Category Archives: art

Friday Night Flicks: Shanth Enjeti

Posted on August 5, 2022 by Byopia Press

Friday Night Flicks for August will focus on artist/illustrators. The series starts with this short flick featuring the work of Shanth Enjeti. Produced as a promo for a special event/open studio, the video gives viewers a look at a number … Continue reading →

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The Language of Flowers

Posted on July 31, 2022 by Byopia Press

As promised a while ago, this week’s post includes the instructions for making a little book called The Language of Flowers. The text is based on a digitized copy of this book:

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Friday Night Flicks: Aveline Stoquart & David Duvieusart

Posted on July 29, 2022 by Byopia Press

This lovely little flick by Stoquart and Duvieusart closes the astronomy-themed flicks for July. The animation was completed while they were still students at the Haute École Albert Jacquard in Namur, Belgium.     I found no more work by … Continue reading →

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Marginalia

Posted on July 24, 2022 by Byopia Press

For several days this past week I worked on my project Marginalia for this month’s Instagram areyoubookenough challenge.

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Experimenting with Cordage

Posted on July 17, 2022 by Byopia Press

I mentioned last week that, inspired by @alicefoxartist, I had collected dandelion stems for making cordage. This week I thought it might be a good idea to practice making cordage before I started using the dandelion stems which are in … Continue reading →

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This, That, and The Other

Posted on July 10, 2022 by Byopia Press

It’s been one of those mixed weeks. I finished seven more Dreams from The 99 Dreams of Euclid’s Wife. (You can see all the completed ones here.) This is last Monday’s.

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The Orihime Binding with a Drumleaf Variation, Part Two

Posted on July 3, 2022 by Byopia Press

Last week’s post was about preparing the pages for the Orihime/Drumleaf Variation. This week’s post shows you how to assemble it.

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The Orihime Binding with a Drumleaf Variation, Part One

Posted on June 26, 2022 by Byopia Press

The anniversary of this blog is coming up —July 7— and I post a special project every year to celebrate both this event and Tanabata. This year I am re-visiting the Orihime binding which was created for Tanabata in 2017. … Continue reading →

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More Dreams and A Project Preview

Posted on June 19, 2022 by Byopia Press

The 99 Dreams of Euclid’s Wife project continues. Here is Dream 13.

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An Origami Airplane and Some Other Things

Posted on June 12, 2022 by Byopia Press

One of the advantages of working on a 99 day project is that one can achieve a feeling of accomplishment early in the day, and still have plenty of time to work on other things. This week the “other things” … Continue reading →

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