Two Great Links to check out

Over the memorial day weekend and into this week i have been to busy to post anything new let alone even have much time to work on many new projects. I have started some things which i am quite confident I will have pictures of by the end of the week. For now I want to post two great links that i have come across recently. The first is a great maker who a friend of mine's father is good friends with and who I've found has quite a few similar interests to my own. Click here to see his work: Tim Hunkin. The second link I am providing is for a website which aggregates great Documentary Films from all over the web called Online Documentaries 4 U. Check it out if you are a fan of getting some new knowledge which isn't to readily available in the main stream media. Enjoy!

Pat Blake - Mushroom Foam

Pat Blake's newest project is recycling throw away foam he finds and repurposes. This current project is hand carving foam rectangles into mushrooms of all shapes and sizes to mount onto a foam base. I may also be involved in this sculpture as we are talking about attempting to make this little foam world a little more interactive using a micro-controller to control different patterned LED lights around the mushrooms. As this project unfolds I will add a future post to follow up with what came from these bizarre foam shapes.

Grass Ribbons

These were created on a lunch break at work. Staying in doors and staring at computer monitors all day can drive me crazy, and nothing eases my crazyness like stepping outside and doing something creative in the middle of the day!

Day on the town with Dustin Kellogg

Mothers Day, the perfect time to celebrate femininity and the gift of life. This mothers day i had two friends take to the town and bring that feminine touch back into the streets where it belongs. Dustin had been talking about this project for quite a bit that he had wanted to go out and do and asked our friend Ben if he would mind filming the adventure. The concept was simple, going to heavily populated parts of the city and painting a series of different paintings around the town to gauge what the response would be. A detailed write up of the experience and a filmed recurrence the events that ensued will be posted here hundredth monkey effect in the very near future. Check this blog regularly because i know the post is going to be stellar!

Above are some images i snapped with my iphone of the end of the day when i arrived on set.

Taking The Handmade Pledge

"I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE HANDMADE LIFE, TO LOVE AND TO CHERISH BLAH BLAH BLAH" - Supporting independent artists, now that's something i can get behind!

Living Mobile and Sustainable

Two friends of mine presented this idea to me which at first sounded pretty out there, but the more thought I put into it the more I realized this is so perfect for how I would like to live my life. The idea is converting an old school bus into a mobile living quarters. A. I love roadtrips and seeing the country, B. I love meeting new people, and C. I love freedom! All signs in this adventure are pointing me to "go for it." The goal now is not to plan for a new job, or plan on how to move to a different location, but rather plan for sustainability and after that the possibilities seem endless. Here is a really good link i found on Jake's School Bus Conversion Project which really breaks down all the pieces that this particular Bus Resident went through on his journey into mobility. 9 to 5's and retirement...bleeehh. The most secure feeling is learning how to take care of yourself and live the life you want to live because it all goes by much to fast to waste on fitting a mold that your going to regret in the end.

When Inspiration Strikes

These pictures were taken from a few years ago, but i just stumbled up them recently and had flashbacks of childhood and all the wonderment and imagination that comes so naturally during that period. A weekend at a music festival, surrounded by good people with a fresh sense of inspiration to just simply create something from the resources around them. When everyday becomes like that day, I'll finally feel like I've arrived.