An Opportunity

Day 110
Challenge:
Use a spill or a mistake.

 Oops!

 Oops Snail

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Barney Salzberg's book, Beautiful Oops!, delightfully reminds children (and all humans) that a mistake is an opportunity.

Here is the Website for that book:      

http://beautifuloops.com/

I made a beautiful oops with the author during a session at the National Art Educators Conference in NYC last March! He said he liked my mistake line. He said it was good and strong.

Today's other challenge:    Turn a personal mistake into something helpful, or funny, or beautiful! Then, celebrate your growth!

Thank you, Rhonda!

This book keeps on gifting!

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Two Snails

Day  88

A Challenge

Use office supplies.

 Supplies Snail

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A Birthday Gift!

Surprise Snail

Thank you, Mom! 

I love it . . .

and I love you!

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Franconia Sculpture Park

Fibonacci Wannabe III

[And maybe a snail wannabe???]

Fabricated Steel

18' 7 1/2" x 22' x 5' 5" 

2011

Nam Le

2011 Intern Artist

Franconia Sculpture Park 

www.franconia.org (corrected address!)

Thanks for a great visit, Jeff and Caryn! 

To learn more about the term fibonacci  type it 
in this blog's search box found at the right.
It will take you to a post on April 27, 2012
titled, The Numbers.

More Metallic

 

Rip Strip Snail

 

Illusions

Day 105

Challenge
Make something impossible.
Trick the eyes.

Impossible Snail

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The source of my inspiration, 
this info packed site explains how the brain perceives:

http://www.sandlotscience.com/EyeonIllusions/What_is_Illusion_Too.htm

 
 

Specifically, this triangle is found near the bottom of the page:

Click on:   

              impossible images   (the text is highlighted)

Select:    The Impossible Triangle    

    

The following information is also taken from this source.

The Impossible Triangle

All of the parts of this design look reasonable, but the whole fails the reality test! A collection of reasonable parts put together in an unreasonable way.

Roger Penrose, who first described the triangle called it, 

"Impossibility in its purest form." 

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Finally, this post would not be complete without mentioning M.C. Escher!

http://www.mcescher.com/

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And further, Dick Termes, an internationally known artist from Spearfish, SD.

He counts Escher among his inspirations!

We visited his gallery this summer. 

What a TreAT!!!!!

http://termespheres.com/

 Termesphere  Gallery

Vacation Memories

Note: The narrow vertical paper on the right is designed to become a mobius strip!

 You can 
see a photo of a
constructed mobius strip
by typing the word

infinite

into my blog's 
search box! 

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One Quick Question:

Does that make this blog a mobius blog?

 

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Hardware

Day 93
Challenge
Use nuts and bolts,screws and nails.

 Steel Snail

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Many thanks to Steve for variety

and vision!

Random

Day 101
Challenge
Flip to a random page in a book at hand.
Be inspired by the first sentence you read.

 Here goes . . . 

book            World Book Encyclopedia  Vol. 19  T

page            288     "Time"

sentence      "The sundial was one of the earliest devices for measuring time." 

I am fascinated by the concept of time and have collected a few books and clocks on the topic. There is an hour glass, or actually a half-hour glass in the bookshelf photo above.

I do not have a sundial!

Sundials can be VERY complicated, but here is my simple plan:

 

http://www.ehow.com/how_4841694_sundials-kids.html 

On the next very sunny day, I will try this idea and let you know how it goes!

Stay tuned!!!

It is always great fun to share these adventures with you.

Thank you for stopping by!

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This is the LAST orange, I promise!

Tomato Snail

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Some of my favorite things:

1. this little serving dish 

2. these little tomatoes

Orange You Glad It's Orange Again!

Carrot Curl Snails  

Note: 

I think I learned how to make these in home ec class in junior high . . .  probably on the same day I learned to make radish roses!

'Fun to make and fun to eat!

Orange

Day 94
Challenge  

Use only orange.

 A Rainy Sunday Morning's 

Bagged Newspaper

The FuN Begins!

 

 Orange Snail

 

You can do a LOT with plastic bags!

Check this out:

http://cristencrochet.blogspot.com/2008/09/plastic-bag-crochet-rug.html

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True or False:

Nothing rhymes with orange.

More Wrap

'What a snail this would make!

I found myself sharing space with this mega roll of packing material today!

I was doing business at Drop-N-Go Shipping and

couldn't help noticing 

this "could-be-a" 

snail.

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 Great roll.

Great service!

 

 

 

That's a Wrap!

Day 89
Challenge
Use bubble wrap and/or other packing materials.

Translucent Snail

[Bubble Wrap and Scotch Tape]

Heat it Up

Day 87
Challenge
Use a candle.

              Supplies                                     Vinegar Lines

 
Process:
1. Using vinegar, write a secret message [or draw a snail] on a white piece of paper.
2. Allow it to dry.
3. Carefully apply heat to the paper.
4. Voila!

                                                              Snail By Candlelight

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Notes:

  
Very FuN and DANGEROUS! Next time I will use a hairdryer.



Imagine the aroma of the heated [sometimes burning] vinegared paper mingling with the Morning Glory scent of the Beanpod Candle. 

Nearby a brewing pot of morning coffee is competing with its blend of simple and pure Colombian beans. This is a coffee "with hints of tangerine combined with raw sugar and roasted walnut flavor notes".

A slight scent of cilantro from the previous evening's meal [but more likely from the garbage basket under the sink] compliments the air.

An odiferous event such as this may never again occur!

 

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Bibliography:

Codes & Secret Writing by Herbert S. Zim, 1948, Scholastic Book Services, USA.

Long ago this paperback was thoughtfully set aside by Steve's mom. [Thank you, Mom!]

The book includes many ideas. There is something wonderful and clever about writing notes to your friends in secret code!

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