UST Global’s New Manila Center Inaugurated on February 2, 2010
UST Global, a new-generation pioneer in IT and BPO services was honored to have Her Excellency Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of the Republic of Philippines inaugurate its new Manila offshore development center on the 2nd of February 2010
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UST Global’s New Manila Center Inaugurated on February 2, 2010
Illustration: Elizabethan Ornament from Owen Jones The Grammar of Ornament 1856 The chapter dealing with Elizabethan Ornament in Owen Jones 1856 The Grammar of Ornament was actually written by John Burley Waring which is not unusual as a number of the chapters of the book were written by various friends, critics, and experts who Jones knew or was in contact with. Waring himself saw the Elizabethan period of ornamentation as being part of a great continuation of an English style that had seen its formation in the gothic medieval period and was to continue to develop through
Chris Ofili at the Tate BritainThe Chris Ofili mid career survey at the Tate Britain reveals a sexually charged and scatalogical body of work reminiscent of Gilbert and George’s The Naked Shit Pictures . This survey contains overlooked sensations and under-exploited materials. The energies driving the early works have been tamed and the latest works are in an amorphous state of disarray
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Chris Ofili at the Tate Britain
Illustration: Helene Davis Black Rain Probably the most fundamental and guiding principal that colours, literally, the work of textile artist Helene Davis is that of her passion for hand-dyed fabric. Davis, after using bought quilting fabrics for a number of years, moved into the process of hand-dying her own fabrics, making each quilting project a much more personal and individual process.
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Helene Davis and Hand Dyed Artwork
Illustration: Dorothy Liebes sample of a room divider 1952 Early in her career, while studying art and anthropology at college, Dorothy Liebes bought her first small portable handloom and was able to teach herself the art of weaving. This early start into the world of craft textiles was eventually to lead Liebes into a full time textile career. After a few years into a career of teaching, Liebes took the decision to both study textile design and then to become a textile designer
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Dorothy Liebes Artist Weaver
You have to start somewhere. Your career might begin in childhood when a parent praises a class assignment and hangs it on the refrigerator. You move on to making work for family and friends and it gets seen in private homes.
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Know when it’s time to move on to new exhibit venues
Illustration: Doukhobor woman spinning 1907 The Doukhobor were and in many respects still are, a religious community, originally from Russia, who fled persecution to find a new life in Canada in the very late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Textiles were always seen as being an important and fundamental part of the community’s life.
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Spinning and Weaving in the Doukhobor Community
Illustration: Untitled 1 by Marion Coleman 2007 These four abstract textile art pieces by Marion Coleman, are all linked through a series of commonalities, colour, texture, and pattern. However, probably the most obvious and noticeable link is that of her use of patterned textiles. In these particular pieces, she uses a mixture of locally American sourced textiles and perhaps more importantly, a generous supply of African sourced textiles
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The Abstract Finesse of Textile Artist Marion Coleman
Illustration: Pompeian Ornament from Owen Jones The Grammar of Ornament 1856 Owen Jones felt little need to spend too much time discussing the subject of Pompeian ornament in his 1856 book The Grammar of Ornament . In fact only three plates are included in the chapter, two from a book dealing with the interior decoration of both Pompeii and Herculaneum produced by Guillaume Zahn in 1828, and another on a series of mosaics that Jones sketched while at the Museum of Naples
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Owen Jones and Pompeian Ornament
Illustration: Washoe burden and trinket basket The Washoe people originally lived a nomadic lifestyle around the shores of Lake Tahoe and the surrounding area in what is now the border area of California and Nevada. The Washoe have always been adept at weaving the indigenous plant life around them such as reeds, ferns, and sagebrush, into all aspects of their nomadic lifestyle. To be constantly on the move produces a honed strategy as far as the domestic and personal necessities of life are concerned
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Washoe Basketry
Career Education: Texas refuses to apply for federal Race to the Top education reform aid. Governor Rick Perry and Education Commissioner Robert Scott recently announced their decision for Texas to remain autonomous in issues regarding education. This may come as a surprise initially to many, since the federal government is offering … Originally posted here: Texas chooses not to enter ‘Race to the Top’ competition
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Texas chooses not to enter ‘Race to the Top’ competition
Illustration: Finnish embroidery 18th century The history of embroidery in Finland is made more complicated by the history of the country itself. For over five hundred years Finland was considered to be an integral part of the Swedish Empire, only to end that era by becoming part of the Russian Empire for just over a century
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Finnish Embroidery
Illustration: Random Ascent Denise Linet 2009 The work of textile artist Denise Linet resembles that of a complex assemblage of different mediums, experiences, and observations. Linet’s work incorporates a whole host of printing processes from straightforward dying and painting to the much more complex and accomplished process of the transference of photographic imagery. These processes give the artist a wide range of surface textures and mark making capabilities in which to build up her compositions
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The Perceptive Visions of Textile Artist Denise Linet
Careers in the News: Former University of Southern California football coach, Pete Carroll, announced to the LA Times that he is leaving California to coach the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks. Many college football fans and insiders fear that history is doomed to repeat itself for Carroll, who spent 13 years in a …
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Coach Carroll flies the coup: leaves USC for NFL’s Seahawks
Careers in Transition: Everyone experiences stress and mental fatigue at some point during their job hunt. However, these sensations are amplified when a job-seeker attempts to shift into an entirely new industry. These brave souls have the added concern of marketing themselves without much relevant experience. A senior-level Registered Nurse …
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Career-changers must tailor resumes to suit new job search
Career Education: Dane Martinez, a 29-year-old Bronx-born man of Puerto Rican descent, who studied Broadcast Journalism at Syracuse University, shifted gears into an education career after 9/11. Martinez, currently the program manager of the Bronx’ Department of Education, landed his job after working for several years as the Dean of students ..
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Aspiring ESPN journalist ‘sports’ new career in education
Careers in the News: Former Alaska Governor and 2008 Republican Presidential Candidate, Sarah Palin, signs on as a contributor to the Fox News Channel. Many politicians and political journalists feel that Palin’s transition into mainstream broadcasting signals that she will most likely not run for presidency in the 2012 elections. They …
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Sarah Palin new broadcast career spurs media speculation
Filed under: Cuts & Style , Hair , Celebrity , News , Celebrity Hair , Red Carpet Will Lady Gaga drive other celebrities to wear edgier hair styles? Photo: FilmMagic.com The Spring 2010 runways were filled with extreme hair styles, and now hair stylists are predicting that daring ‘do’s will make the jump to the red carpet this awards season, with celebrities trading safer strands for tresses that push the envelope. “For a long time we’ve seen pretty hair but now it’s a bit more adventurous,” backstage hair maestro Guido Palau told StyleList of the edgy runway looks.
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‘Daring’ To Replace ‘Pretty’ Hair On Awards Season Red Carpets
Illustration: May Morris Battye embroidered tapestry (detail) 1900 May Morris is probably the closest William Morris ever had to a successor, even though she was heavily marginalised by the scale and popularity of her father. May Morris was a firm believer in her father, his mission and the aims of the British Arts & Crafts movement. May was an early convert to the craft and skill of embroidery and spent most of her life designing, publicising, and expanding the appeal and versatility of embroidery
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May Morris and Embroidered Tapestries
Illustration: Duncan Grant rug design 1913 Rug design may not immediately come to mind when thinking of the British twentieth century fine artist Duncan Grant, but he was involved, admittedly sometimes in an often minimal and oblique way, with the Omega Workshops project of Roger Fry.
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Duncan Grant and Rug Design