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Not a single tear should be shed for the Queensland Premier's Literary Award.
Founded in 1999 by the Beattie government, the Award came to a swift end shortly after the election of Campbell Newman. Axing the award — which covered about 15 categories including an award for an unpublished manuscript, a science writer award, an award for best film script, and the David Unaipon Award for best unpublished Indigenous writer — will save the Queensland Government about $250,000.
The literary world's reaction to the news has been fierce. On Meanjin, Chad Parkhill wrote: "The cost in terms of Queensland's cultural reputation is impossible to calculate, yet already inevitable comparisons between Newman and Joh Bjelke-Petersen been aired."
Regarding the loss of the Unaipon Award, novelist Sam Watson told the ABC:
"In Queensland we have such a rich culture of storytelling. I don't think Campbell Newman has got the mandate to close down the awards and to sever a very important artistic artery that will feed future generations of Australian and children globally with the richness of Queensland stories."
But the harshest criticism was vented by Overland editor Jeff Sparrow:
"The abolition of the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards represents a harbinger of things to come. Not just in that state, though you'd have to say that Campell Newman's decision to cut a major book award bang in the middle of the National Year of Reading does not bode well for arts funding in Australia's north."
"No, one rather suspects that we're also getting a preview of the priorities of Tony Abbott, Prime Minister."
Before we get out the sackcloth and rub ashes in our hair, are the wails of the eloquent doomsayers and pithy apocalyptists credible? All signs point to no.
When Peter Carey (born in Victoria) won the Award in 2001, he'd been a resident of New York for some 11 years. When Tim Winton (born in Western Australia) won the Award in 2005, he also won the New South Wales Premier's Literary Award for the same book. When Richard Flanagan (born in Tasmania) won in 2009, he'd also picked up the Western Australia Premier's Award the previous year.
There's a theme emerging here: in what way, in what sense, in what universe was the Queensland Premier's Literary Award in the interest of Queenslanders?
The state-based literary awards are vanity projects for premiers. It is their annual opportunity to hobnob with the literati and get a photo with a person who wrote an unreadably good book. The award harks back to an imaginary age where leaders would be cultured and refined arbiters of taste.
Can anybody — with a straight face and a head full of working brains — honestly say that if it weren't for the Queensland Premier's Literary Award, we wouldn't have such Australian masterpieces as Fredy Neptune or The Volcano? Was winning the opportunity to meet Anna Bligh face-to-face the reason so many non-Queenslanders took quill to parchment to scratch out their novella? Did the fine people of Queensland rush out to bookstores immediately after the nominations were announced in order to discuss the merits of the eventual winner?
Fundamentally, the various premiers' awards are irrelevant and the coordinators of the awards seem to know it. Last year's decision to nominate David Hicks' book, Guantanamo: My Journey, was a fairly transparent attempt to stir controversy in the face of waning relevance. I've heard McDonald's jingles with more literary merit.
What seems to be missing from the commentary so far is that there are more significant funding opportunities for the arts in Queensland than the award: the end of the award does not mean the end of arts funding in Queensland. Arts Queensland, a division within the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, runs a swag of statutory bodies and state-owned companies dedicated to supporting the art community. Instead of merely shaking the hands of people who might otherwise have never visited the Sunshine State, Arts Queensland provides meaningful ways to nurture and develop cultural endeavours in Queensland.
But even if we ignore Arts Queensland and the huge number of projects they support through grants, there is still an amazingly good reason to axe the Premier's Award: money.
Brisbane-based novelist, Nick Earls, wrote:
"Insiders tell me there's nothing more influential on the ratings folk at Moody's and Standard & Poor's than reducing your debt by 0.00028 per cent through axing awards for writing. That's how valuable the axing of the Premier's Literary Awards is to the state's finances. It's a saving of $250,000 at the same time as the LNP is telling us the state is $85b in debt (and I didn't even factor their extra $4b of new spending into my calculation)."
"It's the difference between going $20,000 into debt to buy a car and instead being really smart about your finances and only having to borrow $19,999.94."
This misses the point. You don't make savings in a budget by cutting only a few massive programs; trimming smaller programs means you don't make larger cuts into major items. There are going to be severe cuts to the Queensland budget whether Queenslanders like it or not. It's an extra $250,000 the Newman government doesn't have to find from services, from education, or from police. It doesn't even have to be as significant as those. Given the choice between cutting $250,000 on a prize awarded to non-Queenslanders (who might not even live in Australia) and cutting $250,000 on a program which, say, provides grants to emerging artists, surely Queenslanders would prefer the former.
I am all in favour of programs which support cultural development in Australia, but the Premier's Literary Award is neither effective nor impactful. So long as the Queensland Government continues to support more efficient modes of facilitating cultural programs through Arts Queensland, nobody should care that a relatively insignificant vanity project was snuffed.
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Posted Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 10:43
Err, I think you miss the point here Mark. The point, at least for me, is that this is symbolic of the LNPs disdain for arts and culture in Queensland. Why is this amongst the first things to go? Why are not other programs, such as the Queensland Premier's Design Awards, not also canned to save money? Will the Queensland Export Awards and other non-arts related awards also be shelved for the sake of saving money?
You talk about the literary awards as if it's one award - it's not - it's a suite of awards, that give exposure to a lot of Australians, many of them from Queensland.
Also, "Arts Queensland, a division within the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, runs a swag of statutory bodies and state-owned companies dedicated to supporting the art community." - It's not anymore, it's been changed into a new ministry and buckled up with Science and Information Technology. That tells you how important that portfolio is to the new premier.
David Skidmore
Posted Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 11:04
Wow, a saving of $250,000. Let the good times roll, Queensland. I bet if it was an award for Rugby League Newman wouldn't dare touch it. How pathetic!
Posted Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 13:44
Talk about a lot crap and dysfunctional logic, the post above just do not get it.
1st how do you know that other such mis-use and non-relevant handouts of tax payers money is not being discontinued??
It's only because when it come to the Literary Awards the voices who want to yell and scream as if the end of the world is upon us get the media attention.
Perhaps it may only be a mere $250,000 in the scheme of things but you tell that to mothers who are living in cars with children, people paying huge power bills, people waiting for medical treatment and so on....
Perhaps if all governments took stock of wasteful and unnecessary spending of other peoples money government budgets would not have to charge tax payers for breathing air!
