with models: Sara Kay, Peter Kay, Lena, Tame, Rose-Marie & Konstantin, Tomy, Myrjam, Åsa, Gabriella, Paulina Ochnio, Sandra, Eva Lena, Anne, Camilla, Petra, Gillan, Adonis, Tony, Monika etc.

Earth colours has been always one of the characteristics of “Bird of Paradise – Divine Creations” & “Art on Silk & Titan” – Wearable art – by Rose -Marie & Konstantin Schönros..at htis one is also a combination of “Marmoring Batique & Silk Screens:

Artitanic Mask “Art on Silk & Titan” from “Bird of Paradise”- Kulturhuset – October 1989 

“Fuji” – Artitan – (Gold, Titan & Silver) hand made by Konstantin Schönros Photo: Konstantin Schönros  at KKV Konstnärernas Kollektivverkstad i Nacka. 

Gabriella Koesen at release party ( in her place) of the film
of Staffan Hildebrand : “Ingen kan älska, som vi”

Bird of Paradise – Summer Heat

Fashion – Styling – Photography

Modell: Camilla

PHOTO:Woody Ochnio Phot ©ography

“Wearable Art” – Artitan – (Titan, Gold & Silver) handmade by Konstantin SchönrosAutumn -89 Photo: Konstantin “Titan vision” by Konstantin SchönrosPhoto: Woody Ochnio

Camila on Golden padded jacket in silk from “Bird of Paradise” by Konstantin & Rose-Marie Schönros
“Functionalwearableart Art on Silk & Titan” -87
Photo: Woody Ochnio 

Modell: Petra – Collection -88 – Petra on her horse

Photo: Woody Ochnio

Fall -88 – Myrjam

Functional wearable art from Bird of Paradise – Divine Creations
Here: Block Amonite Fossile batique on Dupunioni & 8″ japonee silk at late 80`s
Natural(ECO) pigments Designed & Handmade by Rose-Marie & Konstantin Schönros
Modell: Myriam
Photo: Woody Ochnio

Functional wearable art from Bird of Paradise – Divine Creations

Photo: Woody Ochnio

Mixed famify photos…up to the Right: Konstantin & Rosie
in their favorate Tavern in Santorini -83
Up to the left: Rosemarie at the summer house of the parents of Konstantin – down Adonis looking for ..something at his moms chest….middle right relaxing in Bali Safari –
Down to the right Konstantin, adonis & Rosie in Xylokastro beach -85