digital paint roller

Hi Guys,went to see the Mc.Clelland gallery installations today - worth it -see Pete's blog for more
Also chhttp://www.youtube.com/bnovide Check this out!!!

With some assistance from Pete...Concept © John WT

Forest would not upload ,even @2.1M!

Here's the Forest Gallery

Thanks D and Prads for comments See you tomorrow>

Time expoz

During the Sydney night shoot I experimented with a move- stop- move action during long exposures here's another

Yeay,my Blender Thistle/Vase

Light artist Raphael Lozano-Hemmer in Melbourne- from Canada Night Sun Project called "Solar Equation"

If you are like me, new to Public Art, this mp3 from ABC Arts may interest you.

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer

listen | download (4.8MB)

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer is one of the world's most prominent electronic artists. He's famous for large-scale interactive art works that reclaim public space with displays of light. He's in Melbourne with a new work called Solar Equation. It is a small-scale version of the sun, excactly 100 million times smaller than the real thing. During the day it looks like a tethered weather balloon -- but at night it lights up with swirling interactive animations that are generated by mathematical equations simulating the sun's actual turbulence, flares and sunspots.

Here's the link http://www.abc.net.au/rn/artworks/

woodblock prints from NationalGalleryNSW

As we are doing print making next semester I thought these images would / could be inspiring.They are simple in method-you carve out the high lights from a wooden block leaving the shadows to print.

The block is inked with a roller, then the paper is pressed against the block either with a hand tool or more commonly by a press similar to the one we have at school. There can be a different block for each colour or the one block can be inked with several colours -fun and looks good when the design is simple and bold Most of the shown images are by Margaret Preston

night steps

My images are not publishing today GRR last try for 2dayfile:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/USER%202/Desktop/stepsIMG_1287.jpg

Some night pix from Sydney testfile:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/USER%202/Desktop/RWB_cq_1478.jpg

Hi colleagues,well it's been 'full on' the last couple of days hey?! The class had a very different feel. What we could do if we kept that pace !

It was great getting some more images printed.on good paper. The paper makes a huge difference to the way colour and tone are reproduced- so its clear that we should be thinking of the paper for output at the ideas stage, when planning our work.

I've downloaded Blender for PC but it requires Python 2.6 which at present seems not to download- does anyone know about this???

Quick stop motion

G'day all'-good to be back at the course and to see some of the 'lost faces' returning KC,( on your feet again!), Rob, Luke and more soon I hope.

As this is the first course for many in the class , there is nothing to compare it to.

It's therefore easy to take the course for granted. BUT!

Believe me ,I've taught and learned on many courses and few come near this one. Grab it with both hands, we're really lucky

to have the quality of, and access to, gear and materials. Facilities that work and a tutor who is as skilled an artist as he is an educator- this is not at all common!

On a different note, some have asked me to show the selected slides for Winter Fest- so I'll see how I go publishing them bye for now and see you in OH&S

hello to all, in the interactive mm group and our liege David
Here we are in week 3, 7 assignments , pretty busy and all is good at present.

Not being the most extraverted person this blog thing doesn't come naturally

as most blogs are bleating into Space.

Week 3 has been good ,with 3 new class members- David has them nearly up to speed in as many

days! There is a good sense of pace and visible achievement abroad in the group and that has been no accident.

Welcome Pradnya, Christy and Lionel.