Lou Kregel

Drums for Nuçi's

2011-04-12T11:40:00.000-07:00

On Thursday April 14, 2011, a guitar and drum kit that i painted are being auctioned to benefit Nuçi's Space, in Athens, Georgia! i'm happy to support this organization that does so much for the artists and musicians of north Georgia. Here's are links to see the program for the benefit, the drum kit (which is being auctioned online) and the Nuçi's web site (you can read about them below).
Nuçi's Space is a non-profit support/resource center for musicians in Athens, Georgia. It was founded in memory of 22-year old musician Nuçi Phillips who took his own life in 1996 after battling major depression. The aim of the organization is to provide obstacle free treatment for musicians suffering from depression and other such disorders as well as to assist in the emotional, physical and professional well-being of musicians.

Retro-modernizing your desktop made easy

2011-04-02T17:54:00.000-07:00

Fifty new coffee mugs with my designs, available through CafePress

These mugs are really nice...microwave and dishwasher-safe, they hold 11 ounces of your preferred beverage and they are very pretty! CafePress does a wonderful job of printing and turn-around is fast, usually shipping in 24 hours and delivery within a few days. Follow the link to order from my CafePress shop.

Rocksprings Chrysanthemum

2010-05-04T22:10:00.000-07:00

greeting the neighborhood on Dearing Ext. going east.

Hypothetical flower halfway to being theoretical flower

2010-04-23T20:44:00.000-07:00

Left: Half-finished theoretical interpretation of real flower. Right: Hypothetical flower photoshopped onto garage door.

Painted today on the door of the Hotel Ezcobar, just behind Mt. Awesome on the crest of Waddell, the peak of one of Athens' proverbial 5 hills. Tomorrow i'll paint the orange.

Guitart 2

2010-04-12T23:47:00.000-07:00

Finished this yesterday for a fund raiser at Monsignor Donovan Catholic School where my friend Rob McMaken teaches history. The strings will be put back on tomorrow, and it will be a real working instrument. Not like those fake ones you get at other charity fund raisers that don't play. This one will make your eyeballs and your fingers bleed.

Here's the info i got from the school about the event, RAM JAM "battle of the bands"...

The event takes place Saturday, May 22 on the soccer field at Monsignor Donovan Catholic High School. RAM JAM was created 3 years ago by 2 seniors who thought a battle of the bands would simply be fun to host and bring our school some community support. 9 bands competed the first year, 11 bands last year. The bands must be high school students. Great prizes are awarded... including a spot on stage at Athfest. Local musicians are judges. The RAM JAM "battle of the bands" is a really cool event that has drawn high school bands from GA, SC, and NC to our fair city to worship at the city of rock. The RAM JAM Committee wants to auction off 2 art guitars and all raffle tickets would be sold at the event, but those details are not firm yet.

Proceeds from RAM JAM (after all expenses are paid...and the Committee has to raise all the money...the school does not fund this event) support an annual mission- work trip to Haiti doing direct relief --assisting in the feeding of families. This past March was their third trip to a village in Northern Haiti called Terrier Rouge. The kids are assisted by Hank Wright, an Athens physical therapist who also does physical therapy work while they are there, too.

Current work available

2010-04-12T23:11:00.000-07:00

These are probably the last large pieces i'll have before heading out of Athens. i do have some smaller boards ready to paint that i'm hoping to get around to, but frankly, i have so much to do in the next few weeks, i don't know if i'll have time to paint anything other than the Chrysanthemum mural project. So, in descending order...

1."1960", 32" X 48", $450.(sold)
2."Half-Circles",12" X 24", $175. each (there are 4)(the blue/redorange one and the green one are sold)
3."5/10", 48" X 60", $2500.
4."Wallpaper For a New United Nations", 48" X 60", $2500.
5."City 6". 36" X 72", $750.(sold)

no news is bad news

2010-03-28T22:35:00.000-07:00

i have a lot of really smart friends who work in the field of journalism, specifically at NPR and CNN, and i rely totally and blindly on them to keep me informed about what is happening in the world. in addition i have free access to avenues of information via radio and internet that i cannot imagine living without. in fact, i can't imagine personal liberty or democracy without them. it occurred to me that i haven't really paid my dues or done very much to support these organizations. i mean, come on, when was the last time any of us sent money to the BBC? as part of doing my part, here are links to donate to some my personal favorites. feel free to add your own to the list...

