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It’s Not Easy Being Green 2007-03-17 04:12:08
Well, it’s that time of the year, where you paint yourself green, eat your Lucky Charms and look for four leaf clovers.
Well maybe not, but I still enjoy this picture of a guy from my church portraying Shrek.
But the Arts and Design channel here at b5media is going green for the day.
Layers Upon Layers
Cyndi at Layers Upon Layers invites everyone to join her by submitting your remade thrift store finds to Belle Armoire Magazine’s special issue, Altered Couture.
Jewelry and Beading
Jewelry and Beading has an easy wire and bead lucky charm project for your cell phone. Since most of us carry our cell phones around all the time, you’ll have your lucky charm where ever you go.
Stamping Mad
Stamping Mad has created a frog ATC that demonstrates how one image can be stamped in different ways for very different looks.
Hankering for Yarn
Noreen at Hankering For Yarn says it’s easy to be green, when you have some great yarn and a little imagina Read more:Green
Here it is - The Josh Simpson and Minh Nguyen of MyArtPlot Interviews as a podcast. 2007-03-16 19:11:54 Today I interviewed Josh Simpson
, Contemporary Glass Artist as well as Minh Nguyen
of a new social networking site for artists, called www.myArtPlot.com
You can download the podcast here.
Again, thank you for the opportunity Josh and Minh. Enjoy the Podcast.
Here are a few other posts that I’ve found about Josh Simpson from around the web:
Fly Away Cafe
KrazyDad
Stowe Craft Design
and of course my own below:
Artist Hideout
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Josh Simpson and Minh Ngyen Interview 2007-03-16 17:14:28 First of all, I’d like to thank both Josh and Minh for being a part of the first blogTalk radio show here on Artist Hideout. It was great talking to each of you and I hope to keep in touch with you two guys in the future. The passion and hard work that you both represent is inspirational to say the least. So thank you for the great opportunity to talk with each of you.
We would have gone longer but I had only scheduled a set time of one hour for the show. Lesson learned. I’ll have to do longer shows in the future.
Probably a little later today, it will be available here to be listened to. Till then you can listen to it at www.blogtalkradio.com/artisthideout
Tags: Josh Simpson
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One Hour Till the First BlogTalk Radio Show Here at Artist Hideout 2007-03-16 15:03:16 I’ve looked forward to doing this show for awhile now. I think I emailed Josh Simpson’s studio back in October right after I had started ArtistHideout
. It’s been a little while getting things in place to do interviews like this, and I am thrilled to be able to talk with Josh Simpson today.
Below is a video that I tried to upload yesterday of a quickie review of www.MyArtPlot.com and it only was approved as of this morning. MtArtPlot is a social networking site for artists to show, review and sell their work. It’s quite nice and levels the playing field between new artists, allows artists to comment and review each others work and just get involved in the art community.
I’ll be talking with Minh Nguyen, the brains behind www.MyArtPlot.com today as well. To check out the video click the more link below.
Tags: interview, reminder, art, artist, call, caller, radio, blogtalkradio, Josh Simpson, Minh Ngyuyen
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Minh Nguyen and Josh Simpson Interviews Friday Morning 2007-03-16 05:26:57 Friday Morning
at 11am - Noon EST I will be hosting my first BlogTalk Radio Show.
I will be interviewing the Following People:
Minh Nguyen
: Founder of MyArtPlot
“I brainstormed the ideas for MAP. I conceptualized its functions and designed its user interface, movement model, and sustainability model. The features that you are enjoying are from my design.”
He also shares his happiest moment from the launce of MyArtPlot:
“I’m not even kidding. After struggling and working on it for 2 years, a rough beta version came out and I was so happy. I danced in my little shack of an apartment for like 20 minutes when MAP went live.”
Josh Simpson
: Master Glass Artist, www.megaplanet.com
“The last thing I do before I go to bed is walk out to my studio to check the furnaces. Seeing an aurora borealis, or watching a thunderstorm develop down the valley, or just looking up at the sky on a perfect summer night inspires me to translate some of the wonder of t Read more:Friday
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Update: Historic House is Being Moved 2007-03-16 04:56:29 I had published earlier about the Captain Scott house needing money to cover expenses to move it out of the way of a highway that is being widened here locally.
