Month: December 2009

nothing like cramming two week’s worth of work into four days (& nights) *awesome*

Full moon, Blue Moon, last eclipse of 2009, on New Year’s Eve

“peace on earth,” a limited edition woodblock print/greeting card

the three-color block print art is based on a drawing by an eight year old. it’s part is a limited printing of 15. each card is numbered. these limited editions are printed on paper good enough to frame.

nontraditional print shop

the kitchen not only functions as a dinning room & laundry room… it also functions as a print shop. big thanks to my eight year old child for helping with the woodblock prints.

[see previous posts: here, here, here & here]

woodblock prints/greeting cards

i transposed a drawing by an eight year old child into woodblock prints. typography designed by the child… all other mistakes are mine.

“christmas night,” a limited edition woodblock print/greeting card

the two-color block print art is based on a drawing of one of the kidlingers. it’s part is a limited printing of 17. each card is numbered. if you receive one of these limited editions it is printed on paper good enough to frame (if you so desired).

diy woodblock prints/greeting cards

i transposed a drawing by a four year old child into a two-color print.

this nice thing about using acrylic paint (instead of traditional ink) is that it drys quick.

woodblock printing on a budget… or diy woodblock printing.

i dug out some old art supplies & a few scraps of 2”x4” wood to create a limited printing holiday greeting card series.

the art for the print is my translation of a drawing by one of the kidlingers.

How to post work safe content

another reason to deep-six my tumblr account… often i unfollow new followers due to nsfw content. i’m not being prudish & i appreciate you following this tumble log, but i can’t view your content at work (due to #2 & #3 on subcreation’s list) or at home (due to #4)…

subcreation:

Ask yourself the following questions:

  1. Is it free of nudity and gore?
  2. Would I want this on my screen when my boss dropped by my office?
  3. Would I want a prospective employer or client to associate me with this?
  4. Would I show this to a 5 year old? (your site is public, so you actually might be showing it to a 5 year old)

If you can answer yes to all of these questions, go ahead and post it.

If you answer ”no” to #1 and “yes” to #4 and still intend to post it, spend a moment rethinking your life as you (please, at a minimum) go into the “Customize” page and mark your site as “Not safe for work (NSFW)” under “Advanced”.

Thanks

Speaking from personal experience, I’ve noticed something lately. The more I use technology (and I am on this damn computer a lot…too much), the more I want to read a magazine. But I want different things than I wanted five years ago. Frankly, I want a break. I want to be surprised and delighted …

The Internet is a technology that enables people to go out in SEARCH of things. I’m all for that and love it to pieces. But sometimes, I just want things to FIND me. Sometimes, I am just tired of looking and typing and seeking, and I just want to sit on my comfortable couch and be surprised when I turn the page.

That’s why I believe magazines won’t die.

Maria Rodale

“You decided to deal with the devil, as it were, and have presented your arguments for doing so. I wish I could accept them. I can’t,” Le Guin wrote. “There are principles involved, above all the whole concept of copyright; and these you have seen fit to abandon to a corporation, on their terms, without a struggle.”

(via guardian)

The year that was 2009 is drawing to a close and data from online magazine database MediaFinder.com reports that 428 titles have ceased publication in 2009, through December 14.

While any magazine going out of business isn’t good news, the silver lining is the total number of foldings this year (although anything could technically happen between now and December 31) is down significantly from 2008 (613) and 2007 (643).

(via folio)

“How to kill the e-book — let people try to use them”(via rs)

kunstwissenschaftlerin:

The Nuremberg Chronicle means many things to many people.  For me, it will always conjure up memories of my PhD exams, when I had 3 profs grill me about it.

medieval:

summoning-ifrit:

A page from the Nuremberg Chronicle depicting Constantinople in 1493.

The Nuremberg Chronicle:

…is an illustrated world history. Its structure follows the story of human history as related in the Bible; it includes the histories of a number of important Western cities. Written in Latin by Hartmann Schedel, with a version in German translation by Georg Alt, it appeared in 1493. It is one of the best-documented early printed books – an incunabulum (printed, not hand-written) – and one of the first to successfully integrate illustrations and text. – enWikipedia

ireadintothings:

When people move, they put their lives in a box. I wanted you to help me carry mine because it’s really heavy, but you weren’t here yet, and that made me feel lonely, and made me want to cry.

Coffee and love are best when they are hot.

German proverb

karenh: “Picturing the Past 10 Years” by Phillip Niemeyer (Op-Chart via NYTimes.com)

(Source: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/12/27/opinion/28opchart.html)

high def regrets…

(via frontiercity)

(Source: http://www.asofterworld.com/)

A cup of coffee commits one to forty years of friendship.

Turkish Proverb

reaching 171,000+ listeners with an average of 1200 daily downloads, i think this new media podcast project is beginning to take off…

When I realize that any chapbook publisher with a Blogspot page and PayPal account can sell directly to readers worldwide, I feel hopeful. I just hope we can find time to read & enjoy this great bounty.

Ron Silliman (ht)

There are those who love to get dirty and fix things. They drink coffee at dawn, beer after work. And those who stay clean, just appreciate things. At breakfast they have milk and juice at night. There are those who do both, they drink tea.

Gary Snyder