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Acrylics on acrylic paper, 510mm x 400mm, 2004. I love this skull. I found it about fifteen years ago on the south island of The Uists and it's been with me ever since. I should draw and paint it more often.
(Ram : a Holy character of Hindu mythology, Yantra : instrument)
The Ram Yantra can measure the local coordinates of altitude and azimuth of a celestial object. of anject, ob
The angular height of an object, from the horizon is the altitude. The azimuth is the relative angular position of the object measured eastwards, starting from the direction North. The complementary units are so designed that the shadow of the gnomon falls on a Sector of one of the instruments if it falls in the gap for the other instrument.
When the shadow falls at the top of the wall of the instrument, the altitude of the Sun is zero. When the shadow is at the junction between the wall and the floor, the altitude of the Sun is 45 degrees. Altitudes between 45 to 90 degrees can be read in a radial direction on the floor of the instrument.
The circular ring(horizontal circle) near the roof of the instument has 360 degrees scale for the azimuth, along the circumference. Each degree division is further divided into minute divisions and the smallest division is one fifth of a degree.
Notice the zip tie on the bottom? My charging cable is coiled and I found that it pulled on the connecter a little too much and over time it might either (a) pop out or (b) bend open the iPhone or the connector itself. The zip tie was an easy way to hold the cable straight down out of the iPhone so the pull pressure is against that instead of the phone & connecter. We'll see how well that works over time, but it seems pretty good.
This happenned by daylight, no fog... This opens the eyes to you, sailors, to NOT to leave the wheel for whatever situation in busy waters. But, after all, LOOOOL.
2017 Ram with Black Wrap Ram Vertical Gatorback flaps. Truck courtesy of Hendry's Chrysler in Nokomis.
St. Louis Rams wide receiver Danny Amendola, right, is brought down by San Francisco 49ers cornerback Nate Clements after a reception during the second quarter of an NFL football game in San Francisco, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)