Here’s a (not very good) photo of my latest garden welding idea – a ‘virtual’ semi-orb arrangement with a piece of holed rock hanging from it. It’s quite a tall piece (6ft or so) – the welds need to weather a bit but apart from that it looks pretty good with the stone twisting in [...]
Archive for August, 2008
‘Orb on a stick’ garden weld
Posted in Visual art, tagged garden, sculpture, welding on August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Steampunk desk lamp – ‘The Optimus’
Posted in Steampunk, Visual art, tagged brass, copper, lighting, recycled art, steampunk on August 21, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Anyone that knows me well will be aware of my copper pipe lighting creations. . . For ages now I’ve been working on developing a range of one-off/bespoke steampunk-styled creations from scrap copper plumbing, bits of brass and sundry found items. Finally, after a long time of refining my technique, sourcing just the right power supplies, [...]
Wardrobe Wizard – the order restorer!
Posted in Design/Creative, tagged business, corporate ID, de-cluttering on August 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A friend of mine has recently started a new business venture, de-cluttering people’s overstocked wardrobes.
Called The Wardrobe Wizard, the concept centres on our natural inclination to hoard clothes that we no longer use/wear. It also relies on the fact that so many of us (for a multitude of reasons such as a lack of time, [...]
Hearing protection – say what?!
Posted in Music, tagged festival, Music, noise on August 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been getting a bit worried about my ears lately. . . A combination of my rapidly advancing years, the loud-ish gigs I’ve been doing and an intense recent spell of using headphones/inner ear phones I suspect are largely to blame. Even the angle grinding in the shed is definitely not helping the situation, so [...]
Attention to detail
Posted in Design/Creative, tagged design, film, tv on August 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Near me is an old set of farm buildings that is extensively used as a tv/film location. A recent period production has just finished filming there (yet another Dickens remake, I suspect) and I swung by to have a look.
Tucked away on a side wall was a noticeboard prop, a series of posters which [...]
Recycled desktop fan oddity
Posted in Steampunk, Stuff, tagged mobile phone, pc, recycled art on August 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Strangely for the UK, the last few days have been swelteringly hot! When you have deadlines to meet and only a ‘hot desk’ for company, it gets pretty uncomfortable!
Luckily I had an old PC cooling fan and a redundant Nokia phone charger to hand (like one does!?). Put the two together and voilà, a small, [...]
