Icelandic palette cleanser
Here is Sigur Ros, an Icelandic band.
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August 2007
SFWA: To be or not to be
Lisa Mantchev, who I adore, posted this on her blog in regard to the vice President of SFWA’s recent action I want to know what it’s going to take to organize a new Genre Writers’ Guild. One that promotes the work of the up-and-coming writer as well as the old guard. One that recognizes the
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The Kowal Portable Typewriter’s Spacebar
As I mentioned earlier, I wanted to make the spacebar on the Kowal Portable Typewriter and Adding Machine out of something mimicking ebony. I’ve been meaning to do this post for ages, but kept putting it off until I’d had a chance to test it all and make sure there weren’t any surprises. A number
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World Fantasy
I’ll be at World Fantasy this year, which I’m very much looking forward to. Is anyone besides me wanting to go to the harness racing on Saturday night? One of my favorite books growing up was Born To Trot which was set around the world of harness racing. I loved that book and have always
Reading Aloud: How Not To Do A Podcast
Please go listen to this brilliant and funny bit of advice: How Not To Do A Podcast by Kate Baker.
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Presents for you.
I got this from Vylar Kaftan. I will send a gift to the first 3 people who leave a comment here on my blog. I don’t know what that gift will be yet, but you will receive it within 365 days (likely sooner than later). This may end up being almost anything. It could be
Two months: Iceland or NYC, a poll
We moved in two months ago. I was going to do a post about how we’re settling into the rhythms of living in NYC but that was before we got the call from Iceland. At the moment, all I feel is a sense of waiting again and that the uncertainty has returned. So, since my
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Coraline clothed
I’m sorry, I meant to post these photos yesterday. To a certain degree creating the clothes for this paper doll is much like creating a costume for a human. I start by draping my “muslin” (in this case a soft, white, rice paper) to get the shape I want. I can’t use exactly a pattern
No need for wings, after all
The theater decided to move the dress rehearsal up a day, as in tomorrow. I explained that it was impossible to have the wings built and installed in the dress–which the designer also knew–by tomorrow. So, they are going to cut the puppetry wings. le sigh…
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Want to make a wing?
This requires some explanation. The costume designer for Mabou Mines’ latest show approached me about making a wing mechanism for her. I didn’t have time for the whole project, but was able to make a single wing, hoping that they could copy it for the other. She took it to California to be tested. Last
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Coraline: bad pattern. No biscuit.
Gah. I’ve started the build of the real Coralines and the first one I put together had that same gap under the chin. I set it aside and started another–same gap developed. So, the problem is in the pattern. I finished that one and then cut it apart to make a clean pattern. The new
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Attaching Coraline’s legs
After I built the legs and checked for sizing, I added a small aluminum bar across the top, using the cloth and Zap method that I’ve mentioned before. This is so that the string I’m going to use to tie them to the torso doesn’t rip through the top of the leg. I drilled two
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Lake Chaucer’d (Listen!) : Michael Livingston
Oooo! More Chaucer’d treats at Michael Livingston’s. This time he’s done Jay Lake’s Mainspring. Seventene degrees latitude approchynge, Hethor sawe th’Equinoccial Wal for the first time on lyve. I’m not sure why I find this so endlessly fascinating. Even with such short snippets, I’m starting to feel like I can understand Middle English more, like
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Coraline’s legs
The legs start the same was as the arms did, so we’ll skip all that and go straight to the knee joint. I glue two pieces of fabric to the back of the leg, making sure that the joint is completely snug. It is important to have things tight, so that I don’t have slop
Icelandic idioms
Here are some useful phrases. Ungi maðurinn þekkir reglurnar, en gamli maðurinn þekkir undantekningarnar. “The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.” Nú duga engin vettlingatök. “No more mitten-takes.” — used for: Do it right this time. Ég kem alveg af fjöllum. “I come completely from mountains” — used for: