Rick & Joel @ Great Americaamusement park,mid-1980s
Saturday, March 25, 2006
Thursday, March 23, 2006
Panda painted onto single hair
Chinese micro-painter Jing Ying Hua has painted an image of a giant panda on a single human hair.
The artist took 10 days to create the mini-masterpiece using a single rabbit hair as a paintbrush.
Vistors to a Chinese gallery viewed the painting through a microscope at 50,000 times magnification.
Other micro-painters include Russian artist Valeriy Dvoryanov who creates oil paintings of famous people on poppy seeds and grains of rice.
His biggest work to date is 2003's picture of the Titanic, on a 2-mm-long mineral sliver.
One of his works is inscribed with the words: "I have loved the sun all my life and always wanted to paint the sun" in letters a fraction of a millimetre wide, painted using a sharpened human hair.
And in 2002, Micro-artist Willard Wigan spent months designing, sculpting and painting a miniature figure of Muhammad Ali fighting Sonny Liston on a pin head.
His collection includes a Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Tower Bridge and Jesus - each fitted into the eye of a needle.
It also features a minute Statue of Liberty and a boxing ring containing Lennox Lewis and Evander Holyfield.
The artist took 10 days to create the mini-masterpiece using a single rabbit hair as a paintbrush.
Vistors to a Chinese gallery viewed the painting through a microscope at 50,000 times magnification.
Panda painting
The image was magnified 50,000 times
The image was magnified 50,000 times
Other micro-painters include Russian artist Valeriy Dvoryanov who creates oil paintings of famous people on poppy seeds and grains of rice.
His biggest work to date is 2003's picture of the Titanic, on a 2-mm-long mineral sliver.
One of his works is inscribed with the words: "I have loved the sun all my life and always wanted to paint the sun" in letters a fraction of a millimetre wide, painted using a sharpened human hair.
And in 2002, Micro-artist Willard Wigan spent months designing, sculpting and painting a miniature figure of Muhammad Ali fighting Sonny Liston on a pin head.
His collection includes a Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Tower Bridge and Jesus - each fitted into the eye of a needle.
It also features a minute Statue of Liberty and a boxing ring containing Lennox Lewis and Evander Holyfield.
When idiots reign supreme
Ok, let me get this straight: George Bush is upset because a Christian is being harrassed in a Muslim country. Lots of Muslims get harrassed in Christian countries and no-one does anything about it. Why is that?
Sunday, March 19, 2006
New photos uploaded
New pictures are available for viewing here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rickvaughn/sets/72057594084554578/
Just so you know.
-Rick
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rickvaughn/sets/72057594084554578/
Just so you know.
-Rick
Friday, March 17, 2006
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
'Creative plumbing' delivers beer
A woman said she thought she was in heaven when she turned on the kitchen tap to find a plentiful supply of beer.
Haldis Gundersen was planning to do the washing up when she made the unusual discovery at her apartment in Kristiansund, west Norway.
But two flights below, workers in a bar faced the more disappointing realisation that water was flowing from their beer taps.
A worker had connected a beer barrel to the apartment water pipe by mistake.
"I turned on the tap to clean some knives and forks, and beer came out," Ms Gundersen told Reuters news agency. "We thought we were in heaven."
But the beer was flat and tasted odd, she said.
'Really creative'
Downstairs at the Big Tower Bar, workers realised what the problem was - a new barrel had been misconnected to Ms Gundersen's water supply.
"The water and beer pipes do touch each other, but you have to be really creative to connect them together," said Per Egil Myrvang from the local beer distributor. He helped employees to rectify the problem over the telephone.
Ms Gundersen bore no grudge. "If it happens again, I'm going to order Baileys," she said.
In Norway, the sale of alcohol is controlled through a state monopoly and beer prices are some of the highest in the world.
Haldis Gundersen was planning to do the washing up when she made the unusual discovery at her apartment in Kristiansund, west Norway.
But two flights below, workers in a bar faced the more disappointing realisation that water was flowing from their beer taps.
A worker had connected a beer barrel to the apartment water pipe by mistake.
"I turned on the tap to clean some knives and forks, and beer came out," Ms Gundersen told Reuters news agency. "We thought we were in heaven."
But the beer was flat and tasted odd, she said.
'Really creative'
Downstairs at the Big Tower Bar, workers realised what the problem was - a new barrel had been misconnected to Ms Gundersen's water supply.
"The water and beer pipes do touch each other, but you have to be really creative to connect them together," said Per Egil Myrvang from the local beer distributor. He helped employees to rectify the problem over the telephone.
Ms Gundersen bore no grudge. "If it happens again, I'm going to order Baileys," she said.
In Norway, the sale of alcohol is controlled through a state monopoly and beer prices are some of the highest in the world.
Tuesday, March 7, 2006
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Coming home party for the great hunter (Russ)
on his return from safari..........
on his return from safari..........
featuring Joel, Joy, Pearl & Matty; Jason, Kat & Isabeau;
Mom & Dad; Russ; Bob; and Rick.
Mom & Dad; Russ; Bob; and Rick.
Originally uploaded by rixmail99.
Introductory post (shamelessly copied from the e-mail)
Hi gang,
Here's the address to a family blog I set up.... you are all members and have posting priveleges; kind of a message board to keep updated (just for us!!!)... enjoy!
-Rick
Here's the address to a family blog I set up.... you are all members and have posting priveleges; kind of a message board to keep updated (just for us!!!)... enjoy!
-Rick
Thursday, March 2, 2006
Drawings you should see...
Here's a recent oil painting that my brother-in-law, Jason Seiler, did of Johnny Cash:
...quite impressive, I think. And he claims it only took him an hour. OK. Here's another:
...that one's a sketch, which he says only took 20 minutes. Wow. I'm impressed.
To view more, or to contact Jason, visit his site at http://www.jasonseiler.com.
...quite impressive, I think. And he claims it only took him an hour. OK. Here's another:
...that one's a sketch, which he says only took 20 minutes. Wow. I'm impressed.
To view more, or to contact Jason, visit his site at http://www.jasonseiler.com.
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