thing-a-day 2010 http://thing-a-day2010.posterous.com The yearly creative sprint posterous.com Sat, 26 Nov 2011 21:32:00 -0800 What started as a thing-a-day...Cross Urban http://thing-a-day2010.posterous.com/what-started-as-a-thing-a-daycross-urban http://thing-a-day2010.posterous.com/what-started-as-a-thing-a-daycross-urban

Dear Thing-a-Day community,

What started as a collaborative thing-a-day project in 2008 with Klaus Fruchtnis, has now turned into a multi-city international exhibition project.

Cross Urban, an ongoing art project in which Klaus and I take turns picking a word from the dictionary and responding to its definition with photographs of urban space, now has more than 200 photos taken in over 63 cities in 15 countries.

We are running a Kickstarter campaign, through November 30th, and can use your support. Please "like" the page, consider donating even $1, and share it with others you think may like the work. We've heard the rewards also make great gifts!

http://kck.st/oZB2xB

Regards,

Cynthia

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/401862/cynthia.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3syaX364kKGt Cynthia Lawson Jaramillo cynthialawsonjaramillo Cynthia Lawson Jaramillo Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:07:00 -0800 analog object made of yarn and straws http://thing-a-day2010.posterous.com/analog-object-made-of-yarn-and-straws http://thing-a-day2010.posterous.com/analog-object-made-of-yarn-and-straws

I've spent many years playing with mathematical animation/visualization software to make shapes like this spin and morph, in all that time, I never built one in real life. This is the first analog one! Inspired by a traditional Scandinavian straw ornaments structure, I'll be making departures from that. Following this path for a while.

Suri Alpaca yarn and plastic straws.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/962104/goldtooth.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3syeNgA2Sp1f Staceyjoy Elkin redlipstick Staceyjoy Elkin Sat, 05 Feb 2011 21:21:00 -0800 Ennui http://thing-a-day2010.posterous.com/ennui http://thing-a-day2010.posterous.com/ennui

Right on time, courtesy of Mr. February. ugh....weather fatique. need sunshine...embroidery on 100% cotton.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/962104/goldtooth.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3syeNgA2Sp1f Staceyjoy Elkin redlipstick Staceyjoy Elkin Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:06:19 -0800 Day 2 - Boots http://thing-a-day2010.posterous.com/day-2-boots http://thing-a-day2010.posterous.com/day-2-boots
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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/404884/Green_Sweater_Long_Shot.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3syaWJr9n25H myblueize myblueize Wed, 02 Feb 2011 12:19:00 -0800 Okay, it can be February second now. http://thing-a-day2010.posterous.com/okay-it-can-be-february-second-now http://thing-a-day2010.posterous.com/okay-it-can-be-february-second-now

There are things I would like for you to know.

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Someday.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/393126/IMG_5048.JPG http://posterous.com/users/3sy8jKqURTfb lovetintedlenses lovetintedlenses Wed, 02 Feb 2011 12:15:00 -0800 Flashback to February First http://thing-a-day2010.posterous.com/flashback-to-february-first http://thing-a-day2010.posterous.com/flashback-to-february-first

Dancing made me feel like I didn't have to cry any more. 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/404884/Green_Sweater_Long_Shot.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3syaWJr9n25H myblueize myblueize Tue, 01 Feb 2011 17:17:06 -0800 My first day! http://thing-a-day2010.posterous.com/my-first-day http://thing-a-day2010.posterous.com/my-first-day I made up my own recipe for homemade stuffing and made it for dinner tonight along with baked chicken, mashed potatoes, spice sweet potatoes and cranberry sauce. My stuffing recipe had sausage, apples and sage - we liked it a lot!

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1001749/avatar.JPG http://posterous.com/users/3ssQVwrtJhGF April FlourishandDebonair April Tue, 01 Feb 2011 16:23:00 -0800 Thing-A-Day - Day 1: Gravity-Bot Blues http://thing-a-day2010.posterous.com/thing-a-day-day-1-gravity-bot-blues http://thing-a-day2010.posterous.com/thing-a-day-day-1-gravity-bot-blues

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Here's a screen shot of Gravity-Bot Blues, a game I made with a small team over the weekend for the 48hr Global Game Jam. I was based at Singapore MIT Gambit Lab in Cambridge, MA. I was the primary art dude working with a kick ass team listed below.

The theme of the Game Jam for our region was Extinction. We based our game on 2001 A Space Odyssey and HAL the homicidal computer. Matthew Weise, the lead game designer, was inspired by the shot in the film when Dave is jogging in the spacecraft like a rat on a carousel in simulated gravity. We wanted to have the robots try to release the last remaining humans (frozen in hibernation chambers) from the ship, thus saving the humans from themselves and liberating the robots from eternal human slavery. They key game mechanic is our physics simulation. You can increase and decrease gravity to achieve your goals.

Gravity-Bot Blues was made with the Unity 3D Game Engine, Maya, Photoshop and Skype, Dropbox & Google Docs along with paper, markers, glass walls and good old fashioned imagination. No are textures in the game except for baked lightmaps on the level.

Play the web version here: Gravity-Bot Blues

Created for the 2011 Global Game Jam (Gambit, MIT) in one weekend, using Unity3D

Developers: CODE: Alex Schwartz, Lee Stewert ART: Elliot Mitchell, Elisabeth Beinke PRODUCTION: Matthew Weise SOUND: Sean Callahan MUSIC: Daniel Perry

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/401930/mrt_woods.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3ssOlYYvkEhj Elliott Mitchell mrt3d Elliott Mitchell Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:01:00 -0800 Finding inspiration http://thing-a-day2010.posterous.com/finding-inspiration http://thing-a-day2010.posterous.com/finding-inspiration

I've spent some time the last several months attempting to hone by jewelry making skills.  I've try to be more mindful of my techinques and look at my pieces as a buyer, not a designer.  I am still in the process of organizing my work area.  I've found that organization and order is much more conductive to design (surprise, right!). My hope this month is to display some of the techinques I've learned and find more inspiration in order. 28 days of "forced" creation may be what I need!

