vegi patch

better late

noreply@blogger.com (glumnmum) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:08:00 +0000

These are some posters that never made it on the blog. they all date sequentially from 2004 to 2005... the little fish poster lists my colleagues from SCA in Raliegh, the Polar Bear King poster lists the actual cast of the movie by that title but has NO other ties to reality, The faculty Show poster is from my first year at Dar Al Hekma - Copies of it are still stashed in offices all over campus.

gratefullness

noreply@blogger.com (glumnmum) — Wed, 20 May 2009 11:28:00 +0000

I have just had one of those truly intense experiences that need months maybe years to sort out. We held a design conference on campus and invited some amazing people to come speak about their work and hold workshops with our students. Graciously excepting the invitation where Tarek Atrissi, Jonathan Barnbrook, Mohammed Harib, Nadim Karam, Anja Lutz, Teal Triggs, Will Brown and Douglas Haddow from Adbusters. In any context this would be a dream line up - at a private woman's college in Saudi Arabia it was a bit surreal. Just a tiny little bit.

From the bottom of my cynical little heart I am grateful to every one who participated, speakers, faculty, students, staff, visitors, and local dignitaries, for the amazing way it all came together. You can't throw a great party if nobody shows up, design is a dialogue, art is a visual medium. Talking to one's self is a monologue and without an audience art has no meaning.

I started the week in Mohammed Harib's workshop, where he explained how he came to produce Freej starting from a survey course he took in animation as a design student and then focused his workshop on concept building. Mohammed's story is inspirational and an example of conviction and determination in the face of clearly insurmountable odds. More to the point he has brought a sensitive and funny face to contemporary cultural issues in the UAE.

Somewhere in the middle I ended up at the Will and Doug Show as they introduced the joys of anti-consumerism and multiple ways to put graphic design chops to socially relevant use. Rise up and resist the brand! (Srsly, put that iphone down.)

I ended in Jonathan Barnbrook's workshop on typography - the project was to pick two concepts from geometric shapes, brush strokes, whisper, swearing and ugly, and then work out at least 5 letters from each.

My sketches got thumbtacked to the board along with all the rest and Jonathan included me in the crit. For the first time in a VERY long time I was on the other side in the spotlight and exposing my convoluted thought process which included chrome filters and fried eggs, very red faced, but survivable – even with Tarek Atrissi laughing at me. Jonathan was very kind.

Royal Jordanian's got my baby

noreply@blogger.com (glumnmum) — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:37:00 +0000

We Rock

noreply@blogger.com (glumnmum) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:02:00 +0000

Dar Al-Hekma just became the first private ACICS (Accrediting Council of Independent Colleges and Schools ACICS.org) - accredited institution in the Middle East, second school in the Middle East period. First and only in KSA. Bunch of Women did that :)

Let Freedom Ring

noreply@blogger.com (glumnmum) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:06:00 +0000

On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 11:46 PM (Nov 5, 2008 8:46 AM Jeddah time),

Kate wrote to Alicia:

congratulations, to you and your generation for standing up and making a change.
I hope you are in grant park right now.

Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 1:45 AM (10:45 AM Jeddah time) Alicia replied:

I was, it was amazing :D

The only bad part was that my camera battery died (I cannot BELIEVE I let that happen), but really I was so far in the back I don't know that it would have mattered. the part afterward was well worth photographing, though. We walked 8 blocks down the middle of Michigan avenue and the crowd would randomly start screaming every 5 minutes or so! It was a sad day for the photojournalist in me. I got a disposable but I know I could have gotten so many amazing shots... ugh.

Anyway, it was a totally amazing experience which I will write about in great detail later.

Love you,
God bless America :)

Alicia May

I'm posting the the end of Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" speech because today, for the first time in my life, I can see the result of the fundamental change in our thinking that must exist for that dream to be realized.

"I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.

This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.

This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with a new meaning, "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring."

And if America is to be a great nation this must become true. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania!

Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado!

Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California!

But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia!

Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee!

Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring.

And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"

Say Hey

noreply@blogger.com (glumnmum) — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:50:00 +0000

Barbara Kathryn Blee Carlyle 1935-2008

noreply@blogger.com (glumnmum) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:29:00 +0000

baby....

noreply@blogger.com (glumnmum) — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 08:56:00 +0000

yes it's random. I just love this little baby mushroom.

cheers, kate

7 makes a family

noreply@blogger.com (glumnmum) — Sat, 17 May 2008 09:58:00 +0000

Special request from Helen. Dedicated to the principle that a family that eats together... ends up covered in bamboo shoots?

cheers,

Kate

more moms

noreply@blogger.com (glumnmum) — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:53:00 +0000

Another Mom and little one. this is becoming part of a series...

cheers, kate

moms

noreply@blogger.com (glumnmum) — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:49:00 +0000

Mothers Day tribute. I have been working on this as an example for class. Cheetah mother and cubs. I like the intertwined bodies and the clear negative spaces.

cheers, kate

After noon commute, Jeddah style

noreply@blogger.com (glumnmum) — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:27:00 +0000

this would be the day the camera got left at home. bless the cell phone.

