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Appreciating graphic designers - Logos

Appreciating graphic designers – Logos

Graphic designers are a seriously underappreciated creature. I wanted to sell my candles at the market, so naturally wanted to make a logo for my brand and tried to do it myself.   I did a few doodles on some lined paper and decided the basic shape of what I wanted for my logo. Easy enough. I am a relatively capable drawer. I liked a garden inspired A and H combined (Aster Homeware). Putting it…

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I won a Sewing machine from Spotlight!

I won a Sewing machine from Spotlight!

Some very exciting news, I won a Brother sewing machine. I normally never win competitions. We had to make a felt hand puppet in store at Spotlight and I actually won. I am going to have to get super crafty with this machine. I made a winning little Easter bunny. I made this bunny felt puppet instore at Spotlight   This is my cat modelling the brand new Sewing machine. Cat and the sewing machine…

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Making a rustic wooden clock with CNC

Making a rustic wooden clock with CNC

My dad makes things out of the wood from dead trees on our land. He made a beautiful rustic wooden clock.   My dad has been working on this project for a while using the CNC. When I got back from my holiday he had a wooden clock placed on the wall that he made. I noticed it straight away. He made it using a tree that was already dead on our property. Making the wooden clock He sliced the trunk…

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I wanted to make a resin cast candle holder, but had to make a mould first.

We used the CNC again to make a wooden prototype of the candle holder. I basically copied one of the shapes found on the candle already to have a repeating pattern. The wooden candle holder does look very nice in itself with a candle in it.

To make a simple mould, and to use less pinkysil, we constructed a frame, and a support so a 3mm layer of pinkysil would be left. Ideally!

Unfortunately I made too much pinkysil and didn’t align it very well. It was quite hard to take the mould apart.

The first resin cast from the candle holder mould.

I cast the resin with pressed mint leaves and green glitter to make it fabulous! Unfortunately it shattered when we tried to take it out, probably because I mixed too much hardener! Also next time I cast the mould, I would do it in layers as the pressed leaves float. Maybe next time I will have a nicer outcome ha ha. :)

Resin cast candle holder I wanted to make a resin cast candle holder, but had to make a mould first.

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Cute geometric orca plush

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Mah Blerghh

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Dr turned 1 today!

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Ocean acidity is dissolving shells of tiny snails off U.S. West Coast

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NOAA-led research team has found the first evidence that acidity of continental shelf waters off the West Coast is dissolving the shells of tiny free-swimming marine snails, called pteropods, which provide food for pink salmon, mackerel and herring, according to a new paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Researchers estimate that the percentage of pteropods in this region with dissolving shells due to ocean acidification has doubled in the nearshore habitat since the pre-industrial era and is on track to triple by 2050 when coastal waters become 70 percent more corrosive than in the pre-industrial era due to human-caused ocean acidification.

The new research documents the movement of corrosive waters onto the continental shelf from April to September during the upwelling season, when winds bring water rich in carbon dioxide up from depths of about 400-600 feet to the surface and onto the continental shelf.

"Our findings are the first evidence that a large fraction of the West Coast pteropod population is being affected by ocean acidification," said Nina Bednarsek, Ph.D., of NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory in Seattle, the lead author of the paper. "Dissolving coastal pteropod shells point to the need to study how acidification may be affecting the larger marine ecosystem. These nearshore waters provide essential habitat to a great diversity of marine species, including many economically important fish that support coastal economies and provide us with food."

The term “ocean acidification” describes the process of ocean water becoming corrosive as a result of absorbing nearly a third of the carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere from human sources. This change in ocean chemistry is affecting marine life, particularly organisms with calcium carbonate skeletons or shells, such as corals, oysters, mussels, and small creatures in the early stages of the food chain such as pteropods. The pteropod is a free-swimming snail found in oceans around the world that grows to a size of about one-eighth to one-half inch.

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Is it just me or is that labia majora, minora and a clitoris? Is the galaxy just a giant vulva?

An ultraviolet image of the Andromeda Galaxy taken by the Swift space telescope.

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Is it just me or does this rock look like batman?

Labradorite

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Si Wu Tang soup, sauerkraut and fossilised amber tincture! Home-made kitchen witching! Food as medicine!

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belief may very well shape our perception

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My friend John killed himself. He made me a knife, and it was the last thing he made before he did it. I didn't want to "owe him nothing" so I made him a sculpture of a troll... I really like being friendly so I've been in some shady situations with men where I felt obliged because I didn't want to make it awkward for them. I was just trying to keep myself safe but didn't realise him "being weird" to me was possibly a call out for help. No idea. He liked to make swords and weapons so I called him a blacksmith, saying he had the strongest will so he could shape metal. I guess He had a strong will to die. The heartache I felt when I found out what he did is hard to describe even though we weren't the best of friends. 

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raw chocolate mousse!

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I have no idea where this leads.... as with most things

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my cat sleeping in an empty fruit basket

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Me and my boyfriend. I made these dreads out of marino wool for a sculpture of papa Ghede, and he had this hat. We rocked out a little before I stuck the sculpture's hair on!