I went to see this guys stuff... And have some amazing pictures, I should uplad them to Deviant when I get the chance!Chihuly - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Friday, 16 November 2007
Chihuly - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Tuesday, 13 November 2007
Puzzle Hat!!
Jonathan James,aka the Woodstock Hooker, is a hat artist and crochet yarn sculptor. His hat designs are wearable art — one-of-a-kind pieces, or available in limited editions.
Jonathan James' hat designs
Jonathan James' hat designs
Friday, 9 November 2007
School boy's dream or nightmare!?!!?
This is really funny... Poor lad!!
Mum gets schoolboy a stripper for his birthday Metro.co.uk
Mum gets schoolboy a stripper for his birthday Metro.co.uk
Friday, 2 November 2007
YouTube - Art Fusion Experiment
With the history of tattooing beginning over 5000 years ago, to this day, it is still as diverse a topic as the people who wear them.
The first electronic tattoo machine was invented in 1890 by the American tattoo artist Samuel O’Reilly, this gave birth to the new era of tattooing.
After much time the popularity of tattoo has gained and now, one can find a tattoo's as fashion symbol's rather than a simple or primitive marks.
Tattoo artist's are now admired for their creativity and differing styles, and yet much of there work can only be appreciated if you have the honour to meet the individual who Adorne's their creativity...
Personally I have always had a huge love of tattoo's yet never been brave enough or even had the slightest desire to imprint my body with someone else's pictures! Maybe if I were the Tattoo Artist thing would have been different.... Hmmm now that's a thought!
My thoughts have been inspired by the 'Art Fusion Experiment' which began on 2002 and is a collaboration of tattoo artist from around the world who get together to team build and generate creative flow on canvas and paper rather than skin!! Amazing stuff, enjoy the link x
YouTube - Art Fusion Experiment
The first electronic tattoo machine was invented in 1890 by the American tattoo artist Samuel O’Reilly, this gave birth to the new era of tattooing.
After much time the popularity of tattoo has gained and now, one can find a tattoo's as fashion symbol's rather than a simple or primitive marks.
Tattoo artist's are now admired for their creativity and differing styles, and yet much of there work can only be appreciated if you have the honour to meet the individual who Adorne's their creativity...
Personally I have always had a huge love of tattoo's yet never been brave enough or even had the slightest desire to imprint my body with someone else's pictures! Maybe if I were the Tattoo Artist thing would have been different.... Hmmm now that's a thought!
My thoughts have been inspired by the 'Art Fusion Experiment' which began on 2002 and is a collaboration of tattoo artist from around the world who get together to team build and generate creative flow on canvas and paper rather than skin!! Amazing stuff, enjoy the link x
YouTube - Art Fusion Experiment
Exploring wall art!!
After finding this amazing example of stop motion animation using a wall to demonstrate the piece I have been compelled to find more interesting art using walls. ROOM by Youtube user Rinpaeshidan is one example of the artist using the walls. Rinpa Eshidan "is a team of artists brought together by a common creative expression." With each of there stop motion wall pieces taking you on a journey of the vivid imagination of the artistic process.
My newly found interest in walls led me onto my next find in Liverpool called 'Turning the place over' . The wall art installation by Richard Wilson is cut into the wall of an old Yates's Wine Lodge. I am stunned the he has managed to pursue such an artistic dream, technology is truly a wonderful thing!!
Lastly my exploration of creativity using walls left me with a wonderful video of a child creating her art by simply flinging colored paper on the wall. This last example just took me back to how art does not have to be complicated to impress as even this child was amazing someone with their artistic flair. x
Thursday, 1 November 2007
Wooden Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?
'The Wooden Mirror' by Daniel Rozin is an incredible piece of both artistry and technology rolled into one.
A mirror made completely of wood, controlled by a camera and computer was made in 1999. The mechanical mirror was built in 1999 and the first of a few that he has built. It is a piece that explores the line between digital and physical.
Rozin has since used this technique to make other digital mirrors
2001 - Trash Mirror
2003 - Shiny Balls Mirror
2005 - Circles Mirror
2007- Peg Mirror (2007)
2007 - Weave Mirror, 2007
For more information on his many other pieces check out Daniel Rozin Interactive Art and make sure to check the 'Video Art' section and the piece called Easel... It is astounding what he has accomplished!! I love the interactivity of this artist and cannot wait to see more (There has already been 2 new pieces added to his page since I first began this blog)
The whole reason I was inspired to start this blog was to make a record of all the crap that I seem to find online... Anyway I was looking back to my 1st post and saw a reminder at the end of it!!
