Uploads from Unhindered by Talent

Uploads from Unhindered by Talent http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/ Wed, 15 May 2013 17:38:18 -0700 Wed, 15 May 2013 17:38:18 -0700 http://www.flickr.com/ http://farm1.staticflickr.com/10/buddyicons/26406919@N00.jpg?1116253699#26406919@N00 Uploads from Unhindered by Talent http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/ Golden ort loom (ort ball detail) http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/8743156392/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/nicmcphee/">Unhindered by Talent</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/8743156392/" title="Golden ort loom (ort ball detail)"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7285/8743156392_965176510b_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Golden ort loom (ort ball detail)" /></a></p> <p>Detail of the ort ball and weaving from one of Sue's ort looms, small wooden squares with threads made from tied together orts woven across them.<br /> <br /> "Ort" is a very old word that once meant a scrap or remainder of food from a meal. It is now used by needle artists to refer to the little scraps of thread that end up getting clipped off. Sue has been collecting these from needle artists all around the country, often through my mother, who regularly attends national and regional seminars.<br /> <br /> In this piece she ties the little orts together to make a longer thread, and then weaves that on a simple, hand-made loom, and uses the remainder to create a brightly colored "ball of twine" which she perches on top.<br /> <br /> Each collection of orts ball represents a person, or possibly even the remainders from a single project from a person.</p> Wed, 15 May 2013 17:38:18 -0700 2013-05-15T16:28:46-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Unhindered by Talent) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8743156392 Golden ort loom (ort ball detail) <p>Detail of the ort ball and weaving from one of Sue's ort looms, small wooden squares with threads made from tied together orts woven across them.<br /> <br /> "Ort" is a very old word that once meant a scrap or remainder of food from a meal. It is now used by needle artists to refer to the little scraps of thread that end up getting clipped off. Sue has been collecting these from needle artists all around the country, often through my mother, who regularly attends national and regional seminars.<br /> <br /> In this piece she ties the little orts together to make a longer thread, and then weaves that on a simple, hand-made loom, and uses the remainder to create a brightly colored "ball of twine" which she perches on top.<br /> <br /> Each collection of orts ball represents a person, or possibly even the remainders from a single project from a person.</p> Unhindered by Talent wood usa art minnesota susan balls nails sue morris woven weaving fibers threads looms orts http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en Golden ort loom (weaving detail) http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/8742040239/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/nicmcphee/">Unhindered by Talent</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/8742040239/" title="Golden ort loom (weaving detail)"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7289/8742040239_cc0060f369_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Golden ort loom (weaving detail)" /></a></p> <p>Detail of the weaving from one of Sue's ort looms, small wooden squares with threads made from tied together orts woven across them.<br /> <br /> "Ort" is a very old word that once meant a scrap or remainder of food from a meal. It is now used by needle artists to refer to the little scraps of thread that end up getting clipped off. Sue has been collecting these from needle artists all around the country, often through my mother, who regularly attends national and regional seminars.<br /> <br /> In this piece she ties the little orts together to make a longer thread, and then weaves that on a simple, hand-made loom, and uses the remainder to create a brightly colored "ball of twine" which she perches on top.<br /> <br /> Each collection of orts ball represents a person, or possibly even the remainders from a single project from a person.</p> Wed, 15 May 2013 17:38:18 -0700 2013-05-15T16:30:38-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Unhindered by Talent) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8742040239 Golden ort loom (weaving detail) <p>Detail of the weaving from one of Sue's ort looms, small wooden squares with threads made from tied together orts woven across them.<br /> <br /> "Ort" is a very old word that once meant a scrap or remainder of food from a meal. It is now used by needle artists to refer to the little scraps of thread that end up getting clipped off. Sue has been collecting these from needle artists all around the country, often through my mother, who regularly attends national and regional seminars.<br /> <br /> In this piece she ties the little orts together to make a longer thread, and then weaves that on a simple, hand-made loom, and uses the remainder to create a brightly colored "ball of twine" which she perches on top.<br /> <br /> Each collection of orts ball represents a person, or possibly even the remainders from a single project from a person.