Posted Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 14:04
Gosh, a sensible piece in NM. There is hope for NM yet
Posted Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 14:15
See, this is the powerfulness of power. Already its arty non-resident farts versus single mothers living in cars. Mark Fletcher's article is only the beginning. The grinding down of debate to utterly ridiculous equivalances - either/ or. And the non-sensical economics of cutting little programmes and it will all add up. The politicians are laughing at you!
Posted Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 15:31
By this truly stupid logic, you'd have to find 340,000 such projects in order to whittle away the state's debt. The cost was miniscule.
And of course cost wasn't the reason for abolishing it. This was ideological and it was malicious. This decision had to have been made before the the election. The announcement came just after the swearing in of the cabinet. It was before any cabinet meeting could be held. It was before the Arts (and all her other bits and pieces) Minister even had an office. And the announcement was made by Newman himself. There's been a lot of editorialising for a while now by conservative commentators about the selections in state Premiers Awards - David Hicks being the primary irritant for them.
You're also demonstrably wrong in referring to the awards as "spending $250,000 on a prize awarded to non-Queenslanders" - it's not one prize, but many.
You might have a point about established writers picking up a swag of State awards in one year at the expense of less well known writers, but many awards go to the less established writers. The logic behind keeping them open to all is that excellence is shown by comparison with the best. There might well be an argument for limiting it to QLD writers. If Newman went with that it would at least show some interest.
Don't underestimate its value to the rest of us. I was shortlisted in 2006 (for a play). I didn't win and therefore there was no money involved, but the kudos and the doors it opens are invaluable. There are plenty of people who won't consider an unsolicited script, but if you can say I was shortlisted for this, you're taken seriously and people will at least read a script and consider your ideas.
I've been shocked by the venom shown in some of the comments on this by readers of e.g. the Courier Mail - "hippie handouts", "truck drivers don't get subsidised why should writers" etc. No doubt some of these people are happy to put their hand out for breeding bonuses, benefits of various kinds, fuel subsidies, feed subsidies, drought relief and everything else they consider their due. Try comparing the average truck driver's income with the average playwright's.
Posted Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 15:33
Well I heard on the ABC grapevine that the Premier's Literary Award will be continued, only with a different name and no prize money attached, only credos.
Apparently, it was the unpublished manuscript by an indigenous writer, that would have been missed the most, the only culturally valued award of its type in Queensland.
Good luck to the saviors of the literary awards.
Perhaps now some mega rich Queenslanders could step in and provide some prize money.
Posted Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 16:21
Hi dbmurray,
You're not incorrect when you say it looks more than a bit suss that the Lit Award was the first to bite the dust, but what arts funding could be cut (especially when there was commitment not to cut arts funding) without accusations of philistinism being screamed? Or is the arts community just entitled to the money, ipso facto?
But we need to go a bit deeper into the question in order to make sensible judgements. Was the Lit Award a good use of money, especially when the draw card award (and I note in the second paragraph the different categories) was being handed out to people who, frankly, didn't need Queenslanders' money? Was the Lit Award a good use of money when Arts Queensland (also, thanks for picking up my error! I didn't realise it had moved) was supporting arts activities in more effective ways?
I'm the pro-Arts kind of conservative: I like my opera and theatre. I feel that it would be completely barbarian for funding to theatre houses, &c., &c,. to be slashed. But the Premier's Award? At quarter of a million dollars, I really can't see the point.
How much is a symbol worth to you?
(Thanks for your comment, btw)
David Skidmore
Posted Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 16:42
Perhaps governments should take stock of wasteful expenditure. However, my opinion of what is waste is very different to someone else's. It is also clear that many Queenslanders support this prize. Moreover, they are taxpayers as well.
Why do idiots trot out the taxpayers argument as if they are the only taxpayers around? I guess I've answered my own question.
And speaking of idiots, how long will it take the new government to waste the $250,000 saved? Not long at all.
Posted Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 21:50
i amm a kweenslander and I dont' unnerstand wy we nede this stoopid awawd ennyway
I dunno wai the left wing politician's arr so cross!
iT is jist so unnesisurry.
These leftwing award's chust cost's us kweenslanders a lot of munny and we need to sav summ of that munny to pay four al owr houses wich ar droping in the globil maaket.
Kambil Numinn
Posted Friday, April 6, 2012 - 04:24
oh dear oh dear, Mark Fletcher likes theater and opera ,so that is not a waste of money at all. The fact that both absolutely depend on subsidy, opera enormously, and are heavily skewed to a) big companies and b) elite consumption and c) metropolitan audiences seems as irrelevant and the miniscule amounts of public funding awarded to writers who are mostly self-sustaining. This was a silly under research ignorant article.
Posted Friday, April 6, 2012 - 08:33
I have no problem with this being decision based on a combination of ideological and economic reasoning. The arts community are significantly to blame at all times for keeping Labor governments in power. They are the fiercest critics of conservatives at all times and are the most rusted on of ALP/Green supporters. They have therefore played a hugely significant part in the QLD Labor government accumulating an unbelievable $85 Billion debt. It's now time to pay the piper.
This user is a New Matilda supporter.
Posted Friday, April 6, 2012 - 12:22
If there's a problem with an out-of-stater winning an award, then change it so that only Queenslanders are eligible.
If you want to reduce spending, maybe cut $3000 from MPs' salaries. That would save more than $250,000 and would in reality only cost them $1500 after tax.
Posted Friday, April 6, 2012 - 16:13
I suppose we should thank NM for publishing this piece--as a matter of balance--because it shows just how poor the case for abolishing the awards is. Also I have no idea who Mark Fletcher is --NM could help us with a minimum bit of author attribution/bio. (And no, after reading this I am not motivated to google or wiki).
Although the author appears to believe he has presented an argument he has done nothing except express an unsubstantiated opinion. He is entitled to his opinion but not to the claim that he has justified it in any way. He has posed a series of rhetorical questions which he does not answer ("Can anybody — with a straight face and a head full of working brains...."), seemingl to assume that the mere posing of them is sufficient. (And several have been answered by some well known authors who he even cites!) Make up your mind MF whether it does or does not matter with respect to budgetary savings.
The reason why this action is so worrisome is indeed because it has nothing to do with budgets, but is instead an arbitrary unilateral action by a single person (Newman) which reveals a tendency to rule by fiat, caprice and vindictiveness. And whose party was elected with less than 50% of the primary vote. The comparisons with Joh B-P are quite valid as clearly there were zero consultations with anyone, including his own party and his own Arts minister who revealed that she only found out about it from a Courier Mail journo. I'll bet there are some in the LNP who are worried by the arbitrariness of the action and what it bodes for the future running of the state, and what role they will play in creating careful policy (guess what guys, zilch unless it happens to completely coincide with the Major's preformed ideas.)
