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Magic Mundane Rainbow Prism
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I remember the moment I discovered kening zhu’s website.
I was taking a break from Substack and discovered are.na.
It followed a warren of rabbit holes chasing one link after another until I landed on kening’s homepage.
I won’t spoil the surprise for anyone who hasn’t been there, but I was filled with delight and curiosity and wonder.
When I set about to move webhosts I started recreating my minimalist artist’s gallery. But it didn’t feel right.
Serendipity (or magic) kening’s podcast episode Website as Cocoon waited in my podcast reader and was just what I needed to hear.
I pulled out my journal and started scribbling lists of places I wanted in my online world. I could still have an art gallery, but the rest of my site would expand to hold the whole of me. And, perhaps, the whole of you.
I followed links to a constellation of other podcasts and blog posts from kening about websites and creative process.
It felt like connecting with kindred spirit over an endless pot of tea.
So grateful for the invitation to inhabit a dreaming space while I recreated my website.
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Artist
Date
1869
From
Specimens of Fancy Turning
“the figures were created using geometric, oval, and eccentric chucks and an elliptical cutting frame [on a lathe]” (via Public Domain Review)
Source
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Love this concept of artist publishing (versus self publishing) from Amelia Greenhall.
Putting a mental pin to come back and write more since I’ve finished two of her zines about it.
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Make art for no audience.
Could not agree with this more. Great podcast episode from kening zhu.
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Procreate Tip
Minimize blurry rotation with these settings: BICUBIC ROTATION RESIZE
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Drawing a skeleton after reading about bones.
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This month I’ve leveled up my zine making to including the Provisional Printing Press.
I’m very excited to bring printmaking into the process!
I spent the whole afternoon making test prints to see what worked best and also played with some letterpress type to print the zine title.
Cannot wait to send these out to everyone!
Read the Not About TETRIS zine.
Buy a copy in the Zine Shop