I know that just after Easter is not the time to talk about chocolate. If you are like me you are on chocolate overload but did you ever wonder where Whitman’s Chocolates got their package design? The birth of the Sampler is fully described on their site. A Tale of …
Images in The Shareware Project album went up yesterday. I made these ‘postcards’ in 1998-2000. As a project it would have been much easier to do if I had a blog. However in 1998 when I started The Shareware Project blogs were not on the scene according to rebecca’s pocket …
Did you know that twirling a fan in the left hand was a warning as it ‘we are being watched’ whereas twirling it in the right meant ‘I am interested in someone else’. Yesterday I mentioned that how fans were held had a language. I thought I would expand a …
Contemporary textile artist Terese Agnew is in need of clothing labels for her latest project. Do you know her name? Is a textile project in which Terese Agnew plans to create a portrait. When finished will be 8 feet high and 9 feet wide. Images of the quilt will be …
Did you know that if two hot air balloons touch during a flight it’s called a “kiss”? I discovered this piece of balloon trivia after an early morning trip to the foreground of old parliament house. Like many Canberrans I was up early to watch the launching of dozens of balloons. …
Charlotte Jirousek of Cornell University have provided a textbook for Art Design and Visual Thinking a course on design. The site includes articles on the design elements, application of media and notes on the fine art movements, and the decorative arts. This site has a number of strengths as it …
Did you know that to obtain a pound of Cochineal red colorant extract you need to bash the hell out of a million cochineal beetles? This is why the Aztecs valued the red dye so much. I am not sure if it is the satisfaction in the bashing or the …
