Saturday, December 27, 2008

Listening to Words

"To create architecture is to put in order... Put what in order? Function and objects."Le Corbusier
Photographs of the Carpenter Building taken by my friend and favorite flickr member and Architect, Rita Palma.

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Thursday, December 18, 2008

Viewing things - thisisnotashop

Get on down to THISISNOTASHOP! It's hosting the christmasy-est christmas fair I have been to yet. Mulled wine and mince pies, affordable art and dinky crafts, fairy lights and The Muppets Christmas movie lighting up the window space. Definitely one not to be missed if you live in Dublin. 

When: Thurs 18th & Fri 19th December from 3pm - 9pm. 
Where: Benburb street, on the left towards city from Collins Barracks Luas stop. 

The idea here is that any artist/maker can show up, grab a hammer and a nail and become part of this show. Find a space - hang a piece and sell their art without the regular cost of a sometimes exorbitant gallery commission. I was intially worried that the idea would be a disaster and one that might result in a bit of jumble sale, but this fair works a treat. Careful crafts and a strong standard of art works of varying medium (with a few garish paintings as to be expected) all share this non-restrictive platform that thisisnotashop have made available to artists (and Christmas shoppers!)

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Monday, December 08, 2008

rhythms and riffs

I went to hear Chequerboard play live in Dublin this weekend. I really enjoy this music - experimental electronic sounds mixed with spanish guitar. One guy, a few mysterious pedals (to me a non-musician) and a laptop - his tunes have a hypnotic effect when listened to live. Seated at a funny angle I had the pleasure of staring at the many gazes of people in the audience who had all become entranced by relaxing rhythms and riffs. Listen here.

While listening and watching others my mind wandered back to the movie Heima. Some keen cinematography in this film captures beautiful faces in Sigur Ros's audience that convey the innate understanding of music and rhythm that people share. A natural yearning for repetition, pattern and resonance. 

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Friday, December 05, 2008

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Thursday, December 04, 2008

Text Ts

I don't usually like T-shirt designs that include text - but here are three I like! Found atThreadless. This site has had booming business for years now, well because it's genius. Threadless print and dispatch t-shirts. They get anyone to submit a design, the public vote, they print up the popular designs and give the designer a cut per t-shirt sold. Guaranteed sales every time - simple and smart.

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Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Gocco print tutorial


I tried and tested my new Gocco yesterday. It's neat. For those unfamiliar with screen printing - heres a run down of pre print planning needed for a layered two colour print...
1. Create design
2. Separate design into two colours  - one colour on one tracing of your original design, the second colour on a separate second tracing of your original design.
3. This is a picture of my home made light box - its an acrylic mag rack with a light bulb underneath to help with tracing original lines accurately.
4. Expose photocopy of master drawing for colour 1 and print first colour several times.

Expose photocopy of master drawing of colour 2. Using a registration sheet, carefully print colour two directly on top of colour one lining them up for a seamless overlay. I have a PG 10 Super which allows for accurate registration. 

You can come visit my shop where I have handmade items for sale, my online shop Crumbskitchen is now open on Etsy.

posted by Paula Henihan at 10:10 PM