29 Mar 2008
by mashadutoit
in Art, Inspiration
Tags: embroidery, fibre art, prison art
I stumbled across this website : the portfolio of Ray Materson who began embroidering in prison, serving a 15 year sentence. The link goes to a portfolio of his embroideries – each one about 9 x 8 cm. This is quoted from the biography on this site:
“Soon Ray would find redemption in a pair of yellow and blue striped socks. The tedious prison routine and the constant fear for his life led him to spiritual re-awakening, and inspired Ray to try his hand at embroidery. Using the thread unraveled from colored socks and a makeshift sewing hoop, Ray began with simple designs and sports logos on baseball caps. He sold his artwork to inmates for cigarettes and bags of coffee. Ray found that his art gave him a certain status in the prison’s social order, a new found respect among gang members, killers and the social outcasts.”
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19 Mar 2008
by mashadutoit
in books, Illustration, Inspiration, Opinions & reviews
Tags: children's books
Last night I went to illustrator/writer Niki Daly’s talk at the Observatory library : “How to travel lightly with 60 years of baggage”. I am so glad I went. Niki Daly told us about his journey through life, from working class child growing up in apartheid South Africa to an established illustrator – and how this journey has brought him to do the work he does.
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05 Mar 2008
by mashadutoit
in Animation, Inspiration
another airside video – this one is called “only time”. Very cool minimal vector work. Click on the link to see the video…
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05 Mar 2008
by mashadutoit
in Inspiration
Excellent project – making instruments from vegetables. Click link to see the video…
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01 Mar 2008
by mashadutoit
in Inspiration, Opinions & reviews
Tags: design indaba 2008, interactive installations, interactive lights, jason bruges, light sculptures
Another speaker on Firday was Jason Bruges – a creator of interactive installations. Here’s a link to his companies site.
There was an example of his work in the foyer of the indaba which amused me very much – its a sort of screen made of black modules, each with a very thin strip light. The lights switch on and off in patterns and its clear the thing is supposed to be responding to its environment as there are cameras embedded in some of the modules. After looking at it for some time and not being able to figure out how it was responding, I peered round the back to see a nest of wires and a rather stressed out looking individual frantically plugging and unplugging.
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