Sunday, June 12, 2005
Saturday, June 11, 2005
Illustration Friday - Summer
Illustration Friday is summer. Summer for me is gardening, enjoying my hydrangeas, getting wet under the sprinklers, sun-bathing in the privacy of my back yard, thinking about going on vacation somewhere (but never going), drinking frozen drinks, having friends over for for cook-outs, public swimming pools with the kids and catching a cool breeze under my tree. Summer does not last very long in the Northwest and it is wonderful.
Big Pink Maternity Underwear
I have been doodling art for a maternity story. This is one of my doodles, remembering back how big the boobs and nipples get, preparing to be a target. I don't think you can see the target at the end of them. This is what I looked like back then in my big pink maternity underwear.
Friday, June 10, 2005
Paper Cut
Giant spinning wheel of fashion show and silhouettes of historical dresses from V&A. Costume History Silhouettes and Costume Collage Silhouettes from Fashion Era. A few of my favorites styles shown below from Fashion Era.
First Cut Magazine and Paper Cutters Organization. Elegant logo for this paper cutting site. Paper gate cuttings by Barbara Buckingham and the German Silhouette Museum. The Scissor-Cutting Art of Marie-Helene L. Grabman.
Papel Picado hand punched-paper from Kathleen Trenchard at Cut It Out. Chinese Paper Cut
Someone has been tweaking photoshop threshold and came up with lots-o-art, all kinds of stencils from stencilry.
First Cut Magazine and Paper Cutters Organization. Elegant logo for this paper cutting site. Paper gate cuttings by Barbara Buckingham and the German Silhouette Museum. The Scissor-Cutting Art of Marie-Helene L. Grabman.
Papel Picado hand punched-paper from Kathleen Trenchard at Cut It Out. Chinese Paper Cut
Someone has been tweaking photoshop threshold and came up with lots-o-art, all kinds of stencils from stencilry.
Kilts
My dad had a couple of kilts in the appropriate tartan he would wear to special events when we lived in Scotland. An old Texas cowboy in a kilt? He looked very handsome. I like this avant-garde kilt from V&A men in skirts. How to make a kilt.
I see men in these Utilikilts all the time in Seattle, and baby, they look good!
I see men in these Utilikilts all the time in Seattle, and baby, they look good!
Thursday, June 09, 2005
Nature Source Of Beauty
I might have mentioned some of these artist before (or maybe you have), but I went on a nature walk today via my computer. How inspiring. Makes me want to gather some leaves,twigs and shells and make a pattern.
Heather Barnett, The Living Room, 2001 and her Cellular Wallpapers, 2000 - custom printed Digital Wallpaper® designs derived from human cellular microscopy. Very disturbing or very cool.
Mussel shells, incoming tide by Gloria Lamson.
Worth reading: The desire to act beautifully - Forget Your Botany
Chris Booth's Big Boulders as art and Pumice from the Mountains as mountains.
Chris Drury's Mushroom Wheel (wish I could see more of it)
Ingrid Koivukangas - Environmental Artist, Willow River and Birchberry
Thinking boxes by Anne Katrin
Sand dollars by Diana Lynn Thompson, Writing poetry on leaves and Gesture: Momentary installations made between the tides on the beaches of Vancouver, Victoria, and Saltspring Island
So simple, so beautiful. Noble-Fir-Crystals ( found in the Tomographics): Slices of dead Noble-Fir at Fawn-Lake, Mt.St.Helens, WA, by Urs-P. Twellman and much more natural beauty on his site. The image below is the property of www.twellmann.ch.
Heather Barnett, The Living Room, 2001 and her Cellular Wallpapers, 2000 - custom printed Digital Wallpaper® designs derived from human cellular microscopy. Very disturbing or very cool.
Mussel shells, incoming tide by Gloria Lamson.
Worth reading: The desire to act beautifully - Forget Your Botany
Chris Booth's Big Boulders as art and Pumice from the Mountains as mountains.