It reinforces everything they and all Brisbanites know (or should, if they have paid attention these past 6 years), that this guy still thinks he is in the military and is now top of the heap and expects to make absolute decisions with no one to query them. But for that reason I welcome them. Bring it on, I say. Because he cannot help himself and the sooner Queenslanders understand the better.
David Grayling
Posted Saturday, April 7, 2012 - 07:56
Newman is a typical capitalist Philistine. The fact that he has an army background makes it even worse.
And that he has such a majority will bring into play the old adage that 'Power Corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely'. The add to this the fact that most State and Territory leaders are of his ilk and the scene is set for catastrophe.
What happened in Queensland shows clearly that democracy isn't working. Then what is happening in the world shows that humans cannot regulate or govern themselves. Collectively, they are a greedy rabble led by psychopaths.
Stop the world - I want to get off!
James In Footscray
Posted Saturday, April 7, 2012 - 10:11
Mark Fletcher raises an interesting point. Does holding the Premier's Literary Award result in more people reading and writing literature?
Along similar lines - do the ARIAs get young people interested in listening to and creating pop music? Do the Logies get people interested in watching and creating TV programs?
Posted Saturday, April 7, 2012 - 14:28
Was thinking that it was time to get out of Queensland in order to retain some sanity. But where would I go?
Looks like the Raving Loonie Right will control every State and the NT soon, the Philistines sitting in every controlling seat, with Trogs and Trolls and other netherworld creatures beating at our doors.
No point in going to the USA, it is already owned by the Absolute Nutters.
Europe is backsliding into Nazi-ism, fast.
Russia is owned by the Russian Mafia, which is controlled by Putin.
The Islamic Nations are controlled by Fundamentalist Religious Nutters, just like America.
I am thinking hard. Where is the Interstellar starship when you need one?
Posted Monday, April 9, 2012 - 12:00
What you need is a time machine to go back and see what real socialism is really like.
How on earth do you get the NLP mixed up with Labor philosophy, Labor are socialist, same as Nazism, Communism and fundamentalism. All these have one thing in common - 1 party control.
Labor are by definition are a 1 Party control machine, that is they always believe in bigger government (more bureaucracy) and more regulation.
Posted Tuesday, April 10, 2012 - 08:59
NM should think twice before publishing nonsence such as this article.
Dr Dog
Posted Tuesday, April 10, 2012 - 15:26
How are we supposed to pay the piper IanD, when there is no money for the arts? Huh?
Ozzydazz perhaps you should go back and have a look at what real Labour is really like, because the current group don't deserve the name, any more than the socially controlling Liberal Party deserve theirs.
But dazza's implication that the LNP are nutters who have an oppressive agenda for the way we live is correct. The LNP is the party of racial, financial and class discrimination. The only surprise is that they get so many of those they despise to vote for them.
Now to the literary awards. The majority of fine writers tend toward the left and progressivness. They are despised by the right, especially by right wing writers funnily enough, who seem to feel quite comfortable denigrating their more talented peers.
This is a no lose proposition for Newman, who gets to kick his critics in the nuts while pandering to some talk back notion that illiteracy is a positive and desirable Australian trait.
And it is desirable to Newman and his cohorts, for whom an informed and socially progrssive public is anethema. Reading makes you think, and thinkers don't vote for clever hillbillies with a chip on their shoulder.
Let's face it, getting a literary award from Campell Newman is like getting a humanitarian award from Stalin. You would have to wonder where you went wrong.
David Grayling
Posted Wednesday, April 11, 2012 - 19:13
Dr Dog. Your comments are exemplary, pertinent, insightful, compassionate, clever, and demonstrate deep understanding and caring.
I hereby award you with the CANINE GOLD LOGIE for excellence and humanic dogmatisim.
Well done, friend!
Dr Dog
Posted Thursday, April 12, 2012 - 09:11
I am blushing under my fur.


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In an interview with The Backlot, Fehr provides a more nuanced explanation. Here's an excerpt (you can read Fehr's interview in full, here):
Everything I said in that interview I could have made it clearer and more eloquent. I'm not the most eloquent person in the world. I'm kind of a meat and potatoes type of guy. I hope people have enough common sense to figure out what kind of person I am and to give me the benefit of the doubt when it could go either way.
I do stand by everything [and] I was just being realistic about all the possible things. I was having conversations with people and I took the role and I love the role. I'm proud of what I've done with it. I just want to focus on the positive stuff too because it's fun to kind of go tit for tat with people. I'm that kind of person where I like confrontation. This isn't the place for it and I think this is one where I want people to like him, you know what I mean?
I had some critics and they said something about playing gay. I said I don't play him gay, I play him human. Do I get to do some gay stuff? Yes, of course. But it's like he's a human being. I play the emotions. I play what he feels. I think that's the most important part and that's why I love him because he's a really specific character. He stands out for me on this show. There are still risks because he is such a great character. Because I am representing something, which is a little bit foreign to me, which makes it exciting. But I don't want to cater to just the LGBT community. I want people who don't like homosexuals to begrudgingly go 'you know, I guess the gay kid's all right.' You know what I mean? I want them to be sitting there in Nebraska on their couch going 'I like the gay one.'
Do you have a better understanding of Fehr's perspective, Instincters?
I have never seen the show I may just look for it. I liked him in Roswell and the few things I have seen him in.
I am sorry that there were so few episodes of Night Shift, but I am glad that it is coming back next season. I am anxious to see where they take Brendon and Luke from here.
I love him the way he portray his character. I love night shift too!
I agree with everyone here, didn't need to question his statements. I like the way he plays his character; had me in tears when his other half was taken into surgery to amputate his leg. Very real in my opinion.
Sorry he was made to clarify the obvious. He said nothing offensive. Love this guy!
No clarification was necessary
It certainly isn't his first time playing a gay character. He was in Sugar in 2004 - great indie film and he did a fab job in it. People have to remember that interviewers often take license with what they print after conducting an interview with a celebrity.
He's a straight actor trying to make a gay character have depth. So what if he's uncomfortable. We would be too if we had to play convincing straight parts. If he does a good job and is believable, good for him! It's hard to play any character that you can't relate to. Good for him. No explanation needed.
