been too long...

just a quick shot of what I'm working on now... Not my design, just the assistant and model maker on this one.

on the road to Toulome

Tool envy

Figures it would take something like scrapbooking (and it's mass market appeal) to bring a tool to market that I have been dreaming about for the past 12 years. Computer controlled desktop paper cutters and now coming down in prices comparable to inkjet printers. If you can put up with Barbie Bake with Me Oven color scheme you can have a functional cutter for around $400. Maybe I'll buy one and do a Transformers paint mod.

Cute

Truth is it might be too flimsy for architectural models. This one though, for a grand... ooooh now that might work.

Butch

And the one I really want... well no price is listed.

Compensating


Think of the RSI that I could be saving myself from! Just like the 30" monitor is ensuring that I can see the faces of my grandchildren. This is an investment in my health!


Maybe I'll just get an intern to cut stuff out with an Xacto.


$12.99

Random mumbling

It's almost midnight and I'm just about to run out of zap-a-gap. The problem? I've just had something of a breakthrough and I'd really rather keep working. That and I just downed a bunch of coffee and trying to sleep will be futile. I have plenty of Sobo..but large doses caffeine and glue that that takes ten minutes to dry don't go very well together. So I'll post instead.

The pic? That's the 'Glen', where Shakespeare Santa Cruz holds part of it's summer festival. The model from part one is of THE TEMPEST...ack...just got bit by a mosquito! And on my face too.

Crud.

Anyway I'm designing the sets for THE TEMPEST and MUCH ADO which are the outdoor shows this year. The glen is a great natural amphitheater and a fantastic place to see a show. Remember to bring a picnic and some wine then sit back and enjoy the show.

A five minute walk or so from the 'Glen' is the 'Meadow'... you can actually see the trees that surround the glen in this panorama. You can almost see my office on the UCSC campus too, but not really. You can definitely see the Boardwalk down by the coast where I worked as a teenager. Don't ask me what I did there...you're better off not knowing.



SSC is pretty good about letting designers take photos so I should be able to post more of this project in the coming months.

I hate mosquitos.

The new cave

Studio Pano2
Originally uploaded by JIke.

The new cave is still messy. Usually it's quite a bit cleaner than the old cave. At least 'my portion'...the rest of the cave is filled with furniture, boxes, filing cabinets, rugs and other random odds and ends that belong to the Interior Design Firm that actually owns the building. I just carve out a little space in the loft area. I share it with a crazy squirell who likes to chirp and me and steal bits and pieces from my models. I'm not certain what his name is... I call him Emerill, not for any particularly good reason other than when he's chirping I like to imagine that he's saying... "BAM, that's Good!"

Beauty Time Lapse

clickety click

Thanks to Eric Mack for making the video.

"To The Lighthouse" at Berkeley Repertory Theatre

"To The Lighthouse" at Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Originally uploaded by often111.

I didn't manage to get any shots of my projection designs for To The Lighthouse at Berkeley Rep...but somebody did...sorta kinda. This shot is from somewhere early in Scene 1. And no, it wasn't a design about clouds. But this is what is available so I'll take it.

Shakespeare Santa Cruz's Sleeping Beauty

DSC_0143
Originally uploaded by JIke.

Finally posting pics of this show...I know it was in Nov/Dec...

Anyway, go check em out on my flickr page:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jike

yay