PBS

Alternative Radio

To The Best of Our Knowledge

Radiolab

WUGA (Athens NPR)

Flagpole P.O. Box 1027 Athens, Georgia 30603

KCRW in Santa Monica

Fresh Air with Terry Gross (subscribe to podcast)

BBC

Athens Banner-Herald (subscribe)

guitart

2010-03-04T21:38:00.000-08:00

i painted this to be auctioned at a Nuçi's Space fundraiser a while back. just came across the photo tonight and realized i'd never really shown it to anyone. so there you go.

On being like nothing else

2010-02-16T23:06:00.000-08:00

Excerpted from an interview with Brian Eno by Paul Morley, published in the Guardian on Sun. Jan 17, 2010:
"In my house in Oxfordshire, we have this big, beautiful Andrew Logan sculpture of a lovely Pegasus with blue glass wings. When I get a taxi from the station, a driver will always comment on it because it is so striking. What they often say is, 'What does that stand for then?' Or, 'What does that mean?', based on the idea that something exists because it has to tell you something, or it refers to something else, and I realise that this notion is foreign to me. The earliest paintings I loved were always the most non-referential paintings you can imagine, by painters such as Mondrian. I was thrilled by them because they didn't refer to anything else. They stood alone and they were just charged magic objects that did not get their strength from being connected to anything else."

Currently on my visual playlist

2010-02-15T14:09:00.000-08:00

Three things i can't get enough of today, being middle February and cold and only halfway to spring, Glasswing butterflies, snow crystals and (my favorite of all the folding bikes) the Strida5.

bird tracks

2010-02-12T19:13:00.000-08:00

it snowed today and my phone camera photographs really blue. so there you go. bird tracks.

If eliminating the non-essential were an extreme sport

2010-02-11T21:38:00.000-08:00

Straight from today's Guardian, Albert Exergian's modernist TV posters. Not your grandmother's Über-Einfachheit... got to love a man who can really cut to the chase.The collection is available at Blanka

YFF calendar features 14 Athens Artists

2010-01-04T17:21:00.001-08:00

Click here to see the calendar page by page.
Featuring myself (cover) and Jim Fiscus, Dan Donahue, Christy Bush, Kim Kirby & Winston Parker, Chris Bilheimer, Jeff Owens, Carol John, Michael Lachowski, Cindy Jerrell, Matt Blanks, Layet Johnson, Mike Landers and Carl Martin.

4 buildings from my trip to texas

2010-01-01T21:14:00.000-08:00

The courthouse in Denton on Christmas Eve.
My friend Barley Vogel's Art School.
A home in Dallas' Greenville Avenue area.
My parents' home during a snowstorm.

Wrap After Reading

2009-12-17T15:07:00.000-08:00

Athens' weekly magazine, the Flagpole, has put my pattern on its annual gift wrap cover !

tiny prints on wood

2009-12-12T19:12:00.000-08:00

these are 3.5" square prints glued onto 3/4" thick wood, edges are painted black and there is a hole for hanging them. $5 each + shipping. Great for small gifts, stocking stuffers, or for tiny empty spaces on your walls. Contact me at loukregel@gmail.com if you want me to set some aside for you.

7 paintings, 12" x 24"

2009-12-12T19:11:00.000-08:00

i have 7 of these at the moment. they are 12" x 24", acrylic on wood, with a 1.5" thick wood frame behind them. edges are painted dark gray. they are $150 each + shipping (discount for multiple purchases). contact me at loukregel@gmail if you have questions.Note: the bottom three are sold.

Free cd sleeve to print out

2009-12-08T18:02:00.000-08:00

same as the desktop pattern, slightly different colors. click here for a pdf you can download and print out.Print onto cardstock, cut out, fold and glue the side panels under the front flap. Very useful for music or photo album gifts.

Free desktop pattern no.5

2009-12-07T16:09:00.000-08:00

For the holidays...How to install: copy to your desktop. set as desktop pattern in your control panel/system preferences. i think it's that simple... let me know if it's not by posting a comment below. i love hearing from you either way!

process photo

2009-11-29T22:23:00.000-08:00

Quick picture of my work table today. 3" squares i'm going to glue prints onto.
and here they are finished.

