A publishing how-to: Tips from Stacey Pierson, Ph.D. (Part 1) « Post Academic
Stacey Pierson is Lecturer (which translates to Assistant Professor here in the States) at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, specializing in Chinese Ceramics and Museum Studies. She is also the one-time curator of the prestigious Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, and I imagine she could also probably work as a junior archeologist, ace appraiser, and Chinese translator, if she wanted to! "Chinese Ceramics book cover" (Courtesy of Stacey Pierson) But, for our purposes here at Post Academic, it’s her experiences as a published author of two books–Chinese Ceramics: A Design History (V&A, 2009) and Collectors, Collections and Museums: the Field of Chinese Ceramics in Britain, 1560-1960 (Peter Lang, 2007)–and her current post as the Editor of the journal Transactions of the Oriental Ceramics Society that we’re most interested in. The interview continues below the fold… "Collectors, Collections and Museums book cover" (Courtesy of Stacey Pierson)
The Blog: Delicate DIY Bird's Nest Necklace
J'adore delicate gold jewelry (and j'adore ma mama) so I decided that I would make this for my mom's birthday! See the steps below by clicking "Read More" I snatched the idea from the inventive Sarah Ortega's post. 1) Arrange the beads on the wire however you like. 2) Start wrapping the wire around the beads to create the nest 3) Wrap the wire around and through the beads to hold it all together. 4) String a chain necklace through one of the loops and ta-da! This was so quick and easy to make that I made another one for myself with one of the larger pearls. I also used some of the gold wire to make my mom's card:
Fixing Broken Earrings
I love winter semester because as classes get harder, the weather gets better! It feels good to go outside without a coat on again. It's also crazy that thirty five degrees feels warm enough to not wear a coat. After a long night on campus with my husband in his 'chemical engineers are so cool that they need codes on the doors of their study labs', we began to walk home. I felt something fall down the front of my coat and before I knew it, my earring was lying broken on the sidewalk! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. On different note; I am currently listening to ingrid michaelson's new album and loving it.
SleepTiming & Wake up refreshed!
Visualising China: explore historical photos of China
DIY- Anthropologie "Perched Harmonies" Necklace
Ready for another tutorial? What a pretty necklace. Not a pretty price! Make your own $68-looking Anthropologie designer necklace at home for barely no money at all. All that are needed are some beads, wire, and wire-working skills (don't worry, nothing too complicated here!). It's surprisingly quick to make, took me less than an hour. Get out your pliers; let's make some jewelry! Step 1: Gather materials. I used just plain glass rounds, as the Anthropologie necklace uses faceted gemstone beads. Step 2: Make the wire pendant. Time to hammer. When it looks slightly flatter, hammer the ends extra hard to sort of "push" the wire outwards, flattening it a lot. Step 3: Make the holes. Step 4: Add your beads to the pendant. If you don't care about it looking the exact same or don't have the exact colors of the beads (some of my colors were slightly different hues), then just go with what you want. Start wrapping the beads onto the pendant. You are finished!
VDazzled Wire-Wrapped Crystal Studs | Pioneer Woman Home & Garden
I absolutely love these earrings. Wire-wrapped studs with crystals all wrapped up in the mix. They’re totally lovely. Indigo Wire Wrapped Signature Studs. What I love about them is the petite size. Wire and turquoise. And the color/bead/crystal combos are absolutely stunning. Indie seller Victoria is a cancer biology PhD student by day and jewelry designer by night. Here’s her Etsy shop. VDazzled Jewelry by Victoria Ruhl
How to Totally Troll someones Computer [pic] | Two Sexy Geeks - Tech, Gadget and Geek News - StumbleUpon
Email If you have ever wanted to carry out the ultimate practical joke using someone’s computer as your tool then this guide on how to troll a persons computer is something that you must read. For more hints, tips, news and all things technology and geek related please follow us on Facebook or Twitter or subscribe to our feed. [via - neatoroma] Be Sociable, Share! Related posts:
:: clevergirl.org ::: 216. Happy New Year! Norma Envelope Clutch - free pattern
Happy New Year!!! New Year's Day is my favorite holiday! But how would you know or remember that, given my propensity toward semiannual blog updates? I plan to blog more frequently in 2012. I've missed sharing my sewing exploits, and I have talked myself out of posting some patterns and tutorials for silly reasons. First up in the new year is a free pattern and pseudo-tutorial (you'll see what I mean in a moment) for an envelope clutch. I drafted a pattern and sewed the first prototype for this envelope clutch in October, and when I took it out one evening, my friend Norma gushed. Download the Norma Envelope Clutch Pattern here. You'll need: 3/4 yard (27 inches) fabric for bag3/4 yard (27 inches) fabric for liningmagnetic closuresapprox. 40 inches piping (optional)Norma Envelope Clutch Pattern, printed and assembled, which will look like this if you can decipher the little matching code system I tried hard to remember from Burdastyle patterns of yore: Use 3/8" seam allowance all around.
