March 17th, 2010
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February 28th, 2010
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December 7th, 2009
Prints on canvas have risen up to be the latest craze during the last few years, largely because of the availability of canvas printers, dirt cheap stretcher bars and canvas and an unending desire for folk to define their tastes in an individual style.
These days it’s possible to go to a canvas art shop carrying a camera, and roughly an hour or so later stroll out with a big canvas of one of your photos. The possibilities are countless of what you can grace your living space with : holiday photos, family photos, your own artwork represented as a canvas print, other artist’s works, street scenes, graffiti prints, nature scenes, famous landmarks etc. Essentially, it’s possible to select your desired photo/design/artwork you want on the canvas itself nowadays, and not only be limited to a set amount of prints.
Are people actually doing this themselves now? Not really, in order to create a professional, decent print decorating your walls. You’re better off going to a professional print shop - they should be utilising the quality canvas, robust stretcher bars, should be proficient in clipping and stretching canvas, and have top-grade printers and software to create the best prints. Not only that, they have the expertise to manipulate your photos in order to produce the greatest result.
Many print shops sell their canvas service online. Merely enter some keywords into a search engine e.g. graffiti prints and you’ll discover numerous sellers where you can buy these types of canvas prints.
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May 16th, 2009
Stencilling has actually been around for 25 years, even though many people think Banksy contrived it. You can apply paper, cardboard or other types of media (such as plastics) to make templated imagery and text. You merely cut out the shapes from your paper/cardboard/other surface, put said surface onto a wall (example), then spray or roll-on paint.
The basic principle of stencilling is making outlines via cutting shapes, and spraying paint within these cutout shapes - creating unmistakable images on the surface underneath. It’s also feasible to apply multiple layers of stencils to produce an illusion of depth or even add colours.
There are countless reasons for being a stencil graffiti artist. For some, it is a great platform to shout out a political message. Other stencil artists value the publicity that their artwork can acquire. Some just desire their work to be seen. As the stencil remains uniform during its use, it is far easier for an artist to promptly duplicate what could be a complicated piece at a very quick pace, when compared to other prescribed tagging methods, so without question, there is also a powerful promotional reason to get involved with stencilling.
Banksy has applied stencilling as a way to make a political statement, often rather succinctly, leaving the witness to get the message themselves. This is oftentimes why people enjoy his work so much, as they make the viewer think. Banksy artwork is being reproduced on posters, t-shirts and canvas, such is the popularity of the street artist.
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June 12th, 2008
Installing laminate floors is pretty easy and straightforward. Almost anyone is capable install laminate floors. This is just one of the many reasons people are attracted to laminate flooring. Some laminate needs to be glued while others are pre glued. Some laminate is even glue less. While the process is installation is simple indeed other still might not feel comfortable enough to complete the installation themselves. This is ok, there are plenty of affordable professionals that will completed the installation for you for a hefty fee. Installation instructions should come packaged with your laminate floor boards. Installation resources can be found online.
When getting your laminate floor boards home remember it is a good idea to let your boards sit awhile. Allow the laminate flooring to become acclimatized to your homes. Keep your unopened laminate floor boards in your home for at least two to three days during installation. This is a common mistake endured by many do it yourselfers. You must remember to keep gaps either in between the panels or in the expansion zones. If you don’t do this boards will buckle as they change size due to temperature and humidity. It also makes it easy if you decide to change something later on.
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April 12th, 2008
What Hides behind the Minute?
What hides behind the minute?
It seems, no one really knows;
How many times will we wakeup,
To count the minutes gone?
The rose was dead when I arrived;
The sword, was rusty and dull;
The window curtain was open,
And there was music in the hall.
Oh lovely minute, where art thou?
One, is not like the other:
Whirling in an earthly orbit,
As the boundless world discovers.
#675 5/18/05 [at the bookstore café; Roseville, MN USA]
12) Vietnam: Shrapnel
Here under the ball of blood
In Vietnam, the moon rises
The battlefield reeks with flies
I swear I’ll come out in one piece,
Or die…
The airis melting Hot!
The heavens vomit shrapnel out.
A towering inferno
My helmet, ashes and stones
Shrapnel rips by my face
The ground shakes.
You know you’re all alone
With the blast and heap of metal.
One dies today, trapped…
In the middle of the blast;
Two wounded!…
#671
The Monkey Man of Lima
[Miraflores]
Advance: He is the last of his breed, I do believe; the Monkey Man of Miraflores, Lima, Peru. Who winds his wooden music-box up, while the monkey dances, pulls out a slip with your fortune on it, from its drawer, and hands it to you; he is seventy-four years old, small framed and I confess, whenever I go to Lima, about once or twice a year, I look forward in visiting him; which he is normally in the park seven days a week, from about 2:30 to 9:00 PM. He vacations about three times a year for about two weeks each time.
I used him as a character in one of my previous books, “The Mumbler,” and gave him a copy, as one of the artists did a water color painting for the cover of the book, of him, and his monkey, and his music-box. His son read the book to him, since it was in English, and not Spanish. He thought it quite the item.
I know he is getting up in age, and his back will not hold out forever, carrying that big wooden box on his back ((a belt tied around him and the box))this man of five-foot three, 110-pounds) with his monkey in itwhich he has carried for 60-yearsbut until it does, until he retires, he is worth seeing, if one takes a trip that way, that is. Permit me to echo an almost lost tradition in the poem that follows, one I saw when I was a kid for a short time in Minnesota, and one that lives on in Lima, Peru, today, but may not tomorrow. #661; 5/14/05.
I get a-thinking!