</p> Unhindered by Talent wood usa art minnesota susan balls nails sue morris woven weaving fibers threads looms orts http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en Golden ort loom http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/8742040183/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/nicmcphee/">Unhindered by Talent</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/8742040183/" title="Golden ort loom"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7287/8742040183_3238ee5ec6_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Golden ort loom" /></a></p> <p>One of Sue's ort looms, small wooden squares with threads made from tied together orts woven across them.<br /> <br /> "Ort" is a very old word that once meant a scrap or remainder of food from a meal. It is now used by needle artists to refer to the little scraps of thread that end up getting clipped off. Sue has been collecting these from needle artists all around the country, often through my mother, who regularly attends national and regional seminars.<br /> <br /> In this piece she ties the little orts together to make a longer thread, and then weaves that on a simple, hand-made loom, and uses the remainder to create a brightly colored "ball of twine" which she perches on top.<br /> <br /> Each collection of orts ball represents a person, or possibly even the remainders from a single project from a person.</p> Wed, 15 May 2013 17:38:18 -0700 2013-05-15T16:24:00-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Unhindered by Talent) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8742040183 Golden ort loom <p>One of Sue's ort looms, small wooden squares with threads made from tied together orts woven across them.<br /> <br /> "Ort" is a very old word that once meant a scrap or remainder of food from a meal. It is now used by needle artists to refer to the little scraps of thread that end up getting clipped off. Sue has been collecting these from needle artists all around the country, often through my mother, who regularly attends national and regional seminars.<br /> <br /> In this piece she ties the little orts together to make a longer thread, and then weaves that on a simple, hand-made loom, and uses the remainder to create a brightly colored "ball of twine" which she perches on top.<br /> <br /> Each collection of orts ball represents a person, or possibly even the remainders from a single project from a person.</p> Unhindered by Talent wood usa art minnesota susan balls nails sue morris woven weaving fibers threads looms orts http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en Fluorescent ort loom http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/8743140006/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/nicmcphee/">Unhindered by Talent</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/8743140006/" title="Fluorescent ort loom"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7285/8743140006_b3e120941b_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Fluorescent ort loom" /></a></p> <p>One of Sue's ort looms, small wooden squares with threads made from tied together orts woven across them.<br /> <br /> "Ort" is a very old word that once meant a scrap or remainder of food from a meal. It is now used by needle artists to refer to the little scraps of thread that end up getting clipped off. Sue has been collecting these from needle artists all around the country, often through my mother, who regularly attends national and regional seminars.<br /> <br /> In this piece she ties the little orts together to make a longer thread, and then weaves that on a simple, hand-made loom, and uses the remainder to create a brightly colored "ball of twine" which she perches on top.<br /> <br /> Each collection of orts ball represents a person, or possibly even the remainders from a single project from a person.</p> Wed, 15 May 2013 17:30:57 -0700 2013-05-15T16:42:02-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Unhindered by Talent) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8743140006 Fluorescent ort loom <p>One of Sue's ort looms, small wooden squares with threads made from tied together orts woven across them.<br /> <br /> "Ort" is a very old word that once meant a scrap or remainder of food from a meal. It is now used by needle artists to refer to the little scraps of thread that end up getting clipped off. Sue has been collecting these from needle artists all around the country, often through my mother, who regularly attends national and regional seminars.<br /> <br /> In this piece she ties the little orts together to make a longer thread, and then weaves that on a simple, hand-made loom, and uses the remainder to create a brightly colored "ball of twine" which she perches on top.<br /> <br /> Each collection of orts ball represents a person, or possibly even the remainders from a single project from a person.</p> Unhindered by Talent wood usa art minnesota susan balls nails sue morris woven weaving fibers threads looms orts http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en Fluorescent ort loom (weaving detail) http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/8743140222/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/nicmcphee/">Unhindered by Talent</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/8743140222/" title="Fluorescent ort loom (weaving detail)"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7290/8743140222_49de094938_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Fluorescent ort loom (weaving detail)" /></a></p> <p>A detail of the weaving from one of Sue's ort looms, small wooden squares with threads made from tied together orts woven across them.