My Latest Project
I wonder if the folks at Audi knew they made a pickup truck. Remember those strange looking things that I posted pictures of last week? ... , but I think my plan for a concrete table to complement my concrete countertops might actually work ... Well, I filled them with concrete last Thursday. Yesterday, I took the forms off to see [more...]
Date: 2008-10-30 03:35:46
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LOCUS TRAVELS TO BILOXI WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
For three weeks in May of 2007, Paul and Wynne led 10 University of Minnesota College of Design students on a design/build project in Biloxi, ... and Girls Club to participate in the construction effort, placing their handprints in concrete pavers ... concrete forms, pour 20 yards of concrete, and frame and finish the pavilion. This involved working [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 22:57:37
Recent Events
Where to begin? Yesterday my DH had the day off because it was New Year's Day. He made good use of the day by working outside ... forms filled with concrete and in a few places around the outside and the entire interior wall still ... had some cans of red spray paint, so since I can't keep continually chasing them with a broom. I started [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 04:35:00
Poetry and Homeric Similes
First period finished up the mini-unit on sound devices and moved on to figurative language: simile, metaphor, and personification. We began by looking at one poem (”Concrete Mixers”) in pairs for examples of all three forms ... on the vocabulary terms in “Concrete Mixers”. Second period worked on Homeric similes before [more...]
Date: 2008-12-15 19:26:39
Walker Art Center Winter 2009 Film Line-Up
Minneapolis’ Walker Art Center once again has put together an amazing film line-up for January and February ... premieres, focuses on the themes of place and time through films that transform concrete narrative into fluid forms. These works take us to places in all corners of the world and experiment with ways [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 08:21:31
Surrendering to the Landscape
from NYT Jan Cox has an expansive view of the sky and the snow-covered hills from her Idaho desert home ... . Kundig, whose award-winning work is known for its uncomplicated forms. A concrete-block box at the end of a half-mile driveway, the house is built around a single large room that combines kitchen, living [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 05:27:47
Telegraph Road Closing at Night in Both Directions for 3 Weeks Starting Jan 21
Telegraph Road to be Closed between East Drive and N. Kings Highway From 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. Monday through Thursday for up Three Weeks beginning Jan ... due to overhead ramp bridge work.Contractors will be doing concrete form work for the roadway decks [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 21:43:00
I need to post pics!
I have taken pics but have not had the time to upload them ... mistaken, all I have to do now is a little minor grouting - a little bit of repair work ... ) will get it's finish coat. Concrete will get formed up and poured for sidewalks, outside garage pad [more...]
Date: 2008-11-17 21:42:31
Fons Schiedon
Dutch artist and animator Fons Schiedon has produced a series of paintings, Revolution Deformation, that is an almost creepy exploration of the elasticity of cartoon forms. Those in London can catch the work at the Concrete Hermit, starting November 7th. [more...]
Date: 2008-10-30 03:53:21
Michel Huelin. Zurich - Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie - fino al 6/3/09
Martin Creed. Zurich - Galerie Hauser & Wirth - fino al 7/3/09 Martin Creed New works -My work is a comfort to me, something reliable, ... and idiosyncratic: paint, boxes, masking tape and human excrement. As with all of the artist's works, -the shape, form, dimensions and materials are determined by actual concrete things-; Creed takes [more...]
Date: 2009-01-24 05:31:53
80 Works for Designers in 7 Weeks?
If you were to take a class called 80 Works for Designers in Seven Weeks, ... , concrete poetry, metric/fixed forms, linked verse, anaphora, dialogue, satire, visual shape [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 04:50:55
My husband, the carpenter.
Thursday was Graham’s last day at the job site he’s been working on ... on his previous job he was down in a muddy trench building concrete forms. On his way home ... the new store, and Graham spent about a week and a half on a crew drilling holes into the concrete [more...]
Date: 2008-11-29 13:27:39
Latest Project - Form Work
I learnt so much about building and renovating houses in the last couple of months and vocabulary is still growing ... with a wall, more precise a retaining wall, we need to put a footing, a foundation down. Simple speaking this means digging a hole and pouring concrete in. But to make sure that the concrete stays where [more...]
Date: 2009-01-23 02:36:00
links for 2009-01-13
Lament of the Streetwalker | The Real Princess Diaries "But, because someone uses their body to make money in a way some group of ( ... the discordant irony in that and take some legitimate, serious, concrete measures to solve the problem ... the conversation to ripple beyond that. Prostitution and other forms of sex work are of concern [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 02:09:12
Sew LoopyJanuary 3, 2009
If you thought that knitting had reached its peak with stitch-n-bitch groups, ... by picking up some free leftover yarn from work and finding some giraffe-stamped needles from the local ... our otherwise mundane (grey) concrete slabs. The other forms of graffiti can’t quite create [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 00:15:05
Astounding Japanese Highways, Bridges and Interchanges
Japan saw most of its infrastructure bombed back to the stone age in the final years of World War II, ... works projects saw a concrete & steel web of highways, bridges and interchanges blossom ... s hardened transportation arteries display artistic forms that go far beyond their functions. Share [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 07:35:39
Astounding Japanese Highways, Bridges and Interchanges
"QUANTUM SHOT" #513 Article by Steve Levenstein, Link "Farewell Horizontal! ... works projects saw a concrete & steel web of highways, bridges and interchanges blossom ... hardened transportation arteries display artistic forms that go far beyond their functions [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 05:44:42
Old Devs - New Tricks : Ruffian Games forms
In the current climate of studio after studio toppling it is heartening (and possible very optimistic) to hear of a new start-up developer ... at work on a title for a “major publisher” but nothing concrete has been revealed as of yet. Gaz Liddon [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 09:54:46
Speedup your college applications
If you are one of the many graduating seniors going to college who are thinking about submitting your applications to schools of your choice but ... forms and send them by mail along with their supporting documents. CollegeZapps works like TurboTax ... by the students as early as their sophomore year in order to create a concrete plan for their own [more...]
Date: 2008-12-28 01:47:11
Using Staff Bonuses to Increase Your Business' Sales
Don't rely solely on bonuses for motivation. While monetary rewards work well as incentives for most employees, this strategy is not meaningful to everyone. Recognize that other forms of acknowledgment ... bonuses to keep your sales staff motivated. Set concrete goals. Your sales staff will appreciate [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 20:13:26
Hamiltons: Richard Caldicott: New Work
Richard Caldicott: New Work 21.01.09 - 20.02.09 / ends in 30 days At Hamiltons in London, ... . +ldquo;I wanted to deal with concrete objects again.+rdquo; Caldicott. Reminiscent of his Tupperware ... into glowing, colour saturated sculptural forms +ndash; finely balanced acts and playful combinations [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 06:42:56
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