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These three are all from Santa Maria la Blanca, the oldest synagogue in Spain. It was designed by Mudejar (Muslims that remained in Toledo after the Christian reconquest) architects, so has an incredibly Moorish feel. It was converted into a Christian church after all the Jews were expelled in the 1400's, but they left most of the architecture alone. A really gorgeous place. That intricate plaster work between the pillars and the horseshoe arches is actually carved instead of molded, so each is slightly different. And there are a lot of them...
this book is all about how to make pretty towels with sashiko embroidery that have a great variety of everyday uses.
sashiko embroidery is a traditional japanese needle craft, with repeating stitches that create a beautiful overall pattern. this book has a number of designs that can be used on hand towels or small cloths, to create a lovely and useful textile works.
most of the projects are designed for and shown as 35 cm square or 32 by 42 cm sized towels, but you could easily modify the patterns if you wanted to make a smaller or larger project. the patterns range from simple geometric designs, including very traditional motifs, to more modern and contemporary designs such as tea cups or cooking pot, to those that include cute mushrooms, flowers and bunnies.
what’s wonderful about this book is that the full patterns are included, so you can easily copy them, and each pattern is also shown in detail, along with the stitching directions and a sample of the finished product. All the written instructions are in japanese, but the very detailed and well-documented process included great photos, so you should have no trouble at all recreating any or all of these projects. there are directions for how to make a pattern using transfer paper or a fabric marker. if you are brand new to sashiko or embroidery, you might want to look up some basic information about it in english first, but these projects are very straightforward.
isbn 978-4-277-31171-1
71 pages.
Nikon D7000 Nikon 50mm F1.8 Nikon SB900 Yongnuo YN622N
D7000 F9 1/10s ISO100
SB900 1/128 power repeating at 12 flashs at 50hz
I scored this Flying Fish 1988 calendar on eBay a while ago and a couple weeks ago hung it on me wall*. But only today did I realize that the dates match up with 2016 because it's another leap year and then more because of math. That's some kind of weird graphic kismet, right?
Although so far this month I have also forgotten to get a job.
*I always say this a la Ringo Starr via Simpsons 7F18. Gear!
Repeating the experiment with hot water, citric acid, and baking soda. It bubbles over and over and over!
One of the characters from a repeating pattern. I've been working on for quite some time.
This will probably be the last seamless pattern I do unless client requested.
Big thanks to my wife for the knitted background.
iPad and iPhone CASES available at ArtsProjekt.
Will also be available as a wall mural, wallpaper, and as purchasable fabric.
The Chinese zodiac is a classification scheme that assigns an animal and its reputed attributes to each year in a repeating 12-year cycle. The 12-year cycle is an approximation to the 11.85-year orbital period of Jupiter, the largest planet of the Solar System. It and its variations remain popular in many Asian countries including China, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Mongolia, Cambodia, Laos, Nepal, Bhutan, and Thailand.
The Chinese zodiac is also called Shēngxiào (生肖) in Mandarin. Identifying this scheme using the generic term "zodiac" reflects several superficial similarities to the Western zodiac: both have time cycles divided into 12 parts, each labels at least the majority of those parts with names of animals, and each is widely associated with a culture of ascribing a person's personality or events in his or her life to the supposed influence of the person's particular relationship to the cycle.
Nevertheless, there are major differences between the two: the animals of the Chinese zodiac are not associated with constellations spanned by the ecliptic plane. The Chinese 12-part cycle corresponds to years, rather than months. The Chinese zodiac is represented by 12 animals, whereas some of the signs in the Western zodiac are not animals, despite the implication of the etymology of the word zodiac.
The zodiac traditionally begins with the sign of the Rat. The following are the twelve zodiac signs (each with its associated Earthly Branch) in order and their characteristics. Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water as five nature elements.