<br /> <br /> "Ort" is a very old word that once meant a scrap or remainder of food from a meal. It is now used by needle artists to refer to the little scraps of thread that end up getting clipped off. Sue has been collecting these from needle artists all around the country, often through my mother, who regularly attends national and regional seminars.<br /> <br /> In this piece she ties the little orts together to make a longer thread, and then weaves that on a simple, hand-made loom, and uses the remainder to create a brightly colored "ball of twine" which she perches on top.<br /> <br /> Each collection of orts ball represents a person, or possibly even the remainders from a single project from a person.</p> Wed, 15 May 2013 17:30:56 -0700 2013-05-15T16:51:53-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Unhindered by Talent) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8743140222 Fluorescent ort loom (weaving detail) <p>A detail of the weaving from one of Sue's ort looms, small wooden squares with threads made from tied together orts woven across them.<br /> <br /> "Ort" is a very old word that once meant a scrap or remainder of food from a meal. It is now used by needle artists to refer to the little scraps of thread that end up getting clipped off. Sue has been collecting these from needle artists all around the country, often through my mother, who regularly attends national and regional seminars.<br /> <br /> In this piece she ties the little orts together to make a longer thread, and then weaves that on a simple, hand-made loom, and uses the remainder to create a brightly colored "ball of twine" which she perches on top.<br /> <br /> Each collection of orts ball represents a person, or possibly even the remainders from a single project from a person.</p> Unhindered by Talent wood usa art minnesota susan balls nails sue morris woven weaving fibers threads looms orts http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en Fluorescent ort loom (ort ball detail) http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/8743140320/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/nicmcphee/">Unhindered by Talent</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/8743140320/" title="Fluorescent ort loom (ort ball detail)"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7294/8743140320_9df7c9d75f_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Fluorescent ort loom (ort ball detail)" /></a></p> <p>A detail of the ort ball and weaving from one of Sue's ort looms, small wooden squares with threads made from tied together orts woven across them.<br /> <br /> "Ort" is a very old word that once meant a scrap or remainder of food from a meal. It is now used by needle artists to refer to the little scraps of thread that end up getting clipped off. Sue has been collecting these from needle artists all around the country, often through my mother, who regularly attends national and regional seminars.<br /> <br /> In this piece she ties the little orts together to make a longer thread, and then weaves that on a simple, hand-made loom, and uses the remainder to create a brightly colored "ball of twine" which she perches on top.<br /> <br /> Each collection of orts ball represents a person, or possibly even the remainders from a single project from a person.</p> Wed, 15 May 2013 17:30:55 -0700 2013-05-15T16:47:28-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Unhindered by Talent) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8743140320 Fluorescent ort loom (ort ball detail) <p>A detail of the ort ball and weaving from one of Sue's ort looms, small wooden squares with threads made from tied together orts woven across them.<br /> <br /> "Ort" is a very old word that once meant a scrap or remainder of food from a meal. It is now used by needle artists to refer to the little scraps of thread that end up getting clipped off. Sue has been collecting these from needle artists all around the country, often through my mother, who regularly attends national and regional seminars.<br /> <br /> In this piece she ties the little orts together to make a longer thread, and then weaves that on a simple, hand-made loom, and uses the remainder to create a brightly colored "ball of twine" which she perches on top.<br /> <br /> Each collection of orts ball represents a person, or possibly even the remainders from a single project from a person.</p> Unhindered by Talent wood usa art minnesota susan balls nails sue morris woven weaving fibers threads looms orts http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en "Overlapping communities" (vertical close-up) http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/8741898397/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/nicmcphee/">Unhindered by Talent</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/8741898397/" title=""Overlapping communities" (vertical close-up)"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7293/8741898397_d45f4f3f12_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt=""Overlapping communities" (vertical close-up)" /></a></p> <p>A detail of a piece of Sue's called "Overlapping communities" constructed out of ort balls.