New York Bar “Serving Up” Career Advice
Careers in the News: An Irish pub in the Manhattan region of New York City recently converted its second floor into an unemployment center – apparently doing its job to help job seekers in the state’s ultra-competitive job market, the New York Daily News reported. On top of New York City’s ..
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Filed under: Celebrity , News Tiger’s Mistress #2 Jamiee Grubbs. Photo: Maury Phillips/WireImage.com New York Cit’y's Upper East Side may be where ” Gossip Girl ” is filmed, but the tony neighborhood has never seen anything like this. A black town car arrived outside the opening of the new Foravi boutique on Madison Avenue on Tuesday night, discharging a pair of long, sculpted legs that finally revealed themselves as belonging to Miss Jaimee Grubbs , the reality-TV starlet who shot to recent fame as Tiger Woods Mistress #2
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The late, great Dave Stevens drew comic book characters that rocketed right off the page. I was reminded of that when I got a look at a very special new book from IDW Publishing that has just gone on sale and will be available for pick-up at Comic-Con International in San Diego in July. Here’s the cover to this massive, black-and-white hardcover edition called “ Dave Stevens’ The Rocketeer: Artist’s Edition “… The Rocketeer is a superhero created by writer/illustrator Dave Stevens
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The Rocketeer Flies again
Illustration: Charles Rennie Mackintosh Chrysanthemum pattern work Although Charles Rennie Mackintosh is usually known for two specific forms of flower used repeatedly throughout his decorative work, namely the rose and the tulip, there were other flower forms that although not becoming a large part of his extensive repertoire, were nonetheless an interesting part of the process of the Mackintosh phenomenon. The five illustrations shown here all have the chrysanthemum at its centre
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Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Chrysanthemum
The PGA Players As the PGA Tour’s 2010 season opened in Hawaii, the scope and breadth of the Tiger Woods scandal and its coverage began to take full flight. Accustomed to the sports media, the Tour players now faced the entertainment paparazzi, TMZ, Gawker, Deadspin, and their like, all-the-while unsure if … Read more: Tiger Woods: The PGA Players’ Reactions
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Tiger Woods: The PGA Players’ Reactions
Key Highlights 27 months comprehensive 3D Animation program Covers concepts of Film Making, Pre-production, Production & Post Production aspects of 3D Animation Software’s covered Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk Maya, Autodesk Mudbox, Eyeon Fusion, Apple Final Cut Pro, Autodesk Matchover Elective Specialisation in any four areas of Animation Curriculum mapped to Industry requirements Comprehensive program to make the students job-ready Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics (MAAC), India’s leading institute offering high-end 3D animation and VFX training, announced the launch of Advance Diploma in 3D Animation EDGE (AD3D EDGE) – a 27 month, comprehensive 3D Animation program with focus on complete process of film making which includes Pre-production, Production & Post Production stage. AD3D EDGE has been designed to enhance the skill set of the students. The course offers four elective specialisation options in Modeling & Texturing, Lighting & Shading, Animation, and Visual Effects.
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MAAC launches Advance Diploma in 3D Animation EDGE
Kowhaiwhai is a form of Maori decoration that takes the form of abstract curved pattern work. These painted decorative patterns usually portrayed in traditional colours of red, white and black, are often placed within Maori meeting houses
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Kowhaiwhai – Maori Rafter Patterns
Today is MayDay , a day that has been set aside in the U.S. to encourage those in the cultural communities to prepare for disaster in order to protect our heritage. CERF+ (*) encourages all artists to consider taking these 5 steps toward peace of mind
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Is your art business prepared for flood? Fire?
Illustration: William Morris Trellis wallpaper design 1862 Trellis was William Morris first commercially available wallpaper design. It was sold through the company of Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co, which was later to become Morris & Co, in 1864. However, the design itself had been completed by Morris two years before in 1862
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William Morris and the Trellis Wallpaper
Illustration: Examples Of Tatar leatherwork 1925 In 1925 the then Soviet Union held, amongst its various exhibitions at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris, a large display that highlighted the ethnic diversity of the Union as seen through various traditional craft skills. Amongst these displays was some Tatar leatherwork.
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Tatar Leatherwork
Illustration: Crochet chair back pattern 19th century Although crochet can often be closely, although inaccurately twinned with knit, it has in fact long been associated with lace rather than knit. In many respects, it could be seen as a simpler, though still effective interpretation of lace skills. Although obviously not as fine and accomplished as professional lace making, depending on the materials used and the fineness of both yarn and needle, a wide variation of crochet can be achieved.
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Crochet as Lace
Illustration: Large embroidered hanging from Bukhoro, Uzbekistan The embroidery skills and decorative pattern work of Uzbekistan are some of the most iconic of Central Asia. Although embroidery was used extensively in costume, apart from the ubiquitous cap or hat, many outside of Uzbek culture are more familiar with domestic embroidery. Many of the best examples of Uzbek embroidery are in the form of internal hangings, bedspreads and covers
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Uzbek Embroidery
Illustration: Erin Wilson Short Story #4 2009 The textile artwork of Erin Wilson at first seems effortlessly simple. Small boxes are repeated in a composition that includes regular rows and columns
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Erin Wilson’s Quilted Short Stories
Illustration: Marianne Stokes Ehret die Frauen tapestry 1912 Marianne Stokes for all her connections with Morris & Co and the perception, through at least part of her work, of an inbuilt English Pre Raphaelite style, was in fact Austrian. She was born Marianne Preindlsberger in Graz in southern Austria. She became Stokes through her husband the English landscape artist Adrian Stokes and settled in England, living for many years in St Ives, Cornwall.
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Marianne Stokes and the Ehret die Frauen Tapestry
Busy week. Late again, due to my absence (I'm getting tired of saying that), the Sobey long list was announced, too, with a lot of familiar names — not just because they're well-known Canadian artists, but because they've been nominated before
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Sobey long, long, long list announced.
Illustration: Bosnian carpet weaving Sarajevo 1910 Traditional Bosnian rug and carpet designs can often be confused with those of Turkey, the reason being the strong connection between the two cultures. For four hundred years, Bosnia was a province and integral part of the Turkish Empire. All aspects of society including the traditional crafts of the region were influenced by the domination of Turkey over such a long period of time
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Bosnian Carpet Weaving
Illustration: Alec Walker Godrevy textile design 1920s Alec George Walker is a largely forgotten English textile designer that flourished throughout the 1920s. His design work was popularly used within the fashion industry with much of the hand block printed design work being produced on silk, although cotton and linen were also included
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Alec Walker and Crysede
Illustration: Javanese Ornament – Inspired by the way of working Lewis Foreman Day’s book The Application of Ornament was first published in 1888. Along with The Anatomy of Pattern and The Planning of Ornament , which were both first published in the previous year, they went to make up a triple titled work that dealt with the many aspects of decorative and ornamental pattern work. In fact, it could be said that these three books stood within a framework of publications by Day that covered a three-decade career in writing and criticism, from 1880 to 1911.
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Illustration: Example of a Maori feather cloak 1890 The Maori feather cloak or Kahu Huruhuru, is probably one of the most highly prized textile objects in the Maori culture. The cloak itself is woven from fine flax fibres to which are attached a blanket of bird feathers, usually from the kiwi but also including pigeon and other birds. Often colour variation can be achieved by using different feathers from the same bird species
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Maori Feather Cloaks