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Berlin's Festival of Lights
Berlin's 5th annual festival of lights is running at the moment, and
has already yielded some mesmerising photography. City landmarks are
staged impressively by means of light, events, projections and
fireworks. Complementary to the festival, there are numerous cultural
events dealing with the subject of light. Wish I could see in person,
but in the meantime I'll have to content myself with these offerings
from Flickr. Images by Mr 172, Mind Produktion, Jøy and C Drewing.
Visible Light Solar Technologies Partners with Bosque School
The Bosque School Sheds Light on Student Education with Visible Light Solar Technologies. Bosque retrofitted 30 incandescent exterior lights – all of the main parking lot and driveway lights – on its campus with Visible Light Solar’s solar/LED lights. By adding solar and LED exterior lights, the school estimates it can increase its energy savings up to 99 percent.
Visible Light Solar Technologies is an intelligent solar and LED lighting technology company. We provide the first commercial and industrial hybrid solar/LED lighting solutions that reduce energy consumption by up to 85%, dramatically lower maintenance costs and deliver highly programmable, true-color illumination. Visible Light Solar's inaugural product line of retrofit solar/LED and LED lighting applications are designed for businesses that want to retrofit their metal halide and mercury vapor lighting fixtures while reusing their existing light poles, heads, casings and wiring. Visible Light Solar Technologies’ products are available nationwide through our Certified Installation Partner Program.
via 3blmedia.com
New ketubah design with modern illuminated initials
Last spring I spent five glorious days at the Friends of Calligraphy annual retreat, making art in the company of 29 other scribes and artists. This brief yearly interlude has (sadly) been my main creative time for the past several years, one of the few consistent chunks of time in which I create for myself, rather than under the direction of a client or art director. It's an island of bliss, right at the end of winter, as wedding season is revving up.
At the 2008 retreat I made four new ketubah designs (three of which you can see here - see the bottom row of designs:
http://bit.ly/ECFBR. Click on the thumbnails for larger views and more info
.) For me, 4 ketubah designs was an amazing feat, given that previous ketubot have taken anywhere from 30 to 200 hours to complete! I wondered how would I top that in 2009.
The beautiful thing about the retreat is no matter how much I plan ahead, I never know what will emerge. At this year's retreat in March I didn't make any new ketubot; instead I created an entire illuminated alphabet, with the idea that the letters (and coordinating icons) could be incorporated into new ketubah designs, gift prints, chuppot, invitations, or just about anything! (See a bat mitzvah invitation with the letter R here:
However, until now I haven't done much beyond scanning (most of) the letters...
I've felt a creative surge lately, though, and am fired up to finish those UFOs in my files, and this is my first push in that direction. Let me know what you think!
What I especially love about this concept is that the entire thing is so customizable! I can change colors, layout, the number of illuminated squares that are incorporated into the design... It is so flexible! These pics show the same layout, with different color schemes, but any shape/size/layout is possible. (Bonus points if you can guess which is the color scheme of the original painting.)
Back to the drawing board.. I have big goals to get away from my computer screen and actually paint this weekend. Wish me luck!