*Note to self* 'The Wooden Mirror'
Amazing... I had forgotten to write about the strange wooden mirror, but my blog has achieved it's goal, to remind me of the stacks of stuff I see and learn and manage to forget very quickly!! LOL!
Street Art
I have always admired street art... Never heard of this guy until now, but have certainly seen some of his work dotted around East London before now!
Wot a guy... I true enigma of my time!
For a more informative information about this artist check out the following link.
YouTube - banksy
Wednesday, 31 October 2007
International Year of the Potato 2008
Once harvested, the dearly loved potato is used for many things, it's not just used as a vegetable for cooking at home!! In eastern Europe and Scandinavia, crushed potatoes are heated up to convert their starch to fermentable sugars these are used in the distillation of alcoholic beverages such as vodka or akvavit!!
Less than 50 percent of potatoes grown worldwide are consumed fresh. The rest are processed into potato food products and food ingredients; fed to cattle, pigs and chickens; processed into starch for the pharmaceutical, textile, wood and paper industries and re-used as seed tubers for growing the next season's potato crop.
The International Year of the Potato 2008 was officially launched on 18 October 2007 at United Nations Headquarters in New York. This is an international Celebration and is hoped to raise awareness of the importance of the potato, and of agriculture in general.
International Year of the Potato 2008
Less than 50 percent of potatoes grown worldwide are consumed fresh. The rest are processed into potato food products and food ingredients; fed to cattle, pigs and chickens; processed into starch for the pharmaceutical, textile, wood and paper industries and re-used as seed tubers for growing the next season's potato crop.
The International Year of the Potato 2008 was officially launched on 18 October 2007 at United Nations Headquarters in New York. This is an international Celebration and is hoped to raise awareness of the importance of the potato, and of agriculture in general.
International Year of the Potato 2008
Tuesday, 30 October 2007
Urban Dictionary: twaddle
Uban Dictionary.com ... At times it can be helpful to keep up to date with different 'lingos' (Now that is an odd word). But at it's best it cracks me up... LOL!! There's me thinking my blog name was a cleverway of say chatting shite and little did I know, it also conjures up the image of a middle aged woman (me) walking around with somthing phallus stuffed up her 'bearded taco'... CLASSIC!! AH! HA! HA!
Urban Dictionary: twaddle
Urban Dictionary: twaddle
Friday, 12 October 2007
How to explain sex to a 7 year old... Or do we even need to these days!!
"Little Johnny was 7 years old and like other boys his age rather curious.
He had been hearing quite a bit about 'making out' from the older boys, and he wondered what it was and how it was done.
One day he took his question to his mother, who became rather flustered. Instead of explaining things to Johnny, she told him to hide behind the curtains one night and watch his older sister and her boyfriend.
This he did.
The following morning, Johnny described EVERYTHING to his mother.
"Sis and her boyfriend sat and talked for a while, then he turned off most of the lights. Then he started kissing and hugging her. I figured 'Sis must be getting sick, because her face started looking funny. He must have thought so too, because he put his hand inside her blouse to feel her heart, just the way the doctor would. Except he's not as smart as the doctor because he seemed to have trouble finding her heart. I guess he was getting sick too, because pretty soon both of them started panting and getting all out of breath. His other hand must have been cold because he put it under her skirt. About this time 'Sis got worse and began to moan and sigh and squirm around and slide down toward the end of the couch. This was when her fever started. I knew it was a fever, because Sis told him she felt really hot. Finally, I found out what was making them so sick......
-a big eel; had gotten inside his pants somehow. It just jumped out of his pants and stood there, about 10 inches long, honest, anyway he grabbed it in one hand to keep it from getting away. When Sis saw it, she got really scared-her eyes got big, and her mouth fell open, and she started calling out to God and stuff like that. She said it was the biggest one she's ever seen; I should tell her about the ones down at the lake by our house!
Anyway, Sis got brave and tried to kill the eel by biting its head off. The eel spit on her face a little bit and then... All of a sudden she grabbed it with both hands and held it tight while he took a muzzle out of his pocket and slipped it over the eel's head to keep it from biting again.
Sis lay back and spread her legs so she could get a scissor-lock on it and he helped by lying on top of the eel. The eel put up a hell of a fight. Sis started groaning and squealing and her boyfriend almost upset the couch. I guess they wanted to kill the eel by squashing it between them. After a while they both quit moving and gave a great sigh. Her boyfriend got up, and sure enough, they killed the eel. I knew because it just hung there, limp, and some of its insides were hanging out.