Our driver was all over this situation, making major moves through traffic to get us behind them... and that is a full size, standard bed (for the truck freaks) Toyota PU with a king cab.

cheers, kate

FAIL

noreply@blogger.com (glumnmum) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:59:00 +0000

I was looking for something clever and pithy to say, but all I am is mad. The Ill.Friday topic is Fail. Well something has failed here:

Please read this article in it's entirety: Mind Your Business by Mark Simon about the new "Orphan Works" legislation that is before Congress right now and then DO SOMETHING.

"An Orphaned Work is any creative work of art where the artist or copyright owner has released their copyright, whether on purpose, by passage of time, or by lack of proper registration. In the same way that an orphaned child loses the protection of his or her parents, your creative work can become an orphan for others to use without your permission."

"If you don't like to read long articles, you will miss incredibly important information that will affect the rest of your career as an artist. You should at least skip to the end to find the link for a fantastic interview with the Illustrators' Partnership about how you are about to lose ownership of your own artwork."

"Think this doesn't apply to you? Maybe you don't license your artwork? How about this?
Photos on the internet could be orphaned. With tens of millions of photos shared online with services like Flickr, Shutterfly and Snapfish, there is a huge opportunity for unauthorized use of your photos... legally.
You could see photos you take of your family and kids, or of a family vacation, used in a magazine or newspaper without your permission or payment to you."

You can start by signing this petition: SAY NO!

from the seat of my big white horse,

kate

homage

noreply@blogger.com (glumnmum) — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 10:33:00 +0000

My homage to the classic Japanese carp tattoo. This little fish is a result of chatting with my brother James who always has an interesting insight. and mentioning that I was thinking about a new um. tattoo. always a hot topic, the conversation actually started with Alicia when I stated a serious desire for a small laughing carp on the back of my calf.
Alicia vetoed this - not sure if because of the subject matter but definitely the placement. Above is the pre color drawing and the sketch below is the original idea. (I added the uncolored version after several people requested more process - but seriously it's just draw, scan, color)

best, kate

theory of the cat

noreply@blogger.com (glumnmum) — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:20:00 +0000

choose

noreply@blogger.com (glumnmum) — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 11:43:00 +0000

Ill.Fri topic is choose. I choose wings.

kate

plain

noreply@blogger.com (glumnmum) — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:42:00 +0000

illustration friday post, I'm grading.

cheers, kate

soar

noreply@blogger.com (glumnmum) — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 09:47:00 +0000

It's not that I'm in a bad mood, just confusing the eagles with the pigeons lately. But this is a dove which is more of my style anyway and this is an apology to everyone who I've been out of sorts with recently.

horizon

noreply@blogger.com (glumnmum) — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 01:26:00 +0000

Alicia is in Alaska for the Christmas holiday - brought back memories of Alaska in the dead of winter, when the sun is never above the horizon. the light from the sky is lovely, we used to ski in the silence through the dark and the whiteness. with the company of the occasional rabbit or moose.

bless everyone in the coming new year,

kate

Illustration Friday topic: horizon

merry christmas - happy new year

noreply@blogger.com (glumnmum) — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 01:08:00 +0000

little things

noreply@blogger.com (glumnmum) — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:23:00 +0000

illustration friday post - little things

cheers kate

Excess

noreply@blogger.com (glumnmum) — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:00:00 +0000

Illustration Friday topic was excess - couldn't get the image of the Airport in Jeddah out of my head - hundreds of trolleys with huge bags stacked one on top of the other. I fly with a carry on and one bag, I feel trapped when I end up with two bags. I included the sketch - my students seem to miss the connection between drawing and computer illustration.

best, kate

the zoo

noreply@blogger.com (glumnmum) — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:33:00 +0000

In class demo for Illustrator/Photoshop collage assignment, working on a tutorial. Perfect for this weeks Illustration Friday topic "the zoo".

cheers, kate

grow

noreply@blogger.com (glumnmum) — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:02:00 +0000

Illustration Friday topic this week is grow. I'm trying. I made these little sketches of my dad and the little plants, in a meeting thinking of my father. Dad always makes a garden from nothing where ever he lives. The photo is of him on his roof top in Doha, Qatar about 5 years ago.

snap shots of a summer

noreply@blogger.com (glumnmum) — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:04:00 +0000

Dad, looking pretty good for an old guy.

James, looking pretty scruffy.

Mac, waiting for the meat that James is cooking in the kitchen.

Grandma Margie. Beautiful as ever, asked me why I was pointing a camera at her.

Um. Gratuitous shot of the BMW?

Chuck, the ever patient brother in law. With the Birthday Cake Pearl and Tipper made for me. (long story about Pearl not being able to attend my B-Day in Jeddah).

Pearl with her Hedgie (she was still working on her name) and an old pal.

I only put this in here to prove I was there, never pose in the corner of a sectional leaning back in an over sized orange shirt.

This is Lorenzo Foncerrada, the Simple Wood Carver and his fine wood working tool.

That chunk of line and mass will someday look something like this:

Nancy Foncerrada in her favorite spot.

Alicia and a host of Hedge Hogs on the fire escape. (7th floor, what a view)

Alicia being attacked by a brown bear marauding through down town Bourne Texas.

Caleb, Mary and Alicia perusing the dollar cactus table. They drove up from Houston for this...

Final shot from the beach at Coronado Bay.

And a friendly wharf rat.

best, kate