thing-a-day 2010 - The yearly creative sprint, 4th edition

February 8, 2010

hand sculpture

I have been working on a way to turn all the 3d data I have into sculptures, without needing to pay for someone else to do the file engineering. I think I worked it out! Here is a hand fragment, ready to rapid prototype.

http://barrettkahn.com

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Posted by sophiek

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February 8, 2010

my REAL wall features Okadascat

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Today's featured REAL artist is the totally brilliant UK based knitter Okadascat

For me and Elena, knitting begins and ends with Okadascat and every parcel through from this mysterious northern knitter makes us both squeal with delight.

The REAL wall correspondence affair began not long after I began my REAL wall, when one day I received a small random square of wool in the post with some mailart calls. Being new to the whole mailart thing back then I wondered what the heck the mailart calls were, but was fascinated by the wool. Up until this point I had figured that the only things that could be sent through the post were made of paper. Fabric in the post? Weird, but strangely compelling.

So I tracked down the artist and had a poke about on www.okadascat.blogspot.com/, where I found loads of examples of yarn-bombing and street furniture cosy knitting. Somewhere up north Okadascat was getting up to yarn-based mischief, keeping bollards warm with custom made wooly cosys. This was my kind of fun, so I cheekily sent her an email asking if she could make my REAL wall a new banner.

Much to my surprise, a full size knitted banner appeared in the post at the end of that week and it's been all over the place with me since.

Thinking that things couldn't get any better than that showed yet another bit of underestimation on my part and when the whole council fiasco got under way, one of the outstanding pieces that came through was the wooly protest mail from Okadascat, which was knitted onto a card.

The wooly star which arrived in late 2009 spurred Elena to pick up some knitting needles and we spent New Years Eve indoors knitting and making mailart, which is really testament to how much of an influence this wooly stuff has had on us.

The latest piece, a complete surprise too, was mini-Andys new hat and scarf, which will come in extremely useful when he takes to the road in March. We couldn't believe our eyes when this one came through.

So, even though other knitters do exist out there, Okadascat has opened our eyes to a whole new angle on knitting. Before her, knitting was really just functional and not all that glamorous, but now we all know that knitting is actually the new cool.

All hail the one and only Okadascat!</p>

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February 8, 2010

Under the Sea

As I bathed today, I though that the shower cap would make a very credible jellyfish body. The only problem was finding some tentacles.

Materials:

1 plastic shower cap
2 doll wigs (I assume they are doll wigs, they certainly are too small for a person's head).
1 pink yarn ball that is starting to fall apart

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Posted by Richard

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February 8, 2010

Two for you!

So I know I didn't post anything for yesterday I was out to lunch all day lol! So here are two things for you today I hope that this post works cause I am really happy with how my slideshow turned out! The first thing is: My Ode to Steampunk Two ( hopefully the vid will post or you can use the link provided) and number two is just a silly collage pic i madethat has all sorts of crap! enjoy!

like I said Random things!

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February 8, 2010

Too much snow

GET OUTSIDE!

The connection between mood and nature and movement is well documented.

And it's fun!

Pix (first cross country skiing experience this weekend, today a crunchy hike through the snow).

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February 8, 2010

thing-a-day 07.feb - magazine article

This may be cheating slightly, but I'm seriously being creative ALL the time (and I'm a day late on this). Have a magazine layout. ;)

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February 8, 2010

Arnie, the flying dog

I took a short movie with my digital camera this morning of Arnie leaping in the air as he waited for his breakfast. I shot it with my camera held vertically, and while I managed to rotate the clip, I can't figure out how to get it in a web-friendly-format without the whole thing getting distorted. Here is a screenshot of our bouncing boy. If anybody out there has any suggestions of how to do it (I'm on a Mac), let me know!

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February 8, 2010

Roasting Tomatoes...Super EZ and Super Delicious!

Jimmy and I attended an at home cooking class at our friend Laurie's house. Our Cooking instructor was Aline Steiner of "A Table Hawaii". Aline is a Excellent Chef who specializes in being your Personal Chef. She goes to your home and prepares your meals. She also does at home catered affairs and at home Cooking classes. We LoVe Aline! From a Terrific Menu, we worked with Aline, side by side, on each dish. One of them was Roasted Tomatoes A La Caprese. Here's a short version of what we did. Slice ripe tomatoes in half. Deseed tomatoes using spoon...you want to remove as much liquid from them before roasting bc liquid will ooze out during roasting. You want to be roasting and not boiling tomatoes. Roasting Good. Boiling Bad. Drizzle with olive oil. Sprinkle with powdered sugar to aid in carmelizing the tomatoes, sprinkle with a lot of salt, add Garlic slices and spices of your choice...we used Herbs of Provence. Roast in Oven at 425 degress. When they're done, let them cool a little. Plate them, add chopped Basil, and slivers of Manchego cheese or whatever cheese you prefer. We added a balsamic vinaigrette. Loved the way they tasted. EZ PZ. Yummy for your Tummy!