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T- shirt design:Creating simplified artwork from a photograph
Wednesday, 14 Jan, 2009 – 14:35 | 2 Comments
T- shirt design:Creating simplified artwork from a photograph

So you’ve got this idea about taking a favourite snap and converting it to something that can be printed in a minimum of  colours, eh?
Plus you’d like to give the subject of your photo a …

Vectorising sketched artwork and drawings
Wednesday, 7 Jan, 2009 – 13:14 | 5 Comments
Vectorising sketched artwork and drawings

Somebody sends us their artwork that they would like printed out onto T shirts.
How is it done?
Follow me into the studio…
We get artwork in a whole variety of forms from finalised vector graphics to a …

Bolivia. Last full day… sigh
Monday, 8 Dec, 2008 – 19:11 | No Comment
Bolivia. Last full day… sigh

Monday
beach babes
Driving back to La Paz today but one more thing about Copacabana.

Sunday, Bolivia Sunday
Tuesday, 2 Dec, 2008 – 19:48 | One Comment
Sunday, Bolivia Sunday

Sunday
If it’s Sunday, it must be the Isla del Sol. We board a swift little vessel and motor off to the lake’s largest island.
Copa, Copacabana. Nowhere near Havana
Jealous?
On the way a flock of a dozen …

What about Saturday in Bolivia?
Monday, 1 Dec, 2008 – 17:00 | No Comment
What about Saturday in Bolivia?

Saturday
We’re making the most of the weekend left in Bolivia, so we’ve signed up for a tour. First stop, the extremely ancient ruined city of Tihuanaco (or Tiwanaku), about one and a half hours out …

Back to Bolivia
Thursday, 20 Nov, 2008 – 9:01 | One Comment
Back to Bolivia

Friday
Just a half day at school. We form a big circle so that Henry can wish us farewell. We are presented with gifts of work that the kids have done for us.

Sue goes around sharing …

Bolivia te amamos
Wednesday, 19 Nov, 2008 – 19:02 | No Comment
Bolivia te amamos

Thursday
Treated to a little play by the Kindergarten children. Basically anti-litter, pro-recycling, and very good fun!
Into the garden area to see how things work there and then an explanation of the school’s composting structure.

We were …

Another dollop of Bolivia
Thursday, 13 Nov, 2008 – 19:43 | No Comment
Another dollop of Bolivia

Wednesday
Off to school again. Henry is a master of bees and we trail off behind him kitted out in bee-proof suits as he charges his smoke gun with leaves to burn and then checks the …

Bolivia, the odyssey continues
Monday, 10 Nov, 2008 – 10:30 | No Comment
Bolivia, the odyssey continues

Tuesday
Walked to Kusikuna school.

Met all the kids and staff in a big welcome circle, then took a tour.

Kusikuna was set up by parents in 1996 in order to provide an alternative to the Bolivian state …

And then…in Bolivia?
Friday, 7 Nov, 2008 – 11:41 | No Comment
And then…in Bolivia?

Monday
Nice and easy.
Walk in the morning with Claudia up one of the eucalyptus lined valleys leading from the Cochabamba ‘bowl’ towards the Cordillera mountains. This region is well regarded as one of the most important …