Para forofos de las manualidades, en este caso hechas de papel, muchos modelos dedicados al anime, cine, papertoys, modelismo en papel, vehículos militares y cosas divertidas.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
porcelain wall bud vases
These sculptures are amazing! Each piece is one of a kind based on how it is glazed and constructed. Check out more on Ryan Takaba's Etsy shop.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
A minha prenda de anos!
New shop
My Etsy shop was getting a bit full so I opened another Etsy shop just for my vinyl designs. Please check it out!
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
96 degrees
It got really hot outside today but it remained nice and cool inside. Living in a home with stone floors and walls is wonderful! Floyd didn't spend too much time outside today.
Blogues que eu venero!!
Este é um daqueles em que cada dia que passa ficamos cada vez mais surpreendidos com todo o tipo de fotos que o homem consegue desencantar!! Não só as fotos mas também as histórias, muitas delas bastante cómicas e com uma grande dose de investigação e sabedoria que nos fazem ficar de boca aberta com tanta peripécia que se passou nas corridas de Fórmula 1 dos bons velhos tempos.
Adoro aquelas fotos cheias de detalhes, verdadeiras pérolas para nós modelista que nos fazem tentar copiar cada detalhe das mesmas nas nossa miniaturas, continua assim Rianov, nós modelistas precisamos de tudo o que nos possas oferecer a nivel de fotos e história, muito bom mesmo.
Já agora gostava de te pedir autorização para utilizar as tuas fotos, histórias e créditos também nas minhas exposições de modelismo como pano de fundo para a apresentação dos meus modelos, prometo publicar aqui todas as imagens e enquadramentos que fizer ,com a respectiva referência: "Fotos e histórias do Blogue F1Nostalgia - http://f1nostalgia.blogspot.com/ "
Felicidades em todos os teus projectos, tudo de bom.
Um grande abraço
Monday, April 27, 2009
Decals
For those of you who ordered some of my decals, they will finally be shipping out this week. I ordered a bunch of vinyl colors from my readers suggestions and I'm so surprised how great they look in color. Thanks everyone!
Aniversário - Hoje faz anos..
Hoje começamos com.......tcharannn:
Nasceu no dia 27 de Abril de 1972, faz hoje 37 anos, fez de tudo um pouco quando era jovem, roubou fruta nos pomares, jogou futebol, tocou bateria, chumbou na escola, gastava o dinheiro da mesada em kits da Heller a 1/43, que lhe deram a paixão que ainda hoje tem, resumindo, fazia de tudo menos estudar. Depois quando se apercebeu que a vida não é só curtir, e que o dinheiro dos pais não dura para sempre resolveu num dia, de que se arrepende até hoje, ir para a tropa, neste caso para a Marinha como voluntário, isto em 1991. Por lá continua, a sofrer na pele o militarismo, mas não é militarista, encara aquilo como um trabalho normal. Já correu o mundo a navegar, passou muitos meses fora de casa, longe daqueles que ama, mas voltou sempre bem.
Cada vez gasta mais em modelismo e constrói cada vez menos, tem pilhas de kits à espera de verem a luz do dia. Tem um sonho, ir ao Japão, a Meca dos modelistas e gastar lá fortunas em material, raridades, coisas que não se veem por cá.
Ele é....ou sou .....EU!
Parabéns para mim!!!!
Ps. - Hoje vou beber um copo à vossa saúde, de todos os que me visitam.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Interview: Kareem Rizk
Name: Kareem Rizk
Occupation: Artist
Location: Melbourne, Australia
1. What kind of art do you make?
I make collage art - both handmade and digital. The majority however is handmade. My digital work started out as an experimentation in trying to mimic the tactile qualities of handmade work (scratches, creases, stains etc.).
Collage is my sole technique but I use a variety of mixed mediums including acrylic, oil pastel, pencil, letter press, acrylic transfers and solvent transfers. I work mostly on paper and canvas. I ’ve also applied my technique to working on sneakers.
Links to my work:
www.kareemrizk.com
www.kareemr.blogspot.com
www.kareemrizk.etsy.com
www.kareemrizk.deviantart.com
2. What do you enjoy most about working in this medium?
The medium of collage is very versatile. The technique can be applied to many different surfaces and the sources for imagery and graphic elements are almost endless. Everything that I need to make a composition already exists in the form of press images and printed material. All I need to do is find the right elements to construct the desired composition.
As a basis for a composition starts to develop, there is still often a great sense of mystery in not knowing how a work in progress will look in the end. I enjoy the fact that often the final composition cannot be foreseen and so the work evolves as it is put together bit by bit.