+ 4 = 144

2009-11-29T22:21:00.000-08:00

Here's the last in this series. Finally! But these colors aren't quite right. i'm going to re-photograph it outside tomorrow after it quits raining.

3x36=108 Half Circles

2009-11-05T16:00:00.000-08:00

3 new 1'x2's going up tomorrow. And a 4th coming down the pike. Check back soon for a new picture.

Simultaneous Contrast Exp.#1

2009-10-27T20:22:00.000-07:00

Finished this one tonight, it's an experiment to see if i can find colors that vibrate against each other, called "simultaneous contrast". i painted this on a standard hollow door, it's 30" X 80" and could be used as a door or a tabletop, though i'm going to be displaying it as a painting at my upcoming show on Nov 1.

New show up at Athens Academy through Dec. 11

2009-10-27T13:51:00.001-07:00

Showing in the Bertelsmann Gallery...works by me, Carol John and Didi Dunphy. The three of us make up half of A.D.D., this is our second group show and i think our art works beautifully together. Sorry i don't have more images from the show. i'll be there tomorrow taking photos and will post them here.

3 Littles

2009-10-22T17:58:00.000-07:00

6" x 12" $125. Acrylic on wood.

CD sleeve!

2009-10-20T15:50:00.000-07:00

Click HERE to download a pdf of this image. Then print onto card stock, cut out and fold. More to come later!

Athens Food and Culture

2009-10-13T20:15:00.000-07:00

Our little town, which for its size has a pretty awesome dining selection, not to mention the independent foodies what with the Four Coursemen and the Farmer's Market and all the local farms, now has a sweet magazine to go with all that. They did an article on my work in this month's issue and i'm happy how the color printing makes my paintings look, really bright and poppy. The article is on page 24 if you're interested in reading it, mom.

New small pieces up at the 4C in Athens

2009-10-13T20:09:00.000-07:00

Four new little color studies. They are 6"x12", unframed in this photo.$125 each (all are SOLD)

I don't dezerve this kind of Love

2009-10-10T20:16:00.000-07:00

i found someone's notepad on my walk to the studio tonight. there is no name in it, and i have no way of returning it. i'm pretty sure it belonged to a man. it smells like cologne and there are a lot of football scores written in it. Listed amongst phone numbers, inspirational quotes and bills to pay are various grocery items... crotons, bacon bitts and srimp on one page, foot powder, air freasher, Aqua freash whittening, shampoo, condionar, and next to the words "I trust God" he'd put Extenz on his shopping list. Near the back of the book hidden in the unused pages, "I don't dezerve this kind of Love ".

Snow Crystals

2009-05-08T10:28:00.001-07:00

Why in the midst of deep spring i decided to obsess on snow crystals is a mystery to me. Here is a link to Kenneth G. Libbrecht's (Caltech) web site where i got this illustration.

Painting Black Telephones

2009-04-23T13:27:00.000-07:00

New show up at The Grit in Athens

2009-04-20T11:45:00.001-07:00

These cut-outs are a collaboration with fellow clip-art collector Chris Purcell, and we have a blog with all the images. The show will be up through late May.

Candy-colored filing system

2009-03-12T22:29:00.001-07:00

My Opthamologist is color coded for easter.

Snow Day

2009-03-12T22:21:00.000-07:00

It really snowed here! LOTS of snow! although i was sick as a dog, i got to take some pictures from my back porch. Here's one of my micro-house (ok, it's a shack) and circular garden under construction.

The Famous Pantone 292

2008-12-26T15:18:00.000-08:00

i spent quite a lot of time at home during the holidays, working on some sign jobs and listening to 69 Love Songs Volume 1 by The Magnetic Fields over and over. i like to listen to music that way. So in the spirit of that CD and the post-Christmas/mid-winter doldrums, here is Pantone Blue 292, my gift to you, dear reader.

colored toothpicks

2008-12-15T19:07:00.000-08:00

Free 2008 Holiday Giftwrap

2008-12-10T21:32:00.000-08:00

For your 2008 gift wrapping pleasure.

image copyright Lou Kregel 2007

This is formatted to fit on an 8.5" X 11" sheet of paper. Click on it and, though it will appear quite large, it will fit nicely on a page when printed.

