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Experimenting with shisha stitch and bottle caps in preparation for a belt project.
Threw a few bullion knots in there too!
Airplane dusting forest for western hemlock looper control. Pacific and Grays Counties, Washington.
For more about this project see:
Report of the Hemlock Looper Outbreak in Southwestern Washington and Its Control through Airplane Dusting
Available through the Forest Health Protection Historical Digital Collection, here: nfsl.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p17053coll1/id...
Photo by: F.P. Keen
Date: July 1931
Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection.
Collection: Portland Station Collection; La Grande, Oregon.
Image: BUR-8776
To learn more about this photo collection see:
Wickman, B.E., Torgersen, T.R. and Furniss, M.M. 2002. Photographic images and history of forest insect investigations on the Pacific Slope, 1903-1953. Part 2. Oregon and Washington. American Entomologist, 48(3), p. 178-185
The following information about this control project was prepared by Malcolm M. Furniss and is taken from the Western Forest Insect Work Conference history page: www.wfiwc.org/history/photos/control
"Western Hemlock Looper. The first known record of extensive tree-killing by a forest insect in the western United States involved the western hemlock looper, Lambdina fiscellaria lugubrosa (Hulst).... A subsequent outbreak killed 200 million board feet (bd ft) of hemlock in Pacific and Grays Counties, Washington from 1929-1932. Losses in Pacific County were reduced in 1931 through the first airplane dusting experiment attempted against a forest defoliator in the western United States (Keen 1932). Keen was involved with the operation and voiced his concern in a letter to Craighead (13 July 1931) regarding toxicity of the calcium arsenate contained in the dust:
'In connection with the airplane dusting project, we are naturally experiencing some criticism from people who object to having poison scattered around in wholesale lots for fear of killing off the wildlife and even domestic animals. I have tried to get some information from the local Boards of Health as to what constitutes lethal doses of calcium arsenate for birds, mammals and humans but with very little success...'"
For additional historical forest entomology photos, stories, and resources see the Western Forest Insect Work Conference site: wfiwc.org/content/history-and-resources
Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection: www.fs.usda.gov/main/r6/forest-grasslandhealth
Experimenting with ideas from Light Science and Magic.
Strobist Info:
Black card with a hole cut under each tube. Lit with Alien Bee 800 from below. I think I use a white card to add a touch of light to the stalks.
Presqu'à tous les jours, je vérifie mon expériment et si il y a eu un visiteur ou non...
Almost every day, I check my experiment, and see who has been about...
From the midwinter journal. Spread measures 42x13 cm.
Blogged:
caatjesartsystuff.blogspot.com/2011/01/more-from-midwinte...
www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/ey-exhibi...
In 1932, Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) was not yet half-way through his career. After years of poverty as a young artist in Barcelona, he had moved to Paris at the turn of the twentieth century and, by the early 1930s, was both celebrated and wealthy. He was aware, however, that he was losing contact with his artistic contemporaries, and that critics were questioning his ability to create radical new work.
Picasso was always restless, constantly trying his hand at new things. His Blue and Rose periods in the early 1900s were mainly of figurative paintings. On discovering archaic and notwestern art, he moved further from naturalistic representation and radically reinterpreted it when he and Georges Braque invented cubism. Between the two world wars he made works inspired by classical art, and others that engaged with the contemporary interest in surrealism.
As a foreigner living in France, Picasso refrained from political activities and kept a distance from official engagements, including those with his native Spain. Things changed dramatically when Nazi German and Fascist Italian warplanes bombed the Basque town of Guernica in 1937, in response to which Picasso created a monumental black-and-white painting which to this day is regarded by many as the greatest anti-war statement in art.
Throughout his life, Picasso sought to revive the tradition of western art, especially painting. He competed creatively with his contemporaries, particularly Matisse, but also earlier artists including Velázquez, Ingres and Manet. He returned repeatedly to subjects such as the female nude, classical mythology – particularly the character of the Minotaur – and the bullfight.
