I started the 2008 with a pressing need to downsize. I took a look at my duds and realized that most of this stuff has neither a useful nor meaningful significance to me. I live in an area which, while beautiful, also often has to reconcile with nature’s whims. Seeing locals jam [...]
Archive for February, 2008
About All This Stuff…
Posted in Nature, tagged consumption, disposal, distribution, extraction, production on February 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mosaic Projects
Posted in Hand-Made, Mosaics, tagged crafts, Hand-Made Art on February 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In addition to hammering out things on the back-end of Totem Outpost — getting all of this technology to like each other — I’m planning some exciting mosaic projects for this year. Cutting things up and reassembling the pieces into brand new craft-scapes has always appealed to me. I have a few different [...]
Giant Pine Cones
Posted in Gemology, Native American, Nature, tagged Achomawi, California, Gemology, Oregon, Rock Show, Sugar Pine Cone, Sugar Pine Tree on February 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last weekend I drove out to the desert for a really fascinating flea market/mineral show/RV rumble which – as advertised – was a rockhound’s paradise indeed! Wow! I’m not an authority (yet!) on grading minerals and rocks and meteors and 50 million-year-old fossils but my relative ignorance made me no less impressed with [...]
Howdy and Welcome to Totem Outpost!
Posted in News, tagged art, business, crafts on February 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
G’day, folks! Hotfoot on up and explore the wonders of the Totem Outpost brain-works! Housing adventures in art and illuminating outstanding marvels from the Americas and beyond, this interactive experience of art, crafts, lore and natural curios aims to create new perspectives in crafty delight.
The process of achieving the Totem vision shines through step-by-step [...]