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I featured part of Kathy's kitchen recently — spotlighting how she found resources to fix her vintage GE oven and electric range top here on the blog. But golly, I saved more wowza from her delightful kitchen for this second story: Kathy crafted her own decorative dishwasher panel — using an enlargement she made from the cover of her grandmother's vintage Betty Crocker cookbook. The dishwasher panel not only suits her kitchen design to a tee, but it reflects the kitchen's historic connection with Betty Crocker, too. Read on to see how Kathy completed this easy DIY, and for a peek at the other side of her perfect wood-yellow-red kitchen.
The dishwasher was a recent project of mine. My dishwasher works fine but it is 20 years old, and I wanted to do something to make it fit in more with the retro look. Having a budget of next to nothing I had to get my creative juices going. I thought about spray painting it yellow to match the oven/stove, but I didn't want to chance the mess or doing it badly. Then I thought of those huge magnets for sale in the country magazines that decorate the front of dishwashers for $55. None of their decorator designs really satisfied the retro look I was looking for. But, it gave me the idea of covering the front panel with a picture of something retro. I thought about what would be fun and chose to pay homage to my grandma with a poster that I had made from her 1950's Betty Crocker cookbook, which I still use today.
From the previous story, we learned that Kathy's kitchen also has a wonderful connection to Betty Crocker. She told us:
…the original owner was a professional cook in the Betty Crocker test kitchens in Golden Valley, Minnesota at General Mills near my home.
This was also why Kathy wanted to rescue the stove — she wanted to retain that fascinating connection to Betty Crocker history. How cool — and what a great idea to carry the Betty Crocker homage to the dishwasher panel! Kathy continues with her DIY steps:
First, I had the cookbook scanned and made into a poster. Before cutting it to put on the dishwasher, I made a pattern first. To do this, I measured the dishwasher panels… I did the math to add the two panels together as one piece, so that my pattern could be split without losing some of the design… and then, I made a plain paper pattern.
Second, I laid the pattern on top of the poster to gauge where I wanted to cut my design… traced around the pattern with a pencil… cut out the pattern… and made sure to cut it a tiny bit smaller so it would stay within the edges of my dishwasher. Then I cut the poster into two pieces, one for each panel.
Third, I had the two pieces laminated at the local copy/office supply store, where the laminating is a little thicker and sturdier than normal office/school laminating. This made the new panels a little sturdier. I had them leave a 1/4 inch of laminate all around the edges of each piece when they cut it for me. The laminating was around about $10 for my project, but they charge by the size of your piece of paper so yours might be different.
Then last, I took the poster pieces home and had intended on attaching them with double stick tape since my original dishwasher panel is not magnetic.
But then, I discovered that my older style dishwasher's panels have an edge over-lapping the panels — and my newly laminated pieces could slip under the metal edges without the use of any tape. A much better solution since there would be no gaps where water/mess could get under the new panel. I used the end of a flat blade screwdriver to help slip the laminated poster under the metal edges.
I stepped back to admire my new retro look and was pleased at the kitsch I had created! I think this method could be used for posters, old wallpaper, children's artwork, or even enlarge an old family photo to poster size at the warehouse club for cheap — and put grandma herself on your dishwasher!
Thank you, Kathy. What a fabulous project, and you know I love love love the Betty Crocker history. Also, your sense of design is awesome, in terms of color and scale, the decorative panel "works" perfectly in your kitchen!
Note: Before running this story, I checked with the PR folks at General Mills, owners of Betty Crocker, to make sure they thought that making an enlargement from their cookbook for a personal project like this was okay. They responded that they thought it was a fun project and gave me the green light. Thanks for the luv, General Mills!
So many very clever people on this site! This is perfect for her kitchen and crafted with perfection. Good job! I think she could have a business doing this.
That is just a perfect look for that beautiful kitchen. I love the creativity. Now I want one for my 20+ year old dishwasher. I hope I have a vintage cookbook in the right colors.
Beautiful kitchen. Wonderful valances on the widows. Just yummy!
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Patty! The valances are from "Country Porch" but I ordered them from their catalog a couple years ago. I wanted that fruit tablecloth look but I have 3 windows and couldn't find enough old tablecloth to make that many curtains.
Thanks for your wonderful blog about my dishwasher Pam! I hope this inspires others to love the "kitchen" your in! Even if you can't do a big remodel, small things make your home personal and like no one else's.
Love this look! I don't have a dishwasher in this house but I sure would do that if I had one! I don't know about other makes, but many people don't realize that the GE front panels are changeable. You can remove the trim and switch it out. The older dishwashers actually had two panels in the door; you could change it from white to black or from avocado to gold, etc. At some point I am not sure of, they changed it to one panel but it was reversible from black to white or almond to white, etc. I am sure if you checked with an appliance store they might take one in similar to yours, and I would think that they would be happy to give you panels off the junked ones to make different panels to change the look. I often pirated parts off of them such as wood chopping block tops or racks. I confess, I am a dumpster diver!
Janet, I think when I bought the dishwasher years ago you could get different colored panels. Your resourcefulness is great! Around here, dumpster divers were called "dump pickers" back in the retro years.
Kathy, I am almost SURE that the dishwashers with two panels above and below, like yours, had the two front inserts. At least the GE ones did. I know now most dishwashers don't even have the trim but have a single wraparound front panel, so they are of course not reversible. But I would bet your trim comes off and yours is!
This is SO, SO NEAT! I can't believe how professional and GORGEOUS the finished product looks. Major snaps!
Adorable! My mom just passed away 2 wks ago and maybe she wouldn't mind looking over my kitchen from the dishwasher. Believe me, I can use all the help I can get in there! I am one who would rather paint it than cook in it. She was an excellent cook & I could use a few pointers for sure!
dipsterdeb: I'm so sorry for your loss. I think it would be wonderful to have something around the kitchen to remind you of your Mom. My next project is with that in mind… I am looking thru old photos and slides to find a few pictures of the women in my family cooking in THEIR kitchens. Then maybe I will make a display on the kitchen wall/backsplash of small frames with them. Grandma, Mom, Aunties, maybe even Dad making summer sausage in the basement at the farm…??? Good memories.
Hi Kathy,
Was just getting back to this idea, when I read your response. I am also planning to paint over a large floral border in my kitchen, first with magnetic paint & then with chalkboard paint. The idea is to be able to decorate it with magnets, and/or writing/drawing. This would keep the fridge uncluttered. I did this with chalkboard paint in my son's room so that I wouldn't need to repaint the whole room because of a large insect themed border that he had outgrown. It already had an upper and lower edge so I just used painter's tape along the lines and painted the middle with chalkboard paint. Now he's able to write or draw whatever he likes on it. I just don't know if the paper of the border will hold up to a coat of each paint. This idea could work for a back splash if you had magnets made from the photos. Then you could change them around as you pleased.
