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Monthly Archive for December, 2007
Make these two DIY ornaments to make your tree the envy of all! The first project is a simple tensegrity project. My dad taught me about this as a kid and I was reminded and inspired by Michael at Maker Faire Austin. The second project is a small icosohedron which is a 20 sided geometric shape. I’ve made these before out of paper plates for picnic geometry, but this is a really great way of recycling magazines into ornaments! Also, if you are younger and have adults wandering around your house with nothing to do, get them making ornaments and feeling productive!
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In 1993 I met Doranne Crable while studying at Evergreen. I liked her enough that I decided to take whatever she offered. She offered Butoh Dance and had studied with Kazuo Ohno. Butoh Dance combines vulnerability with raw honesty for a powerful experience. If I hadn’t of gone off to do puppetry with the Creature Shop, it’s likely I would have a Butoh Dance Troop of my own right now! I gave myself to Kagami, her dance troop, for two years. We made beautiful dances. It was a great time that made me a better person. I just found out that she died this fall. Life happens and death happens, but I can’t feel too bad about it. She lived life so deeply that she can’t have had any regrets and everyone who worked with her loved her on a deep level.
He’s the German Ze Frank. - Link
I had a great time in Austria with the folks at Puls TV - Link
These dolls make great gifts! Nothing cheers someone up like a little soft, fuzzy, and cute bundle of misery. Make sure to download the pdf for the full instructions!
In 2003 and 2004 I had an art studio and I would paint giant color field paintings using a knife with thick layers of oil paint. These would take days to dry and so I started making dolls to fill the time. I made the first one, a cute sad bunny, and took it to an art opening that night sticking out of my pocket. Over the course of the evening, four strangers tried to buy it off of me! I didn’t sell, but it got me started!
The sympathy doll idea is to make a doll that is so sad and pathetic that it inspires empathy and love from people. You really can’t feel too bad around these dolls because you just know that no matter what, you don’t have it that bad! I’ve made hundreds of these dolls, and here’s a small gallery of dolls that I’ve made for you to check out. - Link
It’s the 5th anniversary of creative commons this week! I’m licensing Sympathy Dolls under the creative commons attribution license, so feel free to make them and sell them, just make sure to give attribution to me with a link to brepettis.com and you’re good! Also if you’re going to be at the CC party in Berlin tonight, make sure to say hi! - Link
Dowload the PDF to get the full instructionss for making your own Sympathy Doll! - PDF Link
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