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A man who works with his hands is a laborer;

a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman;

but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist.

Louis Nizer

Yahooo!  Done with the little project, here is a detail, will send an entire picture after I give it away:

Stayd up to the we hours last night weaving in ends, then blocking it so this morning it is completely finished.  I'm leaving it spread out for the day to make sure it's completely dry before I wrap it up.  Then, last night, because I still had a good portion of Episode 6 of Downton Abbey to go, I hauled out another project-  a tee shirt sort of sweater I can keep by the chair for episodic tv!  This one will be good, little counting, nothing fancy until I get to the top where the stitches change.  No big deal, but I love the yarn and didn't ant to interrupt it with cables or intricate lacework.  (as if)

So today I have a renewed sense of accomplishment and the future looks bright and shiny.  By now you know that as I get close to completion on something things get pretty tense around here-  I HATE whatever it is I'm working on, HATE the day I started such a stupid project, know that whoever it's

 intended for will HATE it even more.   Once I slam it on the design wall and take it's final picture I begin to regain some self-confidence  Sick, I know.  Next I call the repair shop to find out where my sewing machine might be~

And that brings me to the opeing picture yesterday-  remember?

It's apparently also on pillows and totes:   The design is by
Rosanna Geissler who goes by Rosie G Embroidery.  You can probably contact her through her Facebook page.  Okey dokey, housekeeping taken care of!

Australian Megan Puls Ceramic Art    

From her statement:     As I see it.

Adding metaphors and personal icons.

Challenging techniques.

Evolving through mixed clay mediums.

It’s all here.

Colour, shape, culture, history.

Contrive, construct, control.

The past moulding the future.

Enjoy.

Claes Oldenberg with a toothpaste tube in Chicago.  Looks like this was before he had folks to haul stuff for him, we can identify!  

This is kind of special-  the son of friends of mine, and a former student in one of my art classes, produced this new movie, now released.  From the reports I am getting it's very good and I plan on seeing it as soon as it finds it's way down the coast.  Check your listings, it's in theaters now:

FInally, something cool for your kid's walls, or your own if you are nuts about Mickey:

 Wallpaper

  Detail

 From the edge-

Vladimir Perić is a Serbian artist who creates installations consisting of collections of found objects that he displays in repetitive geometric patterns. For his latest project titled "Nothing Between Us" created in collaboration with artist Miloš Tomić, Vladimir took up one wall of the Serbian pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale and made a witty and dynamic wallpaper pattern using hundreds of vintage Mickey Mouse toys originally produced in 1968 and collected at flea markets over a period of 2 decades.
Whew, that could get pricey!

And I'll go now, except to tell you that it's time to Release the hounds: DogTV — touted as the first TV network aimed at man’s best friend — is a real 24-hour channel that will be unleashed on DirecTV starting Aug. 1.  For the first two weeks of August, DogTV will be available for free to any DirecTV subscriber. Pooch owners who register to subscribe before Aug. 10 will receive 30 days free through mid-September, after which the channel will be $4.99 per month.  How much is doggie happiness worth after all...

Plus you might just unintentionally entertain the neighborhood: