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My creative corner for mixed-media explorations of life.
This is a bit off topic but I just discovered aviary.com. If you haven’t checked out their image editing tools, give them a try. They are (for the most part) free, online and surprisingly powerful (for an online-only application). There is even an online community for sharing and discussing the final creations. So what will […] Read more..
I finally gave my site a new look. The old one was a bit “stuffy” and in bad need of a visual cleaning. Now the site features an abstracted notebook look with tabs on the left and stuck-on info boxes. Hope you like it.
Another year is coming to a close. But first let’s celebrate! Enjoy your holidays and some wonderful time with your family. And all the best for the new year to you and yours! In case you are curious: The image above is actually a composite of five individual images. All were taken on a rather mild […] Read more..
I always felt that my photos aren’t properly represented either on this site or on flickr. So I decided to get myself a photoblog. One picture per screen, presented at a generous resolution should be more adequate. I am not sure if I can keep up the common one-post-per-day schedule, but I’ll send new stuff […] Read more..
Given all the web work I have been doing in the recent past, it feels good every once in a while to create something that gets printed. So here’s my latest project – an announcement postcard for the 2008 Wood Structures Symposium to be held at UMass in Amherst, MA. Above is the front and […] Read more..
This one is just too amazing not to write about. If you haven’t tried it yet, go to Wordle and give it a spin. All of these collages were created using their web service. My only suggestion for an improvement would be an option to keep punctuation. Oh, well – I am getting greedy…
It suddenly appeared in our garden…