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Completed January 2014. A page of my moleskine which reveals my obsession with certain unusual or everyday objects. A pair of scissors, an abacus, a rubber glove, a birdcage and an umbrella are all featured.
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Macro/Close Up of Common Household Items ~ Flickr Lounge
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The Moon (Latin: Luna) is Earth's only natural satellite.
One of the largest natural satellite in the Solar System, among the satellites of the planets it is the largest relative to the size of the object it orbits (its primary). It is the second-densest satellite among those whose densities are known (after Jupiter's satellite Io).
The Moon is thought to have formed approximately 4.5 billion years ago, not long after Earth. Although there have been several hypotheses for its origin in the past, the current most widely accepted explanation is that the Moon formed from the debris left over after a giant impact between Earth and a Mars-sized body called Theia.
The Moon is in synchronous rotation with Earth, always showing the same face with its near side marked by dark volcanic maria that fill between the bright ancient crustal highlands and the prominent impact craters. It is the second-brightest regularly visible celestial object in Earth's sky (after the Sun), as measured by illuminance on Earth's surface. Although it can appear a very bright white, its surface is actually dark, with a reflectance just slightly higher than that of worn asphalt. Its prominence in the sky and its regular cycle of phases have, since ancient times, made the Moon an important cultural influence on language, calendars, art, and mythology.
The Moon's gravitational influence produces the ocean tides and the slight lengthening of the day. The Moon's current orbital distance is about thirty times the diameter of Earth, causing it to have an apparent size in the sky almost the same as that of the Sun. This allows the Moon to cover the Sun nearly precisely in total solar eclipse. This matching of apparent visual size is a coincidence. The Moon's linear distance from Earth is currently increasing at a rate of 3.82 ± 0.07 centimetres (1.504 ± 0.028 in) per year, but this rate is not constant.
The Soviet Union's Luna programme was the first to reach the Moon with unmanned spacecraft in 1959; the United States' NASA Apollo program achieved the only manned missions to date, beginning with the first manned lunar orbiting mission by Apollo 8 in 1968, and six manned lunar landings between 1969 and 1972, with the first being Apollo 11. These missions returned over 380 kg of lunar rocks, which have been used to develop a geological understanding of the Moon's origin, the formation of its internal structure, and its subsequent history. After the Apollo 17 mission in 1972, the Moon has been visited by only unmanned spacecraft.
model: object
designer: David Brill
folder: David Brill
I met with David Brill second time at the convention in Poland this year (Kazimierz 2010). He was so kind and borrowed to us several of his folds. This is very special piece - the cube with parts of the sphere piked on its apexes. The major of the arranging city was especially fascinated by this object. Thank David very much!
During our residency at Pilchuck Glass School, we expanded on work started at the Museum of Glass and we developed a series of new works involving sound making objects, printmaking and drawing. We gave two performances during our residency, and some of our printmaking was exhibited during November 2014 at the Pilchuck Glass School Exhibition Space. Additional documentation of our performances and print process are linked below.
Our sound work with glass involves the creation of shapes that can be bowed or struck to produce fundamental pitches and harmonics so that one instrument can sound more than one pitch. Working carefully with our expert gaffers, Manny Krakowski and Netty Blair, we were able to make several variations of vessel shapes that each produced a complex spectrum of tones. We were also able to develop methods of linking two or more objects on a rocking base so that two objects could be played simultaneously by one player and variations on timbre and attack through bowing, striking, rocking were possible.
For our performances we grouped objects in terms of their tunings and timbres making tuning changes (by reshaping, or filling vessels with water) where necessary to create a specific temperament. Once we created a temperament we improvised extensively with it and developed compositions for it. Our compositions are a mix of rehearsed sections/gestures connected by improvisation. While we usually decide how to start and end, the pieces are largely determined during the performance.
In both our sound and print work we used electro-magnet/neodymium magnet setups where the magnets moved in response to changes in the polarities of our electro-magnets that were triggered by fluctuations in the EMF of the space where they were.
As sound, the clinking/tapping of the magnets against glass added a percussive, chaotic element to our compositions; something that fueled our improvisations as the magnets never behaved the same way in each performance.