I also enjoy the openness to viewer interpretation that the technique of collage can create. As my work comes from a surrealist motivation, the work can be read in many different ways. In the majority of my work there is often no clear-cut message or distinct concept. And so the work is often very open to varied interpretation. - the viewer more often has the privilege of creating their own story from the work.
3. What challenges have you found in your work?
As my main medium is collage, I source a lot of imagery from old magazines, books and brochures. It can sometimes be a bit challenging when I can’t find the right image or element to fit a certain piece of work e.g. when I’m working on an illustration job or making new gallery work. But it’s a rare occurrence as I have a fairly extensive collection of vintage publications and ephemera.
4. Where do you find inspiration?
I find inspiration in the work of many other collage artists. But I also draw inspiration from the world around me and often from memories. Also I have somewhat of an obsession with retro nostalgia and so I often get inspiration from simple things like dynamic black and white images in vintage magazines, 60 & 70’s graphic elements and typography and also the fashion, cars and culture of these eras.
5. What are your favorite artists, designer or blogs.
Kurt Schwitters
Max Ernst
Hannah Hock
Richard Hamilton
Magritte
Mario Wagner
Eduardo Recife
Brandon McLean
Robert Mars
Charles Wilkin
Biography of Kareem Rizk
Kareem Rizk is a Melbourne based Australian collage artist who graduated from Monash University with a Bachelor in Graphic Design. This course encouraged a rich influence of mixed media techniques within the field of graphic design, which has always been evident in his work. Rizk’s initial ambition was to forge a career as a Graphic Designer. However, it was a short time after the completion of the university course that a more prominent interest in fine art became the focus of his endeavours. Previous work includes a position as a Graphic Designer for Melbourne‘s No.1 selling newspaper, The Herald Sun, as well as freelance graphic design for various large and small clients. Working mediums include collage, acrylic, oil pastel, pencil, solvent transfers and acrylic transfers. The work is highly textured and often multi-layered with a nostalgic and weathered quality. Rizk's works can often be vibrant with colour, while others display a very refined or minimal palette. Rizk's working methods also extend to digital collage with a very gritty and realistic display of texture and layering. The digital work is very much an experimentation in blurring the line between handmade work and digital work. Rizk's work has been published in numerous magazines and books including Art Review, Empty magazine, Trip magazine, Advanced Photoshop, Rojo magazine, Semi-Permanent Book 2007 & 2009, Computer Arts, Don’t Panic magazine and Desktop magazine.
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS: 2009 Art Whino Gallery: ‘Trapped In Paradise’ - Solo Exhibition National Harbor, Maryland, USA (May 1st - 31st) Gallery KG5: ‘Cut & Paste’ - Group show Stockholm, Sweden (September 17th - October 10th) PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS: 2009 ROJO Artspace: ‘OCHO’ - International Group Exhibitions Barcelona, Spain & Milan, Italy
Gallery 696: 2nd Birthday Group Show
Melbourne, Australia
Adidas Anniversary - Group show In association with the Art Whino Gallery Arlington, USA 2008 Art Whino Gallery: ‘Inked Souls’ - Group show National Harbor, Maryland, USA The Artery: Grand Opening - Group show Sydney, Australia The Shoplift Gallery: ‘What We Are’ - Group show In association with The MacBeth Gallery London, UK Phone Booth Gallery: ‘Pulp Fiction’ - Solo exhibition Los Angeles, USA Gallery 696: ‘1st Birthday’ - Group show Melbourne, Australia Sydney Airport: ‘Wellbeing’ - Group show In association with Australian Unity Sydney, Australia
Organizing the garage
I have a beautiful wall oven If anyone is interested I picked it up a few years ago on Craigslist and I have been lugging it around ever since. I don't know if it works but it sure looks cute. I think the owners of it's last home said it worked, but who knows. It's called the Frigidaire custom imperial but it's the wall oven version in aqua. I would have kept it for myself but it won't work in my kitchen. If there is anyone in the souther N.H. area who wants it please let me know. I can send you pictures.
Grande Prémio do Bahrain - Corrida
Modelismo - Novos Lançamentos
Mas como toda a regra tem uma excepção, temos material novo para nos deliciarmos! A Fujimi acaba de tornar público o seu proximo "best seller" , o McLaren Mp4/6, um modelo existente até hoje só na escala 1/12, muito grande e também extremamente caro aqui em Portugal, benvindo sejas, já sei onde vou gastar mais uns Euros.....
