More Than Nouns

Short break

Heidi — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:44:54 +0000

The noun project will be on hold for the next 2 weeks until I get moved and settled in my new home.

Bat

Heidi — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:53:39 +0000

Bat
Medium: Technical pens. Colored in Adobe Illustrator.
Size: 3″ tall

Phillip West: Toads

Heidi — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:42:02 +0000

A couple of days after I made my frogs, I found that Phillip West posted this pair of toads he folded.

More of Phillip’s work can be found on Flickr.

Frog

Heidi — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 04:59:03 +0000

Frog
Medium: origami
Completed size: 3″ to 3.25″

I made the Jumping Origami Frog first, which is a simpler pattern but perhaps more fun in the end.

Jumping Origami Frog instructions can be found at the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant web site. (There are tons of sites with instructions and patterns, but the UW site has nice illustrations for each step.)

This is a good pattern to learn if you ever find yourself trying to entertain young children with only materials at hand. If you have strong fingers, you could fold this one out of an index card (or one of those magazine insert cards), and the heavy material should give it much more “spring” or jumping power. Not only can you provide instant entertainment in the form of frog races and long jump contests, you may also get some “cool” points for being able to fold it in the first place.

I did the second pattern simply because it looks more like a frog. I also like that it can be inflated.

Classic / Inflated Origami Frog instructions found at a site called, appropriately, Origami Instructions. If you’re new to origami, this site will help because it has photographs to illustrate each step.

Both frogs were made from 5 7/8″ square Fold ‘Ems origami paper.

Yeast

Heidi — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:56:15 +0000

Yeast
Medium: Micron pens on Bristol board
7 3/4″ tall

This was a hard one. I finally decided to draw a glass of beer with little yeast colony shapes forming the bubbles in the head. Yeah. Not my best moment, but I love technical pens.

Artists: Stone Panels

Heidi — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:39:21 +0000

I came across this company while researching relief carving. Hard to tell who the company really is, but the carvings are attractive. The photo below is from their web site.

Architectural hand carved stone panels

Photo: Grand Wall in the Foyer of Legian Hotel, Bali

Acorn

Heidi — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 07:13:08 +0000

Acorn
Medium: Basswood carving

I’m sure this would’ve taken two minutes on a lathe, but alas, I don’t have one. So I shaped this one by hand with Xacto woodcarving blades and a scrap of basswood.

Posted from my iPhone

Door

Heidi — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 03:27:38 +0000

Door
Medium: Pencil on drawing paper
Size: 7.5″ x 6″

Can you tell I had a Lord of the Rings movies marathon this week?

However, I sketched this freehand while watching an L.A. Ink marathon. Go figure.