tuesday afternoon

so i saw these photos, and thought this would be really cool to do for the cooper show... the photos are by Jason Powell...

self portraits

CERAMIC SALE/DRAWING

hey all you crazy kids... the Clay Club is having a pottery sale/ drawing this Thursday, March 26, 2009...  

For only $10 you get:

-an original, handmade piece of pottery made by one of our very own ceramic students

-free refreshments

-a chance to win a handmade ceramic planting pot with an awesome plant to go in it

-an awesome time!

if you are interested and want to by a ticket come see me or go by the ceramics lab (1st floor of wathena temple) and we can get you the hook up!  can't wait to see you there!

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self portrait emulator-gators

Flora Hanitijo

i love his landscape shots, and a quote of his especially caught my eye... "For me a landscape of trees, or a row of buildings, depict where I've been and who I am to a certain degree."  so maybe a landscape could be a self portrait... i guess the question becomes what landscape?... also LOVE the use of natural light... non of that flash mumbo jumbo... 

Melissa Kaseman

she uses the subject's home as the setting for the self portrait to reveal even more about that person.  kind of like the landscape idea i suppose...

Melissa Kaseman Photography

just one more reason to not clean my car...

so hopefully someone will come and make a beautiful masterpiece on it...



check it out:



dirty car art

morning glory...

good morning fellow comrades...

here are some interesting events happening in a world near you!

bamboozle! this article is about the awesomeness of bamboo... It’s a significant carbon sink(which for those of you who are not up to date with your environmental lingo is a natural or man made reservoir that accumulates and stores some carbon containing chemical compound for an indefinite period.) , it grows fast, is more termite-resistant than timber, and can be used for everything from food, to clothing material to scaffolding for building construction. Why the heck wasn't this though of earlier??

at first i thought... "clothing material??" so i looked it up, and this is what i found: Fibers from bamboo can be used to make soft yarns and fabric that have natural anti-bacterial properties. Bamboo yarn is perfect for many knit products and is found throughout the world. sweet action!