Working Design» Arts http://www.workingdesign.net Working Design strives to make working together engaging and professional. Your project needs to hit the mark and achieve the results you desire. Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:49:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 A Good Egg (and more) http://www.workingdesign.net/2012/04/05/a-good-egg-and-more/ http://www.workingdesign.net/2012/04/05/a-good-egg-and-more/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:31:42 +0000 workingdesign http://www.workingdesign.net/?p=1634 More ▶]]> Easter, eggs and bunnies all go together. Besides the fun of the hunt for chocolate Easter eggs, I used to enjoy colouring the eggs when I was a kid and, later, with my own kids.

Last week I saw an article in the Globe and Mail about using natural dyes to colour eggs. Red beets, red cabbage, red wine and turmeric were featured. I tried various experiments with those dyes as well as a variety of resists: elastic bands, hair ties, wax. The results were very interesting and I’m sharing some here.

When I posted about this on my Facebook page I received a lot of comments and a few more suggestions. As a result, I wrapped some eggs in onion skins, tucked them into nylon stockings and boiled in water for about 20 minutes. Worth trying.

I’ve done quite a few additional experiments and I’ll be posting results on Facebook and to my Pinterest page (under Kris Klaasen) in the next few days.

BTW, I always thought the easter egg and bunny tradition had to do with fertility and the emergence of new life. Not so according to Wikipedia.

Happy Easter to you all!

]]> http://www.workingdesign.net/2012/04/05/a-good-egg-and-more/feed/ 0 Shooting Vancouver one day at a time http://www.workingdesign.net/2010/07/07/shooting-vancouver-one-day-at-a-time/ http://www.workingdesign.net/2010/07/07/shooting-vancouver-one-day-at-a-time/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:15:33 +0000 Kris http://www.workingdesign.net/?p=304 More ▶]]> A couple of days ago I ran into photographer Tim Van Horn as I was cycling by Jericho Beach. The strip of foot-high photos around his van accompanied by some signage on top caught my eye. Van Horn is working on a project he calls Vancouver 125 to mark the city’s anniversary in 2011. Currently travelling and living in his van, Van Horn is taking an on-the-ground, on-the-street approach to his project meeting people and capturing images.

He plans to spend 125 days shooting Vancouver and display the work online and elsewhere using super high resolution Gigaspan technology. It’s a novel idea and his people portraits and landscapes are very good!

Check out his photo blog at http://vancouver125.wordpress.com/about/

]]> http://www.workingdesign.net/2010/07/07/shooting-vancouver-one-day-at-a-time/feed/ 0 Kickstart Festival March 8 to 27. Check it out! http://www.workingdesign.net/2010/03/12/kickstart-festival-march-8-to-27-check-it-out/ http://www.workingdesign.net/2010/03/12/kickstart-festival-march-8-to-27-check-it-out/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:12:50 +0000 Kris http://www.workingdesign.net/?p=297 More ▶]]> One of our clients, Kickstart Disability Arts and Culture, has kicked off an amazing festival comprising an art exhibit, dance, comedy, fado singing and more.

We had the pleasure and honour of working with the Kickstart team on their general brochure, festival poster and programme book.

The Kickstart Festival started on March 8 and its first public event was last night with the launch of the Heroes art exhibit at the Pendulum Gallery in downtown Vancouver. Twenty Canadian visual artists explore what it means to be a hero from the perspective of working with a disability. We were especially impressed with the collage sculptures by Persimmon Blackbridge and  Cat L’Hirondelle.

Lose Weight Exercise/”>Lose Weight Exercise-weight-Lose Weight Exercise/”>Lose Weight Exercise: normal;”>For information about the Festival visit their website: www.kickstart-arts.ca

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There are several groups and activities you can be in touch with, get involved in or attend in order to help fight the proposed BC arts cuts.

A loose coalition of artists and organization has launched a website which is both informative and allows you to send email to the BC government: www.stopbcartscuts.ca

And, you can attend Wrecking Ball at the Vogue Theatre on Monday, November 23. For information: www.stopbcartscuts.ca/thewreckingball

The Alliance for Arts and Culture counts 350 arts organizations as members and has been a driving force in protesting the proposals. Their website has a wealth of information. www.allianceforarts.com

Also, there is a group on Facebook you may want to join called “Organizing against Campbell’s cuts to the arts”.

]]> http://www.workingdesign.net/2009/11/17/groups-working-to-fight-bc-arts-and-culture-cuts/feed/ 0 This holiday season, send help! http://www.workingdesign.net/2009/11/17/this-holiday-season-send-help/ http://www.workingdesign.net/2009/11/17/this-holiday-season-send-help/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:15:05 +0000 Elaine http://www.workingdesign.net/?p=294 More ▶]]> This holiday season we are urging our friends, colleagues and clients to support the arts in BC. The BC government has announced its intention to chop arts funding by 92 per cent over the next three years. The current 47 million budget will be slashed to just under $3 million dollars.

Besides letting the government know what you think of these crippling cuts, we’re suggesting you promote BC arts and culture.

Support artists, writers, artisans, musicians and their businesses and organizations. If you exchange gifts during the holiday season, consider subscribing to BC magazines, sharing BC books and visual art or music. Buy tickets or make donations to your favourite theatre company or festival. Go to a gallery or volunteer your time.

Here’s a list of some of the groups, people and businesses we work for, are friends with or simply love! Not all of them have been hit by the government’s funding cuts. But all of them are worthy of your support.

And you can start this weekend! You have an excellent opportunity to see and buy the work of hundreds of artists and artisans at the annual Eastside Culture Crawl.

And then there’s:

Vancouver Folk Music Festival
Kickstart Disability Arts and Culture
Coastal Sound International Choral Festival
Coastal Sound Music Academy
Vancouver Review
BC Bookworld
Beats Without Borders
Momentum Magazine

Coastal Jazz and Blues Society
Vancouver International Film Festival
PUSH International Performing Arts Festival
The BC Arts Council
New Star Books
Solo Collective
Duthie Books
Ronsdale Press
Arts Starts
Headlines Theatre
Alliance for Arts and Culture
Firehall Theatre
Vancouver East Cultural Centre

We’d love to hear your suggestions for arts groups that you care about.

]]> http://www.workingdesign.net/2009/11/17/this-holiday-season-send-help/feed/ 1 The Vancouver Folk Music Festival : Give Us Your Green and Make It Grow! http://www.workingdesign.net/2008/06/16/the-vancouver-folk-music-festival-give-us-your-green-and-make-it-grow/ http://www.workingdesign.net/2008/06/16/the-vancouver-folk-music-festival-give-us-your-green-and-make-it-grow/#comments Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:04:31 +0000 Kris http://www.workingdesign.net/wordpress/?p=242 More ▶]]> Working Design has a long association with the Vancouver Folk Music Festival. In my volunteer capacity as board director for the Festival, the studio conceived, wrote, designed and has been promoting a fundraising initiative called “Give Us Your Green and Make It Grow”.
It ties in with the BC government’s 100 dollar Climate Action Dividend. The campaign urges Festival fans and supporters to donate their dividend to the Festival’s “green” initiatives. The pitch is to help make “Vancouver’s greenest Festival even greener”.
We’ve set up a Facebook group to help spread the word. If you want to make your donation today visit the Festival site and follow the links: http://www.thefestival.bc.ca

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