I recommend saving it to your desktop before printing rather than printing directly from the enlarged view of the image. You'll get smaller margins/more of the image and have no html code in the margins.

Jesus Loves Pirates

2008-12-04T18:09:00.000-08:00

I like the lettering on this church sign in Murphy,NC. It's part gothic, part pirate...not really churchy at all. Maybe they'd done the Christian thing and hired an out of work reformed pirate sign painter to make it for them. If anyone can decipher the last 2 lines, please let me know.

54 Threes: #1-18

2008-09-11T15:19:00.000-07:00

"54 Threes" is a new series of paintings hanging at the Flicker Theater and Bar in Athens through September.

The Warm Tones

"Red and Brown" 32" X 32", acrylic on wood board. $500.(Sold)

"Ochres" 32" X 32", acrylic on wood board. $500.(Sold)

54 Threes: #19-36

2008-09-11T15:11:00.000-07:00

The Greens

"Blue and Green Threes" 32" X 32", acrylic on wood board. $500(Sold)

"Minty Threes" 32" X 32", acrylic on wood board. $500(Sold)

54 Threes: #37-54

2008-09-11T14:46:00.000-07:00

Mono- and Poly-chrome Threes

"Mono-chromatic For the People" 32" X 32", acrylic on wood board. $500.(Sold)

"Poly-chromatic For the People" 32" X 32", acrylic on wood board. $500.

How the eye sees color

2008-06-27T14:33:00.000-07:00

Last week i broke my glasses while i was in the mountains and had to use scotch tape to keep one of the lenses from falling out. Today i was supposed to superglue them back together, but since that means not having my glasses on for an hour or so, i have procrastinated. Instead i spent the afternoon spelunking on the internet and reading about things like why colorblindness is more prevalent among men and how the eye sees color.

Illustration: Santiago Ramón y Cajal ca. 1900,
Instituto Cajal, CSIC, Madrid

my studio has new lights!

2008-05-08T21:22:00.000-07:00

oh joy! i can see what i'm doing..

4 New Paintings

2008-05-05T18:55:00.000-07:00

These were hanging in the 5 Star Day Cafe in downtown Athens during May and June.

"Yellow" 40" X 48" $600. (Sold)

"Deep Green Sea" 32" X 48" $450. (Sold)

"June 23,1960 32" X 48" $450.

"Test Strips" 48" X 32" $450. (Sold)

Michael Oliveri at Lamar Dodd

2008-04-17T14:43:00.000-07:00

Sublime landscape images by Michael Oliveri at the Lamar Dodd School of Art's main gallery.

These must be experienced in person, so if you live in Athens, please don't miss this show. They are huge (about 10' long) micrographs, digitally stitched together from multiple (FEI)field emission gun scans (more commonly known as (SEM)Scanning Electron Microscope scans). Close-up views of nano forms that so resemble landscapes or moonscapes, you'll expect to see the tail fins of a lunar lander in the corner. Michael is head of digital media at UGA, a designer with ADD (Athens Design Development) and is emerging as an important American artist in the field of digital media.

orange bike

2008-04-16T12:31:00.000-07:00

The installation of one of our CLR's was held up by this locked bicycle.

Love the orange and green together.

Keith Thurman's new mural on Broad st.

2008-04-11T09:49:00.000-07:00

New mural in Athens
Next to a big empty field where Kudzu Coffee used to be on Broad St, by the BP gas station at the corner of Evans and Dearing Ext., is a new mural going up. Keith Thurman is painting the back wall of what is going to be a jazz club, and intends to paint the entire building eventually. It's a beautiful expression of the neighborhood and not far from the sculpture garden at Colima Ave & Rose St.

Eulogy for Big Beautiful

2008-04-07T14:07:00.000-07:00

Scotia Kregel Oct.28,1995-April 7,2008

My beloved Scotia
has gone
to the place
where they send
the naughty dogs.
Goodbye
old girl,
i'll miss you.

player piano karaoke

2008-04-06T10:57:00.000-07:00

photo by Paige Campbell

i went to a party last night. guess who was there?

i can't seem to get away from that guy. i guess he was out raising a glass to his co-star Charleton Heston, who passed away yesterday.

ADD's CLR

2008-04-05T23:43:00.000-07:00

photo by Michael Lachowski

Here is the CLR (cigarette litter receptacle) designed by my group ADD for the city of Athens.

