02006-01-25 | Uncategorized
Introduction – The Society of Tempera Painters
Egg tempera is a painting process that uses egg yolk to bind pigments. The artist must manufacture the paints him or herself by the simple process of mixing finely ground pigment, water and dilute egg yolk. The paint is then applied in a method where the optical laws of egg tempera are obeyed thus the unique surface of egg tempera will be achieved. In addition to making the paint the artist has also to prepare the ground on which to paint.
I have never worked with egg tempera, but this sounds very intriguing!
02006-01-25 | Uncategorized
12 New Buildings
Without much introduction or fanfare, submitted here for your consideration are a dozen great building that emerged over the course of 2005.
02006-01-25 | Uncategorized
The Art Newspaper — News
Turkey is holding its first ever retrospective of a major European artist. The exhibition “Picasso in Istanbul” is currently on display at the Sakip Sabanci Museum (until 26 March).
02006-01-25 | Uncategorized
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Gum lifts the latest technique in quest for the perfect smile
Once there was tooth capping, laser tooth-whitening and the porcelain veneer. But in the quest for dazzling smiles, Americans are now increasingly resorting to cosmetic surgery. The operation is the gum lift, a procedure that whittles away at tissue or bone to make teeth appear more symmetrical and longer.
Bizarre.
02006-01-24 | Uncategorized
Stephen Batchelor – Verses from the Center
Poetic translation of Nagarjuna’s classic. Brilliant.
Jean-Fran̤ois Revel and Matthieu Ricard РThe Monk and the Philosopher
Orhan Pamuk – Istanbul: Memories and the City
HERE is what Bruce Sterling says about the last author:
Orhan Pamuk publicly faces down the darker elements of his Turkish heritage.
He put his own life on the line and he won a fine victory for Turkish civil society here. My fez is off to this guy. Pamuk is a major 21st century literary figure. He’s the kind of writer who gets streets and parks and high schools and statues named after him. (Once the authorities have him safely shoveled under, that is.)
I loved visiting Istanbul and am looking forward to reading this last book.
