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Dead Art

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Thu Jul 2nd, 2009 at 11:15:07 AM EST

<wipes tears> (none / 0)

Why, there lies the contents of my other dread closet.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Thu Jul 2nd, 2009 at 03:16:38 PM EST
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This is a totally cool concept.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Thu Jul 2nd, 2009 at 03:23:45 PM EST
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I have 40+ of these items within 2 metres now, and most of them get pulled out at least once a year. Though it's been a long time since I had the French curves out, and LEP will know what I'm not talking about.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Thu Jul 2nd, 2009 at 03:25:56 PM EST
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He's not the only one.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Thu Jul 2nd, 2009 at 03:52:21 PM EST
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What I really love are pens, pencils and brushes. I've got hundreds of them. I was showing my daughter how to work with Conté, and Chinese ink and brushes today on the patio in sweltering heat. We had a small buddha statue, and apple and an orange on a white board to work from.

But the pride of my collection is an old Koh-i-Noor display box for pencils about 30 cms on all sides, that slides back in a pantograph ziggurat to reveal 5 drawers each with sections for different pencils. Hardtmuth was the king. Greatest pencils made. Hardtmuth was Austrian-born in part of Bohemia that later became part of Czechoslovakia.

And don't get me started on Rotring...

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Thu Jul 2nd, 2009 at 05:44:12 PM EST
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Ah days spent surrounded by rotring pens, and feet covered in Letratone offcuts.

Brings back memories of sharing houses with Artists.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Thu Jul 2nd, 2009 at 06:39:06 PM EST
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Strikes me as many on ceebs site are forgotten "engineering" supplies, rather than art.

Seems to me forgotten ART SUPPLIES would be more in the line of...

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Thu Jul 2nd, 2009 at 04:39:28 PM EST
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If any of you have ever starved for art, you know what i mean.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Thu Jul 2nd, 2009 at 05:25:05 PM EST
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Oooh Luxury.

A chapati pan, and two bags of flour (One wheat, one Garam) and a small ammount of fat. Living till the next Giro on a diet of those.

Noodles and cheese sandwiches, were a luxury.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Thu Jul 2nd, 2009 at 06:41:38 PM EST
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Cooks in 3 minutes, assuming you have cooking heat.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Thu Jul 2nd, 2009 at 06:46:44 PM EST
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In my day it was bacon sannies at Ray's - and faggots on Sunday with Newcastle Brown. Before you reach for that keyboard, a faggot is a giant meatball made from pork offal.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 at 08:07:31 AM EST
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Between my wife and myself we have a collection of such art supplies that rivals those shown. Just because you can't buy them new doesn't mean that you still don't use them.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Thu Jul 2nd, 2009 at 07:27:20 PM EST
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