Creative but Inedible

Things related to the arts – or, indeed, that are artful.

Shyhound & the Ball

January 11, 2012
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Ha! Ha! Ha!  I’ve been tinkering about with my latest gadget — a graphics tablet, an investment in my graphic design education.  I’m still getting used to the stylus, but my handwriting really is that spidery… Here’s my first attempt at a bit of animation, a 30-second video (no sound), inspired by one of my [...]

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Best of 2011: Music

December 27, 2011
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Golly, it’s that time of year when time whizzes by and the new year will soon be upon us! My belly is groaning from vast quantities of lovely food, and I have new toys to play with (thanks, Santa!). But all of this good cheer means I’m behind in my blogging and my inbox would [...]

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flaurena™ Turns Three!

December 6, 2011
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It seems hard to believe that three years ago this evening, I launched flaurena™, my collection of sculptural art jewellery.  (Thanks again, Blue, for hosting my inaugural evening!) Our cross-country move has taken longer than we anticipated it would, for a variety of reasons that could not have easily been predicted.  In hindsight, I should [...]

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Get Your Creative Geek On!

November 24, 2011
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I am grateful to all the creative geeks out there who make things available to us other creative geeks.  So, here is a list of some of my favourite pieces of software / sites that make getting your creative geek on possible. Blog.SpoonGraphics ColorBlendy Color Scheme Designer Japonizer Pugly Pixel Vienna StatCounter Stripe Generator Xtranormal [...]

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Time Lapse Video: One Year in 40 Seconds

November 17, 2011
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I’m fascinated with time-lapse video.  Here’s a great example: One year in 40 seconds from Eirik Solheim on Vimeo. Images from the same spot through one year. Audio captured at the same place. All details on how this video was made, another video of these images and a place to download all the footage here: [...]

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Diva

November 13, 2011
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A beautiful piece of music for your Sunday — an aria, Ebben? Ne Andrò Lontana from La Wally, by Catalani: And if you love it, check out the French film, Diva, whose fabulous soundtrack heavily features one of my favourite composers, Erik Satie.  

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Electronica is 21st Century Jazz

November 8, 2011
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I love electronic music.  For me, it’s the new jazz.  Alright, I say this as someone who has catholic taste in music, so allow me to explain what I mean: when every single musical combination out there has been done, electronica presents a new way of making music, the same way jazz broke the mould. [...]

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Queen Califia’s Magical Circle Garden

October 21, 2011
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It was a bright, autumnal afternoon, and Mr. Fizgig had a surprise up his sleeve: “Let’s go out”, he said. “And bring your camera…” he added, cryptically. Half an hour later, we arrived at Queen Califia’s Magical Circle, and I was spellbound!  It was like Gaudí and Tim Burton decided to collaborate on a beautiful [...]

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Canine Design

October 18, 2011
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<– See this dog?  I make no bones about the fact that I am guilty of anthropomorphism to the nth degree – Banjo is the canine love of my life! I recently redesigned the graphics (banner, avatar, favicon, buttons) for my dog blog, Shyhound.com. I’d always used a strip of red for the banner, evocative [...]

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One Man’s Junk is Another Man’s Bedside Table

September 29, 2011
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As John Lennon said, Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. Ne’er a truer word spoken!  Mr. Fizgig and I have been living in San Diego for 6 months – about 4 months longer than originally planned, but then again, life has a funny way of not happening in the [...]

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