UPDATE: 202304 street map Hilversum
In the weeks before Arja got her University degree, i’ve been working on a cork worldmap.
She always wanted to have a way to mark the places she has been.
So i started drawing, copy pasting, moving, potracing and editing.
Using Coreldraw and Inkscape i ended up with this:
End result:
So i made one for us too ..
My svg file
https://media.henriaanstoot.nl/world-landen-verzie-aan-werken-20160221-c-corelX4.svg
Using a lasercutter i’ve been making some wooden ornaments.
We send these as Xmas cards, so people can hang these in their tree afterwards.
We also used these for Advent Calendar decorations.
You can find the lasercut models attached
https://media.henriaanstoot.nl/2015KERST.cdr
Cartridge not recognised?
Just replace chip! With a original one
UPDATE: Maybe there is a counter in there, had a cartridge which wouldn’t work anymore ?!?
Cartridge saying .. i’m empty, but still visible ink?
Just tape up above part!
Note: there are many solutions found on the web, like opening the lid and pressing two buttons to get into a reset menu. Or Cold start your printer without cartrides 5 times to reset stored ink levels.
These are only the things I found
I like making stuff from scaffolding material.
Now a new cocktail/whisky cabinet.
Another example of something I build last year
Vincent showed me a very beautiful “pruts” he made.
It was the Boardgame from Jumanji.
He asked someone from work to write software for the center display.
I really liked the idea, so i made my own version.
I’ve cleaned-up the code and my version is here.
https://media.henriaanstoot.nl/websites/jumanji/index.html
The second page should play a mp3 sound sample, but there is a autoplay issue with some browsers. (I have fixed this on other projects, i will fix this later.
Coline is publishing a book for her thesis.
So we had to design Covers and graphics for this.
I used Scibus to make a mockup design.
The graphics in the book are made using Inkscape.
The book itself was written using Indesign.
Inkscape is perfect to create vector graphics. These can be resized to any resolution. So always perfect.
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_graphics
In the past i’ve used a program like sodipodi, there is something like it now integrated in Inkscape.
This is a tool to convert bitmap to vector graphics.
(Using a small jpg, i could convert it to vector graphics and print it in a huge size)
Inkscape work
Some designs
Final design
UPDATE: 20230426 – Book with info
While on holiday in Ireland, Coline, Monique and i went to the Joe Mooney Summer School of Traditional Irish Music, Song & Dance.
Every July Drumshanbo plays host to the award winning Joe Mooney Summer School, a week long festival of traditional Irish music, song and dance named after the man who did so much to promote the cause of Leitrim and his beloved town. The committee continue to emulate his high ideals, endeavouring to promote Leitrim’s heritage of traditional music while handing on the best traditions of the past to future generations.
While being in Ireland from 9-27 Juli, we drove around and visited many places.
One week was reserved for attending the Summer School in Drumshanbo, Leitrim.
Coline followed the Flute Course, Monique Bodhran and I Uilleann Pipes.
I was being taught by Brain McNamara.
Internationally respected as a performer and tutor, Brian McNamara hails from a musically rich rural region (County Leitrim) of Ireland which has produced notable musicians past and present and which has been prominently associated with the preservation and performance of Irish Traditional Music.
During daytime there were lessons, and concerts in the evening.
We learned a lot!
Tunes i’ve learned from Brian are:
UPDATE: 20230426 – Book with info
While flipping through some books i own about piping i found this little book: “The Man & his Music” An Anthology of the writings of Breandan Breathnach. ISBN: 09509743
“Strolling in the Gardens” is the garden festival, in which gardens are transformed into a temporary open-air theater with a very intimate character.
Our folkband played today in a beautiful garden of a nice couple in Amersfoort.
Cut some different pieces of wood and paint these.
Cut the text in lines, and divide the lines over the surface.
Put a little nail over the outlines of the letters, and use some wool to connect all nails.