For the prints, we used the same set of circuitry, vessels and magnets, but as mark making elements. We set the magnets up on inked plates and let them roll until they were covered in ink and had left marks on the plates. We then made several prints with the plates, and then placed the electro-magnet setup on the prints’ surface in the same configuration and let the neodymium magnets deposit the ink they had previously gathered. Freshly inked magnets were also added in the process. As with the sound pieces, the electro-magnet’s polarity oscillates in response to changes in EMF around them.
Our drawings incorporate variations on the shapes of the goblet and the vessel, primary glassblowing forms that suggested to us the physiology of the inner ear. The drawings functioned as non-dimensional starting points for the development of our sculptural and sound making objects.
Our time at Pilchuck was special and we are grateful to the long list of wonderful people who made our experience so memorable including Tina Aufiero, Rebecca Arday, Jim Baker, Ben Wright, our gaffers Manny Krakowski and Netty Blair, our assistants Keunae Song and Anna Masowsky, Alex Gibson in the printshop, Rebekah Birkan, who constructed the amazing frame for the goblets from found metal in the Pilchuck metal shop and Zach Lorenzetti who made music with us and assisted behind the wheel!
Video of our electro-magnetic print process: www.mayarouvelle.com/?p=775
Soundcloud of recent performances on our glass instruments: www.mayarouvelle.com/?p=752
Artist website: www.mayarouvelle.com
"Located in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius, Herculaneum (Italian: Ercolano) was an ancient Roman town destroyed by volcanic pyroclastic flows in 79 AD. Its ruins are located in the commune of Ercolano, Campania, Italy.
It is most famous for having been lost, along with Pompeii, Stabiae, Oplontis and the neighborhood of Monte Bursaccio in Boscoreale, in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 that buried it in superheated pyroclastic material. It is also famous as one of the few ancient cities that can now be seen in almost its original splendor; unlike Pompeii, it was mainly affected by pyroclastic flows, thus preserving the wooden objects such as roof tops, building beams, beds, doors, and even food. Moreover, Herculaneum was a wealthier town than Pompeii, possessing an extraordinary density of fine houses, and far more lavish use of colored marble cladding. The discovery in recent years of some 300 skeletons along the sea shore came as a surprise, as it had been assumed that the town had been evacuated."
~Wikipedia
Having worked out my tribal percussion circle needs in my twenties, I was content to merely listen to the dulcet tones of a few dozen people hammering away as I slithered by. It sounded like a wind-chime made of hammers.
Felt, thread and sterling silver. April 2011.
I have been laser cutting felt as part of my experimentation with textiles and textile techniques. I stitched together this form as part of a series of jewellery based on the theme: Organic Modular Structures. This felt object can be manipulated into different forms by pushing a side in to form concave surfaces anywhere on the form.
ZLATIBOR series...(5)
The "Kraljevi konaci" (The Kings Shelters) apartment settlement is situated on the very side of the lake on the central Zlatibor plateau. Because of its beauty and perfection it can be one among the highest ranked objects in the world. The beautiful flowered avenues and arranged places and the harmonious lines of the apartment in the pine woods make an indivisible joint of the nature, the human knowledge and the love.
There is no need to speak about the comfort in the double and larger apartments. The well equipped living rooms, the sleeping rooms, the comfortable bathrooms and the garages for your cars give a real pleasantness even for the guests-choosers.
Curious ideas. Curious themes. Curious images. Curious Objects.
I love this city for the exploration and discovery of such weird and wonderful things.
Name - Random Objects Pencil Sketches
Date - 2009
Dimensions - 148mm X 210mm
Medium - Graphite on paper
Time to complete - 40min
Observation - Observational drawing.
The Torosaurus skeleton pictured here was discovered in Montana by a Milwaukee Public Museum expedition in 1981. The bones come from the Hell Creek Formation, the last rock unit of the late Cretaceous, at the very end of the dinosaur era. The dark brown areas are actual fossilized bones, while lighter areas are replica bones.
This skeleton was the first Torosaurus discovered in Montana, and more importantly, it was the only specimen with significant post-cranial remains, or remains behind the skull. Most Torosaurus finds are represented by skulls only. This skull, nearly nine feet long and eight feet wide, is one of the largest dinosaur skulls ever found.
The Torosaurus has been much in the news lately, as scientists from Montana have posited that a Torosaurus is actually an adult form of Triceratops, previously believed to be a distinct genus.