So for the last two days I was at work, shooting commercials and other small things for the show. It felt really, really good to do some puppetry again. Mostly it was my standard routine of fetching carts, and hats for the puppeteer. I did do some hand work for a couple of different shots. […]
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Modern Mechanix » Punch and Judy Theater Hides Camera from Children For some reason, to me, this is a creepy use of puppetry.
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Worked at the studio all day today. Going to bed now. Here’s a toy for you to play with. Mondrian Machine
Jodi, Julie and Sarah are all in for ADR this weekend. Rob and I invited them for dinner, partly because we like them and partly to consume some of the haddock. Sarah was the one who caught them, and Julie is the one who dropped them off at our house. Poor Jodi was an innocent
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Everyday, I try to at least read a couple of headlines in the newspaper. Living in Iceland, chances are I’ll see someone I know in the paper. This morning I could actually read the article! Granted, there was referring to dictionary, but still. The short of it is that Stefán Karl is doing voice over
Important note: The staff at the Virka fabric store speak no English. I don’t know the words for sewing machine, needle, elastic, boning, nylon strapping, or buckle. Fortunately, the lady helping me was very nice and willing to listen to my half-Icelandic, half-point and grunt. She made very good guesses and she spoke slowly when
Rob and I headed down to the Kolaport today because I wanted to hit that booth that had the SF books again. I picked up some beauties all of which look like pulp, untill you start to pay attention to the author’s name. Exhibit One. The banner at the top says, “A Madcap Blonde and
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I started today by sanding the bear down to remove the rough spots. The white patches are where the fiberglass has been sanded. I cut out the eyes of the bear, which I’ll replace later, with a tile-cutting bit on my dremel tool. While it is possible to sand the eyes down to a glossy,
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An artist just asked me, “Is there anything you’re particularly fond of, any imagery that your magazine leans towards?” Why, yes! Thank you for asking. If we start with the belief that one is submitting work that is well-rendered, with an understanding of composition, or, as Beth puts it, art that is not lame, then
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Okay. At some point, every SF story on the planet is going to hit some handwavium. You know the thing I’m talking about, that magic point where you just have to make stuff up in order to cover the gap between what is possible and what you think might be possible sometime in the future.
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Round two of fiberglassing the bear went much better. The glass on thmpts in the morning after he left so the fumes would have a chance to dissapate. This is way I was not going to do the fiberglass work at the workshop. Today I did the last of the fiberglassing for an audience of
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This weekend Rob and I went to see The Abduction from the Seraglio at the Icelandic Opera with Jochen, from work, and his wife. It was, as Rob says, a very satisfactory evening. The voices were good and they could act! The staging of this production was very good. I was able to follow the
Today is Steven Savile’s birthday. To celebrate, I am reading his novel Inheritance. So far, it is grim and horrific. Those aren’t normally compliments but are completely appropriate for a vampire novel. He also has managed to get humor in there too, which is astounding in a book with the undead rising all around. I’m
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Jodi is in from NYC to do a little bit of ADR and to do some visiting. He’s here until Monday. Yay! We’re headed out for dinner tonight. On Friday night, Julie arrives and then Sarah on Sunday. It’s like old home week.
To celebrate, we’ve got a puzzle which will show you the amazing cover art of David Ho. Now, as much as I love this puzzle, there are occasions when the mouse behaves oddly and grabs the wrong piece. Sorry about that; I wish I knew how to fix it but the puzzle is enough fun
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