Posted on 02/17/2019 1:17:05 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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Here is an example of graffiti I am talking about for pins and bracelets. Thing is I dont yet know about how much detail will work well. Seems to me not too much...
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7922/46334274045_e8e934eae5_b.jpg
Come to think of it I probably wont use that because it seems to be permanent on a private wall on a public sidewalk.
Here are some pictures I took weeks ago that have already been painted over and dont exist anymore...
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7816/47145829041_d86c3c47d0_b.jpg
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7922/40180821903_08214bcd22_b.jpg
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7871/46422385764_8307b14be8_b.jpg
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7912/47102193451_61967e2844_b.jpg
I took some pictures today I need to still look at and upload. Even though I still have the flu.
I joined a bicycle club and committed to riding 1,250 kilometers this month to get a trophy. “Trophy”, its really just an online graphic. So I rode my bicycle 8 kilometers today to get started on that and took some pictures... one moment...
I have many more from past months, years, I need to go through. It will probably workout to be the less detail the better. I have Shirley Temple with a bazooka I think will work well. Today (some of these need computer graphics program work):
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7852/47229014712_c385ef53d9_b.jpg
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7813/33405342108_a0db8e88d3_b.jpg
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7807/46557864624_87198ab276_b.jpg
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7904/47229012242_54a4b3bdae_b.jpg
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7861/47229015492_55ded5cd00_b.jpg
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7914/46366492985_58cf07ac71_b.jpg
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7897/33405343778_98b566c25f_b.jpg
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7914/33405340938_832e10f4c8_b.jpg
I have more but thats enough. Again, I think I will need to go with less detail. I might use them for inspiration and make my own. Now that I think about it. I seen someone selling large “Bansky inspired” art you stick to your wall. That way I might make the idea work better.
I just searched Banksy and found this:
Despite Saying Copyright Is for Losers, Banksy Finally Goes to Court
https://thewire.in/the-arts/despite-saying-copyright-is-for-losers-banksy-finally-goes-to-court
March 16, 2018 - Big brands ripping off street art is not cool: why illegal graffiti should be protected by copyright
I just checked, 1,250 kilometers is for real. Thats not possible. Especially not on what I ride. I bet a lot of members cheat that. It relies on a gps app. Who knows if you are riding around in a car?
I need a new club.
https://youtu.be/N6uEMOeDZsA
My wife gave me a good idea. I can make my own monthly goal and them create little polymer clay trophies.
400 kilometers in a month is tough enough.
https://youtu.be/EcXT1clXc04
simple rings with stones without holes - wire wrap jewelry making 11
https://youtu.be/HdrfN_eGdNM
I made a ring today. I call it Binz jailhouse seaglass wire ring. I followed the video except I wrapped around the seaglass differently. It was unstable so I had the idea to use polymer clay to make it solid.
What I learned is that you really need a rod the right size to wrap the wire around. I tried using my finger at wasted wire. Then With a cut string i found a toy light wand that was the right size. Also when they say use 20 gauge wire then use 20 gauge wire. My 24 gauge wire was difficult to twist, bend and wrap.
I am very pleased with the result. Its a solid thing. Its personally found on the beach at Binz. Seaglass is the lip part of a small brown bottle that must have been in the surf at least 10 years, possibly 20. I am not selling it.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7917/40326361903_67560975a8_b.jpg
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7863/33415397038_20b1faf22e_b.jpg
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