They'll be installing them on parking meters all over downtown at the end of this week, April 10 & 11. We have a little display up at the Lyndon House that explains our design and collaborative process with the city.

If you must smoke, please use these receptacles. Cigarette butts aren't biodegradable and when thrown on the ground, they get washed into storm drains and into lakes and streams.

free desktop pattern no. 4

2008-04-05T16:34:00.000-07:00

Here you go, nice springy colors and everything.

The Butterfly and the Abstract

2008-03-30T18:00:00.001-07:00

i found this butterfly at the park this evening, on the ground incapacitated by the cold snap, and brought it home.

it just happens to match the painting i'm working on. i don't know if it's auspicious or just serendipitous, but i'm quite excited.

Before and After Patriotism...

2008-03-28T16:20:00.000-07:00

Possibly the funniest thing i've seen in a long while. The doors of a former church (now art studios) located at Hill & Chase Street with one of my Chrysanthemums on painted on it. Apparently the studio renter didn't like my flower, but he loves flags.

Magenta

2008-03-25T15:10:00.000-07:00

The history of the color Magenta is more interesting than i'd realized. Here's a link to read about it in Stir magazine where you will learn that "magenta is a mixture of red and blue wavelengths that cannot be generated by a single wavelength of light" which i didn't know but i'm not surprised. Also this excellent article by Liz Elliot in the Journal of Unlikely Science goes even further to explain the mad science behind the color.

now for something different

2008-03-25T11:35:00.000-07:00

An old forgotten sign in downtown Athens, at the corner of Hull and Hancock.

As a fellow sign-painter, i can tell you that whoever painted this one broke all the rules.

That's just one of the reasons why i love it so much.

Happy Easter

2008-03-23T20:25:00.001-07:00

photo by Jim Barsness

That Planet of the Apes guy in the pink coat (you know the one, Santa's drinking buddy) showed up at the Dearing St. Easter parade today at my friend Didi's house. He was given a chocolate and vanilla cupcake and told to be on his way.

working it

2008-03-21T17:26:00.001-07:00

finishing up
a new batch
of paintings
this week.

Santa of the Apes

2008-03-19T10:32:00.001-07:00

photo by Doug Booher

We had quite a time that night. Santa Claus stopped by, drunk as usual, and we got this great shot of him with that guy from Planet of the Apes. What was his name, the one in the pink coat? Anyway, tomorrow is the first day of spring, and i'm going to burn an effigy of ole St. Nick in my backyard. Winter is OVER, y'all, it's time to start having fun.

Rebels

2008-03-15T20:36:00.001-07:00

Photo by Doug Booher
Me, i mean some monkey in a pink coat, and Sean Wessling after a long night of drinking
and eating bananas.

board game

2008-03-14T13:48:00.000-07:00

compliments Jason Wecht

free desktop pattern no.3

2008-03-06T18:02:00.000-08:00

Miss February from my 2008 calendars.

It's the same as desktop pattern No.1, but i toned the colors down a bit. There are instructions to install this on your computer below, near the first blog postings.

4 new paintings

2008-02-28T14:18:00.000-08:00

These were hanging in the hallway at Cine in Athens (that show has been taken down).
dimensions: 15.5" X 15.5"
medium: acrylic on wood
price:225.
Upper left
and bottom right
are sold.

Contact me for more info/images/etc.

Paint Cans

2008-02-25T19:45:00.001-08:00

Meerkat

2008-02-25T11:15:00.000-08:00

Sorry, i couldn't resist...

she's
just
so
damn
cute.

3 and 5

2008-02-22T20:19:00.000-08:00

Zupey Jumping

2008-02-11T11:17:00.000-08:00

John
Bishop
took
this
photograph
of my
dog
Zuppa
jumping
into
my
arms.

Twilight Flower

2008-01-28T22:42:00.000-08:00

i took this photo this evening as i was heading out the door just before dusk. My chrysanthemum stencil is lit from the window behind.

Coloring book- page 1

2008-01-22T21:03:00.000-08:00

Here's the first in a series of pages i'm posting from a coloring book i'm designing. It's formatted to fit an 8.5 X 11 sheet of paper and should print out pretty easily. Just click on it to save it to your desktop and click print.