Rat – 鼠 (子) (Yin, 1st Trine, Fixed Element Water)
Ox – 牛 (丑) (Yin, 2nd Trine, Fixed Element Earth)
Tiger – 虎 (寅) (Yang, 3rd Trine, Fixed Element Wood)
Rabbit – 兔 (卯) (Yin, 4th Trine, Fixed Element Wood)
Dragon – 龍 (辰) (Yang, 1st Trine, Fixed Element Earth)
Snake – 蛇 (巳) (Yang, 2nd Trine, Fixed Element Fire)
Horse – 馬 (午) (Yin, 3rd Trine, Fixed Element Fire)
Goat – 羊 (未) (Yin, 4th Trine, Fixed Element Earth)
Monkey – 猴 (申) (Yang, 1st Trine, Fixed Element Metal)
Rooster – 雞 (酉) (Yin, 2nd Trine, Fixed Element Metal)
Dog – 狗 (戌) (Yang, 3rd Trine, Fixed Element Earth)
Pig – 豬 (亥) (Yang, 4th Trine, Fixed Element Water)
More Pentax Auto 110 action, thanks to inspiration from yackymouse. Emery Barnes Park, downtown Vancouver. March 9, 2011.
New layout markings on a freshly-paved section of Beacon Avenue in Seattle suggest SDOT is continuing to flout the adopted Bicycle Master Plan and treat shared lane markings as faux bike lanes. The yellow dot highlights where SDOT has marked the future location of a sharrow, even though the city's Bicycle Master Plan says the sharrow should be centered in the lane.
UPDATE: as a result of this complaint, SDOT has agreed to a new policy of relocating existing sharrows to the center of the travel lane during maintenance work!
Many first-generation shared lane markings in Seattle were placed in the door zone of parking lanes, contrary to the MUTCD's guidance that sharrows are intended to guide cyclists to ride a safe distance from parked cars, since dooring is a major cause of bicyclist injuries in cities. The Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board and other cycling advocates complained repeatedly, to little effect.
In reaction to SDOT's poor placement of sharrows over the past decade, the 2014 Seattle Bicycle Master Plan incorporates very specific language on their location:
4.5.2 Promote visibility of the person on the bicycle. Place shared lane markings in the center of the travel lane on streets with driveways and on-street parking to encourage bicycling outside of the door zone or in potentially low visibility conflict points.
That BMP language aligns with the purposes of the shared lane marking as defined in MUTCD:
A. Assist bicyclists with lateral positioning in a shared lane with on-street parallel parking in order to reduce the chance of a bicyclist's impacting the open door of a parked vehicle,
B. Assist bicyclists with lateral positioning in lanes that are too narrow for a motor vehicle and a bicycle to travel side by side within the same traffic lane,
C. Alert road users of the lateral location bicyclists are likely to occupy within the traveled way,
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You WILL NOT BELIEVE how often I have to repeat myself with this one! How can little girl / young lady be so intelligent and so scatterbrained at the same time?! LOL :)
A full interview with the Israeli painter Raphael Perez (in Hebrew Rafi Peretz) about the ideas behind the naive painting, resume, personal biography and CV
Question: Raphael Perez Tell us about your work process as a naive painter?
Answer: I choose the most iconic and famous buildings in every city and town that are architecturally interesting and have a special shape and place the iconic buildings on boulevards full of trees, bushes, vegetation, flowers.
Question: How do you give depth in your naive paintings?
Answer: To give depth to the painting, I build the painting with layers of vegetation, after those low famous buildings, followed by a tall avenue of trees, and behind them towers and skyscrapers, in the sky I sometimes put innocent signs of balloons, kites.
A recurring motif in some of my paintings is the figure of the painter who is in the center of the boulevard and paints the entire scene unfolding in front of him, also there are two kindergarten teachers who are walking with the kindergarten children with the state flags that I paint, and loving couples hugging and kissing and family paintings of mother, father and child walking in harmony on the boulevard.
Question: Raphael Perez What characterizes your naive painting?
Answer: Most naive paintings have the same characteristics
(Definition as it appears in Wikipedia)
• Tells a simple story to absorb from everyday life, usually with humans.