<br /> <br /> "Ort" is a very old word that once meant a scrap or remainder of food from a meal. It is now used by needle artists to refer to the little scraps of thread that end up getting clipped off. Sue has been collecting these from needle artists all around the country, often through my mother, who regularly attends national and regional seminars.<br /> <br /> In this piece she ties the little orts together to make a longer thread, and then uses that to create brightly colored "balls of twine". Each ort ball is from a different set of orts, and so represents a person, or possibly even the remainders from a single project from a person.</p> Wed, 15 May 2013 16:23:34 -0700 2013-01-08T18:10:39-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Unhindered by Talent) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8741898397 "Overlapping communities" (vertical close-up) <p>A detail of a piece of Sue's called "Overlapping communities" constructed out of ort balls.<br /> <br /> "Ort" is a very old word that once meant a scrap or remainder of food from a meal. It is now used by needle artists to refer to the little scraps of thread that end up getting clipped off. Sue has been collecting these from needle artists all around the country, often through my mother, who regularly attends national and regional seminars.<br /> <br /> In this piece she ties the little orts together to make a longer thread, and then uses that to create brightly colored "balls of twine". Each ort ball is from a different set of orts, and so represents a person, or possibly even the remainders from a single project from a person.</p> Unhindered by Talent usa art thread minnesota susan balls sue morris orts ortballs overlappingcommunities http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en "Overlapping communities" http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/8741902239/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/nicmcphee/">Unhindered by Talent</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/8741902239/" title=""Overlapping communities""><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7286/8741902239_43807b68ea_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt=""Overlapping communities"" /></a></p> <p>An overview of a piece of Sue's called "Overlapping communities" constructed out of ort balls.<br /> <br /> "Ort" is a very old word that once meant a scrap or remainder of food from a meal. It is now used by needle artists to refer to the little scraps of thread that end up getting clipped off. Sue has been collecting these from needle artists all around the country, often through my mother, who regularly attends national and regional seminars.<br /> <br /> In this piece she ties the little orts together to make a longer thread, and then uses that to create brightly colored "balls of twine". Each ort ball is from a different set of orts, and so represents a person, or possibly even the remainders from a single project from a person.</p> Wed, 15 May 2013 16:23:25 -0700 2013-01-08T18:03:03-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Unhindered by Talent) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8741902239 "Overlapping communities" <p>An overview of a piece of Sue's called "Overlapping communities" constructed out of ort balls.<br /> <br /> "Ort" is a very old word that once meant a scrap or remainder of food from a meal. It is now used by needle artists to refer to the little scraps of thread that end up getting clipped off. Sue has been collecting these from needle artists all around the country, often through my mother, who regularly attends national and regional seminars.<br /> <br /> In this piece she ties the little orts together to make a longer thread, and then uses that to create brightly colored "balls of twine". Each ort ball is from a different set of orts, and so represents a person, or possibly even the remainders from a single project from a person.</p> Unhindered by Talent usa art thread minnesota susan balls sue morris orts ortballs overlappingcommunities http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en "Overlapping communities" (horizontal close-up) http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/8741869019/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/nicmcphee/">Unhindered by Talent</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/8741869019/" title=""Overlapping communities" (horizontal close-up)"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7281/8741869019_562dd27ff1_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt=""Overlapping communities" (horizontal close-up)" /></a></p> <p>A detail of a piece of Sue's called "Overlapping communities" constructed out of ort balls.<br /> <br /> "Ort" is a very old word that once meant a scrap or remainder of food from a meal. It is now used by needle artists to refer to the little scraps of thread that end up getting clipped off. Sue has been collecting these from needle artists all around the country, often through my mother, who regularly attends national and regional seminars.<br /> <br /> In this piece she ties the little orts together to make a longer thread, and then uses that to create brightly colored "balls of twine". Each ort ball is from a different set of orts, and so represents a person, or possibly even the remainders from a single project from a person.</p> Wed, 15 May 2013 16:18:45 -0700 2013-01-08T18:11:29-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Unhindered by Talent) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8741869019 "Overlapping communities" (horizontal close-up) <p>A detail of a piece of Sue's called "Overlapping communities" constructed out of ort balls.