If you peer closely around Utata, and indeed the rest of Flickr, you might notice that some strange creatures have started to appear:
Multi-coloured paper cranes are appearing in all sorts of unlikely places. These cranes are all the work of our very own Liz Shuman who has set herself the ambitious (some might say crazy) goal of sending out one thousand paper cranes across the world. All she asks in return is that recipients take a photograph of their crane when they receive it and send her a print. I think the whole thing is a wonderful idea - I'm always amazed by the creativity and inventiveness shown by folk round here.
If you want to read more about the Paper Crane project and see how you can join in and get a crane of your own, Liz has set up a group about it here.
Now, folding a thousand cranes is one thing. Buying the paper, the envelopes and the stamps to send them out across the globe is another. rebeccamissing is very generously auctioning off some of his polaroids to raise funds to help cover Liz's costs. There's some excellent stuff in his stream, so it will be well worth paying attention here! The first one is open for bids right now.
Multi-coloured paper cranes are appearing in all sorts of unlikely places. These cranes are all the work of our very own Liz Shuman who has set herself the ambitious (some might say crazy) goal of sending out one thousand paper cranes across the world. All she asks in return is that recipients take a photograph of their crane when they receive it and send her a print. I think the whole thing is a wonderful idea - I'm always amazed by the creativity and inventiveness shown by folk round here.
If you want to read more about the Paper Crane project and see how you can join in and get a crane of your own, Liz has set up a group about it here.
Now, folding a thousand cranes is one thing. Buying the paper, the envelopes and the stamps to send them out across the globe is another. rebeccamissing is very generously auctioning off some of his polaroids to raise funds to help cover Liz's costs. There's some excellent stuff in his stream, so it will be well worth paying attention here! The first one is open for bids right now.
thank you so much... the support is appreciated more than you can imagine.
along with George's auctions of his Polaroids (which are going amazingly well i might add), i've also decided to do a limited edition of this Holga shot. it's available here if anyone is interested... and i sure hope someone is! obviously all procceds from the sale of the print will go to purchasing supplies for this crazy idea of mine.
along with George's auctions of his Polaroids (which are going amazingly well i might add), i've also decided to do a limited edition of this Holga shot. it's available here if anyone is interested... and i sure hope someone is! obviously all procceds from the sale of the print will go to purchasing supplies for this crazy idea of mine.
I've just noticed that George's third Polaroid is now up for auction
-- from rebeccamissing - (?)
There's only two more to go - so start bidding now if you want one of these
And in other news, our very own 10 cent designer has kindly put this print up for auction:
-- from The 10 cent designer - (?)
-- from rebeccamissing - (?)There's only two more to go - so start bidding now if you want one of these
And in other news, our very own 10 cent designer has kindly put this print up for auction:
-- from The 10 cent designer - (?)
Ok, so here they are
@ eshu----------- can not say thank you enough. Having a blast shooting this little fella. I will shoot a few more simply because I just realized how to make the wings stay out more and have it stand up right. I had not pulled them out enough yet in the previous shots for it to stand on it's own.
@ eshu----------- can not say thank you enough. Having a blast shooting this little fella. I will shoot a few more simply because I just realized how to make the wings stay out more and have it stand up right. I had not pulled them out enough yet in the previous shots for it to stand on it's own.
I am *so* excited. My crane arrived today and I have to say 1) if dd's friend, 9 yo Hadley hadn't been visiting, I would not have known to blow up inside the crane from the bottom to inflate and 2) she's beautiful! We dscussed her name at some length and finally she informed us she likes Naomi. Of course, she arrived after dark so the photos so far are shot at a very high ISO. The first thing Naomi did was ride with me to take the children to the sitters. She perches beautifully on the dashboard, even if I do I have to shoot at 800 to capture.
