dangerous movements

a rattlesnake out of cardboard and newspaper. refillable marquers. colored pencils. a patient actor. simple lighting. tadaa! this is the second workshop video that i needed to upload, this time with 2.5 months delay. i think i might play around with this technique quite a bit. easy and fast. it was sooo much fun! what do you think?

misfit

once again it is time to make fun of my sewing skills. my shopping bag is here. believe it or not, it does carry quite heavy loads, considering it is only thick as a veil. and believe it or not, it does not fit in the pocket on the right. which it should, actually.

i will also make the bag two colored as in the previous presentations. i was quite surprised by the strength of the material, but also disappointed with the amount of space it takes. hm.. such is life. keep on trying, not?

the machine which you can partially see on the further right is, of course, the same guy mentioned looong before here. we still have a loving relationship, in spite of all his insistent attempts to consume my clothing.

ursa major

i've always found the name 'milky way' strange. when i look at the stars, i hardly see any milk. i don't see a bear when i look at 'great bear' either. maybe this has to do something with the available vocabulary at the time of them being named. to me, the milky way looks more like an icing sugar way. did they have icing sugar back then? hmmm.

anyway, i'm planning to change a lot of things in my life, beginning with the way i present my work. do you think this could work out? i would like this texture to stand out. could they be percieved as stars in space?

how do you present your work? it is a really hard thing to do for me, although i see that some people handle it quite smoothly. please tell me about your way!

a promise is a promise

hihi i told you that i would upload the videos from my workshops. this is the first one, coming with eight months delay. i hope i have been able to embed it correctly. there are some problems with the animations and timing (and the mug being moved by mysterious powers at one point), but please remember it was a two-hour workshop!! and i quite like the light, which was helped by dear hubby and one fellow colleague, who i thank a lot...so here you go:

inside out from meric taylan on Vimeo.

speed of light

how come i buy some binoculars the same time i'm planning a great trip? believe me, it was great. in fact, that's why i've been absent. because of the binoculars. we travelled around so many lovely places. i can't quite swallow that it's over. (gasps)

there is more than meets the eye

a few days ago i bought some binoculars. some really fancy, small ones. ok, i hate to do free commercials, but they are these ones:
how cool they are!! i tried some other binoculars, but the view they provided were rubbish. these guys at 8x21, really show you everything:) and by everything, i mean birds, of course.

have you tried any binoculars? pretty fun, aren't they?

dress code

when i work full-time, i envy freelancers. when i work freelance, i used to envy 'full-timers'. i think not any more. of course, i don't want to offend anyone, and i cannot say %100 that freelancing is my future from now on, but... i think it's my future from now on:)

with all its depressive moods, loneliness and not being able to self-motivate, with all its panic attacks (oh my, i will never be able to get a new job. i'm doomed forever.) with all its guilty feelings (nooo i'm not making enough money! -enough money for what?), with all the sloppiness that comes along with freelancing (honey, are you wearing pajamas again?), with all its social insecurities, i think it will be my way. i think i'm addicted to freedom, however great a price it comes at. did i just write that?