Archive for September, 2008
Snake skin deep
As promised, here are the Exciting! Background! Developments! The inspiration for the background snake skin - I’m very pleased with how this is turning out. Can you guess how many hours this 4 x 3 inch segment of background took to fill in?
The answer is 4. These days, my morning mosaic session has to be […]
Read More..>>The many faces of Che
Today I participated in a collage workshop at the university hosted by a researcher who is collecting information about using collage as a means of visual communication. In her work, she is exploring how the image of Che Guevara is used around the world. Our task was to respond to the various images of Che […]
Read More..>>Surrounded
If you have to spend a Saturday afternoon writing a paper, you may as well be surrounded with good friends:
Speaking of surrounding, I am almost finished one layer of the background on the Hygieia mosaic. Such encircling is often the way a mosaic background will begin because it helps to connect the foreground to the […]
Read More..>>I’m gonna let it shine
Autumn is upon us: the trees are changing colours, the wind has a bite to it, and the sun is lower in the sky. Although there is beauty in such things, it makes me cringe as I’m never ready for the annual eight month marathon of cold and dark. As a unashamed sufferer of the […]
Read More..>>Objects in mirror are closer than they appear
…and so is the end of the Hygieia mosaic! Most of the thought work for the mosaic is complete - all I have to do is to inch my way towards the finish, piece by piece. I suppose the mosaic tipping point is here:
Have a wonderful weekend, everyone! I’ll be burrowed in my office, alternating […]
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