Saturday, July 29, 2017

DIY Boho Teapot Lantern Project: Spray Paint

Yes, I realize the process of my creating this was practically epic, like the Odyssey...

I finally lugged this guy back to Massachusetts, and when the weather wasn't raining, I started spraying  the pewter pot with the silver paint my brother bought me. It took several coats, but also after doing the wire wrapping, I still had to touch-up the paint again, and THEN shellac it, to seal it on.

How many coats did I use?

I honestly don't even remember...






Durring the last few days I visited my father in PA, they had the AC o full blast, so I got a sinusitis. I still worked on this while I as sick, plus I also got into some heavy research stuff at the same time, and sat through many videos, calls, and lectures. I did try to video document this process on video, but once I got very sick, I lost a lot of energy, and didn't document it entirely.



DIY Boho Teapot Lantern Project: 2nd Attempt at Drilling



This project has taken so long to complete. But, I've finally finished it.

I'm breaking up the next few parts into different segments. This part is the 2nd attempt at drilling.

The first attempt at drilling, last year, had me hunched over on the concrete outside not only hurting myself in my fingers, but also hurting my back very badly which caused problems for Fall Semester 2016 at UMASS Boston. 

My father told me I could brig it and drill it at his new house in PA. So I did.

 I spent more than half a day working on it, in the basement, including during a storm, and a tornado that just passed by a few miles away. .


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Anyways, I had to lug the whole thing back home, with a can of spray paint that my brother bought me. Thanx bro!

Gypsetter Summer 2017 So Far



So, the main part of being a Gypset (or Gypsetter) is being an artist. they other part is wandering about, traveling, and dreaming...

Well, I've had a major mix of that happening in my life. Ever since I'd started applying the principles of Dao De Jing (Tao Te Ching) to my life since last year, I've been incredibly busy! I've been heavily into film-making including animation and motion graphics. You can actually see this applied in some of my films: Light Journal Film, and Smattering Thoughts Also Flow. Dao De Jing predates physics & psychology as a field of study and doesn't require a theology.

I'm still technically living within the poor class or poverty in the USA, but a number of circumstances brought me very rewarding experiences. Many of my wishes came true.

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I had been wanting a French Press (coffee maker) for a few years. Well, my spouse was graduating this year from UMASS Boston with a BA in Art from the College of Liberal Arts. So, I helped him to get a large grant scholarship to travel to Japan, and YES he got it. Even tho' it was for him, I largely benefited from it myself. No I did not go to Japan with him because my daughter was still in school graduating from Middle School. But, I ended up with some cash and bought a French Press at Marshall's which is down the street from me.

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Also, right before Mr. Wang left for Japan, an older gentleman crashed into our minivan and totaled it the day before he left for Japan. This had me driving rentals, and eventually we got a new car, and I got chiropractic care paid for due to injury.

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Mr. Wang also got a ticket to fly back to China, from Japan, from his sister and when he came back I got quite a lot of gifts.

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Also, my father wanted to spend time with myself and my daughter, and he & my brother got us Amtrack tickets, and we came down to Philadelphia where my father now lives with my brother. My father, brother, and my brother's girl friend were so incredibly generous to us, it's mind blowing! I picked beans in the garden, went swimming, went shopping, and worked on drilling my boho pewter pot project.

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I also drove everyone to NJ from PA and we visited old spots like Rancocas Woods, and The Beach.

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My father & brother were so generous to us, that I had a strange experience of after being asked to get whatever I wanted when we were at the Shore and thinking I didn't actually want anything, and that I was just happy to spend time with my family. 

Do you want this? Do you want to do that? 
Actually, I found I didn't... After so long of being so poor, and being without, and being thrust into so much generosity, I just found I didn't want anything other than being with the people I loved. 

My dad was so loving, that I found myself often being grateful, and hugging my dad all the time. It was so different than being a kid in the 1980s and being at the Shore and my dad not wanting to let us play in the arcades and win Batman stuff. This time, he wanted to pay for ANYTHING, and I kind of didn't care about spending money, just hanging out with him and everyone else. 

I also went out and shot stock footage/B-Roll video with my brother around Greater Philadelphia.

My life is way different than it was a few years ago.



2017 Boho Chic Dreamcatcher

This is the 3rd Boho Dreamcatcher I made for my so-called balcony on the first floor.

I bought the wreathe at the Dollar Store (Dollar Stop) last year in the fall.

The red chord is a silk cord for jade & pearls and other jewelry working in China. in China the color red is believed to have "power" or "strength", thus why it's often used. (I used to have amy own store selling imports from China).

It has cowrie shells which were money for centuries in many cultures including China, and even North America, but all over.

It also has Buddhist mala beads, and the Chinese word "long" in Traditional script which means Dragon in Chinese. (I'm also working on my own independent film with Qilin that are related to Dragons)

I worked on this back in June.






Friday, March 3, 2017

Boho Chic Mirina Necklace Photo Shoot [UPCOMING]

I have a contract with this company, Mirinia Collections, and I ordered this necklace.

I need to do a photo shoot with it SOON.

Trying to get someone to model it, locally, for me.

I will be posting the photos here on my blog, but also on my Photography Instagram Profile:

@BlackUniGryphonPhoto

Right now I ONLY have this selfie on my regular Instagram profile.











Spring Sakura Mori Identity Portarait [Digital Media UMASS Boston]

I am taking the Digital Media class at UMASS Boston with a really great instructor, Cat Mazza.

The requirements were that at least 1 layer MUST be a scan.

It's multiple layers of my photography, lots of my old tricks I learned from working at Top Cow/Image Comics.

I also ended up doing a demo on my styles, and how it works. But, we ran out of time.

Here's mine project: