Floyd and I had the opportunity a couple of weekends ago to set out on a little adventure to see the Sprial Jetty, the famous earthwork sculpture by Robert Smithson. Neither of us had ever seen it in person, and it sounded like a great excuse to get out of the city for an afternoon. [...]
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Spiral Jetty
Posted in Art, Travel, tagged Great Salt Lake, Spiral Jetty, Travel, utah on March 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Utah Artists to Check Out
Posted in Art, tagged Art, Utah Artists on March 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
My friend Judy recommended the following local artists to check out for classes and workshops, and of course for their art. Judy is an amazing artist herself. Candy Rideout David Koch Kathryn Stats Russel Case Kate Starling Bonnie Posselli Melodie Williams
The Third and The Seventh
Posted in Art, tagged Alex Roman, Architecture, Architecture as Art, Art, Short Film on September 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A friend sent this link to me last week and I finally viewed it yesterday. What a feast for the eyes and a spark for the imagination! The Third & The Seventh from Alex Roman on Vimeo. “A FULL-CG animated piece that tries to illustrate architecture art across a photographic point of view where main [...]
Welding Again
Posted in Welding, tagged Welding on October 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yes, the fall session of welding class has begun. The majority of the first class was spent refreshing my memory on safety and methods. I also learned to TIG weld, at least just a few passes. It takes a lot of coordination, because your heating the metal with the torch in one hand, and feeding [...]
Sugar House Chicken Sign Done!
Posted in Self Sufficiency, Welding, tagged Self Sufficiency, Sugar House Chicken, Welding on June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I finished my sign a few weeks ago – there are a couple of photos on flickr. Here’s a quick shot my friend took, which gets the general idea across. It’s a little hard to read the chicken with the silver car behind it. It’s a heavy bugger between the weight of the 3/16″ steel [...]
Music with Soul
Posted in Music, tagged John DeLore, Music, Reverend John DeLore on May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I had the opportunity to catch an amazing live music show Monday night at Mestizo coffee house in Salt Lake City. The Reverend John DeLore (no the music isn’t religious) is on a nationwide tour, doing 40 shows in 50 days, and is doing most of the traveling between shows via Amtrak. My boyfriend met [...]
Welding Class Project
Posted in Welding, tagged Self Sufficiency, Sugar House Chicken, Welding on May 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I started my welding class on April 1st, and we’re already down to the last two classes. I decided to work on a sign for our chicken coop. I came up with a design and put it into cad so I could scale it as I needed and make revisions easily. After tracing the individual [...]
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