Links for Oct 13, 2013

Links for the week ending on Oct 13, 2013

Google search tricks
A Lego calendar which syncs with Google calendar
The Magazine started as an iPad only digital magazine, and has some of my favourite writing from the past year. It's now available on the web, and there are free articles from past issues online.
Medieval art by candle light
Mike Monteiro's Webstock 2013 talk on design
The Guardian's response to the Daily Mail's attacks
Keep Calm and Carry On the story of the poster
My nine year old boss
The real story of Christopher Columbus
The true cost of a t-shirt
Banksy selling art in NYC
America's wealth inequity
The remastered version of Blade Runner is for sale on iTunes this week. It's my favourite movie, and this version looks stunning.
The front lines of WWII
The McDonald's tasting menu
Maciej Cegłowski's XOXO 2013 talk
Arctic Monkeys AM. This has been the most played album in the shop over the past couple of weeks.
Ross King's books are always fascinating. I'm in the midst of re-reading Brunelleschi's Dome, and listening to the audio book of Leonardo and the Last Supper. Not the usual dry look at history.

Don't forget to check out past link posts.

Links for Oct 6th, 2013

Links for Sept 29, 2013

Links for Sept 21, 2013

This week's interesting links

I often post interesting links I've found ​to my twitter account. I'm going to try collecting them on the blog as well.

A few great pieces on Philippe Dufour came to my attention this week.​ Dufour is one of the great watch makers of our time. As part of their Road to Basel series, Hodinkee visited the atelier of Dufour in Vallée de Joux. The second video is a fabulous documentary called Timepiece.

Glebe Craft & Artisan Fair

Just a quick note to say that we are a last minute addition to the Glebe Craft & Artisan Fair this weekend. The show runs today through Sunday. You can find details below. This is a good chance to get an early start on your Christmas shopping. Hope to see you there.

Guest blog & Urban Market

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of participating in the inaugural Artifex show at the National Art Gallery in Ottawa. The show is the brain child of Dr Bruce M Firestone, and is intended to showcase local artists. It was a great chance to meet and chat with other artists, and many of the people who support the arts in Ottawa. One of the common questions people ask at shows is how I got involved in jewellery making. This came up again during my conversation with Bruce. After hearing the story, he asked me to write a guest blog post about my transition from an IT career, to being a full time artist. So if you are curious about the origin story of SHS, please head over to Bruce's blog for my guest post.

Speaking of shows, I will be at Urban Craft Market tomorrow. If you've never been down to the Wellington West area, tomorrow is a great day to do so. There are plenty of great restaurants and shops in the area, and on the first Saturday of each month, the Urban Craft Market sets up at the Great Canadian Theatre Company. The weather looks like it's going to be amazing, and there are always some great local artists setup for the market. Please stop in and say hi.

GCTC is at the corner of Wellington and Holland, and the show will be on from 10am till 2pm.

Now off to finish up some earrings for the show...

Technology for Artists

I've always been happy that I'm technically inclined, and the more I speak with other artists, the more I realize that most are not so fortunate. I get a lot of questions about web sites, smart phones, and computers. I've decided that along with writing about jewellery, I'm going to start a series on technology for artists. Some of these posts will be helpful to you, some of them will get outdated and will need some more research. But hopefully I can write them so that even the most technophobic artist can learn something about using technology. Unless there is a clearly superior product, I'm going to try to give you a few choices on how best to do things. Often there is no best way to do something, and you need to pick the tool that works best for you. I'm going to try to recommend things on a budget. I prefer to use free or low cost options whenever possible. When a clearly superior option will cost some money, I'll let you know why I think it's important. I tend to be a Mac centric since that's what I run on most of my computers (that's tip #1 right there...), but most of what I talk about will be OS independant.

So far I've got a post on backups partially written, and I'm mostly done a post on setting up a web presence (I think this one will need to be broken up into multiple posts). I also want to write something about self publishing ebooks. If you have ideas or questions that you want answered, please send me an email and let me know.

 

TNAF 2012

The New Arts Festival is quickly approaching. This show has been a favourite of ours, both as artists and patrons, for many years. We're happy to have been accepted by the jury again this year to display our work. The new jewellery line will be out again, so if you missed coming to visit us at Glamour in the Glebe, this is a good chance to see the pieces in person. I'm waiting to get a few pieces back from the casters, and if they arrive in time, I should have some new cufflinks for the show as well.

 

The show is on Saturday June 2nd, and Sunday June 3rd, from 10am to 5pm. It runs rain or shine, so we will be there regardless of the weather. It takes place in Central Park in the Glebe (the east side of Bank St, just south of the Queensway). It is free to the public all weekend.

 

The map below has our spot marked in red (we're on the south pathway, #33). We're beside our good friend Steve Strang again this year. The best thing about setting up beside your favourite painter, is having a first look at the new paintings.

TNAF is the premier art show in Ottawa. It is worth spending the afternoon wandering around to see what our local artists have to offer. Please stop in and say hi if you make it out.