Nicholson Saw Files at The Best Things Nicholson Saw Files With the resurgence of traditional woodworking, many people are rediscovering hand saws. In talking with customers, we have found that most of them have not started sharpening their own saws. Nicholson Saw Files Waldemar and Max Smashing Picture The Unplugged Woodshop Marlou Films Jay Mark Johnson’s very unusual camera emphasizes time over space. Jay Mark Johnson. The abstract-seeming images here are not the result of some wacky Photoshopping. Jay Mark Johnson’s photos are actually incredibly precise. The reason they look like this is because he uses a slit camera that emphasizes time over space. Whatever remains still is smeared into stripes, while the motion of crashing waves, cars and a Tai Chi master’s hands are registered moment by moment, as they pass his camera by. Like an EKG showing successive heartbeats, the width of an object corresponds not to distance or size, but the rate of movement. Yes, it’s a confusing concept. This unique look is possible because the fixed-position slit camera registers only a vertical sliver of a scene. If you are still having trouble with this idea, try cutting out a tiny slit of paper and holding it up to your eye. He says he opts for this unusual camera because he wants to hold a mirror to human nature, that expands our view of reality. More Photo Features You May Enjoy
current works A Welcome Visit Today started out pretty much like every other Saturday - head down the highway and teach an upgrading class to my Carpenter and Carpenter Apprentice students. Today's class is Trim. The students are milling their own mouldings and installing it. This morning was a little different though. Any way, back to the visit. I made a new wedge for him and set him up with some Mathieson blades that would work for him. Why you might ask, didn’t I just make a new plane for Tom? If you are interested here are a few of the current makers: Canada Lee Valley Tools www.leevalley.com - Canada’s premier plane and tool line. D. Clark & Williams www.planemaker.com - I own three and expect that my grandchildren will be using these exceptional planes. Wenzloff Saws www.wenzloffandsons.com - When you have that many orders for saws, do I really need to say how nice they are. Jim Leamy www.jimleamyplanes.com - Konrad has one of Jim’s planes. Australia New Zealand Germany British Isles Date: August/28/08
La Terre vue du Ciel Super Easy Typographic Portrait in Photoshop Last year we posted on Abduzeedo a very cool post about typographic portraits, the 45 Amazing Type Faces - Typographic Portraits became one of the most popular posts on Abduzeedo, and a lot of people asked me how to create that effect in Photoshop. We have also posted a little tutorial showing how to do that using, Flash Photoshop Quick Tips #5 - Typographic Portrait, however I decided to create a nice typographic effect using just Photoshop. So in this tutorial I will show you how to create a really cool and super easy typographic portrait in Photoshop. We will use the Displace filter and some Blend Modes to achieve the effect. The whole process is quite simple but it might take you some time to add the texts and elements, but once you do that the rest is very straight forward. Step 1 Open Photoshop and create a new document. Step 2 Duplicate the layer and go to Image>Adjustment>Desaturate. Step 3 With the Horizontal Type Tool (T) create text boxes and start adding texts. Step 4 Step 5 Step 6