Victoria Gaither Christmas Wreaths
Posted on Jan 05, 2009 under wreaths | 1 Comment
Victoria shows you how to decorate a wreath with ornaments from your local craft store.
Duration : 0:1:55
water beauty
Posted on Nov 30, 2008 under dried flowers | 2 Comments
Dried Flowers in water
Duration : 0:0:45
Holidays Made Easy – How to Make Wreaths
Posted on Nov 14, 2008 under wreaths | Comments are off
Holidays Made Easy at www.WhereCreativityHappens.com
From simple to spectacular, there’s a wreath for you. Let Michaels creative expert, Jo Pearson, show you how quick and easy your holidays can be.
Duration : 0:4:9
Cool Halloween Pumpkin
Posted on Nov 14, 2008 under dried flowers | 9 Comments
Create easy black and orange no-carve designs on pumpkins! Simply spray paint a pumpkin matte black, let dry, then scrape off designs with a paring knife. Choose simple lines, or etch an easy shape or pattern such as a zigzag. Carve out the inside of the pumpkin to use as a vase for flowers.
Duration : 0:3:38
Ching He Huang/Chinese Food Made Easy/Street Food/Spicy tofu and edamame beans
Posted on Nov 12, 2008 under dried pods | Comments are off
Ching He Huang/Chinese Food Made Easy/Street Food/Spicy tofu and edamame beans
Ingredients
For the tofu stir fry
2 tbsp groundnut oil
400g/14oz firm fresh tofu, drained and cut into 1cm/½in thick rectangles
3 tbsp light soy sauce
1 tsp dark soy sauce
1 tbsp Chinese black rice vinegar or balsamic vinegar
1 tsp dried chilli flakes
For the edamame beans
1 tbsp groundnut oil
1 red chilli, de-seeded and finely chopped
75g/3oz fresh edamame beans, out of their pods (available from Asian supermarkets)
1 tsp light soy sauce
1 tsp Chinese black rice vinegar or balsamic vinegar
1 large handful fresh coriander, finely chopped
Method
1. For the tofu stir fry, heat the groundnut oil in a large frying pan, add the tofu and fry for 2-3 minutes. Add the light soy sauce and cook until the liquid has reduced and the tofu is browned on one side. Using a small palette knife or fork, lift and turn each piece (be careful not to break the tofu) and cook for a further 2-3 minutes to colour the other side.
2. Add the dark soy sauce and black rice vinegar and cook until the liquid has reduced by half. Season, to taste, with the dried chilli flakes. Transfer the tofu to a serving plate and put to one side.
3. For the edamame beans, heat the groundnut oil in a clean frying pan and stir-fry the chilli for a few seconds, then add the edamame beans. Sprinkle over a teaspoon of water to help create steam, then cook for no more than one more minute. Season with the light soy sauce and black rice vinegar and stir in the chopped coriander.
4. To serve, pour the beans over the tofu and serve immediately.
Duration : 0:6:50
Lyndal Osborne Art: Archipelago, 2008
Posted on Nov 03, 2008 under dried pods | Comments are off
Archipelago, 2008
Dimensions: variable. Approximately 30 x 25 feet
Mixed media installation: sunflower stalks and grapefruit skins chine colle with lithograph drawings or painted, wire, glass beads, DNA model connectors, laboratory glassware, metal caps and Bunsen burners, sea balls, seed pods, sculpey, silicone rubber, resin, papier mache, paint and dye.
Recent uses of biotechnology are changing the future of our planet without a clear understanding how the experimental organisms interact with the environment. Many of the new organisms have been created through genetic engineering. Ecological disruption has occurred, species have become extinct as biodiversity shrinks and despite the optimism of the biotech industry I wonder how well the public is being served. We are not informed about the foods that contain GMOs, chemical use in agriculture has increased, possible health issues cannot be studied and the biotech- corporate control over food resources and production has spread over the entire world.
The manipulation of plant organisms takes place at the molecular level. The microscopic cells in a seed are the carriers of the fundamental structure of plant life. In this work I was interested in creating representations of cells enlarged to gigantic proportions. I use transformations of ephemeral materials such as dried sunflower stalks and grapefruit skins to allude to the structure of the cell. Silicone rubber is like the liquid material of the Petri dish. Coloured glass beads and wire balls have been used to suggest the components of DNA. My inclusion of scientific apparatus relates to the laboratory and its disruption of nature. In some of the cells I have included references to scientific methodology laboratory glassware, Bunsen burners, and transformed cells.
The centre of Archipelago is the river. To create this metaphorically I have hundreds of small gardens positioned to form a river that meanders through the countryside without beginning or end. In Edmonton the North Saskatchewan River remains a natural source of water and reminds us of our responsibility to keep it as an unspoiled resource, which sustains animals, plants and humans giving such meaning to life. The miniature gardens are again metaphors for the diversity of environments that may disappear as a result of our technological interference.
Duration : 0:9:2
Collage Papers & Palettes : Collage Palette: Dried Leaves
Posted on Nov 03, 2008 under dried foliage | Comments are off
For collage, dried leaves can be preserved by sealing the surface with adhesive. Select dried leaves for collage with tips from a professional artist in this free video on visual arts.
Duration : 0:1:3
The Coffee Thief…mixed media painting by Wyanne
Posted on Nov 03, 2008 under dried flowers | 8 Comments
a very special huge commission mixed media painting from a guy named David to his girl Stephanie on her birthday. Painting include acrylic, watercolor, collage, pressed flowers, buttons, and beeswax finish.
Duration : 0:4:16
ResinObsession.com Items to Embed Part 1
Posted on Oct 23, 2008 under dried flowers | 5 Comments
Examples of how photos, origami, clip art, fabric, transparency, magazine clippings and pressed flowers react to modge podge, resin and protective spray coatings.
Duration : 0:5:54
Show Me How – Wedding Stationery (easy and stylish)
Posted on Oct 20, 2008 under dried flowers | 3 Comments
Order Show Me How – Wedding Stationery DVD book at http://showmehow.im
This is the introduction trailer to the Show Me How Wedding Stationery DVD Book Title.
Show Me How – Wedding Stationery features all these card-making ideas and more:
• Decorating cards using rubber
stamps and other crafting tools
• Making paper-craft motifs
• Using photographs on cards
• Dried-flower designs
Duration : 0:6:38