• The representation of the painter's idealization to reality - the mapping of reality.
• Failure to maintain perspective - especially details even in distant details.
• Extensive use of repeating patterns - many details.
• Warm and bright colors.
• Sometimes the emphasis is on outlines.
• Most of the characters are flat, lack volume
• No interest in texture, expression, correct proportions
• No interest in anatomy.
• There is not much use of light and shadow, the colors create a three-dimensional effect.
I find these definitions to be valid for all my naive paintings
Question: Raphael Perez Why do you mainly choose the city of Tel Aviv?
Answer: I was born in Jerusalem, the capital city which I love very much and also paint,
I love the special Bauhaus buildings in Tel Aviv, the ornamental buildings that were built a century ago in the 1920s and 1930s, the beautiful boulevards, towers and modern skyscrapers give you the feeling of the hustle and bustle of a large metropolis and there are quite a few low and tall buildings that are architecturally fascinating in their form the special one
Also, the move to Tel Aviv, which is the capital of culture, freedom, and secularism, allowed me to live my life as I chose, to live in a relationship with a man, Jerusalem, which is a traditional city, it is more complicated to live a homosexual life, also, the art world takes place mainly in the city of Tel Aviv, and it is possible that from a professional point of view, this allows I can support myself better in Tel Aviv than in any other city in Israel.
Question: raphael perez are the paintings of the city of Tel Aviv different from the paintings of the city of Jerusalem
Answer: Most of the paintings of Jerusalem have an emphasis on the color yellow, gold, the color of the old city walls, the subjects I painted in Jerusalem are mainly a type of idealization of a peaceful life between Jews and Arabs and paintings that deal with the Jewish religious world, a number of paintings depict all shades of the currents of Judaism of today
In contrast, the Tel Aviv paintings are more colorful, with skyscrapers, the sea, balloons and more secular motifs
Question: Raphael Perez Tell us about which buildings and their architects you usually choose in your city paintings
Answer: My favorite buildings are those that have a special shape that anyone can recognize and are the symbols of the city and you will give several examples:
In the city of Tel Aviv, my favorite buildings are: the opera building with its unusual geometric shape, the Yisrotel tower with its special head, the Hail Bo Shalom tower that for years was the symbol of the tallest building in Tel Aviv, the Levin house that looks like a Japanese pagoda, the burgundy-colored Nordeau hotel with the special dome at the end of the building, A pair of Alon towers with the special structure of the sea, Bauhaus buildings typical of Tel Aviv with the special balconies and the special staircase, the Yaakov Agam fountain in Dizengoff square appears in a large part of the paintings, many towers that are in the stock exchange complex, the Aviv towers and other tall buildings on Ayalon, in some of the paintings I took plans An outline of future buildings that need to be built in the city and I drew them even before they were built in reality,
In the paintings of Jerusalem, I mainly chose the area of the Old City and East Jerusalem, a painting of the walls of the Old City, the Western Wall, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the El Akchea Mosque, the Tower of David, most of the famous churches in the city, the right hand of Moses, in most of the paintings the Jew is wearing a blue shirt with a red male cord I was in the youth movement and the Arab with a galabia, and in the paintings of the religious public then, Jews with black suits and white shirts, tallitas, kippahs, special hats, synagogues and more
I also created three paintings of the city of Haifa and one painting of Safed
In the Haifa paintings I drew the university, the Technion, the famous Egged Tower, the Sail Tower, well-known hotels, of course the Baha'i Gardens and the Baha'i Temple, Haifa Port and the boats and other famous buildings in the city
Question: Have you created series of other cities from around the world?
