Part 3: Inspsiration for my current project

Slinkys


















Do you have any idea how hard it is to untangle a Slinky ?























Slinky dog









































Quietly Oscillating, 2005; Slinkys, speakers, amplifier, CD player, CD with sound by David Moreno; installation adaptable to site; unique piece















hanging slinky
I am not sure what material was used to hang this slinky (it might even be elastic), but I imagine fishing line would be practically invisible, making for an even cooler effect.






















Public art
I like the idea of running an object through the slinky for an armature, instead of the pain stacking task of hanging multiple lines of fishing line from the slinky.



Mandalas

"Mandala is a Sanskrit word, which means, “Circle”. This hallowed diagram or meditation symbol is normally round and is a symbolic representation of the cosmos and its energy. It is utilized in Eastern and Native American medicine for curing body, soul, and spirit. Meditative reflection of the mandala can bring the internal light of the soul to awareness, trigger secret powers of the mind and open the heart chakra to the therapeutic power of absolute love..." Click to read more about the mandala and it's uses.

I was introduced to them in painting class in college where the assignment was to make my own. Being the rebel that I am, I refused to make a traditional painting, but instead made a moving sculpture. I painted on several boards of heavy bristol paper, cut them out, and stacked them on top of a clock motor. That way the layers moved slightly with every tick.






















a more traditional mandala




















Spiral Mandala






















7 foot in diameter animal mandala






















purple mandala

















galactic mandala

















Celtic spiral














tshirt manada print
















Chihuly inspired mandala



















mandala sculpture
I love how the center is sunken in, drawing you to the middle.




















metal mandala














I'm still giggling to myself and muttering "WOW!" Click here and you'll understand. Now picture a bright colored mandala hanging from the ceiling. hmmmm.....


Other Ideas:
headdress mandala out of paint chip samples (for a future project)

Create more variety and increase density at center of mandala and get loose and painterly when radiating from the center.


















Spiral Galaxy
Maybe incorporate a black light or glow in the dark objects.

Part 2: inspiration for my current commission

Sunrise clocks already on the market have these features:

• timer set to simulate sunrise and sunset using lights
  
• beeping alarm
• digital clock
• white noise
• light used for ambiance or reading
• $80-150 each
  
• LCD screen that dims when it's time to sleep
• moon and star globe
• backup battery in case of power outage
• nature sounds. FM radio
• iPod/iPhone doc
• looks like it would be easy enough to make it a full spectrum lighting to defer the effects of SAD
  
• all of them are silver and white, super boring, and very pricey
  
• translucent, frosted globe for soothing glow
• 1 black model- bed shaker, audio alarm (music or beep) and light alarm. Snooze button and have light turn on when you are on vacation.
  

flying alarm clock

clocks with wheels that require you to chase after them to shut them off.

These last 2 options dont have lights, making them cheaper ($50 or so)

Using 1 material and pushing it to a new level

Peel and stick flooring (for a future project)

Embroidery Hoop Mobile

Most mobiles I've seen online are all Calder knock-offs, where as this one is fresh and exciting. I can see modifying this idea and using colorful, etched glass cylinders, staggered at different heights with lights inside.

Adult Bed tent

Have peep holes or have round green windows like at herbivore in Berkeley.

Canopy Bed

I'm thinking of something more playful, colorful, asymmetrical and hanging from the ceiling. Possibly suggest the tent using translucent objects instead of fabric.

Part 1: Inspiration for my current commission

Sacramento airport impresses me again














Installation in a Welsh gallery.


















article on stop motion bunnies in NY.


youtube- commercial of bunnies















SF bouncy balls advert by Sony Bravia






















LED door with step by step instructions






















kaleidoscope


How to make a kaleidoscope

















Possibly create a 3d version of this photo. Instead of moving the kaleidoscope, vibrate the objects to rearrange them.

















strings of beads like at the Baltimore Museum of Art























make a bead curtain out of something translucent.

Shrinky dink curtain of photos or drawings

Green xmas trees- now I'm getting in the holiday spirit

Check out this article:

18 Clever Christmas Trees Created With Recycled Materials.

Why doesn't San Francisco do this in Union Square? Maybe next year I'll write a proposal for a Green tree sculpture.

Overriding Microsoft Word's Auto formating - tables

Overriding Microsoft Word's Auto formating - tables

Problem:

When manually trying to line up two columns of information, even if each line has the same number of spaces, they don’t always line up vertically. In this case blogger won't even let me spacebar over the states and country, so just pretend they are lined up, but a little off skew:

Sacramento California

London England

Denver Colorado

Portland Oregon

Solution:

To make the columns line up perfectly, you can do create a table and then change the lines to white to hide the table.

First - draw a table. In Microsoft Vista you got o Insert – table.

Second – type in your information. It should look something like this: (The vertical line all the way to the left should appear, but for some weird reason here in blogger it is not. Just use your imagination.)

Sacramento	California
London	England
Denver	Colorado
Portland	Oregon

Third - click on the lines and move them closer to the words. Mess around with the table options; you can do all sorts of things like alter the line spacing.

Sacramento	California
London	England
Denver	Colorado
Portland	Oregon

Forth- Right click and go to “boarders and shading”

Change the color to white and you should end up with a list that is perfectly spaced:

Sacramento	California
London	England
Denver	Colorado
Portland	Oregon

Hint – you can use this same technique of changing text or lines to white to control formatting. If you have a line of text that is magically locked in place and won’t let you indent, tab or bullet, type in any letter, hit tab to make the spacing the way you want it, and then change the random letter to white- problem solved!

Little Mermaid Sing along

Since I am procrastinating, I might as well as be productive about it. Here's a post I've been meaning to share since August 2008, when I went with some friends to the Little Mermaid Sing along at the Castro Theater in San Francisco. I've been delaying this post, (waiting for a copy of the photos,) but I've come to accept I will never get them. So I had to borrow images via google from fellow attendees from that wonderful night.













Mostly over enthusiastic adults attended this very nostalgic event. At the door we got goodie bags that had crowns, a noise clapper (to be used every time Sebastien came on screen), a glow stick (to wave around when it felt festive to do so), a popper to use at the end of the movie and mardi gras beads just cause they are fun.

















Before the movie there was a costume contest for the kids and one for the adults. I was "Bed Sheet Ariel." I'm 2nd from the left in the black knee high boots wearing a dress made from a bed sheet with corset lacing. I loved that dress! It fit so well and brought me back to my obsession with being Ariel as a kid.

The audience voted on who had the best contest. I should of known the tranny would win. I had the second loudest applause, which was really flattering. Then afterwards people were asking to take their photo with me. I wish I had a close up of the dress. Bummer. At least it was still an amazign time!

















It was SUPER loud, with everyone singing and laughing. We had other cues, like to boo when we saw Ursula, make kissy noises when Eric came on screen and to cheer for Ariel whenever she changed her outfit!!!!


To hear how loud and silly we were, check out these two videos:
costume contest
You got to kiss the girl


I had a FANTASTIC night; one that I will always remember. Besides the sing along, we started off with mimosa and Thai (there was even jumbo Braille on the wall for decoration), then after the show we ate super yummy, authentic tacos. Thanks for the memories everyone!!

I just learned that there is an annual showing of "The Sound of Music" at the Castro Theater every Thanksgiving, complete with costume contest. I know what I am doing next year. ;-)