Chris Drury's Mushroom Wheel (wish I could see more of it)
Ingrid Koivukangas - Environmental Artist, Willow River and Birchberry
Thinking boxes by Anne Katrin
Sand dollars by Diana Lynn Thompson, Writing poetry on leaves and Gesture: Momentary installations made between the tides on the beaches of Vancouver, Victoria, and Saltspring Island
So simple, so beautiful. Noble-Fir-Crystals ( found in the Tomographics): Slices of dead Noble-Fir at Fawn-Lake, Mt.St.Helens, WA, by Urs-P. Twellman and much more natural beauty on his site. The image below is the property of www.twellmann.ch.
Monday, June 06, 2005
Subject: Breaking up is hard to do in person
E-mails have replaced many events in our lives. I miss the anticipation of letters from foreign places mailed with exotic stamps to collect, something to read, something for your grandchildren to find in a trunk years later. Face to face visits with your best friend, holding hands, hugging, just looking at each other and remembering your past together. Long phone calls filled with snorting laughter. Yes, e-mails are convenient, instant. Not always the most satisfying or best method of communication.
But there is one thing that an e-mail should not replace and that is the 'personal touch' of breaking it off with someone you have been dating and intimate with for 6 months. Dear-John-email is the absolute no-no. So if anyone out there is considering this, please reconsider and do your relationship with someone the courtesy of a face-to-face break up.
This happened to my most beautiful, smart, talented, hard-working, witty sister-in-law tonight. And frankly, I am still stunned at the shameful act of a 53-year-old successful business that from all I heard about him was ‘enlightened’. What kind of a cad would break up via e-mail? Am I just over reacting? Please advise.
(I guess I can just be thankful he didn't save himself some more time by cc-ing the previous girlfriend that he is getting 'back' with, tack on a cc to mutual friends so they know not to mention the 'unpleasantness'.)
But there is one thing that an e-mail should not replace and that is the 'personal touch' of breaking it off with someone you have been dating and intimate with for 6 months. Dear-John-email is the absolute no-no. So if anyone out there is considering this, please reconsider and do your relationship with someone the courtesy of a face-to-face break up.
This happened to my most beautiful, smart, talented, hard-working, witty sister-in-law tonight. And frankly, I am still stunned at the shameful act of a 53-year-old successful business that from all I heard about him was ‘enlightened’. What kind of a cad would break up via e-mail? Am I just over reacting? Please advise.
(I guess I can just be thankful he didn't save himself some more time by cc-ing the previous girlfriend that he is getting 'back' with, tack on a cc to mutual friends so they know not to mention the 'unpleasantness'.)
Tara Art Camp
It is a small art world. Tara and I meet yesterday at Third Place Books for coffee after we discovered via flickr, that we had more in comman than just art, we lived about 10 minutes from each other. Her Art Journals are incredible.
Fight Poverty
Celebrities and famous ones alike are bonding together to fight poverty in the One Campaign. You can watch the promotional video here. The global campaign Make Poverty History. They've got my voice.
Moving Parts
Paper Machines by Walter Ruffler. I really like his Santa in Silent Night. Also The Flying Pig. Very X-rated versions from World Upside Down. Wheel Mechanisms. Eadweard Muybridge Flipbooks.
Barbara & Ted Alfred Jr prove that it is never too late to have fun with their Kinetic sculptures.
And this moving body parts, Robot Video, too good to miss (via Tuula).
Barbara & Ted Alfred Jr prove that it is never too late to have fun with their Kinetic sculptures.
And this moving body parts, Robot Video, too good to miss (via Tuula).
Friday, June 03, 2005
Wednesday, June 01, 2005
The Difference
My art director sent this to me, and I was a little concerned about posting because I don't know who to credit. But this is pricless and needs to be shared with the world. Nothing could be more spot on! I am searching out the author.
