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Paper Craft Downloads

From our always amazing contributor Mai-Liis comes this link to papercraft ideas and more:

Link: Paper Crafts | YAMAHA MOTOR.

Opportunity for September 11 Related Art

Gail Ellspermann points out an important project taking place within the art community on September 11th. It involves creating a piece of 9/11 relevant Mail Art of any size. The collection already includes over 1,500 pieces of Mail Art and it would be wonderful to include yours.

The one requirement is that it be mailed on 9/11/06

When your art piece is ready it can be scanned or photographed and added to a flickr album, your blog, etc, Then we'd love to see it, and it would be great if you would go the comment area below and add the URL where we can find it.

Bonus: If you add an image to your blog and send a trackback to the URL listed below ( see where it says trackback: http://www.typepad.com/t/trackback/5750418 ) your entry will appear right here below this entry.

Your creation can be mailed to: Remember September
P.O. Box 793 Katonah, NY 10536  USA

Documentation to all (randomly chosen entrants receive a CD with all images, all others receive an 11″x 17″ color poster of selected entries)

On 9-11-06 Bloggers all over the world will also honor the 2,996 victims in a personal tribute that you can read about here.

Join the project of remembering or learn more.

CyberStampers On-Line Convention

Tonight's the beginning of the CyberStampers On-Line Convention and the opening party is at 9:00 eastern time. The schedule if Classes and Events is at: http://www.cyberstampers.com/schedule.html

On Saturday at 8 pm Eastern time a class calles "Evo Does ATC's" looks interesting

Cyberstampers Convention main link won't be up reportedly until "opening" time so I've nothing to report as of the last time I looked. Anyone who checks after 9PM Eastern could use the comments area to tell us what you see if you like.

Word is that to join the on-line chats and classes, you need the MIRC program and instructions about this is  at the top of the Schedule page.

Rain Rain; Send it Away

Pam Chatfield says that she just got a PO box and needs help breaking it in. She says that she will post all received in her photo album on a yahoo 360 page, and will send documentation to all.

Sounds like fun!

Subject: Rain or anything to do with rain, like raindrops, puddles, storm clouds, etc.

Medium: Any
Size: Post cards 4"x6" or ATC's 2.5"x3.5"  - she explains: I have a small PO box, so I try to keep my mailart small.

Deadline: Sepember 1, 2006
Send to: Pam Chatfield - PO Box 1705 - Seabrook, NH 03874 - USA

Craft + Activism = Craftivism

At Craftivism (craft + activism = craftivism) we can mine fascinating veins of creativity, quirkiness and resource. Some of it is esoteric; some funky

Enjoy poking through the finds at Craftivism, including:

• work by Deirdre Nelson - including knitted tea bags and wedding shoes.
• Freddie Robins' constellation of interesting things
• Germaine Koh - whose projects can't be defined or limited in scope
  
• Knitknit and the knerdy reading
  
• and as Craftism puts it: "the 'i wish i was born in the '30s' joy that is Designing Britain 1945-1975"

 

 

Is it Food or is it Art?

Our friend Darla who's smart enough to be goofing off by the bay on the Washington coast (not the hot Washington; the cool Washington) sent these photos of what you can do when you're allowed to play with your food.

I have no idea where she got it, but someone has lots of time on their hands.

Click the image for a much larger one that you can be boggled by.

Is it art?

How Crayons Save You Money

Voila. Straight from the flickr website. What an opportunity for you artistic types to put your talents to work for you!

Click on the image below for an enlargement and details.

If you do decide to send them something we'd love to see it too. Would you put a link in the comments to more of us can go peek at your handiwork?

Art Money Faces Challenges

Jesper Vestergaard reports in the MetroXpress, the National Danish newspaper on June 15, 2006

The artist behind the art money phenomena has been denied permission to use the word “bank” on his web site. If Lars Kraemmer does not change the name, he risks four month in prison.

Well Worth More than One Visit

You might like to visit:

• The entry about Brianna's touching blog about her art, her mother's illness and her life

• Laura's lovely, fun and very human blog including drop dead gorgeous photos - and funny stuff.

• Fascinating Blog d'Elisson.

To learn how to Leak Links yourself as part of the Link Leak Virus, visit Mike Sigers' blog

It's Tuesday, So Try Doing One More Thing

Try It Tuesday is a website that sponsors the idea of setting aside at least part of every Tuesday to do a project that they explain each week.

Illustration Friday, Inspire Me Thursday and now Tuesdays are tempting me too. So many ideas and so little time!

I thought that was a cool idea until I started realizing that priorities start to get lost at some point when we starting adding more and more things to the "to do" list.

The upside of Try It Tuesday is that you could do something in a new way or learn something new.