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the prettiest usb lead in the universe

I'm proud to be the owner of the prettiest usb lead in the universe, and I've decorated it aaaall by myself. I used lots of funky novelty yarn and wool and some acrylic paint for the computery parts that I couldn't cover with yarn.

The picture quality is rubbish as my camera is broken, so I had to use my camera phone.

My 10 year old laptop has been born again as a new shiny purple thing! I used normal acrylic paint and water based glossy varnish. Probably not the thing for a brand new expensive computer, but mine was old and worn out and f***** ugly so *anything* I could have done to it would have been an improvement. And so far the paint job looks fine:

I want to decorate the top of it more, but I still haven't worked out what I want on it. In a perfect world where computers didn't switch off from overheating, I would have covered the lid with some matching purple long haired faux fur.

I had to have a go at decorating the usb for my mouse too..

The leads reminds me of of hand spun art yarn. I've seen people making diy drop spindles on the internet to spin yarn, and I'm thinking of trying it out.

awkward family photos

I just discovered a blog called Awkward Family Photos, it had me giggling out loud.
This is my favourite awkward family photo from the blog:

tentacle engravings by Dan Hillier

Phillipa Fioretti (her blog / Twitter ) sendt me a message on Twitter a while ago saying she had a look at the pictures on my site and thought I might like the altered engravings of Dan Hillier. I'm very pleased when people show me amazing things they think I'll like- and especially through Twitter, because it sort of justifies the fact that I have a Twitter account.

I'm also pleased when the things I'm shown has tentacles and look like Victorian monsters.








www.danhillier.com = Dan Hillier's art, info on how to buy- and even some pages from his sketchbook.

I've had more ace things recommended by my readers lately(and not so lately.. the type of lately that was a while ago), but have been too lazy busy to post it for everyone's enjoyment. I'll get to it sooner or later.

Joseph's moleskin art

It's so much fun to follow the process of Joseph's many art journal moleskins in his blog, as he draws something amazing nearly every single day. And he doesn't do jotted down sketches that never gets finished like I do in my sketchbook - but finished, elaborate drawings.




I have a thing for blobs, like the black blobs around this car.. I keep adding blobs and spots in my own drawings too:




Find Joseph here:

yardapeart.blogspot.com
www.flickr.com/photos/inkandclay

Real Men Knit

Unconfined Mind has released a documentary called Real Men Knit.
I've only seen the trailer so far, but I like the trailer and the concept. I like that they are all just regular guys, and I hope a lot of men who see this documentary will realise that knitting is something they can try out without feeling that it threatens their masculinity.
Because knitting is not only addictive(trust me, it is..), it's also therapeutic and sort of like meditating, and it's nice to fiddle with something while watching tv/films or on the bus or whenever you have to sit still for a while but have too much energy to do so.



Even though I think it's all very great, I get a little annoyed when they say that knitting was invented by men, so in that way, it's ok for men to knit because they need to reclaim a tradition that originally belonged to them.. - who cares who started it? I see that it's a valid argument, but it's not a necessary one. It would have been ok no matter what. Cool men knit ;)

nurse Johanna Gullin

I love this photo I snapped of my friend Johanna after I helped painting her all white before a video performance of hers some years ago. I like that even her mug and her cigarette is white. She was looking funky.

Check out my blog post about a leaf dress performance Johanna did if you want to see some of her art.