The home of a former abolitionist, Captain Joseph M. Scott from the Civil War era is now set to be moved.
Here are a few plans for this house once it is moved, shared by Donna Herring, who is helping head this project up.
As we work towards saving and restoring the Captain Scott house, those of us on the current committee are definitely looking forward to making both the upstairs museum and downstairs community space - potentially with a gallery room - a reality and economic boon for our (currently rural but quickly gentrifying) community. Do bookmark our website CaptainScottHouse
.org to check for opportunities to help us make this happen.
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Taking Questions for Josh Simpson Interview 2007-03-14 20:24:13 This Friday, I have the opportunity to interview Josh Simpson
who I previously wrote about here on Artist Hideout. Josh is an internationally acclaimed glass artist who is perhaps best known for his megaplanets.
So what do you ask when you get the opportunity to interview one of your favorite Artists?
I have a few questions, but I would like to know what you would ask Josh. Here’s a few details about Josh that I posted on the internal forums of www.b5media.com
If you get a chance to check out some of his work in the gallery of his site, I would love to take some ideas for questions to ask in this interview. He’s made goblets for the white house, lived in a tee pee, lived on a diet comprised entirely of chickpeas and cheese, and is currently married to an astronaut. So, I think there is some diverse questions that could be asked from some of us about his life in general as well as his art.
if you have a question you’d like to ask Josh, leave it in the comments below Read more:Taking
Help Save a Historic House from Destruction - 3 days left 2007-03-14 15:48:35 There is a house here locally by the name of the Captain Scott House
. It’s an amazing house. I’ve always been very impressed with the architecture and the beauty of this amazing house. Now the house is facing destruction if enough money is not raised to move it. Visit www.captainscotthouse.org on how you can help save this historic monument.
The wide appeal of the project has mainly to do with the home itself, said Herring. “I am constantly meeting people who say ‘I’ve always loved that house!’” Last week, a family who wishes to remain anonymous stepped forward with a $10,000 donation. “This family had admired the house for years, too, and felt they wouldn’t be happy if they didn’t put themselves out to help save it,” said Herring.
The home was built for Joseph M. Scott, an outspoken abolitionist and locally prominent farmer and historian who earned his captainship in the Civil War. ODOT has given the house to the Village of Alexandria on condition that t Read more:Destruction
b5 Podcast 2007-03-13 18:45:01 The other day I was able to take part in the b5media podcast with some of the other b5 crew. I think I sounded a little out of it. I was trying to hear through the static though. Ah the fun of podcasting over Skype.
b5 crew: Shai (VP, Community), Christina (Channel Editor and Project Manager), Hsien (Channel Editor), William (Channel Editor), and Jayvee (Channel Editor)
Check it out on the main b5media blog.
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Loving the beautiful distortions 2007-03-20 18:26:39 Today is a beautiful, wonderful day. The sun is out. The sky is clear. I’ve ventured to another nearby coffee house to write today. This one also has art featured on the walls. Photographs from Walden Productions of lava flowing from a volcano in Hawaii are beside me as I type. The sweet smell of caramel and coffee mixes in the air. All is good. Jamie Cullems “All at Sea” is playing over the sound system. It fits.
How do we understand art?
Interrupting the silence of my thoughts, the question breaks into my mind. I am confronted that there is not an easy answer to this question. Art is unique. It has stories. It has thoughts. It has personality. It’s unique in it’s existence. Fulfilled in it’s place.
If I were to draw something write now from the comfort of this private little nook of the shop, It would be the distorted view of the vehicles outside the antique glass. From here, everything is distorted beautifully. And today, that se Read more:distortions
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Living the Artist’s Life (management skills need improving) 2007-03-21 18:56:06 As an artist, I find that there are times that I need to set aside particular time for projects. With my web responsibilities seemingly growing everyday and the fact that I suffer the artists curse of absolutely horrible time management skills, I’ve decided that I need to begin to take action on this particular area of life. I know what to do and I know what works for me, but I haven’t really set out a defined game plan to make it happen. I don’t really feel qualified to contribute to Jeremy’s life management series, but there are other things that are more preventive care types of things that can be done for the creative types of individuals prone to cluttering up their lives with junk and multiple things they should have said “no” to in the first place (not to mention nasty run-on sentences).
Cleaning out the crap.