Below are photos of a mural i painted in the parking deck on College Ave.(in downtown Athens) using the same ginko pattern...

It sort of snowed tonight

2008-01-16T17:54:00.000-08:00

note: this is the lamest video ever made

It snowed for a little while tonight. i was so excited... SNOW!! here it is lit up by porchlight light before turning to rain.

ok look, i know this video sucks, i'm sorry. i've spent my life in Texas, Florida and Georgia, and snow is a big deal.

in america we have a tv in every room

2008-01-10T20:55:00.000-08:00

Christmas gift from Charlotte Lee

macro desktop

2008-01-03T21:37:00.000-08:00

Playing around with the macro setting on my camera. I'm supposed to be working.

Templates

2008-01-03T20:55:00.001-08:00

Circular and elliptical templates.

January

2008-01-03T20:42:00.000-08:00

I thought i'd start off the year with some of my favorite drafting tools. Ladies and gentlemen... the Stazput ruler.

gift wrap

2007-12-11T00:25:00.000-08:00

Here's a pattern i made tonight that you can print out and use for gift wrap. Click (or double click) on the pattern to save it to your computer. It will seem huge, but it's formatted to fit on a standard size sheet of paper.

Please post a comment and let me know how it prints out for you.

image copyright LouKregel 2007

Paintings

2007-12-07T22:33:00.000-08:00

i finally got my paintings uploaded to my web site tonight. It's funny how you'll put something off because you think it's going to take forever and then it turns out to take like half an hour.

These are old paintings. All my new stuff is smaller, so it sells before i can get it posted.

New Chrysanthemum in Town

2007-12-01T18:05:00.000-08:00

I know you can't see it too well, but here it is on the roof of the Jittery Joe's Coffee Roasting Company on E. Broad in Athens. i chose the bottom photo because i thought it was pretty how it matched the sky and clouds. Many thanks to Charlie Mustard for his support of the arts in Athens. You can read about the Chrysanthemum Project at ADD411.org.

Note: for all the disbelievers out there... it's true that Charlie's wife's maiden name is Pickle.

Target.com, i love you

2007-11-16T20:43:00.000-08:00

The big box store of choice for many a low-budget design snob, Target, that's right Tar-Jay (.com) is carrying 6 of my rugs now. i'm SO stoked! My royalty checks are going to be so huge i won't be able to carry them into the bank without the help of rent-a-dudes. Here are links to see them...

"Cells" rug in Lime Green

"Cells" rug in Orange Rust

"Color Cluster" rug in Orange

"Bright Horizons" Rug in Wine

"Rainy Days" rug in Gray

"Vacant Emotions" rug in Brown

The first tote bag of the run

2007-10-30T21:14:00.000-07:00

Here is the first tote bag printed today by Satisfactory Printing here in Athens. More to come on those guys later, but for now you can check them out at satisfactoryprinting.com. The bags are sturdy cotton canvas, printed on both sides and will be available on my web site soon.

Blazberry Hwy

2007-10-25T17:43:00.001-07:00

At last Blazberry Hwy, the bus shelter designed by ADD (the design group i belong to), is finished, installed and ready to be defaced by hoodlums. It's such a relief to have it done. i drank SIX glasses of champagne at the city-wide celebration tonight. Good thing i was on my bike.

Bird in Cage Optical Illusion

2007-10-15T23:35:00.000-07:00

Here's a little video of the parlor trick. It's only a few seconds long.

Bird and Cage

2007-10-15T23:19:00.000-07:00

An old parlor trick, so i've heard.

Here are the instructions:

1.Click on the image to save to your computer, then print onto heavy card stock.
2.Cut out one image and glue it upside down onto the back of the other, then cut them both out together (don't cut out the little strings, they're just for show).When you look at it through the light, the bird should be upside down in the cage.
3.Punch holes as indicated.
4.Cut 2 pieces of heavy string about 8-10 inches long. Make a loop on the end of each string large big enough for your finger to fit through, and tie the other end through the punched holes.
5.Put the loops over your index fingers and wind up the paper by flipping it 10 or 20 times or until the strings start twisting up.
6.Pull the strings. The bird appears to be in the cage. This was waaay before television.

Birds' Eggs

2007-10-15T23:16:00.000-07:00

From an old encyclopedia.
What a lovely omelette they would make.

