Hi everybody,
I replaced the David Crosby letterbox at Turville Point Conservation
Park today in a slightly different location.
I also placed a new Tribute Series box dedicated to Otis Redding.
The clues and images are at the following url:
http://members.aol.com/Mugwumpz5/Tribute.htm
For those Gen X'ers out there, Otis Redding was a wonderfully talented
R&B singer/songwriter from the 1960's. He and four members of his band
died on the way to a performance in Madison in a plane crash in 1967.
I was a young teenager in New Mexico at the time... "Sittin' on the
Dock of the Bay" and "Try a Little Tenderness" are two of his songs I
remember best. We moved to Madison from Las Cruces, NM,
two years later, in 1969...
I just found out that he wrote "Respect", which was
recorded by a 16-year-old Aretha Franklin in the spring of 1967!
He was inducted posthumously into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
in 1989.... I'm going to be in Cleveland this autumn, hope I get a
chance to visit. Otis Redding's birthday was 9/9... too bad I didn't
get the letterbox out on that day... oh well, September will have to do....
I tried to kinda match the background color of the usual LB-NA
listing... but I don't know how successful I was. Is there a way I
can match that? I also changed the background color on the
Much Ado About Nothing pages... but I guess you'd have to change
that on the site as well. When you add these, Mitch, could you please
delete the previous listing for Turville Point?
Thanks!
Deborah
Madison WI letterboxes - something old, something new
6 messages in this thread |
Started on 1999-09-21
[LbNA] Madison WI letterboxes - something old, something new
From: (MixtMedia@aol.com) |
Date: 1999-09-21 00:41:32 UTC-04:00
[LbNA] Re: Madison WI letterboxes - something old, something new
From: Tom Cooch (tcooch@mail.sover.net) |
Date: 1999-09-21 04:45:16 UTC
Dear Deborah,
Your Otis Redding stamp is incredible (as is your State House stamp).
I used to like Otis Redding a lot too, but I remember him as looking
a little plumper than as shown on your stamp. I think he would like
it a lot too!
I found the color combination on your page a little hard to read.
Mitch's suggestions worked for me when I was wrestling with page
colors. I'd be glad to try to help also if you like.
Best,
Tom
Your Otis Redding stamp is incredible (as is your State House stamp).
I used to like Otis Redding a lot too, but I remember him as looking
a little plumper than as shown on your stamp. I think he would like
it a lot too!
I found the color combination on your page a little hard to read.
Mitch's suggestions worked for me when I was wrestling with page
colors. I'd be glad to try to help also if you like.
Best,
Tom
[LbNA] Re: Madison WI letterboxes - something old, something new
From: erik/susan davis (davisarc@wcvt.com) |
Date: 1999-09-21 17:10:40 UTC-07:00
Deborah!
I just now went to your new page and saw the Otis Redding stamp.
Words fail me - that stamp is beyond description!! It is beautiful, and
SO well done. Thanks so much for sharing it with us.
As I am trying to do a couple of stamps with a recognizabe face image,
what can you share asto technique. Did the fae image start as a
photograph and get manipulated? And, what is the xylene pen you mention
to transfer the image?
Erik
I just now went to your new page and saw the Otis Redding stamp.
Words fail me - that stamp is beyond description!! It is beautiful, and
SO well done. Thanks so much for sharing it with us.
As I am trying to do a couple of stamps with a recognizabe face image,
what can you share asto technique. Did the fae image start as a
photograph and get manipulated? And, what is the xylene pen you mention
to transfer the image?
Erik
[LbNA] Re: Madison WI letterboxes - something old, something new
From: (MixtMedia@aol.com) |
Date: 1999-09-22 02:20:36 UTC-04:00
Thanks Erik! Delighted that you enjoyed the stamp!
Carving the face actually took a whole lot less time than those little
letters!
> Did the face image start as a photograph and get manipulated?
Yes, and I just increased the contrast some so I could see the darks
and lights more easily. This can be done in a graphics program or by
photocopying. With a photocopy transfer that hasn't been reversed,
I just carve out the white areas of the eraser, and leave the dark
transferred areas. When you get to that point where taking out too
much is too easy, make some test prints as you go. Might have to
add some highlight carving lines. You can also try getting half-tones
by doing some fine linear carving or cross-hatching ~ but I haven't tried yet!
>also, what is the xylene pen you mention to transfer the image?
That's a xylene-based blending pen (usually used for blending colors
with markers and color pencils) ~ the one I have is called a Colorless
Blender Design Art Marker by Eberhard Faber from the Nasco catalog.
Probably can be found in larger art supply stores. Hold the photocopy
against the eraser copy side down, go over with the blender pen to
transfer... you get clean, precise transfers.
Another good way to transfer photocopied drawings is to use a iron
(not too hot, or it melts the medium... don't ask how I know... I just
know...)
Deborah
Carving the face actually took a whole lot less time than those little
letters!
> Did the face image start as a photograph and get manipulated?
Yes, and I just increased the contrast some so I could see the darks
and lights more easily. This can be done in a graphics program or by
photocopying. With a photocopy transfer that hasn't been reversed,
I just carve out the white areas of the eraser, and leave the dark
transferred areas. When you get to that point where taking out too
much is too easy, make some test prints as you go. Might have to
add some highlight carving lines. You can also try getting half-tones
by doing some fine linear carving or cross-hatching ~ but I haven't tried yet!
>also, what is the xylene pen you mention to transfer the image?
That's a xylene-based blending pen (usually used for blending colors
with markers and color pencils) ~ the one I have is called a Colorless
Blender Design Art Marker by Eberhard Faber from the Nasco catalog.
Probably can be found in larger art supply stores. Hold the photocopy
against the eraser copy side down, go over with the blender pen to
transfer... you get clean, precise transfers.
Another good way to transfer photocopied drawings is to use a iron
(not too hot, or it melts the medium... don't ask how I know... I just
know...)
Deborah
[LbNA] Re: Madison WI letterboxes - something old, something new
From: Thom Cheney (tcgrafx@imagina.com) |
Date: 1999-09-22 08:00:14 UTC-07:00
Wow Deborah!!!! Beautiful images!!
--
Thom Cheney
tcgrafx... among other things
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Thom Cheney
tcgrafx... among other things
[LbNA] Re: Madison WI letterboxes - something old, something new
From: (MixtMedia@aol.com) |
Date: 1999-09-22 12:22:44 UTC-04:00
In a message dated 9/22/99 1:22:01 AM Central Daylight Time,
MixtMedia@aol.com writes:
> Yes, and I just increased the contrast some so I could see the darks
> and lights more easily.
(oh... and helps if you can find a photo that has lots of lights and
shadow on it... it's hard to make contrast if there isn't any to begin with!)
Deborah
MixtMedia@aol.com writes:
> Yes, and I just increased the contrast some so I could see the darks
> and lights more easily.
(oh... and helps if you can find a photo that has lots of lights and
shadow on it... it's hard to make contrast if there isn't any to begin with!)
Deborah