Thanks for sharing your dishwasher project. I hope to complete it soon. Where did you have the poster made? Someplace like Staples or a photo printing service like Shutterfly?
That is such a great idea– I'm inspired. Maybe a blow-up of a vintage detergent ad could work well in my own kitchen…
Michael, great idea! The possibilities are endless… ads, photos, page from magazine or book, rock n roll posters, wallpaper, owner's manuals… I once photo copied a vintage baby blanket for a scrapbook I was making so maybe even fabric scanned and made into a poster would work!
Kathy, that is pure genius! My cupboards are the same natural as yours and there's no way I can get a dishwasher to match the brown original oven, so I am on this like a fruitfly on spilled jam.
Karen, this is a fun little project and I'm so glad it seems to have inspired retro readers. Just think, once you make the first one, you could make a different one to change it out for the holidays or seasons too!
I love your idea. And I also love the upper cabinets in your retro kitchen. Unlike most of them, which have the closed-in soffit above standard-sized cabinets, you have even more upper cabinet space. What a great kitchen.
This is just SO fun! And CHEAP! Yay! Inventivity is not dead in America, way to go Kathy. My mom has that same cook book….I had one also but after many moves, I can't find it now. I'll have to turn to eBay to get another I suppose.
Great job Kathy, and thanks Pam for sharing this!
Tami: Oh, easier than that, go to local bookstore! General Mills reissued the old Betty Crocker Cookbook only a couple years ago with the vintage cover and old fashioned "colored" photos. They also reissued their cookie cookbook with the original vintage cover.
Thanks for the great tip, Kathy, I had no idea. No hunting for "good" bindings that way!
Love love love your whole kitchen, not just the fab d/w!
Very cool and inspirational. I might try a retro TV test pattern.
Midmichigan: it really is like your dishwasher is just a big frame for photos and art!
Just occurred to me; I am not sure this is a doable project if you don't have a dishwasher with the removable trim. I haven't looked at them in years and I don't know if they make them that way any more, but you may be able to special order a trim kit that will work. I love your cabinets too, not just the way they are made, but the nice warm color! I collect the old recipe booklets that were given away with just about everything back then, like stoves or fridges or pressure cookers. Also I pick up the ones you could send for from companies who made baking soda or gelatin or whatever. Those often have really great colorful covers too. This is such a great idea!
Janet, just so it's clear, I didn't have to remove any trim or anything at all from my dishwasher. Also maybe newer dishwashers ARE magnetic and a fun home-made panel could be attached with craft magnetic strips. Hope that helps
Kathy, I did understand that you were able to install your new panel with a screwdriver as shown in the photo (I need those visuals, duh). I just think it looks so built-in and perfect framed at the edge like that. I did look and Whirlpool does still make one with reversible panels so it has the trim on the edges. Most of the dishwashers that I saw had wraparound front panels with no edge trim at all, and I don't think they would look as nice as yours do with that framed edge. BUT as mentioned, there are other ways to do it that may work out just fine.
Oh my god! This actually makes me wish I had a dishwasher. So cool and creative.
Oh my goodness, I LOVE this! Kathy, what a great idea—and it is so perfect in your kitchen! Best of all, it's inexpensive and removable…as someone in possession of far too many vintage cookbooks, several with cute or pretty beyond belief covers…wow, I could have a new dishwasher with every season (no, I'm not crazy…)! Kathy, you are a brilliant lady. Brilliant!
Also: Beautiful kitchen. You'd never get me out of it. Ever. 😉
Thanks Jen! I have a couple of fav cookbooks too! Obviously Betty Crocker but also Rumford Complete Cook Book 1934 ( no temps given, only hot, med etc oven…Hahaha), The HomeEc Teachers Fav Recipes, and The Road to Blue Ribbon Baking (Marjorie Johnson the MN State Fair famous baker).
Fantastic job!
That cookbook is my favorite cookbook ever. What a neat idea! I too live in minnesota and love the Betty Crocker/MN connection.
Lovely kitchen and clever project! Betty Crocker sells reprints of that cookbook, I use mine surprisingly often, its a great go-to for quick bread and cake recipes.
You've inspired me to find a way to incorporate the old cookbook cover that 'goes' with my kitchen- The dusky aqua 1930 BHG. http://img3.etsystatic.com/000/0/5310478/il_570xN.298715327.jpg
Oh my, that is ridiculously clever and so adorable! I actually had to look twice to see if the cookbook cover matched the valences, they look so perfect together. I don't have a dishwasher, but if I did, I think it would be getting some wall paper added to it. Thanks for sharing, Kathy. Your kitchen is just fabulous … something about it is just so comforting and lovely.
I was at a time capsule house once where they used contact shelf-liner to do something similar to their dishwasher and cupboards. It was really cute. I took a picture I will have to track it down and post it…
Sooo cute.
I'm wondering if that 'privacy film' that they sell at home improvement stores would work too. You know that stuff meant to be put over windows where you need to obscure the view from outside but still allow light to come through? I just was looking at those yesterday and wishing i had a need for it somewhere in the house…
You probably could have unscrewed the metal edges on the sides to make installation of the custom panel easier. Older-style dishwashers usually had interchangeable panels, and they slid in that way. Some even came with different-colored panels tucked inside under the existing panel. I once installed a custom-cut piece of laminate in my parents' dishwasher to change the look. But today's taller, one-piece doors don't have these tracks, and the edges are rounded, so I don't think a custom panel would work very well. Double-stick tape? I think the heat from the appliance would cause the adhesive to loosen, but, at any rate, I don't think a piece of anything laminated would look that good on the door's rounded edges. I wish this were different, as I have often wanted to change the look of my panel to match the kitchen, and make the appliance "disappear." I suppose one could take the door off and paint it, but I don't think we'd be able to achieve this clever custom look. And to think: You can change it whenever you want!
WOW!!!!!!! I am THRILLED with this photo and I can't wait to do this to my dishwasher!!!! I have a vintage inspired kitchen and this will be the crown jewel! Thanks for sharing!
The brand new Spring 2013 issue of Atomic Ranch has a cool dishwasher hack. Page 56 and 57. The homeowners repurposed their old KitchenAid dishwasher front onto a new "frontless" Whirpool dishwasher. Very clever and it looks great.
Love it! Thanks for the tutorial!


