KARYN EASTON
Dec 22
by Karyn in Disasters, Evaluations, Experimentation, Food for Thought, Ideas, My Learning, My Work, Patterns, Problem Solving, Timelapse, Videos 0 comments tags: Disasters, Evaluations, Experimentation, Food for Thought, Ideas, My Learning, my work, Patterns, Problem Solving, Timelapse, Videos

Too Cold!

Lissajous Curves and Cold Weather – I mentioned in an earlier blog that due to lack of disk space on my hosting package I would need to upgrade my hosting.  This is always a tense time when moving files from one server to another.  For this reason I needed to come up with a foolproof method of backing up my blog.   In the past numerous backups have failed for me (files lost, media libraries lost, databases lost etc.), therefore I knew I couldn’t solely rely on this.  However under my reflective planning it was on my todo list to think of an easy but effective way of getting around data loss.  I came up with the idea of taking screenshots of my blog.  This means that in the event of any data loss all I have to do is insert the screen shot and add any live links (genius!) and it works.    Unfortunately when my blog was moved this particular post completely disappeared.  However the process of taking a screen shot meant I can quickly post up images of the original post and add in the relevant link.  Below is my original post added from screen shots.  I’d […]
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Dec 21
by Karyn in Abstract Art, Ai, Evaluations, Experimentation, Food for Thought, Ideas, My Learning, My Work, Patterns, Videos 0 comments tags: Abstract Art, ai, Evaluations, Experimentation, Food for Thought, My Learning, my work, Patterns, Videos

Creative Coding

Discovering Creative Coding with Processing – I thoroughly enjoyed our Zoom Session 10 where we were introduced to ‘Processing’. We had a small workshop that was run by Matthew Edwards. Processing is a simple but effective programming language ideal for anyone looking to undertake creative coding.  I was absolutely ‘sold’, indeed I decided to explore further.  Processing.org is a really well designed and thought out educational website teaching creative coding for beginners.  It allows students to copy and edit code within an interactive browser while working through the online tutorial videos.  I was delighted to receive a little certificate once I had completed my first hour of programming tuition.   Certificate of Completion Below is my certificate of completion.  I can thoroughly recommend the Precessing.org website for anyone who would like to begin a creative coding journey.  Recently I have been working with Touch Designer and my last project involved some coding work.  Processing has really helped with my understanding of the Touch designer workflow.  This week I was able to tackle quite a difficult Touch Designer tutorial about ‘Lissajous Curves’.  I believe the success of this project was largely due to understanding what code I was adding and why.  This […]
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Dec 21
by Karyn in Ai, Drawings, Experimentation, Food for Thought, My Learning, My Work, Videos, Zentangles, Zoom Meetings 0 comments tags: ai, Drawings, Experimentation, Food for Thought, My Learning, my work, Videos, Zentangles, Zoom Meetings

Zoom Session 10

Programming with Processing 😊 – This has to be one of my favourite sessions so far. I love all of my zoom sessions, but the chance to learn a little programming is always a positive for me. Until today I hadn’t come across the programming environment called ‘Processing’. I downloaded the software onto my computer and I attempted to play around with it a little. This was to familiarise myself with it a before the start of our session. I found the tutorials really informative and I very quickly got the ‘gist’ of it. We also had a guest speaker Matthew Edwards, who came in to give us a demonstration and work with us through some example code. It was a very good pace and pitched perfectly for a total beginner like myself. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing the results of my little programs. I also thoroughly enjoyed the group conversation afterwards. Jonathan introduced us to GPT chat. This is an advanced algorithmic program that can write highly intuitive essays from user text prompts. It can also write code. This week I’ve had lots to think about and explore. I have updated my ‘Zentangle’ gallery to reflect all of my little […]
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Dec 21
by Karyn in Artists, Mentions, My Work, Videos 0 comments tags: Artists, Mentions, my work, Videos

The Phoblographer

Gaining Traction – Back in 2021, I was delighted to appear on the pages of Yahoo Finance, syndicated via the Phlogographer photography magazine. The Phlobographer had placed me as one of the best female photographers of 2021.  I was absolutely delighted!!  Finally someone had found and appreciated my macro work.  I am eternally grateful to them for giving me my first notable break. I was equally delighted when they featured me again this week, this time as one of the best macro photographers.   I love their magazine and I feel really privileged to appear in it.  Please follow the links if you would like to find out more.   Examples of Work
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Dec 21
by Karyn in Artists, Culture, Food for Thought, Galleries, My Work, Research, Videos 0 comments tags: Artists, Culture, Food for Thought, Galleries, my work, Research, Videos