<br /> <br /> "Ort" is a very old word that once meant a scrap or remainder of food from a meal. It is now used by needle artists to refer to the little scraps of thread that end up getting clipped off. Sue has been collecting these from needle artists all around the country, often through my mother, who regularly attends national and regional seminars.<br /> <br /> In this piece she ties the little orts together to make a longer thread, and then uses that to create brightly colored "balls of twine". Each ort ball is from a different set of orts, and so represents a person, or possibly even the remainders from a single project from a person.</p> Unhindered by Talent usa art thread minnesota susan balls sue morris orts ortballs overlappingcommunities http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en From 53° 44′ N, 2° 42′ W By Way Of 45° 35′ N, 95° 55′ W (collage 1) http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/8366785758/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/nicmcphee/">Unhindered by Talent</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/8366785758/" title="From 53° 44′ N, 2° 42′ W By Way Of 45° 35′ N, 95° 55′ W (collage 1)"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8356/8366785758_6290dc07f0_m.jpg" width="240" height="123" alt="From 53° 44′ N, 2° 42′ W By Way Of 45° 35′ N, 95° 55′ W (collage 1)" /></a></p> <p>This is a piece WeatherGrrrl made several years ago, but never got properly photographed. We borrowed some fancy "pro" lighting gear to photograph several new pieces for submitting to shows, and we took the opportunity to backfill this omission as well.<br /> <br /> The piece is a large "map" made through a combination of printing, by-hand pen and ink, and tea stains. The paper is then cut into rectangles which are glued to black book cloth in such a way that the piece can then be folded up for storage in its little custom box. It has long been one of my favorite pieces of hers, so it was fun to have a chance to bring it out and rephotograph it.<br /> <br /> I ended up making two collages. I prefer the look of this one, but <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/8365717315/in/photostream">the other one</a> is more square which means we can submit more detail for shows that limit images by pixels in the longest dimension (a very common approach).</p> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:26:58 -0800 2013-01-09T09:49:37-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Unhindered by Talent) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8366785758 From 53° 44′ N, 2° 42′ W By Way Of 45° 35′ N, 95° 55′ W (collage 1) <p>This is a piece WeatherGrrrl made several years ago, but never got properly photographed. We borrowed some fancy "pro" lighting gear to photograph several new pieces for submitting to shows, and we took the opportunity to backfill this omission as well.<br /> <br /> The piece is a large "map" made through a combination of printing, by-hand pen and ink, and tea stains. The paper is then cut into rectangles which are glued to black book cloth in such a way that the piece can then be folded up for storage in its little custom box. It has long been one of my favorite pieces of hers, so it was fun to have a chance to bring it out and rephotograph it.<br /> <br /> I ended up making two collages. I prefer the look of this one, but <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/8365717315/in/photostream">the other one</a> is more square which means we can submit more detail for shows that limit images by pixels in the longest dimension (a very common approach).</p> Unhindered by Talent art collage print map books sue artbooks penandink bookmaking teastain susangilbert http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en From 53° 44′ N, 2° 42′ W By Way Of 45° 35′ N, 95° 55′ W (collage 2) http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/8365717315/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/nicmcphee/">Unhindered by Talent</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/8365717315/" title="From 53° 44′ N, 2° 42′ W By Way Of 45° 35′ N, 95° 55′ W (collage 2)"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8219/8365717315_9ddb081d93_m.jpg" width="240" height="213" alt="From 53° 44′ N, 2° 42′ W By Way Of 45° 35′ N, 95° 55′ W (collage 2)" /></a></p> <p>This is a piece WeatherGrrrl made several years ago, but never got properly photographed. We borrowed some fancy "pro" lighting gear to photograph several new pieces for submitting to shows, and we took the opportunity to backfill this omission as well.<br /> <br /> The piece is a large "map" made through a combination of printing, by-hand pen and ink, and tea stains. The paper is then cut into rectangles which are glued to black book cloth in such a way that the piece can then be folded up for storage in its little custom box. It has long been one of my favorite pieces of hers, so it was fun to have a chance to bring it out and rephotograph it.<br /> <br /> I ended up making two collages. I prefer the look of <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/8366785758/in/photostream">the other one</a>, but this one is more square which means we can submit more detail for shows that limit images by pixels in the longest dimension (a very common approach).