A Tamiya, como já disse antes vai fazer mais uma reedição, desta vez do Tyrrell P34, desta vez com fotogravados e segundo parece vai dar para fazer a versão do Gp do Japão de 1976, deverá trazer uma nova caixa de filtro de ar, aileiron traseiro diferente e pneus de chuva.
Ainda me interrogo porque será que esta marca faz relançamentos de todos os seus carros de F1 menos do mais desejado, o McLaren M23 do James Hunt "The Shunt", este kit chega a ter preços em sites como o Ebay de 300 Euros!!! Um abuso. O que vale é que tenho um ainda por construir...e se querem saber não o vendo por nada, é meu! lol.
Um abraço a todos.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Grande Prémio do Bahrain - Qualificação
1: Jarno Trulli (ITA/Toyota) - 1min33s431
11: Heikki Kovalainen (ALE/McLaren) - 1min33s479
16: Adrian Sutil (AUT/Force India) - 1min33s722
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Este fim de semana temos...
She's Got Me Dancing
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Tenho tantas saudades de....
Sinto saudades tuas!!
HONDA XRV 750 AFRICA TWIN!!
Interview: Jim Ward Morris
Name: Jim Ward Morris
Occupation: Art & Design
Where you are located: Bellingham, Washington (USA)
1. What kind of art do you make?
I studied art with John Baldessari at California Institute of the Arts and his postmodern appropriated image ideas are very inspiring to me. Lou Danziger was also teaching design at Cal Arts when I received my MFA degree. His clean minimal midcentuy modern design ideas have also influenced my work. Over time I have created a ridiculously long list of people who in some way, shape or form have influenced me as an artist…here is the short version of my favorites:
Mies Van Der Rohe, Charles Eames, George Nelson, Herman Miller, Arthur Miller, Marilyn Monroe, Scarlett Johansson, The Birth of Cool, Jim Jarmusch, Saul Bass, Joseph Eichler, Pierre Koenig, Andy Warhol, Elvis Presley, Seatbelt Bags, VW Bus, The Incredibles, Big Joe Turner, Jonathan Adler, Etsy, Atlantic Records, Capitol Records, Motown, Life Magazine, Russel Wright, Florence Knoll, Arne Jacobsen, Eero Saarinen, Rob & Laura Petrie, Hive, Dwell, Flor, Turntables, Galaxie 500, Luna, Sputnik, Telstar, Cowboys and Poodles, Astro Jetson, Richard Neutra, Motor Scooters, Vespas, Eero Aarnio, Anita Ekberg, Paul Rand, Alvin Lustig, James Bond, Dr Seuss, Man from Uncle, MadMen, Catcher Block, Send Me No Flowers, Vertigo, Roger Maris, Mickey Mantle, Miller James Huggins, North by Northwest, Alan Brady, Jack Kerouac, Bob Dylan, Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, Ad Reinhardt, Franz Kline, Ellsworth Kelly, Barnett Newman, Midcentury Art & Design.
I love popular culture, advertising from the 1950's and 1960's and I love my urban lifestyle…so I make art about the things I love.
Visit my site and work at JIMWARDMORRIS.COM
2. What do you enjoy most about working in this medium?
My work begins as printed analog imagery. Each image is transformed to a digital file and designed with color and illustration. I remember Mies Van Der Rohes idea of "less is more" when I begin to make art. This brilliant thought helps me every time. As a young artist I remember not having great museums close by to visit, so for many years my experience with great art was with what could be seen in a magazine or in a history book. To this day I like the way most great art looks on the printed page much better than in real life. My art career started (in Orange County) looking carefully at each advertisement on the pages of Life magazine. I was born in Fullerton California (home to Leo Fender and the original Fender Music Company). After school at Cal Arts I moved to New York. I lived in Manhattan for a while and hung out with people like Robert Longo and Cindy Sherman. Manhattan became too expensive and I did not want to move out to Brooklyn, so I moved back to the West Coast. For years I created (and sold) very large paintings (10X20 feet) in galleries in Los Angeles. The art world in LA was very pretentious so I began to spend more time with people in the music world in LA. They can be just as pretentious, but they understand how to have fun better than the art world does. I began to design and create images for bands who had deals with major record label, bands like Son Volt, Wilco, Dwight Yoakam, Cracker and REM. We all had lots of fun and we all made lots of money. LA and the art & music worlds have changed, and I have changed as well. So, a few years ago I moved to Bellingham Washington. I now live and work in a very cool house built 1956 with my daughter Pearl, my son Huggins, and my wife Carly. Carly is absolutely beautiful and she is much younger than me…but our age difference works out well because, Carly is much smarter than me. Carly looks a lot like Scarlett Johansson meets Marilyn Monroe, and I love her.
