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I really wanted to build a cute MOC for Eurobrick's X-Mas raffle about "my ideal Christmas Gift" but when I checked my schedule I've noticed I can't. But at least I know what is my ideal gift! 10 minutes speed build, don't take it too seriously :>
The checkerboard can be folded with the game pieces locked inside.
You can find instructions on the AppStore for free.
A vintage fantastical drawing from "A Portable Feast: Picnic, Lunch Box and Knapsack Fare," a 1970s boho cookbook.
Tree Ring (2006), paper mache, plastic tree, astro turf, acrylic and a pebble
+ Untitled ring and bracelet (2006), also paper mache, plastic, astro turf and acrylic
From the Portable Landscape Series (2004-2006)
Okay, before anyone freaks out, please don’t judge me too hard.
This dolly abomination absolutely saved my grade and my sanity.
Back in 200? (2007-2008?) I was pursuing a bachaelors degree in art at a local university. I was in an upper division Art History class with a professor notorious for high expectations and harsh grading. Like any other “400 level” class there was a very large research paper project that was going to be a major part of our grade in the class. Something like a thirty page research paper.
Now at the time my personal life was rocky, I was close to graduating but gradually taking fewer and fewer classes, and I was working more full-time hours at my retail job. (Burnout. In hindsight I was burning out.)
I didn’t realize I was burning out but I knew, I just KNEW that I didn’t have thirty pages of words inside of me to put on a page. Even though I really enjoyed the class and love the topic: History of Surrealism, I knew I didn’t have thirty pages in me so I had to come up with a creative solution. I needed a muse.
In lieu of writing a thirty page paper, I created this Portable Muse.
I turned in this Muse (and a hand bound book of surrealist art games we had learned about in the class. I had recreated the games and wrote little explanations of them.) I got a really good grade and passed the class.
(I did end up dropping out of school for real and never finished my degree. Oops.)
The muse herself is a Britney Spears head on a Ocean Toys Pamela Love torso mounted on an imitation squirrel paintbrush. She comes in her own labeled tin (a repurposed Surf Benders tin.)
(I have the original head for this torso and had been looking for poor Pamela’s body for a while… then I remembered what I had done to her and found this old Portable Muse in my studio.)
Toilettenkabine - 02
Temporary toilet typically used in locations ranging from construction sites to large gatherings such as open air music festivals.
Eglise Saint Jean Baptiste, Chaource, France
Detail of Retable de la légende de Saint Hubert, XVIè s.
For the whole story on this freedom-less fellow, click here:
flickr.com/photos/28551615@N00/37241811/in/set-787794/
Created with fd's Flickr Toys.
This was inspired by the wickedly sarcastic "despair" series ( www.despair.com ) which is, itself, inspired by the famous Motivation posters.
(NOW AVAILABLE AS A CALENDAR!!)
if you have an original de-motivational creation of your own, please consider adding it to the 'De-Motivational' group: de-motivators
Portable Strobist Lighting Gear.
Since the company I work for provides me with enough studio lights for my photo assignments I decided to sell my own heavy 20 year old Norman strobes and power packs last year and go light and portable with Strobist lighting gear for my personal work.
I recently added another Nikon SB-24 and a few homemade grids to my set.
The set was lit with an old Vivitar 285HV bounced off a silver umbrella on a light stand.
Some days you just need a hug and some of those days you have to improvise with whatever works. Cheers to warm blankets and horror flicks to get us through.
Toilettenkabine - 05
Temporary toilet typically used in locations ranging from construction sites to large gatherings such as open air music festivals.
Toilettenkabine - 01
Temporary toilet typically used in locations ranging from construction sites to large gatherings such as open air music festivals.
Make an easy to build portable softbox
- cut a backing frame from a 1/2 gallon plastic milk jug
- shape the plastic to fit the rear of your flash, like a bounce card, narrow at the bottom and more flared out at the top
- line the front of the plastic with a reflective material. I used the shiny mylar material from a package of Nabisco oatmeal cookies. I attached the mylar using double-sided tape.
