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Since today was a rather lazy day, I took a photo I took at after the glasses and blood oranges. Actually this is a test set you can order for less then €4 from amazon.
Hey everyone!
I'd like to share with you a new website design for Samplepack. Hope you'll like it!
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This sample pack includes:
EXTRA SIZE WEDDING INVITATION (15×20 cm size printed in 2 colours on 100% cotton, 430 gsm, Soft White paper)
PRINTED ENVELOPE (paper – 120 gsm, Ivory with lining)
BUSINESS CARD (3 colours, paper – 100% cotton, 430 gsm Soft White paper with painted edge)
BUSINESS CARD (3 colours, paper – 100% cotton, 500 gsm, Radiant White with painted edge)
BUSINESS CARD (2 colours, paper – 100% cotton, 640 gsm White paper)
You can order this sample on Elegante Press webpage shop.elegantepress.com
Strobist info:
SB-900 @subject top @ Soft Box Umbrella @ zoomed at 14mm.
SB-600 @subject left @ snoot @grid @ zoomed at 14mm.
Disclaimer: This shot is part of my test/experiments with product photography/table top photography. This is not any endorsement of any product(s). I wasn't commissioned by the company which owns this product or by any agency to shoot. This should not be used for any commercial / non-commercial use. This is purely for my portfolio.
The samples aren't dead on 1/2"x3"x6", falling within about 1/16" of each other in length and width, with thickness being just a hair off on some sample. Note the left stack is thicker than the right. I thought maybe they were provided just a bit oversized, that I might run them over a belt sander/through a planer to really clean up things like saw marks (evident in the top-left piece - not the right-side piece, 5 down - that's latewood peeking through the edge on a zebrawood sample), and slight tearouts here and there, but it wasn't. Many pieces were just a hair undersized in one or more dimensions.
These are also all much less vibrant than they are on the website, but then, that's common enough.
Of note, they state about 10 domestics, 20 imports in the pack. Using my checklist, generated from their wood list online (some not having samples available), I counted 14 domestic, 16 exotic, with a mix of their less expensive pieces, and none of the very pricey ones, like Kingwood ($14/sample), Tulipwood ($16/sample), or Ebony Gaboon ($17/sample). This makes sense to me, though. It's still a nice collection, which would have cost $117 if bought separately. It's $99 at the site, though I found their Amazon portal, and saved about $4, even with shipping included (it's included at the WS site).
The end grains are a mix of rift sawn, quartersawn, and straight sawn cuts. I stacked them like this to get some sense of how they'll look in a hanging wall unit I'm hoping to construct for these, and the other samples I'll be acquiring over time. These will slide into routed slots in vertical rails, as in a CD storage tower, creating a bit of a pop-art/modern wall hanging, with warmer, countryish elements, in that the pieces are all wood. This will serve as both a conversation piece, and a reference tool for me.
I will likely spread the values around in the final display. I had been trying to stack the lighter woods in order of brightness - difficult with the changing brightness based on lighting position. That's why they're all bunched up on one side here. I'd like something a bit more artistically composed in the end.
Ganked from http://www.lisarein.com/party/:
When: December 19, 2009
Time: 12-2:00pm
Where: La Di Da Jazz Cafe
Address: 500 Purissima St., Half Moon Bay, California, 94019
Phone: (650) 726-1663
Music: Here's a sample pack of MP3s of a bunch of Lisa's songs. More songs at lisarein.com.
Special Thanks to Lisa's pal Chris Ritter for the awesome illustrations for this event!
Parking info: There will be plenty of street parking around.
Public Transportation info: I'm still trying to figure this out guys... There are buses that go there from north and south. Stay tuned.
A look at the custom UI for Venus Symphonic Women's Choir library for Kontakt. Displayed is the Convolution effect tab featuring custom selectable convolution reverb impulse responses.
Figured Eucalyptus, Cherry
Hickory, Hard Maple,
Spanish Oak, Ash
Several domestics in this shot. Spanish cedar had a bit of resin coming out of it, and with the look of that, and the smell, I think I identified another piece from my Rockler Hardwood Assortments. Ash is the wood used in the handles of my lathe turning tools, though Sorby's brand is from England, so I'm not sure if it's the same as the ash grown here in the US.
Hickory was the second heaviest wood in this whole collection of 30 samples, with chechen being the winner.
Andiroba, Guajayvi
Walnut, Coyote
Purple Heart, Chechem (aka Chechen)
Purple heart I have from Rockler, Walnut I've gotten numerous times in Rockler Hardwood Assortments, but the rest I've not yet seen anywhere. Andiroba is not even listed at Woodworkers Source - when came these samples - though they do have a page on it in their expansive wood library, which covers tremendously more wood than they have available on their site. I've wanted to see coyote for awhile now. Chechem is the hardest, heaviest wood in this whole kit, weighing in at 5.5 ounces for this sample. Cedar was only 2.8. Everything else fell between those, with the second heaviest being the domestic wood hickory.