</p> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:26:58 -0800 2013-01-09T21:59:44-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Unhindered by Talent) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8365717315 From 53° 44′ N, 2° 42′ W By Way Of 45° 35′ N, 95° 55′ W (collage 2) <p>This is a piece WeatherGrrrl made several years ago, but never got properly photographed. We borrowed some fancy "pro" lighting gear to photograph several new pieces for submitting to shows, and we took the opportunity to backfill this omission as well.<br /> <br /> The piece is a large "map" made through a combination of printing, by-hand pen and ink, and tea stains. The paper is then cut into rectangles which are glued to black book cloth in such a way that the piece can then be folded up for storage in its little custom box. It has long been one of my favorite pieces of hers, so it was fun to have a chance to bring it out and rephotograph it.<br /> <br /> I ended up making two collages. I prefer the look of <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/8366785758/in/photostream">the other one</a>, but this one is more square which means we can submit more detail for shows that limit images by pixels in the longest dimension (a very common approach).</p> Unhindered by Talent art collage print map books sue artbooks penandink bookmaking teastain susangilbert http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en How do we wish to be remembered? http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/8126649743/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/nicmcphee/">Unhindered by Talent</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/8126649743/" title="How do we wish to be remembered?"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8468/8126649743_da6d5271c9_m.jpg" width="121" height="240" alt="How do we wish to be remembered?" /></a></p> <p>In just over a week the voting populous in the state of Minnesota will have the opportunity to vote on two vicious and mean-spirited amendments to the state constitution. One purports to "defend" marriage by amending the state constitution to <a href="http://mnunited.org/" rel="nofollow">preemptively disallow legalization of gay marriage</a>, <em>something that isn't actually legal in Minnesota at the moment</em>. The other is a remarkably restrictive "voter ID" amendment that purports to "solve" a fraud problem in a state with some of the cleanest election record in the U.S., while in fact disenfranchising numerous of the elderly, low-income citizens, young people, the disabled, and citizens of color. (See <a href="http://www.lwvmn.org/page.aspx?pid=734" rel="nofollow">The League of Women Voters</a> for details.)<br /> <br /> If these issues concern you, if gays kind of creep you out or you're worried about voter fraud, that's fine - we can agree to disagree. But do you really believe your concerns warrant <em>amending the state constitution</em>? The people driving both these proposals are the philosophical descendants of those who fought (and often still fight) to limit the rights of those who aren't "like us". Is that how you wish to be remembered? <br /> <br /> How, in fact, <em>do</em> we wish to be remembered?<br /> <br /> The top image is <a href="http://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faidhle:Opposed_to_suffrage.jpg" rel="nofollow">from Wikipedia</a> and the bottom is from <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/fsa.8a26761/" rel="nofollow">the Library of Congress</a>. The middle photo is mine, taken here in Morris, Minnesota.<br /> <br /> You're obviously welcome to distribute this freely in whatever fashion seems appropriate.</p> Fri, 26 Oct 2012 21:00:48 -0700 2012-10-26T22:41:36-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Unhindered by Talent) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8126649743 How do we wish to be remembered? <p>In just over a week the voting populous in the state of Minnesota will have the opportunity to vote on two vicious and mean-spirited amendments to the state constitution. One purports to "defend" marriage by amending the state constitution to <a href="http://mnunited.org/" rel="nofollow">preemptively disallow legalization of gay marriage</a>, <em>something that isn't actually legal in Minnesota at the moment</em>. The other is a remarkably restrictive "voter ID" amendment that purports to "solve" a fraud problem in a state with some of the cleanest election record in the U.S., while in fact disenfranchising numerous of the elderly, low-income citizens, young people, the disabled, and citizens of color. (See <a href="http://www.lwvmn.org/page.aspx?pid=734" rel="nofollow">The League of Women Voters</a> for details.)<br /> <br /> If these issues concern you, if gays kind of creep you out or you're worried about voter fraud, that's fine - we can agree to disagree. But do you really believe your concerns warrant <em>amending the state constitution</em>? The people driving both these proposals are the philosophical descendants of those who fought (and often still fight) to limit the rights of those who aren't "like us". Is that how you wish to be remembered? <br /> <br /> How, in fact, <em>do</em> we wish to be remembered?<br /> <br /> The top image is <a href="http://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faidhle:Opposed_to_suffrage.jpg" rel="nofollow">from Wikipedia</a> and the bottom is from <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/fsa.8a26761/" rel="nofollow">the Library of Congress</a>. The middle photo is mine, taken here in Morris, Minnesota.