Each year our church has a huge yard sale that usually benefits the youth group. Everyone in the church donates those things that Read more:Artist
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The Art of Invention - The Electric Pencil 2007-03-22 21:27:29 It is no small wonder that many of the artists down through the years have also been inventors. I’ve taken to looking at patents recently and have found this little gem. Quite ahead of it’s time if I may say so myself.
It incorporates a light bulb near writing point of the pencil that allows you to write in unilluminated environments. It is called the ElectricPencil
and it was patented Feb 20th, 1917.
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Dream 2007-03-26 16:32:22 Dream
Motivation
Originally uploaded by wesleylocust.
I created this over at flickr using fd’s Flickr Toys. I thought it came out pretty cool. The image was one of my old 3d renderings in bryce 3d.
It’s probably my personal favorite of my 3d work.
Testing out Flickr 2007-03-26 16:23:10 Testing
Originally uploaded by wesleylocust.
I’ve decided to try out Flickr
for adding some images to the blog on occasion. (even from my cell phone). I’ve resisted this for quite a while but I think I am going to try it out now.
So I have decided to test it here.
Currently accepting recommendations… (an open-source conversation) 2007-03-26 01:36:29 …for a digital camera.
It’s not often that I actually ask for advice. I probably should do it more often.
My old Sony f717 is dead I think. Everything I take a picture of has weird off colors. Usually a purple tint to the background if I use the flash, green if I don’t. Florescent either way. If anyone knows an easy fix for this, don’t tell it to me. (I want a new camera anyway)
I have been looking around Darren’s Digital Photography School blog and well, there are a lot of really good cameras.
I am leaning toward the Nikon d80.
But here’s the catch. The camera needs to be art friendly. Hmmm… how do I explain that?
I know I can get the look I want from any variety of cameras. I know one will probably do just as well as the next in the digital slr range.
It probably just comes down to personal preference in the long run. I want a camera that encourages me to compose a shot, rather than wait for the muse to hit. A camera Read more:Currently
A thousand sketches in one year on a Tablet PC by Walter Logeman 2007-03-27 19:57:12
I’ve been watching Walter
’s site for the last month or so and have been really impressed. In fact, it’s made me want a tablet pc.
It’s a project to create 1000 sketches in a year on a tablet pc. So far, he’s at 404. Pretty good if you ask me. His subjects range far and wide between everything from architecture to horses to abstract.
Well worth a visit. It’s an ambitious project.
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Featured Artist: Roman Gumanyuk 2007-03-27 17:59:32 Today I was pleasantly surprised with my inbox. Artist
, Roman
Gumanyuk, had emailed and had asked to show some of his work here. Initially, I am always skeptical when an artist sends more than five works at any given time. Then again, that was until I scrolled down a little and beheld the caliber of his work. Roman has a ethereal quality to his work which depicts a very solitary and peaceful nature.
Thanks for your submissions Roman.
Here’s a brief biography from his site:
Roman Gumanyuk was born in Bishkek in 3 July 1985. He has begun to draw since he was a little boy. Roman has been painting since 5 years old. He has finished the school and Art studio .He is a participant and prize winner of a lot of competitions and art exhibitions including “Young Talents-97″ International Festival held in the Issyk-Kul , “World Modern Art-98″ Competition held in Los Angeles and My World in 2000 “International Competition held by ICAF in Washington. The Nat Read more:Featured
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A different angle. 2007-03-30 17:54:21
A different
angle.
Originally uploaded by wesleylocust.
It is amazing to me how one rock can look so much like a landscape… At a different angle. Today, take a look at something ordinary from a new respective.
My desk today. 2007-03-30 07:12:14
My desk today.
Originally uploaded by wesleylocust.
So its a work in progress. Right now i am pretty happy with my little environment.
Flint Find 2007-03-30 06:02:41
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Originally uploaded by wesleylocust.
I found this large piece of flint the other day here locally. I guess somehow it inspired me. Here in central Ohio, I live close enough to Flint
Ridge. Native Americans often came to this area to find flint that they could use for making tools to carve wood, stone and hunt with. I am not sure yet what I want to do with it, but the thought has crossed my mind to try to carve wood or stone the old fashioned way. With Flint.
