tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30820076781831031642024-03-12T04:51:53.563+00:00WeirdWoodWeirdWood for funky mirrors, Bowls and unique hand sculpted furniture. Here at WeirdWood we strive to produce Funky, Offbeat products predominantly from plywood. The majority of the materials we use are reclaimed, lessening the impact on our environment by keeping them out of landfill sites.WeirdWoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18059787344863120136noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082007678183103164.post-74777111740733205282015-11-28T17:07:00.000+00:002015-11-28T17:07:49.578+00:00Hide stool by Tove Greitz<h2>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">These incredibly detailed landscape paintings are the work of Hawaiian born artist Alison Moritsugu.</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> By cleverly using wind fall logs, branches and tree roots she has created a striking juxtaposition of fine art and raw wilderness.</span></h2>
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<a href="http://www.turnyourhead.com/index.php" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Turn Your Head</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> is a family run business based in Colorado Springs U.S. who cleverly use the 'Face versus Vase' illusion to create a </span>permanent<span style="font-family: inherit;"> profile portrait of your loved ones.</span><br>
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Ancient peoples, including the Lapps of modern-day Finland, and the Koyak tribes of the central Russian steppes, believed in the idea of a World Tree. The World Tree was seen as a kind of cosmic axis onto which the planes of the universe are fixed. The roots of the World Tree stretch down into the underworld, its trunk is the "middle earth" of everyday existence, and its branches reach upwards into the heavenly realm.<br>
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The sacred mushroom of these people was the red and white Amanita muscaria, also known as "fly agaric." This mushroom commonly is seen in books of fairy tales and usually is associated with magic and fairies. It contains potent hallucinogenic compounds once used by ancient peoples for insight and transcendental experiences. Most of the major elements of the modern Christmas celebration, such as Santa Claus, Christmas trees, magical reindeer and the giving of gifts, are originally based upon the traditions surrounding the harvest and consumption of this most sacred mushroom.<br>
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Amanita muscaria grows only under certain types of trees, mostly firs and evergreens. The cap of the mushroom is the fruit of the larger mycelium beneath the soil which exists in a symbiotic relationship with the roots of the tree. To ancient people, this mushroom was literally "the fruit of the tree."<br>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A very moving short film of the moment when two wild horses intervene in the chopping down of two ancient oak trees to build a bypass, poetry by Mark Carroll.</span></div>
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This was created by a guy who goes by the name of <a href="http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=193887#axzz36WNqCbgN" target="_blank">Wulf</a> working as a theatrical prop builder and from Toronto. Although this design is fairly basic to look at you could go to any lengths with the woodwork to make it look fancy.<br>
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The highly disciplined monk follows a never-changing routine – he arrives at the temple steps every day before sunrise, places his feet on the footprints and prostrates a thousand times in prayer. Having done this for two decades, the wood beneath his feet has softened considerably, transforming into perfect footprints that are 1.2 inches deep.</div>
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When Hua Chi was younger, he would prostrate 2,000 to 3,000 times a day. “But I have grown older, so in recent years I have only done around 1,000 each day,” he said. Sometimes, during winter he can only manage 500. But even that is seriously impressive. After completing his prayers, he walks around the temple as well.<br />
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70-year-old Hua Chi hopes that his dedication and commitment towards his prayers will help him achieve a smooth transition to the afterlife. According to Tibetan Buddhist beliefs, the spirit goes through a process after death that determines it’s future – either nirvana or a return for rebirth. “I reconstructed this temple and have prayed and walked around the temple all these times so that after my death my spirit will not suffer,” said Hua Chi, who is also a doctor of traditional medicine.</div>
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His devotion is now a source of inspiration to the younger monks at the temple, which is located inside Rongwo Gonchen Gompa, an important Tibetan monastery in Tongren. The monastery is centuries old; it dates back to the year 1301. It is home to hundreds of monks who study Buddhist scriptures.</div>
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The wood makes high-quality furniture, as it can be easily carved, glues and screws well and takes a fine polish. It shrinks very little when drying from the green condition, and this quality, together with its high durability, makes it particularly suitable for boat building, canoes and bathroom floors.</div>
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Because of its great value to the indigenous peoples of the central and southern Africa, these trees are being harvested at an unsustainable rate leading to its decline in recent decades.</div>
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Wood floors go back to before the turn of the century and were installed outdoors. Apparently if you were fashionably late to the opera house the sound of horse and carriage on the pavement was audible inside and caused a distraction.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The manufacturing idea made Mr Vittouris a finalist for the James Dyson Award 2011, part of the Australian International Design Awards.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He said the bamboo frame would be fitted with other eco-friendly parts to make a functioning vehicle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"It is a total rethink of how the manufacturing process works," Mr Vittouris, who designed the tricycle as part of a masters project, said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"This concept is green and clean because the plant does all the work - the plant also acts as carbon storage and it eventually composts back into the soil."</span></div>
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