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Warszawa, 4.06.2014
Photo: Konrad Konstantynowicz
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W 25. rocznicę demokratycznych zmian w Polsce Greenpeace podkreśla, że dziś bardziej niż kiedykolwiek niepodległość wiąże się z niezależnością energetyczną. A ta nie zostanie nigdy osiągnięta, jeśli nadal będziemy importować paliwa kopalne.
Na uroczystości rocznicowej pojawili się aktywiści Greenpeace z transparentami w języku angielskim „Independence - real leaders choose renewables” („Niezależność - prawdziwi liderzy wybierają odnawialne źródła energii”).
Warsaw - As several heads of state, like the president of the United States of America Barack Obama and the French president Francois Hollande, visit Warsaw to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the free elections in Poland, Greenpeace activists unfolded several banners at the historic Castle Square. The banners read “Independence - Real leaders choose renewables” and remind political leaders that today’s real independence is linked to energy security and a shift to renewable energy and energy efficiency. Several of the celebrations’ participants will leave for Brussels later today to attend discussions at a G7 summit on energy security in the light of the Ukraine crisis.
Lionsdale Champion scroll given to Sir Savaric. Designed and painted by myself and THL Elspeth Selwode.
Scroll Saw Work
I love how the wood stain brings this one to life!
Mounted on a bronze tinted mirror...
Leather journal in Elder Scrolls - Skyrim thematic. Custom ordered, 8" x 10" large, ...
Gilded details are hand carved from specially prepared thick leather. Leather on the book cover is hand toned and aged. Special, vintage type of paper inside is hand torn and coffee stained...
These beautiful spiral scrolls are about an inch in size and look absolutely elegant. I have a pair and get comments all of the time. They are simple yet very unique and will go with everything!
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Am 05. Juli 2008 wurde Madame Tussauds am historischen Standort ‚Unter den Linden‘ eröffnet, nur wenige Meter entfernt vom Brandenburger Tor. Madame Tussauds Berlin bietet einen Mix aus Interaktivität, Bezug zur Region und Geschichte zum Anfassen. Außerdem gibt es einen „Hinter den Kulissen“-Bereich, in dem gezeigt wird, wie aufwendig es ist, eine Wachsfigur zu formen – von privaten Treffen mit Prominenten zur genauen Körperabmessung, dem sogenannten „Sitting“, bis hin zum finalen Garderoben-Check.
Bis heute wächst Madame Tussauds stetig und verknüpft seine Tradition und Geschichte mit dem Glanz internationaler Stars des 21. Jahrhunderts. Mittlerweile verfügt das Unternehmen über mehr als 20 Standorte weltweit, darunter London, New York, Las Vegas, Shanghai, Washington DC, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Wien, LA und Amsterdam. Neben den klassischen Wachsfiguren, die kontinuierlich um angesagte Promis und wichtige Personen ergänzt werden, können sich Besucher in vielen interaktiven Bereichen vergnügen. Sie können zusammen Teil eines Tatort-Ermittler-Teams werden, im Fashion-Bereich zum Model werden oder im Star Wars-Bereich in die Welt des Films eintauchen.
Die Wachsfiguren-Herstellung im Madame Tussauds dauert etwa drei bis sechs Monate und hat einen Gesamtwert von ca. 200.000 Euro. Der Prozess umfasst viele Schritte und benötigt ein großes, hoch qualifiziertes Team.
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www.madametussauds.com/berlin/de/
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Madame Tussauds, Berlin
On July 5, 2008, Madame Tussauds opened at the historic location 'Unter den Linden', just a few meters away from the Brandenburg Gate. Madame Tussauds Berlin offers a mix of interactivity, reference to the region and history you can touch. There is also a "behind the scenes" area, which shows the time and effort that goes into creating a wax figure - from private meetings with celebrities for precise body measurements, known as "sitting", to the final wardrobe check.
To this day, Madame Tussauds continues to grow and combines its tradition and history with the glamor of international stars of the 21st century. The company now has more than 20 locations worldwide, including London, New York, Las Vegas, Shanghai, Washington DC, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Vienna, LA and Amsterdam. In addition to the classic wax figures, which are constantly being supplemented with hip celebrities and important people, visitors can enjoy themselves in many interactive areas. They can become part of a crime scene investigator team, become a model in the fashion area or immerse themselves in the world of film in the Star Wars area.
