Monthly Archives: June 2009
My *cough* *cough * Masterpiece!
My Favourite View: Happy to report nothing cracked, burned badly, or exploded! My no-hands technique is going to need some work…my model definitely had hands. No disasters for my first time out sculpting in clay, and I’m … Continue reading
Filed under My Blog, sculpture, Vancouver Arts
Movies and Mental Health: Pacific Cinematheque’s ‘Frames of Mind’ Film Series
I’m looking forward to seeing my first film at Pacific Cinematheque, a non-profit arts center that showcases local films, as well as the best in international cinema, film festival offerings, and now a monthly even developed in partnership with the … Continue reading
Filed under My Blog, Vancouver Arts, Vancouver Events and Attractions
Edgar Allen Poe and Poems For Melting Children – surreally?
I’ve been discovering some fascinating websites lately. In A Journey Round My Skull, a blog self-described as “unhealthy book fetishism from a reader, collector, and amateur historian of forgotten literature” His recent obsessions are illustrations and graphic design. One caught … Continue reading
Filed under Funny Stuff, My Blog
If Pigs Could Talk…
More videos from Animals Australia About this video: Meet ‘Lucy’, an Australian sow. She is as intelligent as a three year old child, yet she spends days on end trapped in a tiny metal cage so small that she can … Continue reading
Filed under Animal Welfare, My Blog
Carve Your Heart Out: Studiostone’s Oliver Harwood opens his doors to teach and inspire students in stone sculpting
I’m still taken aback daily by the art being produced in our delightful little seaside metropolis. On a search for teachers of stone sculpture in the area, I landed on the Studiostone website. The display of impressive sculpture, by … Continue reading
3 Funny Sites of the day – Shut your smurfhole!
photo by: xabifesta – flickr 1. “The 10 Most Disturbing Smurfs” by Zack Oat at his site Topless Robot He has shattered my illusions about Smurfs. It hurts to see them in this new light, but I realize I … Continue reading
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Shot and pierced by sculpture frustration and wisdom
Photo of Saint Sebastian by: Sebastian Bergmann @flickr One of the frustrations of discovering a new passion, a new possibility for creative expression, is bridging the divide between the urge to create, and translating the will into constructive action, and … Continue reading
Filed under My Blog, sculpture, Vancouver Arts
