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By Jackie, September 25, 2008 7:51 pm

Breaking Traditions ’08 and Stupid Sock Creatures.

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By Jackie, September 25, 2008 5:17 pm

Today Mary and I helped Lynn setup her Breaking Traditions exhibit. It was a wonderful change of pace from my usual days of kids and housekeeping. It was also my first time helping with setup and I have to admit I had a blast. Okay, so I haven’t gotten out much lately.

Here’s Mary straightening and pinning some quilts.

Here’s my little piece in the display…of 101 quilts

There is also a great Stupid Sock Creature Exhibit that my group put together…

Check out my Flickr page for more photos. There will be some video of both exhibits coming later.

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By Jackie, September 17, 2008 10:09 am

Okay, here’s the definition of the Chi Rho. I haven’t gotten back to that project yet but I thought I should answer my own question. (see the picture a few posts down)

From Wikipedia:

The Chi-Rho is the oldest known monogram for Christ.

The Chi Rho is one of the earliest cruciform symbols used by Christians. It is formed by superimposing the first two letters of the word “Christ” in Greek, chi = ch and rho = r. Although not technically a cross, the Chi Rho invokes the crucifixion of Jesus as well as symbolizing his status as the Christ. The earliest evidence of the Chi Rho symbol is Constantine’s use of it on the labarum, the imperial standard, in the early 4th century CE. Lactantius, a 4th century Christian apologist, reports that on the eve of the Battle of the Milvian Bridge in 312 CE, Constantine had a vision of God in which he was commanded to mark his men’s shields with the Chi Rho symbol. After Constantine’s success at the Milvian bridge, the Chi Rho became the official imperial insignia. Archaeologists have uncovered evidence demonstrating that the Chi Rho was emblazoned on the helmet and shield of Constantine as well as those of all of his soldiers. Coins and medallions minted during Constantine’s reign also bore the Chi Rho. By the year 350 CE, the Chi Rho began to be used on Christian sarcophagi and frescoes. [A.E.M.]

Chi (X) and Rho (P) are the first two letters of the Greek word Christ (XPICTOC). In the 4th Century, on the eve of a battle, the Roman Emporer Constantine saw the Chi Rho in the stars and viewed its appearance as an omen. He ordered his army to emblazon their standards with the symbol. The next day, Constantine defeated Maxentius in battle.

In thanksgiving, Constantine rescinded the ban on Christianity in the Roman Empire….and thus they stopped feeding Catholic men, women and children to the lions and tigers for fun.

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By Jackie, September 15, 2008 7:09 pm

First time in this show. One of my pieces is over there on the far wall under the window. Yup, that red and yellow swirly thing behind the scarves. Victor just spotted another one of mine on the other wall, between the windows, the smallest one on the top row.

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By Jackie, September 14, 2008 9:47 pm

I found this on one of the shows I’m in that opened up this weekend.  The article talks about many things but mentions that the wife of Michael Moore has a piece in the show. I’m not a fan of Michael Moore, really I’m not. But my parents are! So I sent them the article.

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By Jackie, September 14, 2008 9:34 pm

It only took me a week to get back to it but I finally sat down and carved out my symbol for Leann’s fabric book. So the question is do you know what this is a symbol for?

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By Jackie, September 8, 2008 9:06 pm

Back in the college days of Michigan State University I took a print making class to fill in some needed art credits – I was an art major, it made sense. But I don’t have fond memories of the class and have had an aversion towards carving pictures and stamping/printing them ever since.  Maybe because it was summer and really hot in that classroom, maybe I really hated some of the people in there or maybe the teacher was just a big cranky human being. I don’t know! I just didn’t want to revisit the skill I dabbled in for one quick summer semester.

But I’m moving on now, just many years later.

Today I bought these:

I am pretty sure I have some lino cutting tools stashed away somewhere but I rather just spend the money for new ones then dig out those dull accidents waiting to happen. Anyways! Leann put out a request at our last art meeting for some other people to make pages for her cloth book. She makes some rather kick butt stuff and I jumped at the chance for the trade.  And there is no better way for me to make something for my group’s expert stamp carver than to carve something.

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By Jackie, September 8, 2008 8:44 pm

So Jonas and I journeyed over to Micheal’s this morning for some needed supplies for ongoing projects. I got some rather expensive glass paint and some other fun stuff. Several hours later, I finally sit down to work with the glass paint. I dip my brush into something not liquid like. Now I know this stuff is a little thicker than usual paints but come on! New paint shouldn’t look like this!

Luckily I had some much needed paint thinner for this brand and made it workable. I know I should take it back but getting over this not convienent so I would rather try to make it work. I just needed to rant.

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By Victor, September 1, 2008 2:57 pm

It’s new music! Inspired by current events! It’s longer than 2 minutes!

http://www.victorlams.com/audio/Victor_Lams_-_Shill.mp3

Lyric over at Professor Whimsey’s podcast.