The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.
—Galileo
(source unknown)
These made me smile…
26 January 2012
25 January 2012
24 January 2012
You’re invited to a vernisage…
Winnipeg, Manitoba
You’re invited to the opening this Friday evening of For the Love of Craft, the Manitoba Craft Council’s Annual Member Exhibition and Sale. Take in works by more than thirty craft-based artists (working in ceramics, glass, fibre, metal and mixed media) and mingle over snacks and refreshments… see you there?
The cre8ery : 2nd floor, 125 Adelaide St., Winnipeg
Opening Reception, January 27, 7:30-10pm
Additional Hours: Tuesday & Thursday, 12-9pm
Wednesday, Friday & Saturday, 12-6pm
Exhibition closes Tuesday, February 7, 6pm
Ev was chuffed that the organizers chose her sculptural piece “Save her for a rainy day” (above) for use on the event posters, postcards, and e-invitations. Another sculptural piece that will be on display is “The Vamp,” which Ev and I co-created a few years back (below).
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23 January 2012
Czech poetry illustrated…
Brno, Czech Republic
“May” is a gorgeous illustrated alphabet by Czech artist Jakub Konvica using words from a poem of the same title by Karel Hynek Mácha. See more here.
“I created an illustrated alphabet in which every character illustrates words which appear in the poem. Afterwards, I cut the alphabet to pieces and rearranged them into new characters…”
22 January 2012
A new Australian flag… (finally).
Melbourne, Australia
My good friend Russell Kennedy (Icograda President from 2009-2011 and an Adjunct Research Fellow at Swinburne University of Technology) has launched a website to help promote a proposal for a new Australian flag. This comprehensive study features an integrated system of ensigns which represent unity through design and diversity through colour. The proposal is that the Advance Australia National Flag replace the current Australian flag by the year 2020.
“Many people now acknowledge that he current Australian flag is not a unique design and agree that it is not suitable as a national flag—it is actually a colonial flag/ensign. To feature the flag of another country on our flag is perceived as subservient and illogical. And to claim that the Union Jack on the Australian Flag symbolises the historical origin of our people is highly disrespectful to Indigenous Australians. The Advance Australia National Flag both acknowledges and proudly celebrates indigenous Australia as the world’s oldest, continuous living culture.”
Learn lots more about this interesting proposal here. Watch a brief video clip here that shows how the kangaroo on this proposed flag design literally leaps in the wind… beautiful!
21 January 2012
Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
—Francis Bacon
19 January 2012
18 January 2012
17 January 2012
Tree of Life (poster)
from Singapore…
This lovely poster caught my eye… “The lives of animals revolve around their living space, the rainforest. And since animals are not able to speak for themselves, the destruction of their habitat leaves them suffering in silence.”
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