Sis and her boyfriend were a little tired from the battle, but they went back to courting anyway. He started hugging and kissing her again. By golly, the eel wasn't dead! It jumped straight up and started to fight again. I guess eels are like cats- they have nine lives or something. This time, Sis jumped up and tried to kill it by sitting on it. After about a 35 minute struggle, they finally killed the eel. I knew it was dead, because I saw Sis's boyfriend peel its skin off and flush it down the toilet."
AH HA HA! HA! HA!!! I have read this a zillion times on MYSPACE and jokes aside it really captures the innocence and imagination of children!! Which take me onto the delicate subject of sex education... How do you approach it with kids?
I Work with mainly older kids and over the years parents ask me for advise on how to speak to their children about it!! It is easy offering advise... The don't have to take it ha!! HA!! My own future is now faced discussing the 'Birds and the Bees' with both a girl and a boy in a society in which schools are beginning sex education at school earlier and earlier!! I have realised over the last few years when working with school age children, that the days when you could just wash over how babies are made, are well and truly gone. As most of them know more about the reproductive system than I was taught or care to remember!!! I have had to explain reproduction to many children who ask 'THAT' question... And many a time, I have had a kid point out the areas where I have skimmed over!!
Luckily with my work I get to give these children back and can say..."you need to ask mummy about that" as they try to snigger at my uncomfortableness. Over the years I have learnt that children know far more than we think... I get to hear stories about all sorts of rude things that children have seen and heard and in turn make me aware I cannot pull the wool over the eyes of my own kids!! So at what age do I start this treacherous task with your children?!!... LOL!!
I was watching a children's show the other day, one that my kids like to watch a lot and to be honest with you, I thought it was a bit much for them. All the snogging, love and romance made me wonder where all the innocent shows like Fun House had gone!!
He had been hearing quite a bit about 'making out' from the older boys, and he wondered what it was and how it was done.
One day he took his question to his mother, who became rather flustered. Instead of explaining things to Johnny, she told him to hide behind the curtains one night and watch his older sister and her boyfriend.
This he did.
The following morning, Johnny described EVERYTHING to his mother.
"Sis and her boyfriend sat and talked for a while, then he turned off most of the lights. Then he started kissing and hugging her. I figured 'Sis must be getting sick, because her face started looking funny. He must have thought so too, because he put his hand inside her blouse to feel her heart, just the way the doctor would. Except he's not as smart as the doctor because he seemed to have trouble finding her heart. I guess he was getting sick too, because pretty soon both of them started panting and getting all out of breath. His other hand must have been cold because he put it under her skirt. About this time 'Sis got worse and began to moan and sigh and squirm around and slide down toward the end of the couch. This was when her fever started. I knew it was a fever, because Sis told him she felt really hot. Finally, I found out what was making them so sick......
-a big eel; had gotten inside his pants somehow. It just jumped out of his pants and stood there, about 10 inches long, honest, anyway he grabbed it in one hand to keep it from getting away. When Sis saw it, she got really scared-her eyes got big, and her mouth fell open, and she started calling out to God and stuff like that. She said it was the biggest one she's ever seen; I should tell her about the ones down at the lake by our house!
Anyway, Sis got brave and tried to kill the eel by biting its head off. The eel spit on her face a little bit and then... All of a sudden she grabbed it with both hands and held it tight while he took a muzzle out of his pocket and slipped it over the eel's head to keep it from biting again.
Sis lay back and spread her legs so she could get a scissor-lock on it and he helped by lying on top of the eel. The eel put up a hell of a fight. Sis started groaning and squealing and her boyfriend almost upset the couch. I guess they wanted to kill the eel by squashing it between them. After a while they both quit moving and gave a great sigh. Her boyfriend got up, and sure enough, they killed the eel. I knew because it just hung there, limp, and some of its insides were hanging out.
Sis and her boyfriend were a little tired from the battle, but they went back to courting anyway. He started hugging and kissing her again. By golly, the eel wasn't dead! It jumped straight up and started to fight again. I guess eels are like cats- they have nine lives or something. This time, Sis jumped up and tried to kill it by sitting on it. After about a 35 minute struggle, they finally killed the eel. I knew it was dead, because I saw Sis's boyfriend peel its skin off and flush it down the toilet."
AH HA HA! HA! HA!!! I have read this a zillion times on MYSPACE and jokes aside it really captures the innocence and imagination of children!! Which take me onto the delicate subject of sex education... How do you approach it with kids?
