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Repost: Screen Printing–Part 3–Actually Printing
Bringing back some old stuff from the deep web after talking with designer/screen printer extraordinaire Jon Johnson last week. This post was pre-kwartzlab, back when we were nomadic makers, building the community, under the temporary MakeKW banner. So cool to … Continue reading
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1shot #187-bootin’ it
Downpour this morn. At King and Victoria, this is Kitchener. DW
My favourite welder and career shifting
Welder-fabricator, to be exact. My brother from the very same mother, David G. White, aka Brohemus. Dave has a degree in Fine Art and History. He paints. He draws. And he builds gigantic tanks by day. Twenty years ago, Dave … Continue reading
1shot #186-we’ll always have Paris
Like holes in air, this dusty pair in Paris. Paris, Ontario, that is. I swung down to the Paris Fair yesterday and soaked in the visually rich environment and broad cross-section of the county who attend the show. I grew … Continue reading
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1shot #185-loss of separation
This is the image I brought to August’s 3rdThur photo review with Foto:RE. You are seeing the post-review tuned up version that incorporates great feedback from Sean Puckett. He suggested I crop a bit more on the right side and … Continue reading
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Another killer 3rdThur Foto:RE photo review
I was super-happy to re-engage with Foto:RE and friends last week for the regular 3rdThur photo review. I missed both June and July meetups due to travel and was very eager to share an image I had captured in late … Continue reading
Hespeler hits the streets
Last Saturday Hespeler mashed up the art, music, and people out on Queen Street for A Day & A Night festival. I got down there after dinner to see what artists David Hoover and Woody Woodfield had painted up. I … Continue reading
Hub Haps #002-talking photography at The Tannery
Had a productive conversation about photography on Friday with representation from CAFKA, Christie Digital, Foto:RE, Communitech and the ever-awesome Catherine Bischoff. Stay tuned for more shortly. And let me say that this photo does not do justice to the panoramic … Continue reading
Metal for breakfast
Sunday morning. 7AM. Two heavy metal bands. And pancakes. That’s what cultural instigator and owner of The Princess Cafe, Marc Lecompte, was serving up at his Heavy Breakfast this past weekend as part of the Uncross Your Arms Fest. Above … Continue reading
On DIY injection molding and living in the future
There are few things more beautiful to me than machined aluminum. So, I was delighted when my friend Brett Shellhammer invited me across the Hub courtyard last week to check out the plastic injection mold he had milled and test … Continue reading
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