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Artella's LinkLatteĀ
June 2006
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http://tofuart.com/map.html
The artist who calls himself Tofu has assembled some incredible art pieces using maps. Check out the map-painted shoes.
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www.margonaut.com
This site is part of a blog and media distribution portal created by Margaret Collins (Margo) to share her "investigations and ideas from the edge of the not so distant future". You may not agree with everything she says, but she will make you think.
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www.costumes.org
Here is a fantastic collection of costumes, from Ancient Babylon to the 1980s. Beautiful detail and vivid colors. Never again need you be at a loss as to the correct costume for any time or place.
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www.curatingthecity.org
The idea behind this Web site is to treat Los Angeles as a museum, and to "curate", or explore, facets of the city. Enjoy a stroll down Wilshire Blvd, learning as you go.
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www.freewords.org
Read about this unique book and the interesting way in which it is distributed. You can sign up for the newsletter, if you are interested.
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www.creatingkeepsakes.com
This is one of the pages on the Web site of Creating Keepsakes magazine. There are numerous scrapbooking challenges on this page, each designed to get your scrapbooking creative juices flowing.
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www.humanclock.com
Want to know what time it is? Check out this site, where the time is given with a picture. Neat idea!
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acme.com
You can create your own on-line license plate here, and see what it would look like. Works for any state -- some states have more than one design, and most of them are here, too. (Note: these are on-line, "pretend" license plates -- you can't use them on your car!)
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prestopnik.com
This on-line haiku generator gives you a new haiku everytime you click the refresh button. Plus, you can submit your own haiku to become a part of its database.
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printresearchfoundation.org
The Print Research Foundation was created to provide resources to study prints made by American artists during the last 150 years. The site includes a gallery of approximately 2000 artists with examples of their work.
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www.400words.com
I couldn't resist ordering a copy of the first issue of 400 Words. I wanted to see for myself a book full of autobiographies, each written in 400 words or less. Interesting idea.
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www.amyhughes.org
See the church that computer programmer and architect-used-to-wannabe Amy Hughes built from Lego bricks. Check out the photos (35 or so), and be sure to read the FAQ.
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www.alternatingcurrency.com
Some people use money to buy art. The artists represented on this page use money (and images of money) to CREATE art -- all kinds of art. See for yourself.
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www.all-story.com
In 1997, Francis Ford Coppola began a magazine, called Zoetrope: All-Story, devoted to "supporting the brightest young voices in fiction". It is also an art magazine, because each issue is illustrated by a different contemporary artist. The list of authors and artists that have been published since the magazine's inception is impressive!
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www.artonpaper.com
ART ON PAPER is an international magazine that presents award-winning coverage of artists working in a range of paper-based media, including limited-edition prints, drawings, photographs, books, and ephemera.
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www.jref.com
Here's a language lesson to help you differentiate among the common Japanese forms of address. Did you know that "san" can be used as a suffix for a spider or a monkey or a tiger, but not for a cockroach?
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www.millsberry.com
This site is supposed to be mainly for kids, and it is clearly an advertisement for General Mills Cereals. But it is great fun to explore -- you'll want to visit DownTown, the Arcade, and more!
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www.dltk-kids.com
Fun activities to do with (or for) your father, your children's father, or any man who has been like a Father to you.
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rodney-white.com
Rodney White hides messages in art that looks like graffitti. Read his bio to find out what happened to the blank pages in the front and back of all the books in the encyclopedia collections in his home.
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envelopecollective.com
Two college kids had an idea -- invite people to write them in decorated envelopes. This Web site shows the results.
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www.drawingpower.org
The Campaign for Drawing was organized in England in 2000, with the aim of getting everybody to draw. Read about the Drawing Power events in past years, and even learn how you could sign up to host a Drawing Power event in 2006.
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www.eiu.edu
Katherine Bartel calls this Web page Everyday Devotions, and you will agree with her as you read the descriptions of her works and notice the love with which they are made. I especially like "Vestment for Katie".
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www.zerogdanno.com
Zero G Danno, AKA Dan Gremminger, has created a groovy fun place for Space Cadets of all ages. Crafts, mysteries, stories, galaxy-wide intrigue -- they're all here!
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www.goalsisters.com
The idea behind Goal Sisters is that it is easier to meet a goal when you have the support of an enthusiastic, dedicated "sister". See what you think
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www.dcworx.com
Wonderful Web site; wonderful idea! The free UGLI doll pattern can be downloaded, and it is easy enough for anyone to make! Don't you have some scraps of material that are just BEGGING to be made into an UGLI doll?
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www.imagination3.com
Imagination Cubed is a collaborative drawing page presented by General Electric. It's just an ordinary drawing pallette, with a choice of tools, until you invite a friend or two to draw with you, and then it is super special. Try it!!
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www.typemirror.com
Have fun letting this site reverse, color, or randomly capitalize your text.
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accent.gmu.edu
This site is an "accent archive". Speakers from different regions or native tongues are given an "elicitation paragraph", containing most of the sounds in the English language, and asked to read it. This page is a list of native English speakers -- amazing how different the paragraph sounds when read by different people.
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www.ed2010.com
This Web site calls itself "A group for Young Editors who are looking to reach their Dream Magazine jobs by the year 2010". It includes information about jobs, links, mentoring, internships, and more.
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