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gnommi ([personal profile] gnommi) wrote2010-07-21 07:38 pm
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Workin' in a chain gang...

Work is still insanely busy and the lieu time continues to accrue apace. Also still beset by reviews, data entry and goodness-knows-what-else. Don't have time to think, hardly. Was [livejournal.com profile] carolive's birthday last weekend: she requested "a Caroline beetle, duh!", see below. She do like pink, our Caroline.

Carolinia: finished itemCarolinia roseus rex

A bit more cartoony than I'd usually like, but I thought she'd prefer cutesy and I was not wrong. Was pretty pleased at my first solo attempt at framing/matting too.

Sunday gone was Bang The Bore, our local noisenik nuisance showcase. First time I've got to see Team Brick live, who was ASTOUNDING: fusing drone, feral percussion and throat singing to electrifying effect. Another standout act was Dead Wood, who used bowed bells and cymbals with lo-fi FX to produce some truly gorgeous corruscating resonance, which contrasted nicely with the more crunchy white-pink-brown* noises of UltraHumanitarian, Petals and Masterly! and Farewell. I really enjoyed Spoils and Relics too, who did fun things with a spring and some tinfoil along with some Masonna-style trad wash. Pre-BtB dimsum coma administered by the wondrous (if soemwhat eccentric) Pearl Harbour is threatening to become tradition. My pictures are here.

*Now that I read that back, it sounds like a veritable Neapolitan ice-cream of noise...