A Response to the Catholic League about Chocolate Jesus 2007-04-01 00:02:58 Now I know there may be a little bit of a flame war on this post. It’s fine. But I decided to write the CatholicLeague
on this particular issue. Below is a screen capture of their site along with my response to their take on the the chocolate crucifix sculpture.
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A Milk Chocolate Faith 2007-03-31 20:07:52 I have been reading a lot about the “Chocolate
Jesus” saga the last few days. As an artist and as a pastor I guess this hits on both sides of the coin for me.
“My Sweet Lord” a sculpture by Cosimo Cavallaro has caused quite the controversy. It is a nude sculpture of the crucifixion of Christ. A tenet of the Christian faith.
In recent years Easter has become commercialized about the candy, pink and yellow flowers, hiding eggs and colorful baskets. The fact that the sculpture has even been created is a slam on the so-called Christians of the our day who go through the motions little realizing the meaning behind the traditions. True Christians, I don’t honestly think should be offended by it. However the artist intended it, there is a value that in the perception can become clear.
We have forgotten what we are celebrating. Chocolate vs. the death and resurrection of Christ.
Crucifixion is a terrible death that has been glamorized (with the exception Read more:Faith
A Submission from Scott Engel 2007-04-02 02:52:50 I recently asked for some advice in buying a digital camera. I think I do have it settled. I’ll save that for another post when I finally get it. But ScottEngel
has been kind enough to write and send in a wonderful image from the Nikon realm. He has this to say about his image here:
Here is another submission to you, entitled “Swimming in the Mist”. I hope you like it.
I captured this image with my Nikon D50 on the eastern shore of Pewaukee Lake. Taken in the early afternoon, this depicts early Spring and also features a “battle” between the Sun and the clouds, with a lone duck the only witness, it seems.
I used Photoshop in post-production to help the mood, highlighting the ray of sunlight shooting through the clouds.
If you would like to be featured on Artist Hideout please see how you can submit your work here.
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Zlatko Vasic: organic illustration 2007-04-03 18:01:34 I opened up my inbox today to find attachments of the art of Zlatko Vasic (does anyone know a good online Swedish to English translator?), a Swedish artist.
There is an organic quality to his works that is anatomical, yet strangely surreal. Movement is present, but exists within a grotesque arena where flesh is peeled away to reveal a mass of muscle-like tissues and non-human elements.
“Habibi” for the masses 2007-04-07 07:29:23
Measuring 17 feet long, “Habibi” (meaning “dear” or “beloved”) was constructed by Algerian-born French Artist, Adel Abdessemed.
Shown in a way much like the dinosaur exhibits in a natural history museum, Habibi is a self portrait of the artist’s bone structure? Well, it is meant to be a self portrait anyway.
I can’t find too many images of it online, but you can find a few here and here to get some better perspective of size.
I also found a biography of Adel with this quote.
Abdessemed is an international and manifold artist, heroic like Ulysses. Each one of his works is a resolution, on the scale of both an aesthetic experience and a political proposition.
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Carvewright wrong? 2007-04-06 21:37:12 As I was browsing through the woodworking tools at my local Sears store, I happened across the Carvewright. Branded as the CompuCarve for Sears
While this is a pretty cool concept the reviews for the Carvewright don’t seem to speak so well for it. At $1,800, well… I’d rather have something that works for a long period.
Check out some of the images from the carvewright site below:
While I love the concept of being able to take a graphic design and import the image and carve it in 3d within the space of a few minutes, I am not so sure if this is the route to go yet. I’d love to get my hands on one of these machines and try it out for a week or two. Does anyone else have any experience with one of these to share?
“Snippets of Life” or what I’ve been doing and thinking lately 2007-04-06 19:21:42 *The following is a series of thoughts basically to get a few things out so I can resume as normal after my short break.
Artists by nature seem to stand in contention with their age. Van Gogh only sold one painting in his lifetime and now his work sells for millions. Is there an unwritten rule that says that any art worth having is a dead artists work?
I recently made a trip down to our local Art association. They have a small gallery in town and I wanted to at least check it out. I left as a member. As a member you can submit work to the gallery for free and sell through them. I thought this was a great place to display locally. Better than the coffee shops I have been displaying in.
I am still waiting to get my camera. I have decided on the Nikon D80 with sigma lenses. Too many expenses (getting taxes done) happened this month. So decent original images here will probably have to wait just a little longer. This frustrates me, but I will make do.
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