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An eye for :: square jewellery
I purposefully went in search of squares to relieve my eyes from all those circles. I found myself so struck with the beautiful silver square shaped jewellery on Etsy. I love square jewellery, I think I like the idea of something so straight and formal on the human body that is round and irregular. My…
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Circle logos :: help me choose three
Here is one challenge that has been messing with my head for the last 2 days. The task was to create a logo for a restaurant called ‘circle’ and we were allowed to use the word circle and the circle shape and we had to come up with 40 variations. Let me just say at…
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And speaking of geometrics
Uni started back this week – my first week back since last June. I study via distance and they are usually very organised but one subject (I’m only doing 2) has been a bit of a fiasco this week; no lecturer, no material, broken links to readings, no answers to our queries on the subject…
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An eye for :: triangles
Out shopping last week this window display from Kikki-K and all those triangles really caught my eye. As it is the way for me I’ve been seeing triangles ever since. Is there a name for that? I mention it so often, this idea of when you become aware of something; a word or image you…
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Pods revisited :: palette and patterns
I wasn’t very happy with my last attempt at my seeds and pods patterns so I decided to go back to the drawing board. I made a few colour modifications to the pattern template because I felt it would work better with a reduced colour palette. The other change I made was my palette and…
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Web tip :: my fav 5 wordpress plugins
My love of WordPress began a few years ago and one of the things that makes it stand out is the community and the seemingly endless number of plugins that enhance the core functionality. When working on projects I will often go in search of a plugin if I have an immediate need that requires…
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Inspired by :: topiary
It was Zuppa Atelier’s small garden plate (bottom right) that caught my eye this week and I’ve been seeing topiary shapes ever since. I know technically they are small trees but they just reminded me of topiary and my neighbour’s impeccably shaped rose bushes – how do they do that? We have been toiling away…