The box arrived about 3 days after I placed the order. Inside were 30 labeled samples of domestic (to the US) and foreign, exotic hardwoods, as well as a veneer species guide, originally $28, included for free.
The veneer guide is full of pages like these, as well as 2 pages on figures, and what they look like (i.e. 'curly,' 'fiddleback,' 'wavy,' 'muscle,' etc). I found the colors to be somewhat off in most cases, but it's a good quick reference anyway. From their copy:
"Included as well is the Veneer Species Guide is a full color book book from Hardwood Plywood and Veneer Association with a $24.95 retail value. Provides impressive species information for 150 commercially common woods from all over the world. Data includes geographic source, physical properties, grain description, and full color scans of each wood. With 75 pages, this is a great reference tool for designers, architects, and custom furniture makers."
Birch, Genuine Mahogany
Birds Eye Maple, Iroko
Cypress, Goncalo Alves
Birch I can get from Home Depot in all manner of shades between this maple-like color, and darker stuff, approaching that of iroko above. Cypress I may have in some firewood I picked up from the grocery store, hoping to resaw into planks. It's an assortment of cypress, spruce, fir, pine, and juniper. I believe I've had several pieces of Honduran, and at least one of African mahogany from my Rockler Hardwood Assortments though I'm unsure if any have been of the genuine variety. Iroko is African teak. I've wanted to see goncalo alves for awhile now. I like it - very hard and heavy - though it seems difficult to match, and a little 'dirty' looking, by nature, if this sample is any indicator.
African Mahogany, Jatoba (Brazilian Cherry)
Soft Maple, Zebrawood
Basswood, African Padauk (the most misspelled wood ever)
I was able to ID a piece from my Rockler Hardwood Assortments as African Mahogany by comparing it with the sample above. I also had a piece that resembled Jatoba, though they had quite distinct, and very different smells. Basswood is easy to pick up at any good craft, or art store, though now I won't have to. Soft maple I have from the hardwood assortments, strange as that sounds. I also have a piece of padauk from Rockler, bought on a lumber sale with purpleheart. I've seen zebrawood at Rockler's store. They had an 8' 1x8 that was about $80. Expensive stuff. It's pretty, but such a loud, contrasting wood that I'm always overwhelmed by things made of it. I think - for me - it serves best as an accent wood, for things like inlays, or sections of segmented bowls.
Red Oak, Bubinga
Madrone, Australian Blackwood
Cedar (Aromatic), White Oak (Quartersawn)
I hadn't heard of Madrone, and thought it was an exotic import, but it's actually grown in northern California. Red oak I have, and can easily get from Home Depot. Bubinga I could get at my nearest Rockler store, but it's nice to have it done for me here. The cedar and qs white oak I have from Hardwood Assortments I got from Rockler, but it's nice not to have to cut those up to make samples now.
A look at the custom UI for Venus Symphonic Women's Choir library for Kontakt. This patch contains all the Vowel Sustains.
An inexpensive option in order to test out several of our store listings:
PureBebe laundry detergent
DryBebe baby pwder
CleanBebe wipes spray
One gender neutral cloth wipe
All of these are also available in full sizes.
A look at the custom UI for Venus Symphonic Women's Choir library for Kontakt. This patch contains the Staccatos.
A look at the custom UI for Venus Symphonic Women's Choir library for Kontakt. This patch contains the Slavonic Fast Poly-Sustains.
I just got these in the hopes of using them in the future for some cool lighting effects. Between the two books, there's virtually every color you can think of and some you can't think of like some interesting textured ones that are kinda translucent. For color balancing in tungsten/fluorescent lighting, the useful ones are CTO (color temperature orange) and forest green and those are there in varying intensities.
You can get these Roscolux (Rosco) Sample Colored Gels at B&H for $1.99. You can hold, tape, or velcro them over your flash head to make colored light :).
This pendant used about .1 oz. of enamel in the Turquoise color and since there is now another .5 oz. left- theoretically I could make 5 more of this size before running out. Not bad for a little sample baggie.
haven't done the transparents yet. I went ahead and wrote the color name on the baggies, too, to make it easier for me in the long run.
each packet has about a half oz. of enamel. there are A LOT of colors.
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A look at the custom UI for Venus Symphonic Women's Choir library for Kontakt. This patch contains the Latin Fast Poly-Sustains.