Title: This is how we will save the world… an introduction to the Sacred Spaces project
Location: Flipside Warehouse 1023 Springdale Rd Austin TX 78721

Description: Local artist collaborate on an installation demonstrating the use of art to cultivate an environment conducive to the benefit of mental health

Date: 2010-02-06

Start Time: 2:00pm
End Time: 10:00pm

Schedule:
Nathan Jensen children book signing: 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Aymie McKesson glass blowing demonstration: 4:00pm
Moses Montalto leather carving demonstration: 6:00pm

Video and Flyer Designed by Nathan Goodfellow

Here are the ones I have finished so far. Check back later to see even more killed cereal boxes!

Crack, Smackle & Pot
High & Krispy

Bust o Nut Ondeeshos
Can Help Lower Cholesterol!

Cap’n Munch
Munch-a-tize Me Captain!

Toke a Puff
Chocolate Flavored Weed Puffs

More to come!

Have an idea or made your own cereal killer photoshop? post it to the comments below!

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Exactly…

so now on to more pressing matters…

Haven Meadows (dot) com…

YES go there, check it out!  See artwork like THIS:

CLICK IT!  You know you want to….

And now to more things you should click:

Both of them need to be updated but I’ve been busy!

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Sorry guys,  go check em out anyway!  Good stuff there!

While your at it, have you seen the items I have for sale for local pickup or delivery in the Austin TX area?

just go to:  http://www.assetrenew.com

Check out what is available.

I also have a new idea for a business building online stores for people.  Wanna know how it works?  Need an online store for yourself?  Then Contact Me for more info!

Ok… so what other projects do I have going on right now…

Oh yeah!  Have you heard of Liquid Media Lab?  or Waveform Lasers?

(click the links)

ok….. what else, what else…

oh yeah!  I have a new camera!

The Panasonic Lumix G1 is the world first Micro 4/3 Lens Camera.

“What does that mean Nate?”

Well, in all older SLR cameras the camera had a mirror box that would reflect what was seen through the lens up to the viewfinder so the photographer could look through and capture his image perfectly.  With the Panasonic Lumix g1 this mirror box was removed and replaced with a small lcd screen.  This allowed the SLR to become much more compact.

Now there are two companies that have adapted this new lens standard.  Olympus has been working on a micro 4/3 point and shoot while Panasonic has come out with the Lumix g1 (and also the GH1 that has the ability to shoot HD video)

So now I have this beautiful new micro 4/3 SLR camera that I can go out and take amazing photographs with as well as do professional photo shoots.

Interested in hiring a photographer? videographer?  graphic designer?  web developer?

CONTACT ME

Also last night I sat down in the Haven Meadows Studio and made my own bone sculpture. Here are some pictures:

These 3 were all taken at the Austin Greenbelt.

This was a photoshop I did combining 2 3D photographs together.

This was a photoshop 3D edit that turned out cool.

Well thats all folks! I’m gonna blog later about all the cools stuff I saw at the Makers Faire

too bad my computer got stolen in August (right before my birthday!) and right now I can’t afford to replace it. (they stole my camera too… I hate thieves!) So now I’ve been doing my design work on an old school pad and paper. I want to turn this Ferrari into a digital painting at some point… If anyone knows where I can get a DECENT laptop (one that can handle the kind of design work I’m used to doing) for CHEAP (or FREE???) drop me an email (link is to your right) and let me know. Until then I’m stuck to using other peoples computers and my drawing pad.

It’ll look so much better digitally painted!

So I decided today to blog about art and what constitutes art. Well by definition Art refers to a diverse range of human activities, creations, and expressions that are appealing to the senses or emotions of a human individual. (Thanks Wikipedia!) So by that definition visual art would be something created that is aesthetically pleasing that invokes an emotional response. Well that can include many things! Some people get an emotional response from looking at a Ferrari so does that make a Ferrari a work of art? (I think so) But what is the difference between a car designer and a painter? Designing is not art. Once again I’m going back to Wikipedia… “to design” refers to the process of originating and developing a plan for a product, structure, system, or component. So design is used when creating art but design is not art. Art can be the outcome of the design if it is aesthetically pleasing and invokes emotion. I think where people start to loose the concept of art when they confuse the medium that the art is made on with art itself. Medium is just the tools that an artist uses to create. A painters medium is the brush and paint, a photographers medium is a camera and a digital artists medium is a computer and software. Remember guys, its not the medium, its not the design, its the outcome of the two that produces art.

What is the difference between knowing technique and being able to create an actual work of art? Lots of people know how to paint, lots of people know how digitally manipulate photographs and lots of people know how to design. What makes someone step above knowing technique into the realm of being an actual artist. Once again (and I think I have proven my point) Art is the outcome. If you can create something that is aesthetically pleasing and invokes emotion, well then you sir are an Artist!

Ok before I go I’m going to leave you with some links to digital art galleries that are amazing! If you say what these guys are creating isn’t art… well your just crazy!

Raffaele Picca
Bert Monroy
Darren Minke
Digital Art Gallery