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This was for the Fall 2010 Senior Light Show at Georgia Tech. I designed these kid blocks that only light up when put in the correct order. Using 4 bright-white LEDS, a couple of 3-volt batteries, magnets and some wires in each block, I was able to create a circuit that completes and lights the faces of the blocks when placed in the right order.
This is an electro printing block on a columbian press. Its is a line block of a catalogue image for the 1874 coalbrookdale catalogue it is 10inches wide (25cm). On the bed can be seen hempel quions and quoin key.
As soon as I saw the green fabric, I knew I wanted to do a Dresden Plate. The flower came out on the small side so I decided to add the stripes.
I sewed the appliques on by hand and it was actually very relaxing and went quickly. I'm thinking there might need to be more Dresden Plates in my future.
I iwish I could blame my belatedness on that, but really it was just me getting busy with other things. I hope this block makes up for it!
Making progress...Just 3 more to finish for rows 3-5...then the final 14. Oh...and the 1/2 blocks...
COLOR BLOCK
Foto por Julian Lorenzon.
Produccion: Gabriela Torres.
Make Up: Rocio Vila.
Modelo: Bianca Temperini
Thought I would share all the blocks together, in the process of making another block since this one didn't turn out in person the way it was in my head!
What do you think of this for the sky blue/ white bitty block ( group 1) Do they look like clouds and rain, or a bit too much like jelly fish? These are very rough.. they need a bit of extra work. Perhaps embroidered rain drops instead of the straight lines.
Finally decided to paint that bedroom. Three walls with overlaying blocks, one solid with four large, canvases to paint. Entirely a DIY job, from primer, painting, trimming, building and stretching custom canvases... a fun two weeks.
There are a total of four colors on the wall: light blue, dark blue, purple, and magenta.
Block made in Sew Buzzy for Lee (maychappell). She asked for titles of some of our favorite children's books. These are some that I grew up with. My wrist/forearms have developed a little RSI (tendonitis) making it difficult to hold a needle right now, so my mom helped with the embroidery. (All the good looking ones are her work.)
Here's my crude, DIY soil blocker. It's just a 1.5" PVC pipe about 2.5" long, with a few grooves filed into the bottom edge. The packer is made from a little circle of plywood screwed onto the old broomhandle with a long woodscrew and a nut-spacer, and the top "handle" is made from a old scrap of oak pallet wood.
Here's the technique (I'll take more pictures next time)
1. fill the tube up with soil, but don't pack it in. Use soil that's very damp, but NOT sopping wet
2. Put the tube over an old cookie tray, or on a hard work surface
3. Push down hard on the plunger to drive out most of the water, compacting the soil
4. Lift the whole deal off the table, and gently push the block through the tube to release it
5. If it's still stuck to the end of the plunger, disengage it gently now
6. Notice that he scrw and nut have left a nice depression into the soil block, perfect for planting the seed!
The advantages of this methed are:
1. At planting, just stick the whole thing in the ground, no root damage and no transplanting shock
2. No dealing with the plastic pots, or undegraded peat-pots in the garden
3. Can be watered for a capillary mat (see my other pics on that setup)
4. Makes transplanting easier, just make some bigger blocks with a 1.5" diameter depression first.
5. The plants don't get pot bound, since the roots wil naturally not grow into the air on the edges