03.02.2012 Drag Image
An image that appears when you drag it.
I have never seen this before.
Other then what the message says I thought I would share.
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28.12.2011 Hand Made Christmas Card
Hand made Christmas card. When I thinks of hand made christmas cards, it reminds me of when I worked at Heatherwick Studio. One of my first tasks was to produce the last christmas card from the studio. But not just any christmas card, it was the best advent christmas card to be made. A team of 15 people for production, an other two including me managing and a design by Thomas Heatherwick, magic had happened!
We produced 400 in total and boy was it a great challenge to begin with!
Ever since then I realised I absolutly love making and wanted to attempt to make my own this year.
Originally it was going to be a cut out piece to be hang on the tree, but ended up being a lino print on gold ink sprayed card with a few hand drawn elements.
Feedback already has been amazing and I must say this isn’t going to be the last christmas card I make. There are so many more techniques I want to try and experiment with. Next year who knows what the card will be!
Have you made any hand made cards before? Share your cards here.
Merry christmas everyone!
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25.12.2011 Merry Christmas everyone
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
EAT LOTS OF TURKEY AND MINCE PIES
with love,
Pinar
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23.12.2011 OOAK
I have been researching into my next project of making and have come across the word ‘OOAK’.
In fact I am so confused by these letters, I’m not entierly sure to call it a word!
But I was curious and looked it up – It actually means One Of A Kind ‘OOAK’! The sound these letters make together is one of a kind for sure and by jolly, me oh my, I think these letters have me convinced!
OOAK is coming your way soon!
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22.12.2011 Winter food for the soul
Last night a fest was made! My winter speciality of Salmon, Prawns mixed with sweet chilly garlic freshly made, with winter baby red and white garlic and parsley potatoes.
About two years ago I found a different Passion for cooking. I have always loved cooking but it was a certain event which triggered it off. And so here I present one of the first dishes I laid on the the table for winter.
Christmas cake is next to come.
What dishes do you think of or make when you think of winter?
Enjoy
Yum yum
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09.12.2011 Midnight cut out
Today was a great day of inspiration. Walking around london and getting that feeling of a new project lingering.
Central London is a total buzz at the moment, especially during this christmas month, the Thursday late night shoppers are about. Chilly winds and mittens are out, but cheerful faces are still about.
One of the last stores I went to was Magma, which is one of my most favorite book stores! Filled with so much talent I think I could live there and hope to create something just as amazing!
I been getting more and more into paper cutting. And found a great books on pieces that had been created. A quick ‘cha ching’ on the till and the book was mine!
The book is called Paper Cutting, I definitely recommend it!
On the way to meet my fiance for some food, I passed Jamie Oliver’s Recipease store and could resist getting a chocolate, rum and raisin Yo-Ho-Ho its almost like a log of christmas cake! I can’t wait to taste it!
A glass of wine with christmas spirit and a great meal later, I feel awake and ready to design.
So I’ll leave you with the words ‘the night is young’.
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09.11.2011 Lalala Human Steps – Amelia
Today has been a great evening, filled with different languages, inspiring people, music and dance. After talking and listen to different artist I came across a dance that was choreographed by Edouard Lock’s founder and director of the Canadian dance company Lalala Human Steps.
A film named Amelia released in 2003 had a scene to be remembered. I have never seen this film but this amazing choreographed dance has got me intrigued.
The dance is structured, solid yet flows like a lake, polite and beautiful all at the same time. The dance builds and shadows and light are played with, it builds trust shows betrayal and leaves you with a feeling of strength. The sculpted bodies form shapes that make me think of structures and the way things are put together.
If I ever go into a different profession it will be dance – although only in my dreams.
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video from youtube
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08.11.2011 The Power of Making
A recent visit to the V&A really has got my brain working. An exhibition called The Power of Making, a V&A and Crafts Council exhibition, featuring artist, designers, engineering and scientist. On arrival you are greeted by a giant Gorilla sculpture made from coat hangers by David Mach.
The Power of Making is filled with different materials, different use of techniques different ways of putting materials together, making objects, making machines to make objects and new materials.
You can see the pencil tip sculptures showing the intricate detail of 26 pencil tips, each one with a letter of the alphabet, produced by Dalton Ghetti or the MakerBot Thing-O-Matic or the wooden textile by Elisa Stroyzk, made of different shades of maple wood addisived to cotton material or the Rapid Prototyped Shoe by Marloes Ten Bhomer created using a 3D Prototyping machine (additive manufacturing) meaning being produced by layers and layers of material as to solid material parts being bonded together. All projects were amazing to see.
I only wish this exhibition was a tactile one! All the objects were calling to be touched and examined!
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Exhibition at the V&A on until January 21st 2012
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08.11.2011 Life, the Jaw Harp and the Iron Mouth
Over the last year I have been looking back on my life and reflecting on how I got to where I am today.
I have always been interested in making things, designing and taking things apart, and realise I haven’t been making as much as I would love to. So I have decided to hire a workshop and start making again!
I thought of setting myself projects and so one of the projects I thought of doing is making a musical instrument. I have always been interested in music and different instruments. I played the violin, even got my hands on a piano, guitar, a Turkish guitar, called a ‘saz’.
But whilst I was researching into what instruments I wanted to play next and make, I came across the Jaw Harp. I found videos on youtube which takes me to an other time. So I did more research into the Jaw Harp and found it is one of the oldest instruments in the world!
It originates from Asia with the Turkic people, and goes by the name ‘ Temir Komuz’, the ‘Iron Mouth’ (Temir – Iron, Komuz – Mouth). The instrument is made of mainly metal or bamboo and plucked to create different vibrating humming sounds. The instrument has also evolved throughout the years from being made out of a single piece of metal to being adapted with a piece of string to now a sleek design that is easy to hold.
So I think I have found my next project as well as find out about this amazing instrument that is one of the oldest instruments in the world! The Jaw Harp or as it was once known as, Temor Komuz – Iron Mouth. One word: Amazing
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05.07.2011 Royal College of Art Students
The RCA show has just finished and what a show it was!
Filled with glazing techniques I haven’t seen done before, Jewellery pieces that I could just eat and a project which enhances your life and health by measuring your happiness.
Other then these amazing designers one particular one stood out. Markus Kayser – A designer who looked at the possibility of using energy from the sun to power his Solar Sinter 3D Printing Machine. It uses sand and the sun to produce these glass pieces.
On his visit to the Sahara Desert in Egypt he give his Solar Sinter a real challenge.
Markus Kayser – Solar Sinter Project from Markus Kayser on Vimeo.
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