E-learning: LED art

November 14, 2009

Although mostly displayed in galleries and museums, LED art has become more than fancy and expensive playing with light, diodes and wirez thanks to the DIY scene. It became also a part of street art, more precisely graffiti art…

LED_art.jpgPhoto above taken from wikipedia (cc)
Photo bellow taken from zedomax.com (c)

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E-learning: Electronic Embroidery

September 12, 2009

Time to learn some new skill in the fields of textile art and electronic geekery for girlz (boyz could jump in, too!)… Learning basics of Electronic Embroidery, LED Robot Embroidery and  the usage of LilyPad Arduino  with Becky Stern and Diana Eng is gonna be smooth and creative… very cool, geek-ish and chic at the same time…

embroideredmrislice.jpgPhoto: Embroidered MRI slices by B. Stern taken from Craftzine (c)

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E-learning: Tao Yoga – DaoYin

August 27, 2009

Martial arts and many forms of yoga are part of education in practically every dance school worldwide. Some forms are widely spread like yoga of which Hatha yoga is the most popular. The arena of martial arts is rather branched into subcategories based on different movements and philosophy; definitely a topic that deserves numerous blog posts.

tao1.jpgIllustration taken from Wu Dang Kung Fu (c)

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E – learning: Basics of Capoeira, part II

April 19, 2009

I hope you are all in one  piece after learning all defense and attack strategies in Basics of Capoeira, part I lessons…  we are moving to more art(ish) fields now…

It’s time to move on with the second part of Capoeira classes, and beside movements, you have to learn how to play several instruments – berimbau, atabaque and tambourine…

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Photo taken from razzle231

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