Zoomorphic Knitting

I realized that the sweater and the hooded scarf/cape
I made recently have very aquatic characteristics to them.
Here's the scarf/cape arranged into an octopus shape.
I guess it would be a decopus with the 10 arms.
That's a erroneous word....decopus...

Memory Tapes

This is my favorite song at the moment.
From the new album Seek Magic by Memory Tapes

Tree Sweater

The sweater I've been working on is finally DONE.
...well, almost.
I'm going to probably add a collar, then it will be finished.
I made up my own pattern as I went.
I based the cabling on the combination of tree bark
and the muscles on the body. Primarily on the arms and back.

*note*
:When making up your own knitting pattern,
be sure to write down what you're doing, or make
both sleeves at the same time. it will save you
a lot of time and grief:

Laura's Hooded Scarf

This is a knitted piece I just finished for my sister.
She wanted a scarf with a hood, and this is what my mind
came up with. These pictures don't quite show it off that well,
but it snowed last night and I couldn't help but go out and
snap some photos in the snow. I'll post some more soon,
hopefully with a girl modeling it. No offense Rusty!

The hood is an alpaca/acrylic blend. SUPER soft.
The body of it is wool/mohair blend by Brown Sheep Co.
The brown yarn is a great kettle dyed merino by Malabrigo.

Good Morning

Filmed in 1959 by renowned Japanese film maker Yasujiro Ozu,
Good Morning takes you to a neighborhood in Japan
where two children take a vow of silence until their mother
and father buy them a TV so they can watch sumo wrestling.

The plot is full of gossiping women, romance, and pudgy
Japanese boys making fart jokes. Between that and the
awesome sets, costumes, and color... what else do you need?

Barry Underwood

These amazing photographs are installed on site then
photographed by Barry Underwood; creating a combination
of theatrical lighting and nature photography. I love how
the addition of the unnatural lights create a sort of
diorama effect to the surrounding spaces.

Ecstasy

Regal Taxidermy

This handsome fellow was given to me by a friend of mine
a while back. I figured he needed a good home, so I
put together this little nest/roost for him.

Tread Softly

I created these little fungi critters last year.
They are extremely shy.
They will flicker and glow contently in silence.
However the slightest noise will cause them to darken.

I connected a super sensitive sound switch to the
LED array that is cast under the fungi.
This was a sort of practice run for my later project,
Animam Clamorem.

Mark Weaver

Another illustrator working with mid 20th century
imagery and giving them an amazing new life.

3D Mandelbrot

The Mandelbrot has been around for about 30 years.
Basically it's a fractal rendered in 2D.
About 20 years ago, the idea of a three dimensional
rendering was conceived although the
technology required to render it was not available.

In 2007, partially rendered 3D models became
manageable and with the help of programmers and
enthusiasts, there are now fully 3D renderings of
Mendelbrots, called Mandelbulbs in their new form.

The previous images are all zoomed - in details
from the larger Mandelbulb below.

See more pictures and more info on the process here

Robert Isabell

In 1990 Robert Isabell, a floral designer and
party planner bought this 1930's New York and filled it
with a vast collection of mid-20th century furniture
and sculpture.

The lounger above, known as the "Nickel Couch" is
made entirely out of nickels which its designer,
Johnny Swing, spent three months welding to a metal
frame.

When Isabell took possession of the property, he
gutted the two buildings and connected them with

a glass roof, creating an atrium that he filled

with bamboo, orchids and ivy

Mr. Isabell past away in July "09. His objects
will be auctioned off at Sotheby's in NY this Dec.

A Natural Obsession § SEEDMAGAZINE.COM

A Natural Obsession § SEEDMAGAZINE.COM

An exellent article about the organic food boom
and the crisis of the world's food supply.

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Kids These Days

Elleray Prep School in the UK recently unveiled
this set of tree-top classrooms. Built by Kita Design Comp.
They are solar powered, built from mostly recycled materials,
and collect rain water for potable use. They were built to
accommodate the expanding student body. Sure beats
the lame portables I had growing up.
Hopefully this is a sign for things to come.

Aquatic Apes

Here's a rather fascinating video from TED.
Elaine Morgan, proposes that humans evolved
from an aquatic ancestor; an older theory that
has been shot down by mainstream science for years.

Animam Clamorem II

These are a couple of more pictures from
my senior installation that I posted earlier last
week. These are from the second time I set it up for
viewing.

Embryo

This was my first attempt casting in bronze.
None of the metal is soldered, it's all one solid piece.
I sculpted the whole structure in wax then proceeded
with the lost-wax method of casting. After putting a patina
on the metal, I made the innards of painted paper and
lights. I used an old glass insulator cap as the "nucleus".

Brilliant

In winter of 1954 Al Fenn documented
the creation of a giant light bulb being
manufactured by G.E.
These are a few of the photographs.
The rest are available in the LIFE archives.