Picasso married twice and had several other long-term relationships. He had four children. By 1932, his marriage to Olga Khokhlova was under increasing strain. The escape offered by his relationship with the significantly younger Marie-Thérèse Walter became a key inspiration for much of
his work from this period.
The work that one does is a way of keeping a diary.
Pablo Picasso
LOVE FAME TRAGEDY
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1932 was a make-or-break year for Pablo Picasso (1881–1973). In October 1931 he had turned fifty. He was inundated with invitations to exhibit his work. At the same time, critics openly discussed whether he was an artist of the past rather than the future. Picasso’s grand apartment on the rue La Boétie, his tailored suits and chauffeur-driven car symbolised his rise from poor Spanish migrant to international superstar, as did his marriage to the Russian ballerina Olga Khokhlova, his principal model and inspiration for much of the late 1910s and early 1920s.
But Picasso felt increasingly restless and critically sidelined. He bought an eighteenth-century mansion in the Normandy countryside where he experimented with sculpture. He created a chaotic studio in a Parisian apartment identical to the one below in which he lived a life of bourgeois respectability with his wife and son. He was in a secretive relationship with a younger woman, Marie-Thérèse Walter. He flirted with surrealism while trying to beat Henri Matisse at his colourful game.
These contradictions were brought into focus by his first major retrospective in June 1932. In the preceding months Picasso channelled his energies into ambitious paintings intended to silence his detractors. As the year progressed, the mood darkened from sensuous exuberance to ominous anxiety. Rarely overtly political, Picasso’s work nonetheless reflected the times: a world – including his native Spain – increasingly in the grip of economic depression, mass unemployment, populist nationalism and the rise of totalitarian regimes. If 1932 began for Picasso under the sign
of love, it ended with a premonition of tragedies to come.
I'm experimenting with images and arrangements for the 6th grade art project. The school has a yearly dinner and auction as a fundraiser.
This is a piece of mica with an image of a bird in the center and some leaf skeletons. The front has some wood veneer glued onto the mica
Connectivity and readymade.
Experimenting, manipulating and combining daily life objects in order to attempt, to force or to mystify a workable connection between them, at least to make it visible and/or possible. This exercise is to be considered as a warm-up, a first step towards a further installation or project.
Erg (École de Recherche Graphique), Brussels, Arts Numériques-Atelier (New media art), 2016-2017.
Professors : Marc Wathieu.
Connectivity and readymade.
Experimenting, manipulating and combining daily life objects in order to attempt, to force or to mystify a workable connection between them, at least to make it visible and/or possible. This exercise is to be considered as a warm-up, a first step towards a further installation or project.
Erg (École de Recherche Graphique), Brussels, Arts Numériques-Atelier (New media art), 2016-2017.
Professors : Marc Wathieu.
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor Center in Greenbelt, Md., hosted this month's Sunday Experiment on Nov. 18 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. EST. It was a free afternoon for elementary-aged school children and their families to look at how NASA explores space and studies Earth from space using satellites and other technology.
This month’s Sunday Experiment explored NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite project. The TDRS project at NASA Goddard is building three new Tracking and Data Relay Satellites: TDRS K, L and M. Nine TDRS spacecraft are currently in geosynchronous orbit. Together they form the space-based communication relay network known as the Space Network (SN).
The SN is made up of seven TDRS spacecraft that are responsible for relaying more than 40 different spacecrafts' data to the ground 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The TDRS constellation is responsible for gathering data from low-Earth orbiting spacecraft such as the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA's Earth-observing fleet of satellites and the International Space Station, and transmitting it to TDRS ground terminals. Once the data arrives at the ground terminals, it is sent out to the spacecraft’s data processing facilities across the country. The communication also works the opposite direction with controllers on the ground using the SN to send commands like “Hey, satellite, turn your camera on!” to spacecraft.
TDRS K is the first of the third generation of TDRS satellites and is scheduled for launch in January 2013. This generation of TDRS will ensure that NASA’s communication needs are met for many years to come.