Thinking of the ‘ol Monkey Man
In Miraflores Park;
As he carries his heavy load:
A music-box and Monkey
Down the road
On his aging, solid back;
Looking for his special spot!
Once foundhe cares and feeds
His long-tailed monkey…
Then settles down.
I get thinking!
Thinking how he waits for the curious
To entertain them;
For a solid-metal coin!…
Once given, he winds the music box
As the monkey dances about
And gives a slip out;
Always of good fortune.
A music-box and a Monkey
Down the road he goes
Goes home at 9:00 PM
With his monkey, and friend.
Dennis Siluk, Poet and Author, his website is: http://dennissiluk.tripod.com
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April 3rd, 2008
Mother, how special is that thought;
Grand memories of all you brought
To my life.
How forlorn I would truly be
Without the precious memory
Of my father’s wife.
Crushed was my heart that awful day,
When you were required to move away,
And leave me behind.
I know if you had had a choice,
Or if death had listened to my voice,
All would be fine.
But the wheels of time did stop.
For you as it did for “Pops”
So, again, I am left to grieve.
Oh mother nearest to my heart,
How soon you had to depart,
And your daughter leave.
My being, my soul in so much pain,
How can I ever be whole again,
Without you here?
My world turning gravely dark,
Life flames waning into mere sparks,
The future I do fear.
Mother nearest to my heart,
Why did you not to me impart,
Some wisdom to carry me through?
The anguish of a heart that’s shattered,
Trying to live when nothing matters.
What am I to do?
How can I live out each new day,
When I can’t call you just to say,
“Hi mother dear?”
My home is now forever gone
My soul in solemn transit roams
A desolate sphere.
I must hold on to the promise made,
When I was scarcely more than babe,
That one day we’ll meet again.
Until that glorious future day
When this brief life has past away
My love shall never wane.
My heart is grieved as I once again approach the anniversary of my mother’s illness and eventual death. Though it has been over twenty years since her demise, it still seems as though it was yesterday. Thank you for allowing me to share this poem written a couple of years ago during a time such as this.
Rev. Saundra L. Washington, D.D., is an ordained clergywoman, veteran social worker, and Founder of AMEN Ministries. She is also the author of two coffee table books: Room Beneath the Snow: Poems that Preach and Negative Disturbances: Homilies that Teach which can be reviewed on her site. Her new book, Out of Deep Waters: My Grief Management Workbook, though delayed in publication, is expected to be available early 2006.
You are welcome to visit AMEN Ministries: Your Soul’s Service Station for reviewing spiritual services being offered, obtain spiritual refreshing and soul edification, browse our newly expanded Stop & Shop Specialty Store or review our recommended books you may want to add to your personal library.
Blessings to all!
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April 1st, 2008
This is a fun craft to do with a group of moms and their kids, one child per adult works the best. Each mom will need:
—One soft brush, any size but 1/2″ works the best
—One jar of “One-Stroke Ceramic underglaze”, either Duncan E-Z Stroke or Gare One-Stroke. (Of course they can share these, but it’s best if they have at least 3 colors to choose from. The best are a dark green, a dark blue or a dark brown. One jar of each color will do 50 hands altogether)
—One pint jar of “clear gloss glaze”, which all can use.
—A sponge
—Paper towels and a washcloth
—One blank UNglazed ceramic tile, 4-1/4″ (for kids 2 or 3 yrs. old or so) or 6″ (for kids over 3) Unless you know someone who does hand-painted tile as a career, these would have to be ordered in cases of 100 or so. The best thing is to call the hobby ceramic stores, where you will get the underglaze and clear glaze, and ask if they have a “molded greenware or bisque tile they sell”, and order the quantity you need. Tell them you would like them “fired to bisque.”
The most important thing is that the childrens’ hands are scrubbed with soap and water, then dried well. Salt, sugar or oils on the hands will prevent the glaze from bonding with the tile. Make sure to wipe the tile well with a clean sponge in plain water. Allow to dry a few minutes.
Tell the kids that it is like hand-painting only without wiggling their fingers. Make it fun, some get scared. Hold their clean hand gently over a tile to make sure their hand will fit, fingers spread out a little. Pick the right size tile and paint one wet coat of glaze across the flat of their open palm, not too runny but not too dry, follwing the instructions for mixing on the bottle. Try to keep their fingers from touching, the more still they keep their hand, the better the clarity. A good print will show fingerprints! But if it smears, it usually does, it’s all for fun anyway. If it starts to become a battle with the child, let him go, when he sees the other kids having a good time he will offer his hand to be painted. (I say “he” because it is usually the boys that wimp out, the girls are more adventurous. lol)
Make sure the paint goes all the way to the ends of the fingers and thumb and press the hand straight down onto the surface of the tile, quickly but gently and firmly, rolling the fingers slightly so the print doesnt look like skeleton fingers lol. Lift the hand straight up and see how cool! Wash their hands with soap, the paint is water soluable and non-staining, but dont let them lick it. With a fine brush, write the child’s name and date or birthday or age right on the tile. Set it in a safe place to dry well.
If you are nervous about smearing the dry glaze, have them fired at “cone 04″ before painting the clear gloss on top. This is the proper way, but if the underglaze is good and dry and you are very careful, it is ok to put the clear glaze on unfired underglaze and fire the tile once at “cone 06″ and the results will be the same. Either way, get the large floppy brush again and paint 3 thin coats of clear gloss on the tile and fire to “cone 06″.
You can buy frames from most ceramic stores that sell the tiles. They will last forever. Have fun!
Dy Witt used to display and sell at street fairs, and painting kids handprints was always a fun thing. Her 21 years experience painting with ceramic glaze is obvious when you view her murals and tiles here on her website. http://www.dyztilz.com
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