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/407310/DSCF0039.JPG http://posterous.com/users/3ssQW9nNMUOR Bonnie Robbins borobbins Bonnie Robbins Mon, 31 Jan 2011 11:35:03 -0800 Rose pu'er tea http://thing-a-day2010.posterous.com/rose-puer-tea http://thing-a-day2010.posterous.com/rose-puer-tea

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Just to test this posterous app, I snapped a photo of the tea I just made in my new authentic purple grit teacups from China which arrived with my sampler of 23 plant pu'er tea cakes. It tastes great and the teacups are so small and delicate. Got my paintbox ready to go for tomorrow. Betty Ann

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/395220/purple.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3syg73Nlgacx Betty Ann crocuses Betty Ann Mon, 31 Jan 2011 09:02:00 -0800 Can't help myself... http://thing-a-day2010.posterous.com/cant-help-myself http://thing-a-day2010.posterous.com/cant-help-myself

I started already! I am so bad at waiting.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/402810/avatar.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3sy8nvD74vNn pricklygirl pricklygirl Mon, 31 Jan 2011 04:54:00 -0800 To another fabulous February! http://thing-a-day2010.posterous.com/to-another-fabulous-february http://thing-a-day2010.posterous.com/to-another-fabulous-february

Hello everyone - just a test post and to say I'm looking forward to seeing all your work next month. We start tomorrow! Yay!

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/3syeP9b2JxqV sarahmichael sarahmichael Mon, 31 Jan 2011 04:54:00 -0800 To another fabulous February! http://thing-a-day2010.posterous.com/to-another-fabulous-februaury http://thing-a-day2010.posterous.com/to-another-fabulous-februaury

Hello everyone - just a test post and to say I'm looking forward to seeing all your work next month. We start tomorrow! Yay!

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/3syeP9b2JxqV sarahmichael sarahmichael Sun, 30 Jan 2011 16:06:00 -0800 Untitled http://thing-a-day2010.posterous.com/41478109 http://thing-a-day2010.posterous.com/41478109

Excited for this years Thing a Day....I failed hard lastyear,lol. My goals are 1 Christmas craft a week, to try baking some artisan breads, and obviously to make something every day. As always, I look forward to seeing what everyone posts.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/397892/me.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3sydxdlXbJNn Theresa Felts Firelass Theresa Felts Sun, 30 Jan 2011 15:57:00 -0800 Untitled http://thing-a-day2010.posterous.com/41477015 http://thing-a-day2010.posterous.com/41477015

I am getting ready for thing-a-day 2011.

I am warming up by painting, which I have not done since the fall. 

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(Winter Berries, oil on 5X5 stretched canvas)

I am gathering materials for a maxi skirt.

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I have a pattern from 1974 (I am not going to add the puffy pockets). 

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And I have found a fabric that meets my black, grey and graphic criteria.

 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/996947/profile_pic.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3syaXG2m7AM9 cea cea Sun, 30 Jan 2011 13:42:35 -0800 To new beginnings http://thing-a-day2010.posterous.com/to-new-beginnings http://thing-a-day2010.posterous.com/to-new-beginnings If Big E can open a Tex Mex place in Baltimore from the Great Beyond...
The possibilities are endless...

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~Tiffany

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/978419/IMG_0827.JPG http://posterous.com/users/3syhond3lOI9 Beagle Yeti beaglesandyetis Beagle Yeti Sun, 30 Jan 2011 06:04:00 -0800 This year's edition happens on a fresh new blog http://thing-a-day2010.posterous.com/this-years-edition-happens-on-a-fresh-new-blo http://thing-a-day2010.posterous.com/this-years-edition-happens-on-a-fresh-new-blo

Hello Everyone,

A quick reminder to let you know that this blog will no longer be active and that the 2011 edition is being held on the Thing-a-day 2011 blog – you can reach it simply through the main thing-a-day.com address.

If you subsribed to the new bog through the online form available on the main page, you'll be able to start posting sometime between Jan 31st and Feb 1st! So stay tune, we're looking forward to seeing everyone's inspiring work again this year. 

 

 

 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/974373/tad2011_thumb2.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3sOcTov2C0U1 thing-a-day thing-a-day thing-a-day Sat, 29 Jan 2011 21:30:09 -0800 And.... http://thing-a-day2010.posterous.com/and http://thing-a-day2010.posterous.com/and So we begin.

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~Tiffany

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/978419/IMG_0827.JPG http://posterous.com/users/3syhond3lOI9 Beagle Yeti beaglesandyetis Beagle Yeti Sat, 22 Jan 2011 20:15:49 -0800 Trying it out again http://thing-a-day2010.posterous.com/trying-it-out-again http://thing-a-day2010.posterous.com/trying-it-out-again 79F8FDE2-E90C-4120-9A2C-E484CCFAA091 4.000000 Letter Letter\light_grain.imf Elegant Stationary Light Grain SU1CTDEsNDYsgUmBSZ3FOME4KCyRTSzFgTRNiYWRgU3FJJE0TSyJwYk0NDgkJIHFhUmBSYFJgSxJTUJMMiwwLCxJTUJMMywwLCw= repeat #ffffff X-ASN,X-ASH,X-AN,X-AP,X-AD ;
Okay, I did not make it through the whole month last time.  Will try harder this time.


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