MAKE a rubik's cube out of dice !!

2007-10-13T12:24:00.000-07:00

Oh the glory of nerdhood, i just love Make magazine. I was searching for info about how to make ringtones, and came across this Makezine video on how to make a rubik's cube out of dice.

Here's the link:

makezine.com

Paper for folding a paper crane

2007-10-08T15:14:00.000-07:00

Double-click or right-click on this pattern to save it to your computer. It will probably look really huge- but it will print out as an 8" square. After you print it out, cut out the pattern into a perfect square and use for origami. To find instructions for folding a paper crane, here are some links:

sadako.com

monkey.org

wikihow.com

The Lo Shu Square

2007-10-05T23:59:00.000-07:00

Also called a Magic Square.

Each row adds up to 15.

You'll notice that the even numbers are out-numbered by the odd numbers. They're also located in the corners of the square. According to Chinese legend, the Lo Shu square appeared 4000 years ago on the back of a turtle that crawled out of the Lo river. They believed that the universe is based on mathematic principles, and that these numbers were the key to invisible forces that governed heaven and earth.

-From a book on Feng Shui by Lillian Too.

Three

2007-10-05T23:33:00.000-07:00

My friend Doug Booher owns this painting.
It was from back during my 3 phase.

seems i've been posting a lot of
squares and cubes with numbers lately.
i'm also busy designing a calendar.

Stacking and Arranging Things on the Desktop

2007-10-04T00:10:00.000-07:00

In lieu of actual work, i made a short video using objects on my worktable.

Dice

2007-10-03T01:52:00.000-07:00

More photos i took to use on my web site. i like the single die best. it's so cute, all alone.

5-Cubes

2007-10-03T01:39:00.000-07:00

Something new i made tonight for my web site.

Chain

2007-10-01T21:37:00.000-07:00

i took this photo today and used it on my web site. Not much else to say, it's a picture of a rusty chain.

goodbye summer

2007-09-30T21:38:00.000-07:00

Today was the last day of September and the weather was stunning, the kind you wait all year for. My car broke down on the way to Atlanta and i spent the day at a Starbucks in Loganville.

i seem to have the best kind of bad luck, it never fails me & i always get home in the end.

Free Desktop Pattern No.2

2007-09-29T00:45:00.000-07:00

Directions for installation can be found at Desktop Pattern #1.

Vernon J. Thornsberry

2007-09-29T00:33:00.000-07:00

Vernon standing behind his portrait.

Beverly Babb welded his image onto a gate
at Jittery Joe's Roasting Company in Athens.

Stellated truncated icosahedron

2007-09-28T22:02:00.001-07:00

In a hunt for paper airplanes i found this site with instructions for folding origami polyhedra by Mr. S. Lavavej.

Portuguese Tiles

2007-09-28T18:14:00.000-07:00

Photo of a tiled wall taken by Rinne Allen during her honeymoon in Portugal. She has a really beautiful web site with more photos and lots of links to Athens artists. Thank you Rinne !!

Eagle, Colorado

2007-09-28T15:26:00.000-07:00

If you get salsa on your shirt, you can just go next door.Cell phone photograph by
Abel Klainbaum. Eagle, CO.

Zupey's on YouTube

2007-09-26T22:20:00.000-07:00

My dog is on YouTube! It's sort of a zen video so don't expect any high-jinks. she's ust sitting, watching TV for the first time.. a PBS doc about a baby zebra.

They're Baaaaack...

2007-09-25T21:44:00.000-07:00

...by unpopular demand.

The BONAFIDE ZOMBIES will finally have a home on the internet, hidden in an easter egg on my web site. Just try finding them..Wooaaahhhhahahahah ha ha ha .

Oddly enough... it IS a full moon tonight.

Control Panel

2007-09-24T21:21:00.001-07:00

Today i went on a field trip with 3 other ADD members to Bower Metal to see the bus shelter we designed. (you can read about that project, if you're interested, at add411.org ) We got to tour around the entire shop and i took this shot of a machine control panel. i'm looking for buttons i can use on my web site and i was glad to find these.

First Day of Spring or Fall

2007-09-23T18:48:00.000-07:00

The autumnal equinox occurred today at 5:51 am EST. If you're in the southern hemisphere, it's the vernal equinox. Happy Spring or Autumn!!