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| "Roman Holiday", directed by William Wyler. Gregory Peck as Joe Bradley. Audrey Hepburn as Princess Ann (Anya "Smitty" Smith). . |
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Still Waiting - Roman Holiday Vespas
3 D 4 Medical
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A free app, 3D4Medical Essential Skeleton, is just fantastic! Naturally, as we do,
I appropriated the beautiful bone structures of the 3D images provided, and
came up with a more gothic look of our bones:
Genealogy II
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Delving further into my family tree I found Aarni Jäske, a Finnish (outsider)
artist. After an unsuccessful medical operation he had to give up his day job,
which freed him to act up on his artistic impulses. He describes his technique on
his website aarnijaske.net thus:
"Technical realisation: Mig and Tig welding
Material: stainless and acid-proof steel
Surface treatment:
I mainly use quick welding passes. By heating the surface of the steel to different temperatures,
the whole spectrum of colours appears. In addition, I use a milling cutter to create fine details in
the surface pattern. I finish each piece with a layer of lacquer. In animal statues, I use glass
eyes.
During the planning stage, I take the following into consideration:
For animals, its pose, what direction it is looking at, what direction it is going, how it fits in to
its environment, where it will be located.
In addition, it is important that I know what the person commissioning the work likes. I also
need information on what milieu it will be placed in; this information can be culled from
photographs, etc. Designing whether or not it will have a pedestal, what material it will be made
out of, e.g., stone or steel and does it form a whole.
I learn about anatomy and check dimensions as achieving the right result requires that some
parts be emphasised or de-emphasised. I take photos for my work from different directions and
I sketch out dimensions that correspond to the size of the work in progress.
The frame must be quite accurately made and is an important stage in achieving the best result
possible. I sketch, cut and shape every steel part one at a time. I can use anywhere from a
couple hundred pieces to tens of thousands in a single work. Each one of my works of art is
unique."
All the images below I copied from his website aarnijaske.net, and modified to
create a nice set to show his work:
Good Morning (Waking up from Hibernation)
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| .. Sulo Karjalainen with his bears. Photo: Kimmo Taskinen, Helsingin Sanomat . |
"The Predator Center in Kuusamo, Finland
At the Predator Center in Kuusamo, one can get acquainted with some of the large predators that are found in
At the Predator Center in Kuusamo, one can get acquainted with some of the large predators that are found in
Finland. At the moment, there are several bears at the Center, the oldest of which was born in 1992. Vyoti is
probably the best known of all the bears. Foxes and lynx also reside at the Center, as well as an elusive
wolverine, the mysterious beast of our woods.
Visits to the Predator Center are conducted with a guide. "
Visits to the Predator Center are conducted with a guide. "
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Genealogy
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Prompted by my dad's 90th birthday a couple of days ago, I delved into his
comprehensive genealogy research regarding our Karelian Jäske family, and
found something I hadn't noticed before: He seems to have both of his
grandmothers of Russian origin, based on their names:
Evdokia Sidorov (daughter of Savel Sidorov)
and
Anna Borovikov (daughter of Pavel Borovikov)
I am kind of fascinated about all things Russian (in a sort of hot water cold
water way that is). I'll be soon receiving the results of my genome mapping (by
23andMe.com), which will hopefully give me more information about my genetic
makeup well beyond the 'where do you come from' information.
iPad Drawings #2 and #3
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I'm really enjoying making these quick sketches on my iPad Mini (using the free
Brushes application):
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| iPad Drawing #2 . |
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| iPad Drawing #3 . |
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| iPad Drawing #1 . |
Friday, April 26, 2013
Thursday, April 25, 2013
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