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Williamston leaders to take vote on fate of suspended town administrator
WILLIAMSTON - Mayor Mack Durham will ask Williamston council members to vote Monday on whether to fire administrator Phyllis Lollis.
Durham put Lollis on paid suspension Wednesday, the same day that he fired the town's police command staff and public utilities director Tim Hood. Durham does not have the authority to fire Lollis without a vote of the council. A town council member through December, Durham took office as mayor on New Year's Day.
What: Williamston Town Council meeting
When: 6 p.m. Monday
Where: 12 West Main St., Williamston
Call: 864-847-7473
He has said he suspended Lollis over a "simple matter" that didn't get corrected, but has declined to elaborate on the reason. He termed the firings part of a "workforce realignment" that came because of a change in mayoral leadership and a need for a more professional police force. He has also said the town is failing financially.
Durham's council colleague, Otis Scott, released to the Independent Mail on Friday night a memo that he said was signed by the mayor the same day that Lollis was suspended. The memo was written to Lollis.
In that memo, Durham said he was taking from Lollis any supervisory power she had over any employee in the town.
"Please understand that as mayor I fill the role of chief administrator and you as administrator are subordinate solely to my direction and fill the role of 'assisting mayor in his office,'" Durham wrote.
"Any variance from my instruction will be viewed as insubordinate behavior and will result in immediate suspension until the full council may perform a review of your behavior and make a determination of appropriate actions," Durham wrote. "It will be your responsibility to report to me daily and fulfill the tasks that I assign."
Durham said he would immediately require Lollis to begin keeping a record of the hours she worked, and any week that reflected less than 40 hours would be considered a week in which she used personal time.
"Whereas I may assign you to perform tasks within a subordinate department of the town, you will report to the department head of that department as your supervisor while tasked to that department unless otherwise directed by me," Durham wrote. "Effective immediately, you will exercise no supervisory powers or direction over any other employee of the Town of Williamston. You are simply to complete the tasks that I assign to you in assistance of my responsibilities. ... I will be evaluating your job skills to assign tasks within your capabilities and to attempt to fully utilize your talents in assistance of needs that I will define and determine."
Durham said in an interview Friday afternoon that he intends Monday's meeting to be "a positive one" that answers people's questions about the actions he has taken during his first week in office. Durham could not be reached late Friday night for comment after Scott released the memo.
"The first six months of my administration will be about trying to get Williamston on better financial footing," Durham said in a Friday afternoon interview. "We have been told that everything is great and is rosy, but it's not."
"We need to make it clear where we are going," Durham said. "There is a new direction for the town."
Monday night's meeting will begin with the introduction of new town employees.
Interim Police Chief Jesse Harris was replaced by Tony Taylor, who worked as an officer in Williamston in the early 1980s. Jay Grubbs, the town police chief who stepped down last fall, has been named a captain in charge of operations. Kevin Marsee, who previously worked as an officer in Anderson, will be the captain in charge of police administration.
The council will go into a closed session Monday to discuss personnel matters before taking a vote on the fate of Lollis and on whether the town administrator's position is needed. Durham said the closed-door discussion will include other personnel matters as well.
Scott said Friday that he has decided how he will vote on the administrator's position.
"I haven't made my mind up to do away with that position," Scott said. "But I am not at all happy about the way he handled things with the town administrator. We have an ordinance that sets forth her duties, and he didn't go by that. He doesn't have the right to make her subordinate to the department heads as she performs her duties."
Durham has asked a representative from the Appalachian Council of Governments to do a presentation Monday on Williamston's financial fate. Durham contends the town is "in a three-year trend of overspending" and its leaders have to find $230,000 in the budget by July so Williamston doesn't have to dip into its reserves.
The mayor says he hopes to send Anderson County a request to provide Williamston with services that could benefit the town financially. He declined to disclose the services he is seeking for the town.
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Struggling Liskeard Athletic are hit for six at Mount Wise
Posted: February 06, 2013|
LISKEARD Athletic's dramatic downturn in fortunes this season shows no signs of easing after they were beaten 6-0 at Newquay on Saturday.
The Blues, who finished a respectable seventh last season, have won only two games in the league this term and defeat at Mount Wise at the weekend was their 18th of the season. Only Penzance, with two points all season, are keeping them off the bottom.
Newquay took only nine minutes to open the scoring when Danny Brook fired home Luke Weldhen's cross.
Josh Sims then crossed for Weldhen to head home Newquay's second, before the striker claimed his second before the break.
Brook then doubled his tally in the second half and Matt David headed home the Peppermints' fifth.
Weldhen soon completed his hat-trick to seal a comfortable win for Glynn Hooper's side.
Bodmin Town returned to league action after their FA Vase heroics to beat Bovey Tracey 4-2 at Mill Marsh Park.
Sam Matthews slotted home Bodmin's first after 20 minutes and Shane Krac added a second moments later.
Bovey pulled a goal back after the break through substitute Hayden Roe, but Town regained their two-goal advantage through Adam Carter.
But despite being reduced to ten men following Jared Lewington's dismissal, Bovey pulled a goal back when, after Town defender Tom Chambers was red carded for handball, Jamie Micklewright scored from the penalty spot.
But it was from another spot kick at the other end that Bodmin made sure of victory through Carter.
Despite the loss of prolific striker Lewis Coombes to Plymouth Parkway, St Blazey enjoyed a 3-1 win at Cullompton Rangers on Saturday.
All three of Blazey's goals arrived in the remaining four minutes of the first half, the first courtesy of a George Swain header.
A minute later Jon Hoyles fired home and Seb Broomfield completed a remarkable spell with St Blazey's third goal before half-time. There was still time before half-time for St Blazey goalkeeper Dave Painter to save a penalty from Sam Kemp.
Ash Donohue pulled a goal back for Rangers in the second half, but it proved to be nothing more than a consolation.
Torpoint Athletic claimed an impressive and much deserved point with a 2-2 draw at title-chasing Plymouth Parkway.
Lewis Coombes started for Parkway following his move from St Blazey, though he was unable to get on the scoresheet as goals from Shane White and Paul Baker ensured a share of the spoils for Darren Edwards' men.
Saltash United slumped to a 4-0 defeat at Liverton United.
It may have been a different story had Sam Hughes scored from the penalty spot, but saw his effort saved by Ben Hardy.
Liverton responded with Stefan Chubb scoring after 30 minutes and it was 2-0 moments later when Frazer Clark fired home.
And after Chubb was brought down in the box, Stuart Bowker made no mistake from the spot.
