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Seashores Icosahedron

2008-07-05T16:37:00.000-07:00

Spent last night constructing a Regular Icosahedron from a beat-up copy of A Golden Guide: Seashores. There are some lovely bivalve diagrams.
The instructions were in Unit Polyhedron Origami by Tomoko Fuse.
I have a falling apart Essential Fantastic Four Volume One
that is just screaming to be turned into a 90 unit Truncated Icosahedron.

Pigs in Blankets

2008-07-05T15:57:00.000-07:00

Got this recipe from the 1957 Betty Crocker's Cook Book for Boys and Girls. If I had seen this image as a child I might have never eaten Pigs in Blankets again. Too bad there's no Chicken a la King recipe. I would love to see the drawing for that.

I wonder if tofu dogs fall into the weiner or the frankfurter family?

Pigs in Blankets + Potato Salad = Yum.

Fruit Tart!

2008-04-30T07:51:00.000-07:00

Yum!

Godzilla-riffic!!!

2008-04-05T10:23:00.000-07:00

Yay! The Godzilla print I purchased from monster gallery arrived safely from Singapore!

Edible Wild Plant: Mecha-Meck

2008-04-03T20:35:00.000-07:00

Wild Potato Vine, or Mecha-Meck, or Man-of-the-Earth

This root weighed 15 pounds. It grows along roadsides and in open waste lands from Connecticut west to southern Ontario, Michigan, and Kansas, and south to Florida and Texas. Member of the morning-glory family and very close relative of the Sweet Potato.

From a lovely book by Oliver Perry Medsger, Edible Wild Plants (1939).
This one looks a bit like a dog--reminds me of a pet a Jack Kirby monster might have.

great find

2008-03-30T19:11:00.001-07:00

Found these great old printers blocks when out searching for a twelve. A perfect fit for the cover. Why was the punctuation never used?

Binding

2008-03-26T19:34:00.001-07:00

Considering binding techniques for 12/12. Think I'll keep it simple and stick with the 3 hole ledger variety. Better keep it to a small print run unless I can train my cat to punch holes while I'm at work.

My favorite bookbinding book is Japanese Bookbinding: Instuctions from a Master Craftsman by Kojiro Ikegami (1986). I really should buy my own copy.
Thank you, library--for unlimited renewals!

12/12 Project

2008-03-24T06:49:00.000-07:00

Santa Meets the Ice Dragon. A preview of panel 2. 12/12 is a project that forces one to create a short story with set parameters. My attempt to hone my skills--and maybe finish a story.

Bunny Bread

2008-03-23T20:29:00.000-07:00

Bunnies. Bread. Seemed appropriate today. The ears were more bunny-like before the dough reached its puffiest. When I was a kid, a jelly bean face was involved. I opted for a more universal bunny this year. Mostly because I remember not really liking the taste of the jelly bean and bread combo.

No bunnies were harmed in the making of this bread. Vicious rumors are just that. Vicious.

Now for a sandwich...

A Gosling

2008-03-21T21:01:00.001-07:00

I happened upon Stuart Kolakovic’s site today and was so impressed that I immediately purchased his mini comic. Absolutely lovely. He has also done a beautiful matchbook size comic (Ja Ljubav Te) of which I am despicably envious. Why couldn’t I have thought to make a comic book vending machine? Brilliant!