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A Lucky Find
Reading John Connell’s “The Running Book” with its evocative portrayal of the Irish landscape prompted me to dig out this catalogue of black & white photographs by Giles Norman. I seem to remember we picked it up at his studio in Kinsale back in the early 1990’s. Beautiful moody landscape and street photography. We also…
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Tree Poems
KINSHIP by Ursula K. Le Guin Very slowly burning, the big forest tree stands in the slight hollow of the snow melted around it by the mild, long heat of its being and its will to be root, trunk, branch, leaf, and know earth dark, sun light, wind touch, bird song. Rootless and restless and…
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Sydney Ceramics Galleries
There are some excellent galleries in Sydney that focus on displaying the work of local artists and providing exhibition space. I am sure its a labour of love for most of the gallery owners as the market is not large and the work required to mount a successful exhibition is signifcant. Chinaclay Kerrie Lowe Sabbia…
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Inhabit Movie
Back in 2013 a couple of [filmmakers][1] bravely took on the risk of making a high quality movie about the Permaculture movement in North America. Once they had shot the footage, they launched a [kickstarter project to raise funds to complete the project last year][2]. The movie, [Inhabit][3] was recently released. Its availble from Vimeo…
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Ceramic Destinations in Tokyo
The most popular post on Slowlane has been Ceramics Destinations in Kyoto, this post seeks to provide the same information for a Tokyo visitor. Mingeikan Also known as the Japan Folk Crafts Museum. Soetsu Yanagi [^3] created this museum to display his collection of mingei items (daily necessities made by common people using local materials)It…
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Arkansas Living Treasures
Following a link from Fine Woodworking I came across an inspiring collection of videos featuring a group of traditional craftspeople who live in the US state of Arkansas. The state has sponsored the production of a movie series featuring each craftsman talking about their work and practising in their studios. Something that stands out is…
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Making and Work
I describe myself as a Maker, for me the term is a indicator of where my inspiration and satisfaction are found. This has generally been realised in the workshop making objects with wood and more recently clay. Its harder to find in the work I do as a Solution and Enterprise architect. Aspects are definitely…
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Daily Rituals
Great infographic post at infowetrust via the Huffington Post and macademic that shows the daily ritual of interesting historical figures. Smoking, coffee and beer appear frequently.
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A Vision of the Future
Wolfram at SXSW The link above is to a transcript of Stephen Wolframs SXSW talk, a mind boggling run down of the incredible computational power that his firm of rolling out. The potential to harness these capabilities into new types of software is enormous. Worth reading right through for a glimpse of the future.
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Making a Flamenco Guitar
I have linked to this video showing the making of a beautiful guitar before, but its so good its worth another run. The Art of Making, Alma Flamenca from Deep Green Sea on Vimeo.