Lunar New Year Part II
I like writing my entries a little late to savor the moments again. After all, this blog is about marking memories, not report writing. Picture 1 : It’s a tradition to have our family picture taken every Lunar New Year
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Lunar New Year Part II
Two gorgeous 2009 Szpilman Award candidates: The runner-up, Alexander Thieme with his Embedded … and this year’s winner, Hank Schmidt in der Beek , with In den Zillertaler Alpen Can you spot me? What am I, within this overwhelming sight?
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The Landscape Is You
Life has returned to normalcy, after the excessive partying and feasting in year end & new year celebrations about two months ago. But the moon in rising, caught the setting sun’s glow. So here we go again.
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The New Moon, Golden in the Setting Sun
Illustration: William Morris Peacock and Dragon 1878 The Peacock and Dragon is one of William Morris’s woven, rather than printed textile designs.
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William Morris and the Peacock and Dragon
Last weekend I flew home to Vancouver to attend the Sight/Sites of Spectacle symposium at the University of British Columbia. As I had not gone home to visit my parents for almost three years – this trip was a good opportunity to visit with my parents; try to see a few friends and artists; re-immerse myself in the world of art history for a few days and to feel the anticipation of the city on the eve of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games .
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Spectacles, Biennales and the Winter Olympics
Again I was lukcy that all the practical details worked out so I could attend this year’s Flemish Primitives in Brugge. For some one who’s not attended, it’s not so easy to grasp the concept and ideas behind The Flemish Primitives (TFP)
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The Flemish Primitives 2010 (part 1)
The third iteration of Radiant Dark: Assets & Values closed Sunday, January 24, 2010. Radiant Dark is the brainchild of Shaun Moore and Julie Nicholson of MADE
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Radiant Dark 2010: Assets & Values
World Cancer Day is marked on February 4 to raise awareness of cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment. As a way to acknowledge the day and to find out more about how to help yourself or others, take a look at what Suzanne Somer’s has to say about her cancer journey and the alternative therapies that she’s investigated. Suzanne Somers’ 19 th book was written as a result of being misdiagnosed with full body cancer in November 2008. Suzanne says that her doctor told her to prepare herself and her family for the end. See Suzanne Somers discuss Knockout (via Spruce TV) It makes me wonder, if something like that can happen to someone with Suzanne’s resources, what else is happening that we never hear about.
Jump to the full entry & travel map Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States That’s the great thing about cruising, you can do as much or as little as you’d like. This time around I was determined to take in everything the ship had to offer.
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A lazy day at Sea OR was it? — Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
Jump to the full entry & travel map Beijing, China What You Want to Know Before Buying a Guitar Choosing a beginner music instrument can be interesting but tricky. Maybe your first decision involves choosing to learn on either an electric or acoustic guitar
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What You Want to Know Before Buying a Guitar — Beijing, China
Make magazine dedicates its 21st issue to the state of advancement of the various aspects of desktop manufacturing (3D printing and scanning, personal fabrication, etc..). The articles are not available without subscription, but one article that is available represents the views of sector pioneers. The statements were collected by Gareth Branwyn : “* Aaron Nielsen, Oomlout, oomlout.com, a distributed design house that makes laser-cut, open source robot and microcontroller kits What we feel best represents the potential of this burgeoning movement is not a machine, or software, nor is it even immediately identifiable as desktop manufacturing.
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The state of desktop manufacturing
Simply Feather shows how to make these felt treat bags shaped like the classic Valentine’s conversation hearts. What a cute idea!! This is a quick enough little project that you could make them for a whole class in just one evening. Get the how-to . [photo from Simply Feather ] Technorati Tags: sewing , tutorial , felt , conversation , heart , treat , bag , pouch , Valentine …
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Tutorial: Conversation heart Valentine’s treat bags
This week’s Weekly has my First Friday picks . Little Berlin ’s “ Works on Paper Rejects ”—with drawings, prints, photos and sculpture by artists rejected from the recent Works on Paper exhibit at Arcadia University —is the hot opening this Friday.
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Weekly Update – February First Friday roundup
Over at the studio at Corning Museum of Glass they have a Valentine inspired learning experience. You can “Make Your Own Glass Heart” . And you have choices! You can either make a glass bead with hearts on it or a heart paperweight
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Valentine’s Day at Corning – Make a Heart
It’s a blizzard out there — with shows dropping like snowflakes on the Philly art scene. Here’s some pictures and a few comments from our travels around town this past month. All these venues have serious monthly (or bi-monthly) programs and with First Friday around the corner it’s time to get out and see some more.
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Hot stuff this month at Sweatshop, Templeton, Grizzly and elsewhere
Filed under: Accessories , Fashion , News , Designers & Brands , Shopping Marc Jacobs has arrived at theOutnet.com. Printed jersey dress (left), metallic tank dress (center) and striped silk-voile dress (right).
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Marc Jacobs Collection Is up to 75% off at theOutnet.com
If you’ve an interest in food history, check out this article about the changing phrases of conversation hearts (love ‘em or hate ‘em, they are the essential Valentine’s Day candy), such as the inclusion of “Tweet Me”.
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Evolving Conversation Hearts
Brendan Wenzel has been posting some wonderful animal illustrations over at his blog. Dig deeper, and you’ll find more fun watercolours, like these heads: Posted by John Martz on Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog | Permalink | No comments Tags: animals , Brendan Wenzel , Illustration , watercolour
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Brendan Wenzel
LetterCult offers up an exhaustive 15-page post detailing the best custom lettering of 2009 . It’s the first part in a series of posts that will narrow down the list to a top ten, an interview with their person of the year, and finally, something they’re calling AlphaBattle, which looks interesting
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The Best Custom Lettering of 2009
I wonder if the partial reprise of the famed ‘New Topographics’ exhibit — recently on view at LACMA and opening later this month at the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, Ariz.
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Forget the show, the catalogue is a keeper