The Lighthouse Keeper's cat

My favorite streetartist is around again ^_^! Seen on Cuba Street, Wellington, New Zealand. On one of these days I would love to start a kind of sticker dialog…

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I am at a deadlock – sort of. Actually this is no wonder. Having a daytime job leads to this very unhealthy habit of trying to cram every spare second of the weekend with either being creative or just getting something done. Usually this leads to freaking out – sort of – on Sunday evenings ^_^… Argh!

So I was very lucky to find this drawing while browsing through my Flickr Contacts. It had a very calming and soothing effect and not (only) because of the cute bear…
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These are the new Teti Longlegs number #3 to #6. I was a hard fight to get them sitting still for the photo ^_^…

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I had this horrible day at work on Monday, so I went to the Photo Warehouse in Wellington and did some shopping. After almost a month of dithering I thought never mind getting the best bargin just go and get it and the staff at the Photo Warehouse is nice and competent. The Pentax K100 is a phase-out model, the new one is expected to be out next month, so it is quite cheap at the moment anyway ^_^… It’s my first digital SLR and for now I am totally happy with it.

You might wonder how I took a photo of the camera ^_^…

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I thought I try something new. So I took my mermaid ink drawing and used it as a kind of draft for this needle and thread drawing… It is sewn using my sewing machine, extra strong thread on a fine linen fabric and stretched over a canvas. The stretching was quite tricky though…

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I bought some colored Indian Ink artist pens on the weekend and started a new series of colored ink drawings. I am quite happy with my first sketches – after my failure with watercolors ^_^… more at flickr.
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This is great! Das Parkhotel is the one thing I was always dreaming about while studying architecture ^_^. The concept by Andreas Strauss for a sort of motel is build on the principles of simplicity. A big comfortable warm bed, light and a power point to charge your gadgets. Situated next to public showers and toilettes and using repurposed, robust drain pipes as the basic component. The guests pay what they think is appropriate. There is a online booking system providing a code to open the door.
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