This past weekend I hit the turn-around point in the shop renovations. I finished pulling out the rest of the insulation from the walls and J helped to remove a lot of the stuff that was still cluttering the floor. He and a friend of ours has begun the rewiring, to be finished tomorrow. Their …
Design Studio Update
Life has been pretty busy lately, so I hadn’t initially planned to get any work done on the shop this weekend. Surprisingly, however, I ended up spending a few hours both yesterday and today wreaking havoc on the interior. Demolition is fun! I stripped the ceiling of panels and began removing insulation from the walls. …
Big step forward in Shop renovation
I spent the first two days of the New Year working towards getting my design studio renovated. January 1 my father came in and helped me remove the large bench on the front wall. We quickly found out that my grandfather was not afraid to use nails, screws and a combination of the two. After …
Window shopping
J and I spent over an hour at our local hardware store wandering the aisles and pricing out my wish list for DbR’s Shop revitalization. We looked at windows and doors, flooring, cabinets, shelving units, lighting (inside and outside) and counter tops. The photos of the Shop may not look any different this week, but the …
Workshop to Printshop: Cleaning
I began the arduous task of cleaning out the Shop on Saturday. I wish I had taken pictures before I got started, because looking at the photos I shot aftwards, you might not be able to tell I accomplished anything at all. I plan on keeping a running update of pics and stuff from here …
A New Shop for DbR
I am so excited!! I have been working out of my living room for months now and my little corner has become very congested with my new printer and my increasing stock of paper and files. I am also looking into more equipment… but I’ll save that for another post. So to start from the “beginning”… …
Creating a self-portrait vector
Creating a vector portrait from a photo is a rather easy process. I began with a photo recently taken at my brother’s wedding. I opened it in Adobe PhotoShop, cropped it, then added smart blur and poster edge filters. The filters simplified the details and decreased the number of colors. I saved this file as …
Happy Halloween!
My candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open… ~Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
Personalized Art
It’s funny how things fall together sometimes. It wasn’t long after I wrote the post Van Gogh blue & red that I stumbled across an article about a unique company called DNA11. Based in Ottawa, Ontario, Adrian Salamunovic and Nazim Ahmed started DNA11 in 2005 out of Ahmed’s apartment. Using a simple cheek swab and specialized …
Busy weekend ahead
My new Epson wide format printer has safely arrived. My big plans for the weekend include hooking it up, loading the driver and testing it out. I’m very excited about putting this machine to work. I have worked with Epsons in the past and have been very impressed with the output quality. I’ve got some …
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