The production of the wax figures at Madame Tussauds takes around three to six months and has a total value of around 200,000 euros. The process involves many steps and requires a large, highly skilled team.
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I recently did a couple selected color processed images, something I have never done before and then showed other Photoshop tricks. This was just a lark; I compared
This has be a busy week so getting work out has been quick when I had time but I have had little time to watch all the political lies on the tube. I can hardly stand it anymore. I got side tracked getting an old digital book collected to send off to someone who had an interest in editing and tricks. I'm all about that. I quit work on it when I pretty much hit the limits of Acrobat. It seems all right in the Reader which lacks most of the functionality of the Writer. I just ripped the page instead of digging out the original art.
Process: I created the paper in CorelDraw. After I had the generic paper I wound the bottom of the paper into a scroll. The original, with texture, had text added in Corel where you can convert text into an object and warp it correctly to match the shape of the scroll. The bottom of the scroll is a second layer. The Corel warping envelope and its sensitive points are extremely useful, flexible and moveable as are the lenses. Brilliant. I popped the paper itself into Photoshop and added the text where I tried a shot at adding formed text. Even if you convert the text to an object, I have no idea how to duplicate the CorelDRAW effects. Popping .TIFFs into Photoshop allows for further butchery wherever wished.
In the meantime, I rifled through to look at some of the chapters I had done and found this interesting exercise of hand There is no end to fictitious examples of this in retouching groups. All phantasy IMHO but I am after fantasy as a lark.
Tokyo National Museum
Ueno Park, Tokyo
Taken with
Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mkii
Panasonic f1.7 25mm
LUMIX G 25/F1.7
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Scroll on Roses, navy jeans clothes with colourful swing lines put the pop up into the tradion.
This impressive scroll work achieves by the meister Idumi Murakami, Kakejiku studio, "REN", Fukushima pref, Japan.
See her meteculous scroll works - blog.livedoor.jp/rennikki/archives/54741484.html
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Mukteshvara Temple (IAST: Mukteśvara; also spelt Mukteswar) is a 10th-century Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. The temple dates back to 950–975 CE and is a monument of importance in the study of the development of Hindu temples in Odisha. The stylistic development the Mukteswar marks the culmination of all earlier developments, and initiates a period of experiment which continues for an entire century, as seen in such temples as the Rajarani Temple and Lingaraj temple, both located in Bhubaneswar. It is one of the prominent tourist attractions of the city.
HISTORY
The Mukteshvara Temple is found to be the earliest work from the Somavamshi period. Most scholars believe the temple is the successor to Parashurameshvara Temple and built earlier to the Brahmeswara Temple (1060 CE). Percy Brown puts the date of construction of the temple to 950 CE. The presence of a torana, which is not part of any other temple in the region, makes this temple unique and some of the representations indicate the builders were starters of a new culture. K.C. Panigrahi places the temple to be built during 966 CE and postulates that the Somavamshi king Yayati I built the temple. He also associates the legend of Kirtivassa to this temple, but the postulation is not accepted as Kirtivasa is associated with Lingaraja, though both were built at the same time for the same deity, Shiva. There is no historic evidence to conclude that Yayati I built the temple.
ARCHITECTURE
This architecture is one of the basic reasons why Mukteshvara Temple is also known as the "Gem of Odisha architecture". The temple faces west and is constructed in a lower basement amidst a group of temples. The pyramidal roof to the jagamohana present in the temple was the first of its kind over the conventional two tier structure. The temple is a small one compared to other larger temples in Bhubaneswar. The temples is enclosed within an octagonal compound wall with elaborate carvings on it. It is believed that the experiment of newer pattern in the temple showed a mature phase compared to its predecessors and culminated the beginning of replication of similar pattern in the later temples in the city. The temple has a porch, called torana, which acts as the gateway to the octagonal compound. The temple has two structures namely, the vimana (structure above the sanctum) and a mukhasala, the leading hall, both of which are built on a raised platform. The temple is the earlies to be built in pithadeula type.
PORCH
The most important feature of the Mukteshvara Temple is the torana, or the arched gateway, dating back to about 900 CE and showing the influence of Buddhist architecture. The arched gateway has thick pillars that have strings of beads and other ornaments carved on statues of smiling women in languorous repose. The porch is a walled chamber with a low, massive roof and internal pillars. The combination of vertical and horizontal lines is skilfully arranged so as to give dignity of buildings of moderate height. This early astylar form of the temple is best illustrated in this temple. The gateway has sculptures that range from elaborate scrolls to pleasant female forms and figures of monkeys and peacocks. The front and back of the arch are similar in design.
VIMANA
The Vimana is square in plan and is built in a raised platform with pilasters in each facade. The shikara is small compared to other temples; it has four Natarajas on and four kirthimukhas on the four faces. The top portion of the shikara has the kalasa. The shikara is 10.5 metres tall, with every inch sculpted with decorative patterns, architectural patterns and sculpted figures. A new form of decoration called bho, possibly developed here, became a prominent feature in later Odishan temples. It is a highly ornate chaitya window crowned by masked demon head and dwarf figures.
SANCTUM
The sanctum is sculpted with beautiful damsels exhibiting feminine charms entwined with nagas and naginis. The sanctum is cubical from the inside with offset walls in the outside.
JAGAMOHANA
This distinctive 10th-century temple is one of the smallest and compact temples. The jagamohana is 35 m tall. It is decorated with intricate carvings by the Vishwakarma Moharana sculptors. The temple is regarded as a gem of Nagara architecture of Kalinga architecture. Except for the rectangular plan of its jaganmohana, it is the earliest example of what may be termed proper Odisha temple type; a vimana with a curvelinear spire and a jaganmohana with a stepped pyramidal roof. The temple's red sandstone is covered with exquisite carvings of lean sadhus or holy men and voluptuous women encrusted with jewels. The images of Ganga and Yamuna are carved next to Chanda and Prachanda. The torana is present in front of the jagamohana. The figure of Lakulisa, seated in bhumispara-mudra and holding a lakuta is present on the lintel of the jagamohana. The figures of Gajalakshmi, Rahu and Ketu are also sculpted in the structure. A small extension from the side roof of the jagamohana has the image of a lion sitting on its hind legs. The exterior walls of the structure are decorated with pilasters with nagas and naginis.
OTHERS
The doorway to the inner sanctum houses the image of Ketu with three hooded snakes, commonly regarded as the ninth planet in the Hindu mythology. There is a tank in the eastern side of the temple and a well in the south-western corner. A dip in the well is believed to cure infertility in women. There are other shrines within the temple complex with lingam inside, which were used as offering shrines. The doorway of the temple is orante. The temple is enclosed by a low compound wall that follows the contours of the temple. The temple has sculptures both inside and outside the structure. The compound walls leaves a very small passage separating the shrine.
RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE
Mukteshvara means "Lord of Freedom". The temple is dedicated to Hindu god Shiva. There are a number of sculptures of skeletal ascetics in teaching or meditation poses. Some scholars correlate the role of the temple as a centre for Tantric initiation with the name Mukteshvara as a possible thesis. The outer face of the compound wall has niches of Hindu deities like Saraswathi, Ganesha and Lakulisha (the fifth century founder of the Pashupata sect of tantric Shaivism). The numerous images of Lakulisha are found in miniature forms within Chaitya arches, showing various mudras like yoga, Bhumispara and vyakyana wit yogapatta tied to their knees. They are accompanied by the images of the disciples. According to tradition, barren women give birth to sons if they take a dip in Madicha Kunda tank in the premises of the temple on the night before Ashokashtami car festival. On the evening, the water in the tank is sold to the public.
IN POPULAR CULTURE
The Department of Tourism of the state government organises a three-day yearly dance function called Mukteswar Dance Festival in the temple premises. This festival celebrates the features of Odissi, the classical dance form of Odisha. Popular Odissi dancers perform during the function, accompanied by instruments like mardal. The event is webcast in the state government portal.
WIKIPEDIA
White fondant iced square tiers are decorated with black piped buttercream scrolling and quilted lines with piped pearls for a high-contrast, dramatic "black and white" effect.
Altenew is celebrating their 3rd anniversary this week - the peony stamps are one my favorites in their line - colored the peony with my Zigs and used distress inks to shade the corners.
The theme at love challenge is anything goes so am entering it there.
Lieutenant-Commander (LCdr) Painchaud and Warrant Officer McDuff present the Canadian Commissioning Script to platoon L0052E at CFLRS, in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, on 7 March 2023
Capitaine de corvette (capc) Painchaud ainsi que Adjudant McDuff, remettent la commission canadienne des officiers au peloton L0052E, à St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, le 7 mars 2023
Photo by: Canadian Armed Forces, Multimedia, Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School © 2022 MDN/DND CANADA
Parchment scroll, dating back to the 1760's. As described by Elsie Toms in her book - The Story of St Albans, on page 128.
Handwritten scroll on parchment, approximately 250 years old.
Contains the first 5 books in the bible (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy)
For rabbinical use. There's a picture of the Synagogue one above..
The person who wrote this has really good handwriting. And the words are even smaller than my mine!
Due to the large area of the Barony of the Far West {Japan, Korea, Guam, and sometimes China} and the small SCA population {itnierant military and teachers of English} we rely heavily on pre-made scrolls we just print out, put names on and paint. Still, I enjoy the painting.
Lionsdale Champion scroll given to Sir Savaric. Designed and painted by myself and THL Elspeth Selwode.
My endless scroll immediately stopped when I saw Roland's Reed portrait of three Blackfoot Native Americans from 1913.
Took about 10 minutes of wandering around Sun Point to the find the exact location of the photography. It was a surreal feeling.
We really enjoyed a presentation by Robert Hall, Blackfoot, as part of the Native America Speaks program.
www.nps.gov/glac/planyourvisit/nas.htm
www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm...
I chuckled while hearing this anecdote: "Indigenous cultures are often tagged with the pejorative of 'superstitious.' But, superstitions are often in the eye of the beholder. Blackfoot, hungry and starving, would occasionally steal cattle from ranchers. They would then race northwards towards the border, nicknamed 'the medicine line.' There, the US Army would suddenly halt. And, miraculously, the same thing would happen north of the border, where the Royal Canadian Mounted Police would also suddenly stop at the same border. Seems there was magic in that invisible line which greatly affected the White man's behavior."
Also thought the Blackfoot presentation at the St Mary Visitor's center was well-done, although our Blackfoot shuttle driver, Wyatt, proclaimed it a joke. He feels strongly that the lands of Glacier National Park were stolen.
This exercise is meant to expand the thinking about guidelines even in Photoshop and therefore CorelDraw because of the sophisticated layers, sublayers and the dedicated guidelines in CorelDraw. It's always sad to see how much software is written without the study or even regard of others' applications. I don't use CorelDraw that much but every once in a while it is absolutely necessary to do some prep illustration in Corel and then drop a tiff into a Photoshop layer because of the extensive time element that can be trivialized in Corel.
The subject of the lesson is generating a paper scroll that can have text applied later. The concept was invented by a glassblower I know, James P. Clarke, Here is something like what I helped him with. It is a good carrier for a discussion of more sophisticated guidelines or even cheating guidelines:
The Scroll, Corel file is a demonstration of setting up advanced guidelines on the dedicated Guidelines layer in Corel. All objects applied to that dedicated layer will assume the assigned color and simple lines will assume the snap properties. The scroll guides were generated on a separate layer and then moved and dropped onto and become a sub-object on Corels Guidelines layer. Otherwise, create your own Guidelines layer in Photoshop.
Use the guideline scroll to develop your own paper object, color, texturize and antique it, like in the Scroll file.
The Scroll, Corel file shows the results of adding a text block, then an Envelope object to the text block and adding nodes to stretch and warp the enveloped text block. It is difficult to get the text to lay out realistically otherwise but you can handle it however you want.
Parchment scroll, dating back to the 1760's. As described by Elsie Toms in her book - The Story of St Albans, on page 128.