DIY: Plexi Glass Wall Art

I'm always changing things in the apartment. Either moving things around or putting things in interesting places. Sometimes it's creating something so it can evolve that it really makes my day. I came across the idea for these hanging boards while browsing a few different sites and of course Pinterest. Some bulldog clips were spray painted funky colours or they used a variety of materials like metal sheeting or wood for the backing. My direction is more simple. I went to the local Home Depot and purchased a large acrylic sheet (18 x 24 inches) and cut it into 4 pieces. Of course you can purchase pre-cut pieces but I found I saved quite a bit by cutting them myself. You can watch this handy video on how to do it. The clips are from staples.

There's not much explaining that needs to be done for this DIY. It's as simple as cut, clip, and hang. The fun part is that you can constantly change the items that are clipped. You don't have to put photos in a frame and it's so simple to pull you favourite clippings from a magazine and have them hanging in a second!

Processing Art

Here is a little post on some art created by JR Schmidt. The first image is now my desktop background.

These are brilliant computer-generated illustrations by JR Schmidt, a 3D & motion artist currently working for Firstborn in New York. They remind me of ink being dropped into water or hair floating in a pool.

“I used Processing to generate these images. The script I wrote generates gravity fields based on user input and then spawns particles that draw and change color as they move across the canvas.”

- JR Schmidt

 To view more of his work go here.

Galleria

during my visit to Vancouver I was lucky enough to browse a few galleries. My favorite was the Hayden gallery. The first photo is of a dress that I was wowed by, the color/cut and lotus flower was just amazing, sadly the photo does not do it justice.

See the lights

Let’s escape to the city of twinkling lights where the adventure only ends when we need sleep. Let’s open a studio, taking pictures and making art. Happy and content we can go shopping everyday. Broke but in a city of possibility...