28 janvier 2009
I lost my camera.
So there won't be any polymer clay pictures before a while.
I'm still trying out stuff, getting massively angry at myself when I miss, but being quite satisfied when things work out.
I've made some pretty neat things (a squiggle bead a la Kato, some neat bone imitations, a really nice kaleidoscope cane, etc...) and I'll try to take pictures and post them when I can (don't hold your breath, though...)
I've also made a brooch featuring stamping, embossing powder and liquid clay!! :)
And I've completed my library with some exciting things that should provide me with techniques until my old age:
http://www.watsonguptill.com/images/large/0823013626.jpg
http://image.misterart.com/grouppix/528x352/5000/g5301.jpg
http://http://prairiecraft.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/APC3-b.jpg
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/2212115814.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
http://http://www.mollat.com/cache/couvertures/9782212122305.jpg
27 janvier 2009
El Sistema!!!!
The Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra is coming to the UK!!!
I caught this incredible story totally by random, one night when I crashed on the couch, wanting to watch some mind-dumbing TV. Instead, I found the Sistema. Founded by an old musician/economist, the Sistema is a music school in Venezuela. Its aim is to give children a chance to be something else than victims of circumstances. By giving them the opportunity to learn and play an instrument, it gives them the chance to take their future into their own hands and beat the odds. The Sistema works so well in Venezuela that the Scottish Art Council just gave out funds to do the same thing in Glasgow.
And they're playing in London in April.
I'm gonna get me some tickets...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Sistema > Wiki Page
http://www.fesnojiv.gob.ve/en.html > Official website
My favourite Brit.
"They always mean beautiful things like hummingbirds. I always reply by saying that I think of a little child in east Africa with a worm burrowing through his eyeball. The worm cannot live in any other way, except by burrowing through eyeballs. I find that hard to reconcile with the notion of a divine and benevolent creator."
Sir David Attenborough, about Creationnists and the Genesis.