KARYN EASTON
Jun 29
by Karyn in Abstract Art, Ai, Animation, Culture, Experimentation, Food for Thought, Ideas, My Work, Opportunities, Photography, Problem Solving, Risk Taking, Sound, Unit 2 Blogs, Videos 0 comments tags: Abstract Art, ai, Animation, Culture, Experimentation, Food for Thought, Ideas, my work, opportunities, Photography, Problem Solving, Risk Taking, Sound, Unit 2 Blogs, Videos

Barcelona Graffiti #2

Hidden Away – During my recent trip to Barcelona, I was was mesmerised by the colour and variety of the street art both in and around the city.  I briefly touched on this in part one of this post called ‘Barcelona Graffiti’.  I still don’t know exactly why I was so drawn to the graffiti (street art), except to say that the colours were amazing!  It seemed to relentlessly permeate throughout the whole fabric of the city, weaving a disjointed tapestry of colours.  Indeed it could even be described in some places as a riot of colour on an otherwise typical traditional cityscape and its walls.  All of this was in stark contrast to the walls of one of Barcelona’s most famous contemporary art museums, namely the MACBA.  Here there was no graffiti.  Everything inside was pristine with beautiful gleaming white walls.     A Short Recap Below is short video recap from Barcelona Graffit part one. It helps to illustrate the scale of graffiti and street art that can be found in and around the city.     In stark contrast to the brightly coloured graffiti in the video above, the following image gallery illustrates the crisp, clean, neutral […]
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Nov 26
by Karyn in Experimentation, Food for Thought, Ideas, My Learning, My Work, Opportunities, Problem Solving, Risk Taking, Timelapse, Videos 0 comments tags: Experimentation, Food for Thought, Ideas, My Learning, my work, opportunities, Patterns, Problem Solving, Risk Taking, Timelapse, Videos

London

Time & Travel  It’s Better to Travel Than to Arrive? – This was a quote I stumbled across earlier this year.  Unfortunately I’m not sure who said it, but given I was travelling to London I decided to use it anyway.  This was the first of two trips to London this year.  As I am a keen photographer I decided to document anything interesting.  I couldn’t help but notice that the light was particularly beautiful at Newton Abbot train station.  However this was nothing compared to the beauty of the ceiling structures at Paddington train station.  Below is a small collection of images including the view from my hotel window. A Few Random Shots with My Smartphone Unfortunately I had decided to leave my DSLR at home.  However, should I ever decide to shoot Paddington station again these are the kind of shots I would take with my DSLR.  My smartphone is great for this activity, but maybe not so good with its pixel count.     The Most Underwhelming Time-Lapse Ever! At the start of this blog I muted – it is better to travel than to arrive?  I’m not sure that is strictly true, but just in case, […]
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Nov 23
by Karyn in Ideas, My Work, Opportunities, Risk Taking, Timelapse, Videos 0 comments tags: Ideas, my work, opportunities, Risk Taking, Timelapse, Videos

Line in the Sand

A Sand Pendulum – Discovering Hidden Motion – I have been meaning to put up this short sand pendulum unboxing video for well over a week now.  I’ve done so much work lately in the digital space, it feels like the right time to move back into the physical again.  Shortly after posting this I will be travelling to London which will be a very physical experience and I’m looking forward to documenting that.  In the meantime here is the start of my journey looking at motion.  This may be something that I want to incorporate into my work if possible but at the moment it remains just an idea.  Sand pendulums have always fascinated me.  I love their rhythmic motion and the patterns they create as they follow their path.  This blog is really about exploring another facet of my thinking. I feel that I still have so many ideas to explore and so little time to do it before I need to narrow my focus.  I am are going to be working with physical ‘things’, digital ‘things’ or a combination of both?  What do I want to ‘say’ through my work? Do I even want to ‘say’ anything? […]
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Nov 11
by Karyn in Ideas, My Work, Opportunities, Patterns, Risk Taking 0 comments tags: Ideas, my work, opportunities, Patterns, Risk Taking

Network Patterns

Surprising Results  – I was quite pleased with the results of my Blender computer generated Chladni Patterns.  However, just as the title to this blog suggests the end results may not necessarily have been the most interesting part. In order to generate the patterns in Blender I needed to create a network.  I found this tentacle-like network (almost like neurones) quite fascinating. I cover the network diagram in my post ‘Blender – Who Knew?’  Following on from this I decided to ‘stylise’ the network and from there I created some patterns.   A Stylised Network     Patterns Created From The Stylised Network A Collage of These Ideas Below is a collage of these images together with the original stylised image at the top.  This is purely an experiment and I will save these designs for later as they may prove useful in future projects.      
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Nov 08
by Karyn in Artists, Collaborations, Experimentation, Ideas, My Learning, My Work, Opportunities, Problem Solving, Research, Timelapse, Videos 0 comments tags: Artists, Collaborations, Experimentation, Ideas, My Learning, my work, opportunities, Problem Solving, Research, Timelapse, Videos

Blender – Who Knew?

Using Blender to Simulate Chladni Patterns – In order to make a successful Chladni Pattern, it is important to generate a strong tone.  Where fingers are placed on the plate is also crucial.  I have discovered that to produce a tone and beautiful pattern is not a quick or easy process.  It takes both practice and patience.  Jokingly, I feel that at the end of this process, I may not have great Chladni patterns, but I’ll probably manage a grade 8 in the violin! Joking aside, this is a real and fundamental problem that I need to solve in order to move forward.  In order to help me work with my bow and plate I looked for a number of YouTube tutorials of which there were a few.  The people in the videos made the bowing and Chladni pattern generation look so easy! I spoke to the maker of my kit and he explained that actually it’s not that easy and practice and patience makes perfect.  Below are a couple of videos where pattern generation is made to look really simple.   Chladni Plate with Violin Bow   Chladni Patterns – Aluminium Plate and Violin Bow   Time is Not […]
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