Archive for 2009

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ThinkClay

Posted by Laurel Green on December 14th, 2009 at 4:54 am

Sculpey Objects

I got some Sculpey III 010 Translucent and some Premo! Sculpey 5323 Green, because I wanted to test out just how translucent this kind of polymer clay would be once cooked.

It ended up being not very translucent at all. Especially, because I baked it for too long and it ended up yellowing. Whoops.

I also learned, for next time I use this stuff, that I have to refrigerate the polymer clay before I use it, or it will pretty much melt in my hands as I try to work it. Which is very strange, because you bake it to make it harden.

Incidentally, I have no idea what the difference between Sculpey III and Premo! Sculpey is. They have about the same texture and they have the same bake temperature and bake length.

Lorbeergrün

Posted by Laurel Green on December 8th, 2009 at 4:47 pm

I’ve been messing around with fractal rendering again. Since I reinstalled everything on my computer, rendering time has been greatly lessened, so I can make more fractals in less time. This is good for whe I just want to mess around with the program to see what it can do.

blort

This one reminds me of when I was little and I would watch thunderstorms at night. I really enjoyed the way that the clouds lit up.

curly

The harshness of straight lines combined with the softness of curly lines creates a dichotomy of disparate… lines.

explody

These are like fire-flowers. It would be fun to roast some marshmallows over some fire-flowers. I will use science to make this a reality.

fragmented

This fractal took almost 3 hours to render. I’m not really sure why it took that long. It’s neat looking, though.

circleswirly

This one makes me think of one of those crazy star charts that they use on science fiction shows.

spinedies

Argh! It’s pink hay! I must mainline some Loratadine!

You can find higher resolution versions of all of these in my flickr account, but not full-res yet, because I haven’t, as of yet, upgraded to Pro.

You can make your own fractals with Apophysis.

I Have Defeated NaBloPoMo

Posted by Laurel Green on November 30th, 2009 at 6:45 pm

NaBloPoMo

With this post, I have officially posted for every day this month and have defeated NaBloPoMo. I’d like to thank all of the wonderful internet people, that I’ve met, for being so awesome. This month has been crazy!

I have definitely learned that I can refrain from being lazy, if I try hard enough. I also tried out a lot of new art concepts this month. It was a very good experience.

Here’s to hoping that I win one of the prizes. I’d really like a Sock Zombie.

All of this month’s posts:

  1. NaBloPoMo
  2. Fibonacci’s Revenge
  3. Self-Similarity
  4. Polyhedron #1
  5. Nine Layers
  6. Eye Construction
  7. Phoning it in
  8. Assorted Insanities of the Past
  9. Molecule Day 1
  10. Molecule Day 2
  11. Mystery Project Day 1
  12. Mystery Project Day 2 – Electric Boogaloo
  13. Windows 7’s New Paint
  14. Meep
  15. Mystery Project Day 3
  16. Suspended Project Day 1
  17. WHARRGARBL!
  18. Return of the Shoop
  19. Suspended Project Day 2
  20. Swirly Wirly Day 1
  21. Brontosauruses were Crazy Awesome
  22. Gieef Lives
  23. Circle Addiction
  24. Circle Flower
  25. Circle Explosion
  26. Grumblecakes
  27. Sculpturing
  28. Snow is FUN
  29. The Lump is Taking Shape
  30. This post!

The Lump is Taking Shape

Posted by Laurel Green on November 29th, 2009 at 3:29 pm

Lump is Taking Shape

I’ve started carving the cement lump. It still doesn’t look like much, though and the cement is a bit more crumbly than I’d like, but I still think it will turn out well. See if you can guess what it’s supposed to be.

In other news, I haven’t finished knitting a sweater I started in January and it’s cold again. The only piece I’ve finish for it is the back. It’s probably not going to be finished until next January.

In other, other news, NaBloPoMo is almost over. I wonder if I can hold out till the end.

Snow is FUN

Posted by Laurel Green on November 28th, 2009 at 3:18 pm

Snow Face

Well, it looks like it’s just about time for me to hibernate.

I’ll just turn this comforter into a cocoon and I’ll be all set.

Don’t worry, I can eat turkey and unwrap gifts in my sleep.

Just funnel some water into my mouth occasionally, please.

I’ll return to you to you at the vernal equinox. Prepare a feast.

Sculpturing

Posted by Laurel Green on November 27th, 2009 at 7:12 pm

Cement Lump

I think I got the cement mixed correctly this time.

My gloves were too loose and, thus, there are wrinkle marks in my cement lump. It shouldn’t really matter, as I am sanding and carving it later.

Now, I just have to wait for it to dry a little more.

Circle Explosion

Posted by Laurel Green on November 25th, 2009 at 5:11 pm

Circle Flower 3

Yeah, that’s right. I’m totally obsessed.

Part of me wants to draft one of these babies and paint it in real life, but it would take a long time to do and it could, quite possibly, drive me insane.

Stop the Insanity

It would take less time to do one that is only eight colours like this one. I have to get some larger transfer paper to pull in off, though. Or, tape my current transfer paper together. Hmmm…

Circle Addiction

Posted by Laurel Green on November 23rd, 2009 at 6:57 pm

Burst

I’ve always been obsessed with symmetry. Circles are food for this obsession, because, no matter which angle you choose, as long as you slice them straight through the middle, both pieces will always match. Same thing with spheres. The only problem is that both are sort of hard to construct in real life, especially spheres. I would like to try and sculpt some, though.

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