I Work with mainly older kids and over the years parents ask me for advise on how to speak to their children about it!! It is easy offering advise... The don't have to take it ha!! HA!! My own future is now faced discussing the 'Birds and the Bees' with both a girl and a boy in a society in which schools are beginning sex education at school earlier and earlier!! I have realised over the last few years when working with school age children, that the days when you could just wash over how babies are made, are well and truly gone. As most of them know more about the reproductive system than I was taught or care to remember!!! I have had to explain reproduction to many children who ask 'THAT' question... And many a time, I have had a kid point out the areas where I have skimmed over!!
Luckily with my work I get to give these children back and can say..."you need to ask mummy about that" as they try to snigger at my uncomfortableness. Over the years I have learnt that children know far more than we think... I get to hear stories about all sorts of rude things that children have seen and heard and in turn make me aware I cannot pull the wool over the eyes of my own kids!! So at what age do I start this treacherous task with your children?!!... LOL!!
I was watching a children's show the other day, one that my kids like to watch a lot and to be honest with you, I thought it was a bit much for them. All the snogging, love and romance made me wonder where all the innocent shows like Fun House had gone!!
With my eldest already saying the word 'sexy'. It is frightening how quickly kids work things out and try and see the kind of response they get using this talk in the adult world. Question is, do they really understand the meaning of sexy and if so what do I do about it?
Masturbating is something we all do... Not something I have ever discussed with my parents or many of my friends to be honest!! Yet another subject that fills me with dread because whilst I want my children to feel liberated that this is a normal unashamedly thing to do. I do not really want to teach them things that perhaps their innocence isn't ready for! The following clip is an approach that I hope my partner doesn't take... HE! He he!
My eldest child is 3 and it has been a while now since they discovered part of their body best left alone at at age!! So far, I have been retorting the words "Don't do that!!" and "Stop playing with yourself like that!!" and my cocky 3 year old has replied the dreaded "WHY?" on numerous occasions. I mean what do you say to,"WHY?" Don't you hate that...
What I mean is, do I answer angrily "Because you shouldn't be doing that"? Possibly going on to make them feel that they should never do it and it is wrong...
Or ignore the behaviour and have a child that has carries on in public?...
Or perhaps I should just sit them down and talk to them about what they are doing, you know, when is the right time and when is the wrong time... AH! HA! HA!
LOL!! I bet my Mother didn't worry like this when I was 3 years old and just ignored it!... But then again I bet my Mother didn't worry about the many paedophiles that lived in the area, when I was a small child either.
With my rant of debatable worries over I leave this blog with the hope to find an important balance between how I educate my children and how society educates them for me... I am sure I shall approach this topic again as my kids grow up, but for now I shall put it to rest ;) x
Tuesday, 4 September 2007
Skint!!
Broke! Or broken not quite sure?
This is it... We are POOR!!!
Being poor is something I am not proud of... I don't know about you but I dare not mention to anyone that I have no money or food to feed my children some days! The last few weeks have left me without Tax Credit's until they sort their arses out, things were tough as it was without removing the money that feeds my family!!
Sunday, 26 August 2007
It's late!
Still up and just thought I update my blog with a tune I cannot stop going around in my head!! I love their music... the end!
1st post ;o
I guess firstly, I have to say hello to any fortunate or unfortunate, (if you feel that way) person who is reading this... Hmmmmm, actually scrap that. Most importantly I am gonna say a big hello to myself!! AHA! HA!
After all that is wot this place is gonna be about... No false pretences here, just straight from the heart! I am gonna try and share as much as possible, the good and the bad and the ugly that I stumble upon both online and in my real life!! Basically I am gonna 'Twaddle on' and on & on n on!!!!
What made me do it today????... Once again I have stumbled upon more fantastic art that I wanna make a record of. But in the process of setting up this account my browser has crashed and I am probably gonna have to leave that for another night, fucking typical if you ask me!!
*Note to self* 'The Wooden Mirror'
After all that is wot this place is gonna be about... No false pretences here, just straight from the heart! I am gonna try and share as much as possible, the good and the bad and the ugly that I stumble upon both online and in my real life!! Basically I am gonna 'Twaddle on' and on & on n on!!!!
http://www.answers.com/topic/twaddletwad·dle (twŏd'l)
intr.v., -dled, -dling, -dles.
To talk foolishly; prate.
n.
Foolish, trivial, or idle talk or chatter.
[Probably variant of dialectal twattle, perhaps alteration of tattle.]
twaddler twad'dler n.
What made me do it today????... Once again I have stumbled upon more fantastic art that I wanna make a record of. But in the process of setting up this account my browser has crashed and I am probably gonna have to leave that for another night, fucking typical if you ask me!!
*Note to self* 'The Wooden Mirror'
Let the fun begin!!
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