http://houseofcat.net music/art/culture Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:11:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://houseofcat.net/2010/03/bokeh-type/ http://houseofcat.net/2010/03/bokeh-type/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:10:27 +0000 Cat Johnson http://houseofcat.net/?p=2888 Here’s a fun experiment to help you get over the mid-week blahs. Head over to the Bokeh Type webpage, click in the center and start typing. I’m not sure what exactly is going on there, but it is pretty cool. Related Posts Cormac McCarthy’s Typewriter Vocabulary Yoga 3 Outstanding Anagrams Writers On Writing World’s Smallest Library ]]> http://houseofcat.net/2010/03/bokeh-type/feed/ 0 http://houseofcat.net/2010/03/fantastic-universe-book-covers/ http://houseofcat.net/2010/03/fantastic-universe-book-covers/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:43:52 +0000 Cat Johnson http://houseofcat.net/?p=2863 If vintage illustrations, comics and book covers appeal to you, click over to GoldenAgeComicBookStories.blogspot.com to see everything from sci-fi and pin-up girls, to westerns, knights and pirate stories. Related Posts In Celebration of Giant Typewriters Superman Takes Off A Look Back: Vintage Football Photos The Evolution of a Photographer Pt. 1 The Art of Staples ]]> http://houseofcat.net/2010/03/fantastic-universe-book-covers/feed/ 0 http://houseofcat.net/2010/03/beautiful-hang-drum-duet/ http://houseofcat.net/2010/03/beautiful-hang-drum-duet/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:08:32 +0000 Cat Johnson http://houseofcat.net/?p=2856 by Cat Johnson The most marvelous thing about music is that it’s always changing; being recreated, reinterpreted and redifined. I love looking back on the evolution of musical forms and wondering what’s coming next. In 2000, in Bern, Switzerland, after years of studying different percussion instruments from around the world, Felix Rohner and Sabina Schärer created the [...]]]> http://houseofcat.net/2010/03/beautiful-hang-drum-duet/feed/ 0 http://houseofcat.net/2010/03/the-evolution-of-a-photographer-pt-4/ http://houseofcat.net/2010/03/the-evolution-of-a-photographer-pt-4/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:29:06 +0000 Cat Johnson http://houseofcat.net/?p=2833 by Rosey Lakos I am not really sure when or why the housewife theme came into my work, but it first showed up photographically while I was working at City College in San Francisco. I wrote a lot while I was there and the character of a repressed 1940s American woman began developing in my sketch [...]]]> http://houseofcat.net/2010/03/the-evolution-of-a-photographer-pt-4/feed/ 2 http://houseofcat.net/2010/03/the-art-of-staples/ http://houseofcat.net/2010/03/the-art-of-staples/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:35:29 +0000 Cat Johnson http://houseofcat.net/?p=2824 Nice piece right? Lots of anatomical detail, a beautiful sense of movement, big enough to fill a wall…it’s really lovely. Now look a little closer. Mind sufficiently blown? Good. Me too. Title: Aggravure Artist: Baptiste Debombourg Medium: 35,000 staples Time: 75 hours Related Posts Industrial Doilies Bent Little Beings Lisa Lichtenfels: From Fabric to Life Post-It Note Stop Motion Mona Lisa Coffee Cup Art ]]> http://houseofcat.net/2010/03/the-art-of-staples/feed/ 0