The Ashes conceded a fourth when Jordan Lamm claimed a fine individual goal.
Launceston were beaten 4-2 at home to Elburton Villa as Levi Landricombe scored all four goals for the visitors.
The striker gave Villa a 20th minute lead with a lob over Clarets' goalkeeper Dan Stevenson.
Launceston drew level early in the second half when Sam Davey scored from the penalty spot after being brought down.
And after the hosts missed a couple of opportunities they were made to pay when Landricombe made it 2-1. He then completed his hat-trick with a clever back heel.
The forward claimed his fourth goal with full time approaching, before Davey scored his second with a late consolation.


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On The Lot: Series Finale (2 of 2)
(S01E17) I'm praying that those of us still watching this show witnessed the series finale of On The Lot and not a season finale.
If this show ever gets a second season, I may be forced to boycott all future Burnett and Spielberg productions, and I really want to see the next Survivor and Jurassic Park IV. Well, maybe not so much Jurassic Park IV.
Anyhow, take all the things you disliked about this season and point the world's most powerful electron microscope at them. That's about what these last two episodes have been like.
It's been painful in every nearly respect and I'm glad to finally be put out of my misery.
In all honesty, I'm not even sure how to go about reviewing this episode. Fox probably could have condensed this show into a minute. I can probably condense this review into one word: crap.
Do I care that Will liked Under the Gun, Jason liked Catch, and Adam liked Die Hardly Working?
Frankly? No. I barely cared about the films the three finalists showed. That pretty much ensures I don't care about the films the non-finalists made six to twelve weeks ago.
I also like how Adriana casually dropped the following tidbit around 40 minutes into the episode.
"One, two, or possibly all of you probably have a fairly decent Internet following that used the world wide web to vote for you when one of your films was up. Unfortunately, Internet voting didn't work this weekend so you better pray they liked you enough to call on their phone or payed to text message a vote in for you. Sorry."
Internet voting didn't work on the most important vote night of the season?! The one where Fox/Dreamworks gives 1 Million dollars to an amateur filmmaker, effectively altering the course of their life forever? Is anyone else appalled by this revelation? How did the directors not jump out of their chairs and dropkick Adriana across the stage? I would have been livid!
Anyhow, long story short, Adriana kicked Adam off the lot and it came down to Jason and Will. Some faux tension was built with a commercial break, and Adriana and the 8th and 9th wonders of the world (I do read the comments), came out and announced that Will Bigham was the winner of On The Lot.
There was some applause, Will got into a limousine, and was carted off to see "his new boss" on the Dreamworks studio.
We finally hit paydirt. Spielberg, who I suspected earlier in the season was doing everything in his power to keep his mug off the screen as it pertained to this show, met Will Bigham with open arms and congratulated him for winning the competition.
Spielberg mentioned that Will won out of 12,000 applicants to the show, and he also mentioned that he liked Yes Men, Lucky Penny, and Glass Eye. Spielberg appreciated Will's craft, liked his comic timing, and overall, thought he was a great film maker.
Steven than said, "Welcome to our lot. Let's go in. Here's a key to your office."
The part we didn't see is where Spielberg yanked the key back, called security, and had them forcefully escort Will off of Dreamwork's property.
Spielberg could be heard yelling, "Check out my IMDB page sometime. I've got more talent in my beard than you have in your entire body. America got it wrong."
Zach then pulled up in a second limousine, Spielberg handed him the key to the office, and nudged him toward a treasure chest filled with gold bullion.
Okay, so nothing in the last three paragraphs really happened, but it'd have made for a much more interesting finale, wouldn't it have?
In all seriousness, congratulations to Will Bigham. Of the bunch, he was definitely the most deserving.
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Looks like you belong in that era.
That uniform fits you perfectly.
Excellent pics.
Anyone here like the uniforms of WWII? I just took some photos of me in my AAF Officer?¢Ç¨Ñ¢s Pinks and Greens. Every thing on this uniform is the real deal! It took some time to put it all together but it was worth it! Take a look at:
So, what do you guys think?
Take care.
Looks like you belong in that era.
That uniform fits you perfectly.
Excellent pics.
Yeah, I do and especially AAF greens and officer pinks. I wouldn't getting a pair of officer pink trousers. What's a reasonable place t get them? Are there good replica places to save costs?Originally posted by Wild Root
Anyone here like the uniforms of WWII?
BTW, you do look period. You have that time-traveled look of the era.
Thank you guys! You are very kind! Well Sergei, it is actually cheaper to buy the originals! I have friends that have repros and they cost more. Plus, they have some poly in the blends. There are good repros out there, but they will cost you big ones!!! The only thing that can be hard about finding the original is, size and condition.
Next time your up around this neck of the woods, I could recommend a place. Try looking at Kiser Bill?¢Ç¨Ñ¢s in Pomona or Red Star Military in Culver City. Even eBay has stuff once and a wile. It took me some time to get it all together. But, tell me your size and I might have some leads for you!
I am always happy to help out others find stuff!
Take care and thanks for looking!
Ball park prices of repro uniforms.
Tunic: in the 150-250.
Pants: 150:
Shirt: 60-100.
Tunic in good con. 50-70
Pants: 40-60
Shirt: 20-40.
For those looking for original styled shirts, Eastman has an expensive replica.
You remind me of my twin brother who has an EXTENSIVE collection of authentic military A-2's, uniforms, hats. Books of all WWII, plane manuals, B-17 training manuals....cripes..he has it all.
He went to Livermore Airport a few years back. There was a man dressed like you in those photos, acting as a docent on the B-24 which the Confederate Air Force flew in to give rides in.
My brother spent some time talking with the man, listening to the war stories .. He asked the man where his cap was. The uniform was incomplete you see. The man said he had some how lost it or whatever.
Then next day, my brother flew back in his Cessna to Livermore, and the same man was agian there greeting tourists to the B-24. My brother went over to the man, opened the bag he was carrying, and gave the man a mint uniform cap, with emblem. The man cried, and tried to somehow pay my brother.
My brother refused, and told the man "Your generation, and you, sir, have already given so much. I could never repay you, so this hat is my way of saying to you "thankyou" for the great service you gave to this country, and for giving me the freedom I enjoy."
This is a TRUE STORY.
Almost a dozen years here. You get less time for murder.
Andy that is a good story! I really enjoy stories like that. Your brother sounds like a very gracious guy! A hat is a small price to pay for all that our vets have done for us. It is so true that there isn?¢Ç¨Ñ¢t much that we can give back to our veterans for their sacrifice for our freedom! It is sad that some people today don?¢Ç¨Ñ¢t pay the respect to our vets of WWII, Korea, or Nom.
