Lamy on a January Evening, 2010
This evocative image, created by Gene Aker, a friend and former colleague in Santa Fe, transforms a lonely road in Lamy, New Mexico into a quasi-inebriated dreamscape. Or maybe a stormy sunset when the skies are tinted with soot from forest fires? Gene explains how he created the image: “shot old school. 5×7 Korona camera (100 years old). Hp5 sheet film, D76 developer… I selenium toned the print. Then when I scanned it, I hit the sepia button — then cranked up the shadows to darken. Everything digital is a lie! but the print looks pretty cool–a 5×7 contact print.”
Today’s Heron Dance is haunting and mysterious. Artist and via Heron Dance founder, Roderick MacIver, shares some journal excerpts about his creative process, and Archibald Campbell plunges into the snowy forest…
Celebrity Phone Book Carvings
I’m beginning to feel a theme emerging. What is it about books as the raw material for creativity? For art? I’d love to see these in person!
Cool. Weird. Creative. Recycling? Painting on Books…
via corcholat.com
I imagine this would not be fun as a traveling exhibition. Take down and set up? “Wait, that book’s in the wrong place!”
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Is that a great logo or what?!?! Twitter connected me to this interesting website, and although it’s aimed at the fairer sex, I’m a big fan of the web design and graphics. Here’s what they are/do:
“The Wine Sisterhood is the world’s first interactive web site dedicated to getting to the bottom of what women want… at least as far as wine is concerned.”
Women want wine. And cool doodles! At least as far as websites are concerned… Or so I’m guessing.
Feel Like Screaming?!?!
Top Photos of 2008
Somebody with a bit too much time on their hands mashed up a PowerPoint presentation with a slew of photos garnered from the web during the past year. These are a few of my favorites. Apparently they were all voted on by someone somewhere, but that information had been expunged by the time it trickled down to me via a local friend. Some duds (cute kittens, etc.) but in general, this is a fun way to dally away a couple of minutes. If you’re interested, download the Top Photos of 2008 pps file and enjoy.
