| Imposters are welcome on the lawn of Museum of Early Trades in Madison The Museum of Early Crafts and Trades, 9 Main St., Madison, presents a Downtown Concert Series on the lawn of the museum, 6 to 8 p.m. on selected Friday evenings through Oct. 1, free to the public. On July 9, hear The Imposters. nj.com |
Crown Crafts Board Approves Early Termination of Shareholder Rights Plan Crown Crafts, Inc. announced today that its Board of Directors has voted unanimously to terminate the Company's shareholder rights plan. Â The Board's action will accelerate the expiration of the plan, which had been set to expire on March 31, 2014. biz.yahoo.com |
Showcasing traditional crafts In an effort to preserve the knowledge and traditions of local craftsmen such as Jack Lujan, Louis Vuitton will donate funds from its current exhibition, "The Lure of the Sea," to support the Guam Council on the Arts and Humanities Agency's new masters apprenticeship program. guampdn.com |
Augmented Reality Cake Justin Blinder frosted this fiduciary marker onto a cake, allowing him to layer on some graphics that move with the scene. Recently being faced with the task of making (or buying) a decorative cake, I decided to see if Augmented Reality could come to my rescue. I FAIL horribly at baking, and hoped this time a dash of c++ and a AR marker or two could detract attention from my poor baking/frosting skills. Being quite crunched for time, I opted for a conservative and traditional design, which included a rainbow/dolphin inhabited scene with a unicorn ridden by sad Keanu. After baking the cake, I found a simple BCH marker on the web and iced it onto the top. Any marker that has a basic enough grid structure will seem to work, just as long as there is even spacing between the blocks on the marker. The coding was fairly basic, and after a little time orienting things in 3d space, the cake was finished. The main lesson learned is that Augmented Reality will only compensate for poor cake making skills in the right company. This cake was programmed using openFrameworks and ofxARToolkitPlus... and tasted mediocre.More:(so many) CAKEs at CRAFTRead the Full Story » | More on CRAFT » | Comments » | Read more articles in Food | Digg this! blog.craftzine.com |
TUCSON: Park Place Arts and Crafts Festival The Park Place Arts and Crafts Festival, a free admission art fair, offers local fine art in a high fashion setting with kid's entertainment and plenty of food options. The one-of-a-kind, outdoor festival features more than 150 artisans, at Tucson's favorite shopping destination-the Park Place Mall, host of the festival. Join artists just outside the mall for a two-day festival exhibiting the ... azreporter.com |