It is no small wonder that many of the artists down through the years have also been inventors. I’ve taken to looking at patents recently and have found this little gem. Quite ahead of it’s time if I may say so myself.
It incorporates a light bulb near writing point of the pencil that allows you to write in unilluminated environments. It is called the Electric Pencil and it was patented Feb 20th, 1917.
As an artist, I find that there are times that I need to set aside particular time for projects. With my web responsibilities seemingly growing everyday and the fact that I suffer the artists curse of absolutely horrible time management skills, I’ve decided that I need to begin to take action on this particular area of life. I know what to do and I know what works for me, but I haven’t really set out a defined game plan to make it happen. I don’t really feel qualified to contribute to Jeremy’s life management series, but there …read more
Today is a beautiful, wonderful day. The sun is out. The sky is clear. I’ve ventured to another nearby coffee house to write today. This one also has art featured on the walls. Photographs from Walden Productions of lava flowing from a volcano in Hawaii are beside me as I type. The sweet smell of caramel and coffee mixes in the air. All is good. Jamie Cullems “All at Sea” is playing over the sound system. It fits.
How do we understand art?
Interrupting the silence of my thoughts, the question breaks into …read more
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Well, it’s that time of the year, where you paint yourself green, eat your Lucky Charms and look for four leaf clovers.
Well maybe not, but I still enjoy this picture of a guy from my church portraying Shrek.
But the Arts and Design channel here at b5media is going green for the day.
Layers Upon Layers
Cyndi at Layers Upon Layers invites everyone to join her by submitting your remade thrift store finds to Belle Armoire Magazine’s special issue, Altered Couture.
Jewelry and Beading
Jewelry and Beading has an easy wire and bead lucky charm project for your cell phone. Since most of us carry …read more
Today I interviewed Josh Simpson, Contemporary Glass Artist as well as Minh Nguyen of a new social networking site for artists, called www.myArtPlot.com
You can download the podcast here.
Again, thank you for the opportunity Josh and Minh. Enjoy the Podcast.
Here are a few other posts that I’ve found about Josh Simpson from around the web:
Fly Away Cafe
KrazyDad
Stowe Craft Design
and of course my own below:
Artist Hideout
First of all, I’d like to thank both Josh and Minh for being a part of the first blogTalk radio show here on Artist Hideout. It was great talking to each of you and I hope to keep in touch with you two guys in the future. The passion and hard work that you both represent is inspirational to say the least. So thank you for the great opportunity to talk with each of you.
We would have gone longer but I had only scheduled a set time of one hour for the show. Lesson learned. …read more
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I’ve looked forward to doing this show for awhile now. I think I emailed Josh Simpson’s studio back in October right after I had started Artist
Hideout. It’s been a little while getting things in place to do interviews like this, and I am thrilled to be able to talk with Josh Simpson today.
Below is a video that I tried to upload yesterday of a quickie review of www.MyArtPlot.com and it only was approved as of this morning. MtArtPlot is a social networking site for artists to show, review and sell their work. It’s quite nice and levels the playing field …read more
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Friday Morning at 11am – Noon EST I will be hosting my first BlogTalk Radio Show.
I will be interviewing the Following People:
Minh Nguyen: Founder of MyArtPlot
“I brainstormed the ideas for MAP. I conceptualized its functions and designed its user interface, movement model, and sustainability model. The features that you are enjoying are from my design.”
He also shares his happiest moment from the launce of MyArtPlot:
“I’m not even kidding. After struggling and working on it for 2 years, a rough beta version came out and I was so happy. I danced in my little shack of an apartment for like 20 …read more
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I had published earlier about the Captain Scott house needing money to cover expenses to move it out of the way of a highway that is being widened here locally.
The home of a former abolitionist, Captain Joseph M. Scott from the Civil War era is now set to be moved.
Here are a few plans for this house once it is moved, shared by Donna Herring, who is helping head this project up.
As we work towards saving and restoring the Captain Scott house, those of us on the current committee are definitely looking forward to making both the upstairs …read more
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