tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50983482754817122732012-02-17T03:46:52.362ZRandom rulesTessnoreply@blogger.comBlogger111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098348275481712273.post-36209701215935243062010-05-17T07:45:00.000+01:002010-05-17T07:45:50.182+01:00Fun with clay in term 2Tessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098348275481712273.post-38872085106086395402010-01-20T17:54:00.001Z2010-01-20T17:54:44.015ZBirds!One of the funniest things I've seen in a while...
Tessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098348275481712273.post-11392626141035983592010-01-07T23:57:00.002Z2010-01-08T00:21:14.334ZWatch the worldWatch the World, by Robbie Dingo is a beautiful example of what goes into building a location in Second Life. This one is based on Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh and it's amazing to see details fo the craft and attention to detail that goes into creating it.
The location doesn't exist anymore - Dingo intended the video to be the end result - which adds another sentimental angle (given the Tessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098348275481712273.post-81656763897714517862009-11-25T18:44:00.016Z2009-11-25T23:00:11.322ZThree into oneFor my three into one project, I've been trying to come up with new
measurement or a representation of a measurement that would never work, based on
my initial objects, which I've cast (hand boiler), used to made a kinetic sculpture
(measuring tapes) and used to made a wooden sculpture (different types of rulers).
I found a reference to this exhibition, hopefully it'll help me find my way:
Tessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098348275481712273.post-57988143301156389632009-11-24T19:23:00.029Z2009-11-25T18:53:14.824ZMark DionMark Dion's biography on Art:21Tar and Feathers and Concrete Jungle I'With some of my work, you can sense that it has a pretty dark tone. As much asI’m engaged in a discourse that is ecological, I’m not one of those artists who is spendinga lot of time imagining a better ecological future. I’m more the kind of artist who isholding up a mirror to the present and to the kinds of problems that we Tessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098348275481712273.post-39922368070743894062009-11-24T18:58:00.002Z2009-11-24T20:18:45.169ZJames TurrellAn Interview with James Turrell: Places: Design ObserverTessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098348275481712273.post-56871093559252185152009-11-16T23:10:00.009Z2009-11-16T23:32:55.048ZGeorges RousseGeorges Rousse paints designs in spaces so that the viewer canonly see the intended outcome from one particular spot.Tessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098348275481712273.post-32242270502771903852009-11-16T23:03:00.011Z2009-11-16T23:52:23.437ZBirdbookA book of birds, not faces, by Andrew Zuckerman, not Zuckerberg.Tessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098348275481712273.post-54210505831997991052009-11-16T22:36:00.008Z2009-11-24T20:19:26.929ZAlkali metals & thermiteBicarbonate of soda and vinegar seem so boring now. I love the dry delivery of the first video.Tessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098348275481712273.post-76043265365911663872009-10-12T08:26:00.013+01:002009-11-24T20:15:39.389ZCardboard split-y A selection of artists who work with cardboard... Ric WarrenFollies MonumentsManfred PerniceSylvie Reno Accroche BankTessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098348275481712273.post-11430456305428940152009-10-12T06:20:00.006+01:002009-11-24T20:08:26.232ZArt and craft unitedMartin Puryear lives and works in the Hudson valley area, upstate New York. He makes both monumental and freestanding sculptures from natural materials, including wood, tar, rawhide, stone and wire - materials that have a ‘raw, tactile and inelegant quality’. From these, he creates large, imposing, very well crafted geometric shapes. Although I haven't seen his work first-hand, I get the sense Tessnoreply@blogger.com