9 Essential Resources for Portland Artists

look but don't artBasi­cally, Port­land is over­run with artists and cre­ative types, which is great, because it really deep­ens the cul­ture of our city!  Not so great for the cre­atives how­ever, who fight to find a niche, noto­ri­ety, or sim­ply a wall to hang their work […]

Art & Science: Two great tastes…

nikon1992

What could this image be?  A sketchy Van Gogh ren­der­ing of a hay­field at dawn-light?  Per­haps?  A pho­to­graph of a 10-year old prepa­ra­tion of bar­bi­tal, fenace­tine, val­ium, and acetic acid?

Well, if you chose the lat­ter then give your­self a gold star…

A pho­tomi­crog­ra­phy con­test spon­sored by Nikon compiles […]

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This appeals to me on so many lev­els.  Hon­estly, i don’t know what else to say.

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Hi: A REAL human interface

Who didn’t / doesn’t still think that machines work because of the tiny gnomes inside them?

I love the cre­ativ­ity and paper­craft involved here.

http://www.vimeo.com/4697849

[via Aza Raskin]

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Wanting to share the awesome: Periodic printmaking

periodic printsNoth­ing work or tech­nol­ogy related here today.  But i did stum­ble upon this absolutely stun­ning lit­tle art project employ­ing 96 artists and all man­ner of print-making.  Can you intaglio awe­some?  Check out the whole thing here.  And click on each one for big ver­sions of each.

The MOD family crest

MOD crest

As MOD some­times i feel like sher­iff of the co-op.  “A badge would be smash­ing!”  I thought.  “No WAIT!”  I pro­ceeded.  “A fam­ily crest.  A source of pride for MODs everywhere.”

This is the rough draft.