Artistic Bull

Eco Factor: Sculpture made from recycled watches and clocks.
Artist Michael Roberts does something with old watches and clocks none of us would have ever thought of before.

No, he doesn’t make them workable again and he doesn’t even throw them in the landfill. He collects them and creates a sculpture out of it. The cow sculpture shown above is known as Pasture Bedtime and is created from 2000 watches and clocks. The sculpture has been sold in an auction for $11,500, and a part of the earnings have been donated to American Family Children’s Hospital.

The sculpture’s cost is something that leave many jaws locked. But considering that it’s an artwork, the cow doesn’t seem expensive for those who love cattle but don’t want to get messy by owning a real one.

source: http://www.ecofriend.org/entry/eco-arts-artist-creates-cow-sculpture-from-recycled-clocks

More DOMO KUN!!!

Here are very cute stop animation shorts of Domo Kun!!!

The Domo Kun on the left is done with the Korean brand of air-dry clay. Mix Orange and Black to get the Domo Clour. Domo!!!

DOMO KUN !!!

Domo (どーもくん, Dōmo-kun) is the mascot of Japan's NHK television station, appearing in several 30 second stop-motion sketches.
Domo, the main character, is described as "a strange creature that hatched from an egg." Domo's favorite food is Japanese-style meat and potato stew, and he has a strong dislike for apples, due to an unexplained mystery in his DNA. Domo can only communicate via producing a low-pitched noise which sounds somewhat like his own name, but other characters appear to understand him. Domo-kun is known to pass gas repeatedly when nervous or upset.

Domo lives in an underground cave with Mr. Usaji, known in Japanese-language versions as Usajii (うさじい, Usajii?), a portmanteau of the words usagi (うさぎ, usagi?), (rabbit), and jii (じい, jii?) (old man, grandpa). Mr. Usaji is a wise old rabbit who loves to watch television and drink astringent green tea. Mr. Usaji is not into any "new" materials, and does not own a telephone. In terms of fashion, Mr. Usaji focuses on materials instead of shapes. Mr. Usaji's favorite food is carrots, and his least favorite food is "something that is meaningless."

Also in the cave live two bats, a mother named Maya (Shinobu (しのぶ, Shinobu?) in the Japanese version) and her child Mario (Morio (もりお, Morio?) in the Japanese version). Maya has a drinking problem; her favorite foods are seasonal while her least favorite food is, ironically, alcohol. Mario's favorite food is Japanese-style tomato spaghetti, while his least favorite food is shiitake mushrooms.

The other main character in the shorts is a weasel girl named Tashanna.(Tā-chan (たーちゃん, Tā-chan?) in the Japanese version). Tashanna, 17 years old, is a weasel who aspires to be a fashion stylist or model in Tokyo and is always using technology (televisions, mobile phones, and cameras). In English Tashanna has a "weaselly accent" (いたちなまり, itachi namari?) and ends her sentences with "y"s. In the Japanese version, she ends her sentences with "chi" (ち). According to the English site, she is also looking for a boyfriend. Tashanna's favorite food is apricot and mint tarts, and her least favorite food is sea urchin.The Japanese name originates from the word "multichannel" (多チャンネル, tachanneru?) of digital broadcasting.

KONG Xi FA CHAI!!

4 figurines, Mixed Media

Male figurine - in Jumping Clay, Japanese white clay and Paper Mache..Dog; Japanese white clay


Female character, Jumping Clay,Paper Mache and Japanese white clay..Cat; Japanese white clay

Educating with Love & Encouragement II

What was your feeling when you received a certificate for doing something really well? Good, wasn't it? For certificate collectors, it is a bonus as they see the collection expanding in their clear-holders. Parents, you can use certificates to encourage your children for tasks done well. Check out this URL for many Microsoft Word editable templates.
http://www.education-world.com/tools_templates/index.shtml#awardCertificates

School has started for the year 2009 and many parents are either back into the routine of preparing their beloved offspring for school, lessons, enrichment classes; or creating a functional, workable routine which works well with the caregivers - parents, domestic help, father-in-law, mother-in-law, even neighbours. Routines, however necessary and secure they may be, might turn out into a boring rigmarole. Use certificates to brighten up their schooldays. For example, you are at your office when you call your mother-in-law or teacher and learn from them that your child has returned a wallet to the General Office. You visit the website and print out yor child's name on the relevant certificate and before dinner, announce to everybody that there will be a ceremony to award someone special for a good deed. Then take out the certificate and see the surprise and love on the child's face.

Having these templates and for special meaningful occasions do wonders for your children. And your relationship with them.

Educating With Love and Encouragement

Managing CLAY and managing children have a lot of similarities. one, you need to know what the clay is made of. You have to handle it. This includes stretching, throwing, coiling and other things you do to clay. It would be good to know the level of moisture, the malleability, the resistance level, and only then can you explore its potential.

You also have to, very importantly, do what you desire with the amount of material you have and fashion it when it is moist. Why? Because when it hardens, sorry man, you have to live with the outcome.

Doesn't that ring a bell for parents? We have to know the personality type of our children and see the best-fit teaching and communication style for them. Parenting is like clay, trial and error and we need to do hands-on so that we know what is the best time to teach, encourage and to chastise - "Teachable Moment" is the term. Once we know the substance of our children, then we can fashion something out of them. This is how GOd fashion us as well, for we remember that He is the POTTER and we are the clay.


But most of all, when I do clay, i do it out of love and passion. Only then will i feel satisfied with the outcome.