Answer: I created series of New York City with all the iconic and famous buildings such as: the Guggenheim Museum, the famous skyscrapers - the Chrysler Building, the Empire State Building, Lincoln Center, the famous synagogue in the city, the Statue of Liberty, the flags of the United States and other famous buildings
Two paintings of London and all its famous sites, Big Ben, famous monuments, the Ferris wheel, Queen Elizabeth and her family, the double bus, the famous public telephone, palaces, famous churches, well-known monuments
I created 4 naive paintings of cities in China, a painting of Shanghai, two paintings of the city of Suzhou and a painting of the World Park in the city of Beijing... I chose the famous skyline of Shanghai with all the famous towers, the famous promenade, temples and old buildings, two Paintings of the city of Suzhou with the famous canals, bridges, special gardens, towers and skyscrapers of the city
Apologies for my absence but without repeating myself some of my recent photos have explained the reasons why I have been absent. As they say life goes on and now I am up to my neck in administration in an attempt to close down the business of my late brother-in-law and I'll achieve that but not as quickly as I first thought!!
I did manage a walk in the garden at lunchtime and we have lovely sunshine today and hopefully the cherry blossom also looks good in black-and-white. I will try my best to catch up on comments but that might prove as difficult as my admin duties!!
7 Days of Shooting Week #37 - Signs of The Season Black and White Wednesday .....
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Singing/repeating, "We Adore You... Jesus..". It may be after Christmas Day but we were still in the Christmas spirit! This was also during our last praise and worship service of 2015. Can't believe that it was already 2016! This was at The Point Church of the Nazarene in San Jose, CA. Have a safe New Year's Eve/Day, everyone! See you next year... (Sunday morning, December 27, 2015)
A very popular activity in South Korea is to rent traditional Korean dresses called Hanbok. Once dressed up, they wonder the grounds of Gyeongbokgung for the all important selfies via 500px ift.tt/2qIjfQS
Location: St Philip's Place
Sponsor: PKF Cooper Parry
Artist: Fiona Dye
The ferns and foliage capture the lush growth of the sun bear’s habitat, the threatened rainforests of South East Asia. The crescent on its chest is overlaid with a honeycomb pattern and this hungry bear has been hunting through the forest for his favourite sweet treat. Can you track the pawprints left behind and spot the honey bee he is following?
Repeating The Big Hoot’s multi-award-winning formula, Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity and Wild in Art have teamed up once again to present The Big Sleuth!
To most people, the word ‘sleuth’ means a private detective, but it’s also the collective noun for a group of bears! Bizarre but true. Birmingham has brought both definitions together this summer by bringing the sun bear, the world’s smallest species of bear (now threatened with extinction), to the region for the second free, public-art trail!
The trail, which culminates on Sunday 17th September, is hoping to attract thousands of families, tourists and residents to the region. Hoping they discover places they’ve never visited before, as well as appreciate the beautiful pieces of art!
Each striking sculpture on the trail tells a different story, whether it is raising awareness of the children’s hospital, the plight of the sun bear, celebrating a community, the city’s industrial heritage or a famous film character or artist.
At the end of the trail, the large bears together with the special celebrity bear cubs will be auctioned off in October to raise vital funds for Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity. The Big Sleuth’s predecessor, The Big Hoot, raised over £500,000 for the charity at auction, and The Big Sleuth aims to do the same.
The Big Sleuth bear has been created specifically for Birmingham.
Created by Guy McKinley and developed by Wild in Art, our bear sculpture has been designed to act as a canvas for artists, schools and communities to showcase the creativity and uniqueness of Birmingham. The world’s smallest species of bear, the Sun Bear is also known as the Honey Bear as it likes to eat vast quantities of it - using its trademark incredibly long tongue to scoop it all up. The Sun Bear originates from South Asia and will bring out the explorer and traveller in all of us to ensure we all get more active to walk, jog, run or cycle the trail.
2016/366 - Day 8
This stereograph gives you essentially the same image repeated by a factor of two. Throw in the duplicate Boomwhackers in the bin and the multiple squares of each colour in the carpet and I think we've got a candidate for today's anniversaries The Daily Create. And you can imagine this to be candles on a Birthday Cake if you like -- there are four of each tube in the bin!
If you want the full effect in 3D, you'll need a stereo graphic viewer or a pair of Google Cardboard.
For TDC1461.