learning the ropes » Text http://ropeandpulley.com/blog things I made at ITP and after: sketches, prototypes, and other documentation Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:55:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 details http://wendyrichmond.com/blog/2009/10/02/details/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=details http://wendyrichmond.com/blog/2009/10/02/details/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:07:35 +0000 wendy http://wendyrichmond.com/blog/?p=177 A typical email exchange:

On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 11:07 AM, Wendy Richmond <wendy@wendyrichmond.com> wrote:

Hi Michael
Yesterday was v helpful. I am reflecting!
Quick Q:
Was it hard to make those stand-alone stands for the digital frames? I think it wd be a good way to have a bunch of  frames around the room for our showing, so I am thinking about buying some cheap lamps– approx 6 of them. ( we already have 2 that you made)
If it is easier, we could avoid having the cord run thru the pole.
What do you think?
W

MC reply:
They are not so hard to make… I’ve attached a picture of the parts…  It is easier to not run the cord through the pole.  Gaffer’s tape on the back will keep things in check.
Michael

mc parts pic

]]> http://wendyrichmond.com/blog/2009/10/02/details/feed/ 0 outside the blog http://wendyrichmond.com/blog/2009/08/22/outside-the-blog/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=outside-the-blog http://wendyrichmond.com/blog/2009/08/22/outside-the-blog/#comments Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:03:47 +0000 wendy http://wendyrichmond.com/blog/?p=151 Wendy, Here’s about an hours worth of searching.  I stumbled onto pico pocket projectors.  Let me know if you want me to back out to “normal” projectors and see about low cost.  My view is that the small projectors could be a good prototyping tool for you in the same way that the photo frames and the XActi camera are.  You may even be able to connect your XActi to one of these. Michael (The email had an attached  PDF)]]> http://wendyrichmond.com/blog/2009/08/22/outside-the-blog/feed/ 0 Lists (a start) http://wendyrichmond.com/blog/2009/08/22/lists/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lists-a-start http://wendyrichmond.com/blog/2009/08/22/lists/#comments Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:46:25 +0000 wendy http://wendyrichmond.com/blog/?p=147 Interactions:

  • Cranking
  • Sitting or standing (eg a switch, or weight)
  • Proximity
  • Motion detection
  • Pulling/pushing
  • Running (e.g. treadmill)
  • Color detection
  • Sound (e.g. of you clap, it turns something on)
  • Opening/closing (e.g. door, window, drawer)
  • Positional sensing
  • Hitting keys
  • etc…

Static Type:

  • Spray paint
  • Silk screen
  • etching
  • Letterpress
  • Stencil
  • Cut out
  • Scratch
  • Burn
  • Scribble
  • Sandblast
  • Woodblock
  • Magic marker
  • Pencil
  • Typewriter
  • Sewn/needlepoint
  • Neon
  • LED
  • etc…

Materials:

  • clay
  • Wood
  • Cardboard
  • Plastic
  • Styrofoam
  • Cloth
  • Paper
  • Glass
  • Metal
  • Rubber
  • Screen
  • Leather
  • Carpet
  • Grass
  • Sand
  • Food
  • Concrete
  • etc…

Typographic manipulations:

  • Letter spacing
  • Line spacing
  • Bigger/smaller
  • Fonts (reg, bold, italic, black, condensed, etc)
  • Color
  • Focus—in/out
  • Rotate
  • Distort
  • etc…
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spots on table small

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thots small

]]> http://wendyrichmond.com/blog/2009/08/02/94/feed/ 0 hanging out at Smooch http://wendyrichmond.com/blog/2009/08/02/hanging-out-at-smooch/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hanging-out-at-smooch http://wendyrichmond.com/blog/2009/08/02/hanging-out-at-smooch/#comments Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:54:50 +0000 wendy http://wendyrichmond.com/blog/?p=86 coffee cup small

good place to draw and think

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]]> http://wendyrichmond.com/blog/2009/08/01/drawing-by-max/feed/ 0 wall text from “Creating the Modern Stage” http://wendyrichmond.com/blog/2009/07/30/wall-text-from-creating-the-modern-stage/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wall-text-from-%25e2%2580%259ccreating-the-modern-stage%25e2%2580%259d http://wendyrichmond.com/blog/2009/07/30/wall-text-from-creating-the-modern-stage/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:37:07 +0000 wendy http://wendyrichmond.com/blog/?p=60 “Working on a sketch for a setting is probably the happiest and briefest part of the artist’s work in the theater.” — Donald Oenslager (1902- 1975)

]]> http://wendyrichmond.com/blog/2009/07/30/wall-text-from-creating-the-modern-stage/feed/ 0 along the way http://wendyrichmond.com/blog/2009/07/30/along-the-way/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=along-the-way http://wendyrichmond.com/blog/2009/07/30/along-the-way/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:27:02 +0000 wendy http://wendyrichmond.com/blog/?p=52 Yesterday Michael and I met to get the blog going, for real. All went smoothly until we tried to embed video. No luck. Michael had to leave before he figured out a solution, and he is about to go on vacation. Well, I should have known that he would keep working on it: this morning I got a lengthy email outlining the reason why it didn’t work and the options (with pros and cons) of fixes.

I am writing this to make a note of all the details along the way of making a body of work—the vast effort that is never seen, but is so crucial to development.

]]> http://wendyrichmond.com/blog/2009/07/30/along-the-way/feed/ 0 heavy lifting http://wendyrichmond.com/blog/2009/07/29/heavy-lifting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=heavy-lifting http://wendyrichmond.com/blog/2009/07/29/heavy-lifting/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:05:58 +0000 wendy http://wendyrichmond.com/blog/?p=23 I want to start doing more on PAPER. I would like to draw more. More physicality as opposed to making everything w a keyboard and/or screen. That will be a big part of the exhibit, that is, the tension (literally) between digital and physical.

The hoisting of words with your whole body vs. the little finger hopping. I like the hoisting.

So, hoisting words. Heavy lifting. What would such an exhibit be like? Is it possible to tie emotions of words to actually lifting them?

Are the words going to be heavy words or frivolous words? What would it mean to have to exert great force and effort to lift trivial words?

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