London Part 2

A City of Culture – I’ve visited London on numerous occasions but this time was different because it was with the specific aim of visiting art galleries and museums.  My visit to the capital last week was a business trip. This week I was helping my colleagues to escort 30 students around a number of museums and galleries.  Following is an account of my time there.  I have also documented some of the most amazing artworks at a number of leading galleries.   Day 1 Our first day was spent travelling. Just like last week I travelled from Paignton to Paddington with one change at Newton Abbot.  However it very nearly didn’t happen because a train broke down near Paignton.  This meant that we were almost an hour late. Therefore we had to get a later train from Newton Abbot to Paddington. Sadly because of the delay we lost about 2 hours and arrived around 9.00pm instead of 7.00pm. Above is the view from my  hotel room window.  Although it was a later than planned arrival, we dumped our bags and headed out to find somewhere to eat. We wound up at a Turkish restaurant near to the Ibis Hotel […]
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Dec 04
by Karyn in Disasters, Little Wins, Mentions, My Work, Opportunities 0 comments tags: Disasters, Little Wins, Mentions, my work, opportunities

Little Wins #1

Disasters Versus The Little Wins! – After returning from London I had so many images to document on my blog that I used up my hosting package allowance.  I have requested to migrate to another, better package but I will be extremely nervous until my update goes through and my website hopefully appears unscathed at the other side. I have taken multiple screenshots of my blog to date.  So if I lose my website and blog I will be able to quickly get some of my content back in some form as quickly as possible. I’m terrified that this process will go wrong! However, I can’t continue my blog if I can’t upload images. I am a believer that every cloud has a silver lining, or that if something bad happens, something nice will come along to offset it.   My good news came in the form of being ‘tagged’ in an Instagram post by the official account of Bromsgrove School in Bromsgrove.   They had referenced my work and set up little experiments to try to replicate it.  As a teacher I felt immense pride that my work had inspired someone enough to want to replicate it and use […]
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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 20
by Karyn in Experimentation, My Learning, My Work, Patterns, Risk Taking, Timelapse, Videos 0 comments tags: Experimentation, My Learning, my work, Patterns, Risk Taking, Timelapse, Videos

Amazing!

The Best Tutorial Yet! – This has to be my most challenging and rewarding tutorial so far. Apart from the complexity of the node network the instructor was speaking in Chinese which sadly I can’t understand. To work my way through such a complex node system I feel that I must be learning something. Just for the record, I wasn’t actually wearing my pyjamas, I was wearing a huge baggy fluffy top with a fluffy blanket.  This is because we are currently renovating our property and our central heating is broken. It was a very cold day! I may look strangely dressed, but I was really nice and warm. Below is the usual time-lapse of my journey and also the results from the work.  I certainly think that the addition of the clock was a good idea. It really helps to visualise the passage of time.     Flying Box and Lights – Tutorial Time-lapse     Flying Box with Lights Here is the result of my 3.5 hours work. The video is best viewed with the sound turned on. I particularly liked the fluid motion of the box and lights.  The resulting network and nodes are also highly customisable.   […]
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Nov 19
by Karyn in Experimentation, My Learning, My Work, Patterns, Risk Taking, Timelapse, Videos 0 comments tags: Experimentation, My Learning, my work, Patterns, Risk Taking, Timelapse, Videos

Coloured Waves

Further Investigation into Generative Art – My Touch Designer Journey continues.  I am continuing to log the time that I spend on this via time-lapse.  I decided that by adding in a clock the passage of time became more noticeable.  Below is the time-lapse video and below that, is the resulting video from tutorial.  All of these generative art videos work from node networks which I save.  These networks can then be tweaked and changed to my liking at a later time.  Currently I am just getting together some solid foundational programs.  I feel less bothered about following the tutorials now because I know that I can tweak my tutorial programs to such a degree that the resulting work is completely mine.  Unfortunately I need to keep going through this process if I am to learn to build networks of my own.  Since reading my book about the Ai Superpowers, China, US and the New World Order, I learned that this is not an unusual process in the programming world.  People create, share and borrow bit of code from each other and this accelerates the learning process. It is quite a risky strategy that I’m pursuing here, because if I […]
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