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Ball And Quilts
You don't have to crochet to want to make these Crocheted ball, it must be the colors and the spots. And I would really love to go to The Festival Of Quilts.
Translating To The Internet
Some magazines cross over easily to a web presence. Martha Stewart Living was the best at sharing stuff from her magazine, very early in the internet age. They tackled it all, web, tv, print in one glorious, successful fashion. Not giving too much away from print, but supporting, and offering resources from print and tv. Conde Nast was terrible in the beginning, I would go there and basically see an ad. But they have come along way, Baby. Style.com, online Vogue and they are good resource now for fashion shows and News/Trends.
My mother loves Cooks Illustrated and they look like they have some resources on their site. Vanity Fair’s daily dose listings and other links, some content stuff. And of course, Epicurious, for shopping and recipes. And my favorite food related magazine - Saveur - has a good web presence. And then I have to mention Food Network, good for recipes and resources from the TV network shows. I tried a couple of recipes and was disappointed.
My mother loves Cooks Illustrated and they look like they have some resources on their site. Vanity Fair’s daily dose listings and other links, some content stuff. And of course, Epicurious, for shopping and recipes. And my favorite food related magazine - Saveur - has a good web presence. And then I have to mention Food Network, good for recipes and resources from the TV network shows. I tried a couple of recipes and was disappointed.
BookScans Database
Scanned images of vintage paperback books from The BookScans Database. Thanks, Paul.
Hip But Useful?
Burr, this doesn’t say cozy to me even for a bird. Random light almost a lantern. Very Bond circular bed. Lomography SuperSampler camera, I have one of these, but why did I pay more, I can't remember? Table or bench with frame in satined nickel by Ruhs Panca. Bow Haus - the ultimate luxury living for your pets. Darling Sofa, I say, Ouch! The O-Cube Collection, minimalist par excellence but what is the purpose of the object?
Sleep Trip
Everybody dreams, but very few of us can remember our dreams. This is a place to keep them. I am going to use it, if I ever start dreaming again.
Foto Feast
I have been pleasantly distracted by photos, macro photography and peonies lately. I love flickr groups that one can submit their work to. That being said, I do not consider myself a photographer just because I own a digital camera - more of an experimenter. There seems little is left that isn't documented by someone and their handy digital. I have been showing my mom the beauty of Flickr tags, she can search out photos of Scotland if she wishes a walk back in time. But how many photos do you think they have stored all ready?
There are so many sites to view old photos, they are always my favorite. I know I have probably mentioned a few of these before, and you have too, but some things you just can not mention enough, agreed? Found Photos, based on file-sharing (here is a little blurb) is interesting but not dated photos. Just goofy stuff off of peoples digital cameras. Much older collections at Time Tales and some from Argentina at Foto Encontradas. A very touching here from Top Left Pixel of a man and his dog. More embracing photos at Round Here like this wonderful seashell meets sea. Geisha girl photos, beauty of traditional Japan found at Retrolounge, a jumping off point for lots of great visuals from the past (you must click twice on the links). Sacred lotus photographic documentary. And a flying chair with butterflies.
Then there are these reminders of our shameful history in the form of mugshots of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King.
There are so many sites to view old photos, they are always my favorite. I know I have probably mentioned a few of these before, and you have too, but some things you just can not mention enough, agreed? Found Photos, based on file-sharing (here is a little blurb) is interesting but not dated photos. Just goofy stuff off of peoples digital cameras. Much older collections at Time Tales and some from Argentina at Foto Encontradas. A very touching here from Top Left Pixel of a man and his dog. More embracing photos at Round Here like this wonderful seashell meets sea. Geisha girl photos, beauty of traditional Japan found at Retrolounge, a jumping off point for lots of great visuals from the past (you must click twice on the links). Sacred lotus photographic documentary. And a flying chair with butterflies.
Then there are these reminders of our shameful history in the form of mugshots of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King.
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