http://www.copper.org/consumers/arts/2008/april/supplement.html

These are flagpoles just outside the Art Institute of Chicago, lovely patina, isn’t it?

Here’s a picture of the whole installation at Flourish Studios. (I made the first letter E.)

“Weekend Warrior Tools That Turn Your Garage Into a TechShop”

http://www.wired.com/design/2012/05/5-must-have-shop-tools?pid=214

While we’re talking cool gadgets, wouldn’t it be cool to have one of these 3-D chocolate printers?

http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2012/04/3d_chocolate_printer_hits_the.html

If you’re keeping up with all issues Pinterest, here are two articles for you:

In Salon, Pinterest’s Gender Trouble
http://www.salon.com/2012/05/02/pinterests_gender_trouble

And if you’re a heavy flickr user, here’s some good news — Venture Beat reports that flickr and Pinterest have teamed up to create a new Pin It button for flickr that will include proper attribution.

http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/01/flickr-pin-it-button

Graphic from scx.hu user suzannec.

If your work is copied. If you discover your work has been copied — perhaps someone has used an image on their website or blog — you feel violated. But the fact is: you have made a sale. Since US and European laws deem your work to be copyrighted the moment it sees the light of day, the person who has used the image has bought a “use license.” They just haven’t paid for it — yet. Your job is to collect the payment. Having a notice about licensing your images on your site makes it a bit easier but if you but you can still decide upon a fair price and begin your attempts to get paid.

The person or organization who has used your work is a fan — they think it’s great, which is why they picked it. If you don’t want to pursue payment, keep this in mind and think about what you can do to help this fan promote your work. At the minimum, a link to your site.

TinEye is a (free) reverse image search. It also exists as a plug-in for Firefox, Chrome and IE. It finds exact matches even if they have been cropped, edited or re-sized. It won’t necessarily find your images: they have to be its database, which is constantly expanding, but it’s a start. Of course a Google search for your name or the title of your work might prove some leads, too.

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I’m working on a set of 10 samples of patinas on copper. Patina and enameling samples are usually rectangular, so naturally, mine are circles. I also plan to make some CopprClay and BronzClay circles and patina those.

Above, number 7 is Liver of Sulphur, number 8 is Baldwin’s Patina.

Here’s a copper circle in a fuming set up. waiting for the magic to happen.

These pieces are in perlite and wrapped in fabric, respectively.

After a peak at these, I put them back in for more time for the patina to develop.

Instructions for all these can be found in this helpful, colorful booklet from Volcano Arts:

She’s put up a mini online exhibit of some craft work from the book, and an excerpt. You can see them here:

http://crafthaus.ning.com/group/humor-in-craft

http://www.metalcastkits.com

via boing boing.

The wall in the picture is in the gorgeous center Flourish Studios, which includes an art gallery, artisan’s boutique and children’s toy shop. More than a store, Flourish is, in my opinion third space, a community center, store and so much more. They host story times, networking events and workshops.

They’re also the gallery hosting The Doll Project and You Are Beautiful installation mentioned in the previous post.

Creator of The Doll Project, Tiffany Gholar, has this graphic on her blog, reprinted here with permission. (Created by her, of course.)