In addition to celebrating all things science, technology, engineering and mathematics, the Sunday Experiment celebrates major science missions that are managed by NASA Goddard and set to launch in the near future. The Sunday Experiment is a place where children and adults alike can discover the excitement of Goddard through fun and engaging activities.
Sunday Experiment, held the third Sunday of each month, spotlights Goddard's world-renowned science and engineering research, and technological developments. Families leave inspired by the activities, wowed by the scientists and engineers, and excited about Goddard's revolutionary research and technology.
For more information on Sunday Experiment, visit Goddard's Visitor Center webpage:
visitorcenterevents.gsfc.nasa.gov/
For more information and directions to the NASA Goddard Visitor's Center, visit:
www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/visitor/home/index.html
www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/visitor/directions/index.html
Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Debbie Mccallum
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center enables NASA’s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA’s accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agency’s mission.
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Citrus Experiment Station (UC Riverside Campus) – “The University of California established the Citrus Experiment Station in Riverside in 1906 and moved it into the central and south buildings of this Mission Revival style group in 1918, initiating the present campus. Here Herbert John Webber, Leon D. Batchelor, Alfred M. Boyce, E.T. Bartholomew, Homer Chapmen, Howard S. Fawcett, Howard B. Frost, Walter P. Kelley, Leo J. Klotz, James W. Lesley, H.J. Quayle, Harry Smith and other researchers made discoveries advancing agriculture in California and the World.” – Riverside County Historical Marker RIV-028.
The Citrus Experiment Station became the foundation of the University of California Riverside campus and has remained at the forefront of agricultural and citrus research.
California Historical Resources Landmark Plaque Number: P121
Riverside County Historic Landmark: RIV-028
Mark ‘Spoonman’ Petrakis and I are experimenting with new interactive storytelling ideas, from shadow puppets to poetic robots.
Our first experiment ‘Ubu’s Dreams’, a shadow puppet show featuring Père Ubu, the hero of Alfred Jarry’s surreal plays at the turn of the last century. In this show, Ubu is constantly dreaming, interacting with archetypal characters from our collective unconscious. Each of his dreams is a separate sketch in our play and lasts about a minute.
For our first rehearsal, we ran through two different scenes (see videos of dreams #5 and 7). Mark read the script as the voice of Ubu, and we both moved puppets from the sides of the screen we had built earlier, with the help of Phyllis and Alice. This simple shadow puppet theater is made of PVC tubes, a vinyl shower curtain, an overhead projector and laser cut characters from our maker art classes.
We plan to perform this show during our Dada exhibit this fall at the Canessa Gallery in North Beach. And I’m also developing a ‘Magic Theater’ course combining maker art and storytelling for our lower and middle school students.
View more pictures of this Magic Theater project on Flickr:
www.flickr.com/photos/fabola/albums/72157664637863884
Learn more about Ubu’s Dreams:
Learn more about the Magic Theater project (first called Théâtre Mécanique):
Experimenting illumination on my small office.
You can comment what is the colour you like most.
Enjoy…
Where snails go for antennae spare parts ;)
Santa brought me a new camera for Christmas - thanks Santa!
This series is drawn from my first shoot with her.
Macro of course. Deliberately over-exposed for effect and with very minimal processing.
...both in color and design. Maybe the prototype for my Common Threads quilt round? I'm thinking three rows or maybe something reversible... What do you think?
Blogged here.
Temporarily using T8 lighting instead of LED to see if I can get the Ludwigia arcuata to go red. Previous light intensity, CO2 and other nutrients were non-limiting, so it's a last resort...
The steamed spars didn't work. Even after I'd made them a lot thinner. Not sure how long I need to steam them before I can bend them but apparently I didn't do it long enough.
So this is an experiment. I hung a weight of the end and then I used a spray bottle to wet the wood so there is a force pulling it down the whole time and bending it slowly. Not sure it will work but I'm out of ideas. I think I need to google this and see how others have done it.