<br /> <br /> You're obviously welcome to distribute this freely in whatever fashion seems appropriate.</p> Unhindered by Talent minnesota election politics humanrights gaymarriage civilrights 2012 womenssuffrage constitutionalamendments voterid http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en Beaver Lake sunset http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/7700411472/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/nicmcphee/">Unhindered by Talent</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/7700411472/" title="Beaver Lake sunset"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7120/7700411472_95f48d51ff_m.jpg" width="240" height="178" alt="Beaver Lake sunset" /></a></p> <p>While we were in Arkansas visiting my parents last week it was too hot to bother pretending to fish, but Dad, Tom, and I did go for an evening boat ride on Beaver Lake. This was the sunset that greeted us as we can back in to the marina after a few hours on the lake.</p> Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:24:19 -0700 2012-07-27T20:15:03-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Unhindered by Talent) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7700411472 Beaver Lake sunset <p>While we were in Arkansas visiting my parents last week it was too hot to bother pretending to fish, but Dad, Tom, and I did go for an evening boat ride on Beaver Lake. This was the sunset that greeted us as we can back in to the marina after a few hours on the lake.</p> Unhindered by Talent sunset summer sky usa tower clouds evening boat july arkansas 2012 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en Wood and metal become one over time http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/7630248750/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/nicmcphee/">Unhindered by Talent</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/7630248750/" title="Wood and metal become one over time"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8152/7630248750_e99aaacd08_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Wood and metal become one over time" /></a></p> <p>A detail of a wonderful (and presumably very old) platform cart in the walkway around the cloister of the Toledo cathedral. The center of the cloister was a nice garden space, and the walkway around it was full of all kinds of weird, unlabeled odds and ends like this cart and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/2540424759">these old metal bowls</a>.<br /> <br /> This will be the last of the Spain photos for a bit - we're headed off to see my folks and I won't have access to this library while we're away. Huge thanks to Tom for being such a big help in pushing this along!</p> Mon, 23 Jul 2012 08:23:45 -0700 2008-05-31T14:03:59-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Unhindered by Talent) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7630248750 Wood and metal become one over time <p>A detail of a wonderful (and presumably very old) platform cart in the walkway around the cloister of the Toledo cathedral. The center of the cloister was a nice garden space, and the walkway around it was full of all kinds of weird, unlabeled odds and ends like this cart and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/2540424759">these old metal bowls</a>.<br /> <br /> This will be the last of the Spain photos for a bit - we're headed off to see my folks and I won't have access to this library while we're away. Huge thanks to Tom for being such a big help in pushing this along!</p> Unhindered by Talent wood old españa wheel metal museum spain bracket may beam toledo cloister cart 2008 plank brace sabbatical http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en A cool sign (but not our hotel) http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/7627717210/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/nicmcphee/">Unhindered by Talent</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/7627717210/" title="A cool sign (but not our hotel)"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8424/7627717210_5e22e1bfc9_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="A cool sign (but not our hotel)" /></a></p> <p>We didn't stay here while we were in Toledo, but I really liked the sign :-)</p> Sun, 22 Jul 2012 22:42:49 -0700 2008-05-31T10:39:54-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Unhindered by Talent) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7627717210 A cool sign (but not our hotel) <p>We didn't stay here while we were in Toledo, but I really liked the sign :-)</p> Unhindered by Talent españa sign metal hotel spain may crest toledo 2008 sabbatical casadecisneros http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en Celebration, old school and new skool http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/7627311204/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/nicmcphee/">Unhindered by Talent</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/7627311204/" title="Celebration, old school and new skool"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8291/7627311204_3f72de11a0_m.jpg" width="240" height="132" alt="Celebration, old school and new skool" /></a></p> <p>A group of folks celebrated what I assume to be a wedding outside of the clock portal of the Toledo cathedral as we're about to go in for our tour around the church. I love the looks on some of their faces.