It looks like my art project fantasy isn’t going to happen this year, but then “life is what happens to you whilst you’re trying to do something else”
Monthly Archives: July 2007
Basketry…
Thursday, July 26, 2007
I’ve been meaning to post about this for weeks but I finally had a go at some basket-making. It’s a bit “rustic” as I was working with a knife and first-principles but I feel it has come out well considering.
The rim is a little tricker than I had ecpected so I’ll be doing that a [...]
An Oil Song…
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Sorry Rudyard, I never was a great imitator;
The states never looks where it treads
But still those heavy feet fall,
On our freedoms, our lives, and our land;
And they never heed to our call,
Their treaties pass on - that is all,
We know it will be war,
Yet we stand to defend our laws,
With only our toungs for our [...]
Blackle
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Regular visitors will notice that the site has gone black - this is inspired by Blackle, the black google.
Blackle is a great idea, all you need to know is explained on their about page;
“Blackle was created by Heap Media to remind us all of the need to take small steps in our everyday lives to [...]
“Green consumerism is becoming a pox on the planet.”
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Or so says George Monbiot in the Guardian yesterday, and he makes a valuable point that’s often overlooked and ignored.
The concept of replacing harmful products with green products is fatally undermined if you don’t need the item in the first place. Why buy an organic t-shirt if you’re throwing away a perfectly good one [...]
