{"id":5748,"date":"2013-05-30T01:00:30","date_gmt":"2013-05-30T05:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/?p=5748"},"modified":"2025-09-15T16:22:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T20:22:25","slug":"lori-larusso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/30\/lori-larusso\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist: Lori Larusso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/boil-lorilarusso.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5749\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/30\/lori-larusso\/boil-lorilarusso\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/boil-lorilarusso.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,429\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"boil-lorilarusso\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/boil-lorilarusso-300x214.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/boil-lorilarusso.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5749\" alt=\"boil-lorilarusso\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/boil-lorilarusso.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/boil-lorilarusso.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/boil-lorilarusso-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The work of <a href=\"http:\/\/lorilarusso.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Lori Larusso<\/a> is a bit peculiar, as are her choices of restricting the viewer. Lori isolates a space which accentuates the angles and guides our eyes to more unusual focal points.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/emergencysandwiches-lorilarusso.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5750\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/30\/lori-larusso\/emergencysandwiches-lorilarusso\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/emergencysandwiches-lorilarusso.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,364\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"emergencysandwiches-lorilarusso\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/emergencysandwiches-lorilarusso-300x182.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/emergencysandwiches-lorilarusso.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5750\" alt=\"emergencysandwiches-lorilarusso\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/emergencysandwiches-lorilarusso.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/emergencysandwiches-lorilarusso.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/emergencysandwiches-lorilarusso-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/interiorthreat-lorilarusso.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5751\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/30\/lori-larusso\/interiorthreat-lorilarusso\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/interiorthreat-lorilarusso.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,538\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"interiorthreat-lorilarusso\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/interiorthreat-lorilarusso-300x269.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/interiorthreat-lorilarusso.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5751\" alt=\"interiorthreat-lorilarusso\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/interiorthreat-lorilarusso.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/interiorthreat-lorilarusso.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/interiorthreat-lorilarusso-300x269.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/skywater-lorilarusso.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5753\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/30\/lori-larusso\/skywater-lorilarusso\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/skywater-lorilarusso.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,594\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"skywater-lorilarusso\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/skywater-lorilarusso-300x297.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/skywater-lorilarusso.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5753\" alt=\"skywater-lorilarusso\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/skywater-lorilarusso.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"594\" 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data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"meatcake-lorilarusso\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/meatcake-lorilarusso-300x282.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/meatcake-lorilarusso.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5752\" alt=\"meatcake-lorilarusso\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/meatcake-lorilarusso.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"565\" 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