<br /> <br /> And that's my wonderful wife and son on the right heading towards the door :-).<br /> <br /> No pictures were allowed inside, so nothing from indoors. It would quite stunning, however.</p> Sun, 22 Jul 2012 21:15:28 -0700 2008-05-31T12:41:52-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Unhindered by Talent) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7627311204 Celebration, old school and new skool <p>A group of folks celebrated what I assume to be a wedding outside of the clock portal of the Toledo cathedral as we're about to go in for our tour around the church. I love the looks on some of their faces.<br /> <br /> And that's my wonderful wife and son on the right heading towards the door :-).<br /> <br /> No pictures were allowed inside, so nothing from indoors. It would quite stunning, however.</p> Unhindered by Talent family wedding people españa spain doors cathedral group may entrance celebration toledo 2008 sabbatical clockportal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en Cáritas http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/7624621452/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/nicmcphee/">Unhindered by Talent</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/7624621452/" title="Cáritas"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8286/7624621452_6aa830757a_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Cáritas" /></a></p> <p>The great tower of the cathedral of Toledo towering over a banner that was presumably part of festival.</p> Sun, 22 Jul 2012 13:52:43 -0700 2008-05-30T21:20:19-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Unhindered by Talent) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7624621452 Cáritas <p>The great tower of the cathedral of Toledo towering over a banner that was presumably part of festival.</p> Unhindered by Talent españa tower festival night spain cathedral banner may toledo 2008 sabbatical cáritas http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en Time takes its toll http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/7619646754/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/nicmcphee/">Unhindered by Talent</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/7619646754/" title="Time takes its toll"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8002/7619646754_88591bf1b5_m.jpg" width="240" height="165" alt="Time takes its toll" /></a></p> <p>A cracked paving stone outside the Portal of the Clock entrance to the Cathedral of Toledo.</p> Sat, 21 Jul 2012 21:28:02 -0700 2008-05-31T12:41:45-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Unhindered by Talent) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7619646754 Time takes its toll <p>A cracked paving stone outside the Portal of the Clock entrance to the Cathedral of Toledo.</p> Unhindered by Talent españa broken stone square spain floor cathedral may toledo tiles paving marble 2008 cracked sabbatical http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en Leading the way http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/7617969880/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/nicmcphee/">Unhindered by Talent</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/7617969880/" title="Leading the way"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7277/7617969880_a214ea7aca_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Leading the way" /></a></p> <p>Another night shot of the Toledo cathedral and the festival banners, similar to <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/2538430164">"It towers above us"</a>.</p> Sat, 21 Jul 2012 15:14:44 -0700 2008-05-30T21:17:31-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Unhindered by Talent) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7617969880 Leading the way <p>Another night shot of the Toledo cathedral and the festival banners, similar to <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/2538430164">"It towers above us"</a>.</p> Unhindered by Talent street españa tower festival night spain cathedral banner may 2008 sabbatical toleda http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en El siete http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/7616442026/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/nicmcphee/">Unhindered by Talent</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/7616442026/" title="El siete"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8156/7616442026_7c0e140ef6_m.jpg" width="240" height="159" alt="El siete" /></a></p> <p>More from Toledo.<br /> <br /> And more in black and white. <br /> <br /> Clearly going to the excellent <a href="http://www.thepaine.org/exhibitions/ansel-adams.html" rel="nofollow">Ansel Adams exhibition at the Paine Art Center in Oshkosh</a> a few weeks ago messed with my head.</p> Sat, 21 Jul 2012 10:39:57 -0700 2008-05-31T10:30:34-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Unhindered by Talent) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7616442026 El siete <p>More from Toledo.<br /> <br /> And more in black and white. <br /> <br /> Clearly going to the excellent <a href="http://www.thepaine.org/exhibitions/ansel-adams.html" rel="nofollow">Ansel Adams exhibition at the Paine Art Center in Oshkosh</a> a few weeks ago messed with my head.</p> Unhindered by Talent street wood españa house brick sign spain may 7 toledo seven marker 2008 address siete sabbatical http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en