3. What challenges have you found in your work?
The biggest challenge I see as an artist is our societies view of what is important. I of course believe art is much more important than the war in Afghanistan or the TV show American Idol. Most would disagree with me, but surely having more art and design in your life is best.
4. What are your favorite artists, designers & blogs.
If forced to make a top 10 list I include: Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Mies Van Der Rohe, Charles Eames, Andy Warhol, Bob Dylan, Miller James Huggins, Saul Bass, Etsy and Jenn Ski.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Naïve: The new wave
Grab a copy of Naïve, which is now available. Myself and many other amazing artists are in this book and I can't wait to get my copy. I feel so honored to be a part of it.
*Naïve documents the extraordinary renaissance of Classic Modernism, from the 1940s to 1960s, in contemporary graphic design. This compilation introduces a new wave of young designers who are rediscovering the stylistic elements reminiscent of classic graphic design such as silkscreen printing, classical typography, hand lettering, woodcutting and folk art and integrating them into their work.
Via Orange you lucky
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Grande Prémio da China - Corrida
Sebastian Vettel venceu hoje, debaixo de chuva o Grande Prémio da China, dando assim a primeira vitória à Red Bull Racing, para completar a festa da equipe, Mark Webber ficou na segunda posição, fazendo uma dobradinha, no terceiro lugar ficou Jenson Button no Brawn Gp.
A corrida foi marcada pelo piso molhado o que nos faz pensar que Vettel é um piloto extremamente rápido debaixo de chuva, repetindo o feito de Monza, na época passada onde , também ganhou a sua primeira corrida em condições semelhantes.
Nota negativa para a Ferrari que continua sem marcar pontos ao fim de três corridas, algo que não sucedia na escuderia desde 1981.
Uma coisa que foi evidente nas imagens televisivas foi a falta de público nas bancadas, tirando a principal, que no meu caso me deixa completamente frustrado com estas decisões de Bernie Ecclestone de continuar com a essa sua teimosia de deslocalizar a Fórmula 1 para países com pouca ou nenhuma tradição neste desporto, quase todos na Ásia e nas Arábias, países dos petrodólares... com o rumo que as coisas estão a tomar provávelmente, num futuro próximo o Campeonato do Mundo de F1 poderá chamar-se Campeonato Ásia - Pacifico de Fórmula 1......
1.º - Sebastian Vettel (ALE/Red Bull), 1h56min330
2.º - Mark Webber (AUS/Red Bull), a 10s970
3.º - Jenson Button (ING/Brawn GP), a 44s975
4.º - Rubens Barrichello (BRA/Brawn GP), a 1min03s704
5.º - Heikki Kovalainen (FIN/McLaren), a 1min05s102
6.º - Lewis Hamilton (ING/McLaren), a 1min11s866
7.º - Timo Glock (ALE/Toyota), a 1min14s476
8.º - Sebastien Buemi (SUI/Toro Rosso), a 1min16s439
9.º - Fernando Alonso (ESP/Renault), 1min24s309
10.º - Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/Ferrari), 1min31s750
11.º - Sebastien Bourdais (FRA/Toro Rosso), 1min34s156
12.º - Nick Heidfeld (ALE/BMW), 1min35s834
13.º - Robert Kubica (POL/BMW), 1min46s853
14.º - Giancarlo Fisichella (ITA/Force India), a 1 volta
15.º - Nico Rosberg (ALE/Williams), a 1 volta
16.º - Nelsinho Piquet (BRA/Renault), a 2 voltas
Não terminaram a corrida:
17.º - Adrian Sutil (ALE/Force India), a 6 voltas, despiste
Kazuki Nakajima (JAP/Williams), volta 43, abandono
Felipe Massa (BRA/Ferrari), volta 21, avaria eléctrica
Jarno Trulli (ITA/Toyota), volta 20, abandono
Volta mais rápida:
Rubens Barrichello (Brawn GP), 1min52s592, na volta 42
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Tweenbots
Robot/People art by Kacie Kinzer
Tweenbots are human-dependent robots that navigate the city with the help of pedestrians they encounter. Rolling at a constant speed, in a straight line, Tweenbots have a destination displayed on a flag, and rely on people they meet to read this flag and to aim them in the right direction to reach their goal.