Tired of everything new and soulless the Cabinet of Curiosities is getting its renaissance. Popular in the 16th and 17th century Cabinets of Curiosities were rooms or furnitures hosting private collections of natural science, geology, religious relics etc for the rich and/or eccentric. They were regarded as a theatre of the world, and were also seen as symbol of the collector's power and knowledge of the items in this micro world. One collector, Samuel Quiccheberg said: "The ideal collection should be nothing less than a theatre of the universe...keys to the whole of knowledge...."
IDI are predicting the cabinet of curiosities as one of the major themes for 2008. They have called the trend Alchemy, and it's all about escaping from reality, and replacing it with something wonderful based on old world beliefs, and new fantasies.
Good news for me with my attic of oddities ;-) After photographing my crocodile the other day I actually left it for display, and I think it actually looks quite good ;-) Gotta come up with a name for him ;-)! Several of the items in our attic actually stems from a Cabinet of Curiosities, a large glass monster, in our living room were my grandfather arranged his finds from various travels.
A Cabinet of Curiosities does not have to be traditional, or contain valuables, its the feeling of wonder, science, mystery and discovery that will make it work! Think back to those childhood trips to the Natural History museum ;-) or make curiosities out of things you already have ...after all not even the Renaissance people had access to Unicorn horns. Make it yours, and blend it with your own style, after all these collections were private and curated by the collectors themselves!
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