Ice skating at Eden

Yesterday evening after handing in our dissertations (at least for me and Ellinor), the sea swimmers took a mini bus to the Eden Project for an evening of nature, Wintery lights and ice skating. It was a really great evening and I'm glad I went along, despite not actually skating (I absolutely hate ice skating!) Instead, I took photographs.

Eden is pretty damn nice at night.

Yay, tree with lights!

Soup and cream teas before looking around.

My soup was good.

Lee photographs Oakley's clotted cream birdie.

Coffee machine looks like robot-creature.

Muse-esque.

The endless stair.

A photo blog from me wouldn't be a photo blog without some signs.

Dan found a lizard.

Couldn't find Rafiki.

And back outside again.

And into the ice rink.

Very nicely decorated.

Getting ready to skate.

Couldn't resist photographing a sign with a moose. Plus it's hand painted.

Me and Grace watch/photographed from over here.

Ellinor, Anna and Richard are go. In a blur…

Ellinor, being used to skating on icey lakes in Norway, is a natural.

Spinning in circles was attempted.

Whoosh.

Want one of those penguins.

Glad I could capture this.

And then the lights parade.

We got to hold triangular lanterns.

END.

The Noun Project

The Noun Project is such a great idea, and so relevant to my dissertation it's unbelievable. Definitely will be referenced as something very current.

Basically: "The Noun Project collects, organizes and adds to the highly recognizable symbols that form the world's visual language, so we may share them in a fun and meaningful way."

The Noun Project

In dissertation news, our first drafts are due in tomorrow and I'm just about to print mine out. All 14 pages of it! There is a lot of rambling and some sentences don't make much sense, but I'm pleased with what I've done so far. Hopefully will get some feedback at the end of next week.

Tree deer

I rather like these "artworks" by Myeombeom Kim. I sense a tree/wood theme.

The Shrine/An Argument

This is both spectacular and incredibly eerie, almost creepy. A video for an epic 8 minute song by the lovely Fleet Foxes. I thought I recognised the illustration style as Stacey Rozich, and a little look at the credits over here reveals my assumption to be correct. I like the change of tone in the middle, you should see what I mean.

I recommend watching full screen with the volume turned up. Although it may freak you out a little bit. Or maybe that's just me?

The Shrine / An Argument from Sean Pecknold on Vimeo.

Papercraft Howl's castle

One of my friends posted this on Facebook. One word: AMAZING. I loved Howl's castle (in the film, Howl's Moving Castle – believe it or not) as it was but this is just incredible.

strictlypaper.com/blog/2011/10/howls-moving-castle-papercraft

Some more Chy Morva toilet roll creatures

Here's the next lot of Chy Morva creatures!

My personal newest addition.