- tape down the edges of the mylar to the plastic using gaffers tape
- Attach the reflector to flash using rubber bands
- make a "flip down" diffuser using simple tissue paper or other diffusing material
The flash and portable softbox can be used on-camera or off-camera, One Light Strobist style.
See the test shot here.
See my Homebrew Portable Softbox set here.
I don't actively collect typewriters, but I get them when they are a good deal. They are fun to work on and type on.
These are my portables. The big boys are just to heavy for me to lug out and take shots of..lol
PolyJohn PJN III Portable Restrooms
Basin Disposal Inc.
"BlueRoom Portable Toilets"
Kennewick, WA
July 2016
©Bryn Erdman. All Rights Reserved.
I'm moving soon so all my stuff is getting packed up. Fortunately I can still listen to tunes without a sacrifice in sound quality.
Thinkpad X220: Nice speedy laptop that suits my weekly travel needs well.
Audioquest Dragonfly: Great little dac that outputs up to 24/96 lossless audio files.
Ray Samuels SR-71B: Super powerful balanced amp capable of powering the most difficult loads.
Audeze LCD-2: Fantastic Orthodynamic headphones. Addictive sound that is unlike most headphones you've ever heard.
This Macintosh Portable was purchased from Aldus as part of an obsolete equipment sale back in 1994. It is a non-backlit model that boots into System 6. The lead acid battery has long since passed it’s prime and is a good candidate for a refurbish.
An early example Ca.1900, mainly used by contractors travelling from farm to farm hauled by a team of horses. Used for threshing, sawing etc. Not sure of the manufacturer of this example, maybe by Garretts of Leiston, being captured in a Suffolk farmyard.
Rotterdam, Museumpark, NAI, Open City : Designing Coexistence exhibition a part of the Internationale Architectuur Biennale Rotterdam 2009 (uncut)
Displayed here is Portable station (James Rojas) an example of the tool used in the process of DBUP - design based urban planning - in which the members of the community partipate actively. It's meant to de-mistify the planning process and translate conceptual planning ideas like housing, public transportation open space into physical forms and thru this foster and facilitate public participation.
Best viewed: LARGE.
Doug Philips [???] with portable shortwave transmitter. abc.net.au/photo/DP036499
Date of photo taken unkonwn.
Original Collection: Food Science and Technology Dept. Photographic Collection
Item Number: P142:146
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Okay, before anyone freaks out, please don’t judge me too hard.
This dolly abomination absolutely saved my grade and my sanity.
Back in 200? (2007-2008?) I was pursuing a bachaelors degree in art at a local university. I was in an upper division Art History class with a professor notorious for high expectations and harsh grading. Like any other “400 level” class there was a very large research paper project that was going to be a major part of our grade in the class. Something like a thirty page research paper.
Now at the time my personal life was rocky, I was close to graduating but gradually taking fewer and fewer classes, and I was working more full-time hours at my retail job. (Burnout. In hindsight I was burning out.)
I didn’t realize I was burning out but I knew, I just KNEW that I didn’t have thirty pages of words inside of me to put on a page. Even though I really enjoyed the class and love the topic: History of Surrealism, I knew I didn’t have thirty pages in me so I had to come up with a creative solution. I needed a muse.
In lieu of writing a thirty page paper, I created this Portable Muse.
I turned in this Muse (and a hand bound book of surrealist art games we had learned about in the class. I had recreated the games and wrote little explanations of them.) I got a really good grade and passed the class.
(I did end up dropping out of school for real and never finished my degree. Oops.)
The muse herself is a Britney Spears head on a Ocean Toys Pamela Love torso mounted on an imitation squirrel paintbrush. She comes in her own labeled tin (a repurposed Surf Benders tin.)
(I have the original head for this torso and had been looking for poor Pamela’s body for a while… then I remembered what I had done to her and found this old Portable Muse in my studio.)
"Los tamaleros" (Vendedores de cabezas de horno)
This seems to be a portable snack bar.
From a scarce CDV album of mexican occupationals made by the studio "Cruces y Campa" in the 1860s.
The album contains 40 views of occupations, vendors and marketeers, a portrait of a woman (maybe the owner) and a view of the "three Naoleons". So maybe this album had been brought from Mexico by one of the soldiers of the emperor Maximilian.