I have a story I?¢Ç¨Ñ¢d like to share.
I was at Union Station in LA waiting for a group of friends to show up to catch a WWII train. This train is just an Amtrak that goes from LA to San Diego with two restored passenger cars from the 40?¢Ç¨Ñ¢s at the end. Lots of fun! But, the man who owns them needed guys and gals to sit around in uniforms of the period and tell the paying guests more about the war.
So, I was sitting there in Union Station in my Pinks and Greens minding my own business when an older gentleman comes right up to me and asks: Are those REAL Pinks and Greens?? I said, yes! And he said that he hasn?¢Ç¨Ñ¢t seen Pinks and Greens since he was an Officer stationed in Texas as a flight instructor fling B-17?¢Ç¨Ñ¢s and B-29?¢Ç¨Ñ¢s. So, he told me that the one thing that he really enjoyed about being an Officer was that he was allowed to go off base to a small diner that served the best strawberry milk shakes one could ever have! I laughed and said to the kind man that I really love strawberry milk shakes too! He laughed and said that I was just a younger version of himself. He asked me why I was dressed up and I told him about the train. He wanted right there to jump on and ride the train to see every one dressed up.
Well, that?¢Ç¨Ñ¢s one of my stories, not as cool as yours, but it?¢Ç¨Ñ¢s mine.
Thanks again for sharing!
Rob, loved the effort you went to in your pinks and greens. That pic looks like it was taken 60 years ago. It's great when folk like yourself go that extra mile for authenticity and you capture that era to a tee!
I do the same when it comes to getting gear, so often you can get originals for cheaper that repros. Better to feel the history!
One thing that really impressed me with your photos was the effort you put into getting that 1940's backdrop. That building is similar to hundreds of offices across the US in the late 30's and early 40's on USAAF bases. For me that was your piece-de-resistance!
Look forward to many more Rob, and thanks for sharing those! it really made my day.
"Hot ginger and dynamite, There's nothing but that at night,
Back in Nagasaki Where the fellers chew tobaccy and the
women wicky-wacky Woo."
Fifty shades of Earl Grey in a stormy sea of Lattes...
That made my day reading that story. What a fine gesture on your part to give that veteran one of your AAF crushers. I could not think of a finer home, nor gesture of gratitude.
We often have to remind ourselves that inside an 80-year-old shell, burns the heart of an 18-year-old lion...
Thanks for that moving story.
"Hot ginger and dynamite, There's nothing but that at night,
Back in Nagasaki Where the fellers chew tobaccy and the
women wicky-wacky Woo."
Fifty shades of Earl Grey in a stormy sea of Lattes...
Hey Paddy, glad you liked the photos! I took these just out side my house! Not a back drop! Just my house.
Take care and keep WWII alive!


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Protesters occupy Taiwan legislature
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- Pepper water against unarmed civilians / Agua pimienta contra los civiles desarmados
- Is it wrong to ask for democracy? / Está mal pedir la democracia?
- Prime Minister: the policemen expelled the civilians by carrying them away and patting on their shoulders
In defense of the Taiwanese democracy / En defensa de la democracia taiwanesa
This old man said to the policemen: If you want to touch the students, you can touch me first. I do not have so much time to live anyway. They are the future master of Taiwan and they have the right to decide for their future.
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Everyone likes to wait till the piece is finished to show it , but maybe a sneek peak might be more instructive, I am keeping pics so I can do another slide show of this,
she is going to be about 4 ft by 6 ft, almost life size figure,
I absolutely love the pattern mixing! I have a Van Gough feeling to it! Can anyone say, "Starey Nights?"
god bless you thats what I was thinking with that water , you cant hardly see it but the sun has weird faces staring back at you , I was thinking something on the name with a play off on her figure and the sun like "Dont stare at me"
I think you totally have something to work with that is WICKED cool! The key that I have learned with pattern is being careful not to have all of it to visually register as one tone of pattern, you know. You need to have depth within the work so that it has a fore ground, mid ground and back round. The spelling on my description was wrong what I ment to say was "Starry Night" and that can be broken down to an Impressionistic (the Artist Van Gough) feel to the piece. With his work, he was totally into visual registration of shape and tone of color with in his work to show depth of field within the working plane. If you want to go that route you might want to take tips from him. Are you planning to paint on the piece to give it washes of color? Are you planning to work with shears? Ms. Testa has great ideas on how to work with shears in her book?! I don't know do you have her book?
I live with a artist and he started out trying to teach me the rules and then realized I just go with my gut and get as cool stuff that he does so hes kinda shut up lately , he waits till they are finished now mostly then tells me what he thinks , so still some sinks in, I caught him looking at her last night but he didnt say anything so I love to hear from people , I will put a sideway eye on her and then quilt her , I think I will echo the diamonds on this one , I forget what famous artist said , I made it that way just to see if I could , but that is kinda where I go with each one, I dont think I have a style because I like being free to try anything anyway . Theres nothing special or new about my quilts I love the old process I just want them to be unique ,
It is not a sense of style that I am talking about it is a sense of what your vision is and how you express it. I am totally not trying to tell you how to work a piece (that is your business.) I am trying to express what Artist are you trying to mimic? What visual style are you going for? Even in the Quilt world there is visual styles of famous Artists, right? BTW, design rules aren't something that you should resent they are there to guide you visually just to make a design have some interest to it. Not to control you or your work. Like I tell everyone that I am around in the quilt world, know the basics in design then PUSH the ENVELOPE as far as you can! More can be MORE if you know the basics of design.
I love your comments I dont always understand them but love them, I wish I had a style of my own , I get a flash of a ideal and then try to make it real , I'm a pretty good hand quilter and I guess as a Art Quilter I'm a outsider :) but I love it and thats the important part to me , Thanks
I don't mean to be critical I am just trying to understand? I think since I have taken a great deal of amount of college and I have learned the "rules" maybe I don't know how to communicate? You said that your husband is an Artist so I thought you had the same lingo has he did when it came to Art?
I think your ideas are wicked great I just didn't want you to fall into any visual traps and not be happy with your work? I wanted to undestad where you inspiration was coming from that is all? Good Luck!
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The JAX-RS public review draft is now available for, er, review - download it here.
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by avi4now - 2008-05-02 13:41FYI, I can't download the Javadocs. I click on the file name and get taken to a page that says "File not found."