Wren

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[–] Wren@lemmy.today 2 points 8 hours ago

Totally. That's beautiful btw, love how it shifts through hues and saturation. I can't cover the digital bases, myself, and I'm already interested.

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks!

Pigments are my absolute thing. I'm waiting right now for the paint I just mixed up on my grinding palette to dry a little before scooping into a jar. I have a verdigris farm, and buckets of steel wool decomposing with different chemicals on a shelf. You want to talk about pigments? I'm so game.

The community is a bit broadly described. It could narrow to fit whatever kind of group develops or I could find a better way to write about it. I'm easy-going.

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submitted 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) by Wren@lemmy.today to c/communitypromo@lemmy.ca
 

!Art_Alchemist_Guild@lemmy.today

What painter isn't a little bit of a chemist? What quilter isn't a mathematics wizard? A skilled tailor is essentially an engineer, and a printer qualifies as a mechanic.

I'm interested in processes. Where does paint come from? How does the wool get from the sheep to my sweater? Is there anything stopping me from digging up clay from a riverbed and making a pot out of it?

I'm especially passionate about this since artist prices can be ridiculously marked up on the same supplies that are sold in bulk to big industry. Too many brands market a vibe over quality, which makes it good to know what goes into making quality paints, papers and clays, and if you really can just spin your dog's sheddings into a nice hat. In an age of amazon consumerism we forget how much useful stuff is around us, literally on the ground, is being repackaged and sold from a warehouse halfway around the world. Why not learn how to make the most of what's free outside and become a mad scientist?

So, I made a place for all those artists, and anyone else, who wants to discuss methods as well as the art, to share resources, meme about crafting insanity, and get critique.

Right now it's just me, but I'd love to have more people posting and sharing. I started weekly discussion topics and a monthly challenge to see if that gets people engaged.

I'm looking for at least one other mod to help keep an eye on the place, too.

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 3 points 11 hours ago

I aim to teach, not to shame. I had a few cooks who thought the same thing.

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Paedophilia is the new Hitler of Godwin's law.

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 7 points 12 hours ago

Someone already mentioned the shared facilities thing that can lead to cross contamination. Another reason is: gluten-containing products aren't intuitive. Soy sauce, malt vinegar, a lot of sauces and seasonings, most canned soups(where I live,) and some cheeses contain gluten.

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 16 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (2 children)

Former head chef who's worked in restaurants and production kitchens here. I made food for both immediate consumption, and package and sale. Food safety regulations will differ by location, as I once worked where three different regional health authorities ovelapped, but this is generally false.

In a commercial kitchens we weren't allowed to sell expired food. The "Best Before" date is different, since it's related to taste/texture, determined through structured testing, best educated guesses and/or personal tasting.

We kept dated boxes of products to taste ourselves every month, but also sent products to a lab to determine if the ingredients degraded or grew enough bacteria in different storage conditions to make it dangerous to consume. One caveat is when product quality degrades faster than it becomes a health risk, sometimes by years. Or, in the case of hard candy, probably never. In that case, companies might pick the longest range of time the product's been tested — and that's why you might see expiry dates on things that shouldn't go bad.

Best before dates are guidelines, expiry dates are rules.

[–] Wren@lemmy.today -2 points 2 days ago

Have you met academics? Dollar signs was working on a PhD and at least one morph suit was in neurology, studying psilocybin.

[–] Wren@lemmy.today -2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I ran check-in for a few crypto-conventions. We're missing full-body morph suits, dollar-sign sunglasses and proud boys uniforms.

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 10 points 3 days ago

Yeah! I didn't know until I visited with a friend of Gary Dealy (nicknamed Big Deal.) They have framed photos of the whole process. You should ask about it if you're in there, Gary told us the whole story. Very nice, cool, hilarious people.

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 6 points 3 days ago

I knew that penis wasn't nearly big enough (for this model.)

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

Oh he's in there, under "Representations" if ya'll want to see some homoncudick.

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 8 points 3 days ago (5 children)
 

I made yet another community.

The Grind & Bind Art Alchemist's Guild

Alt Link: !Art_Alchemist_Guild@lemmy.today

This one was inspired by a post I made a few days ago about my DIY pigments. A few people expressed interest in the hobby so I made a space for all the extreme do-it-yourselfers of the art world.

Since this is my third community, and it will feature regular topic discussions, I'm looking for support from participants and want to add mods. Chillness is the main thing I look for in a mod, people who serve the vibe first and the rules second. People who genuinely want folks to have a good time, but able to put on the soft daddy shoes, and if necessary, put the mean kids in time out.

From the sidebar:

This is an artist’s community for the kind of people who don’t just paint, they grind pigments. Potters who build their own kilns and dig their clay up from the river bed. Weavers who spin their own wool, and hell, maybe even know the name of the sheep.

All flavors of art are welcome. Talk about your materials, your processes, and share your art for critique.

 

Every religion/cult/screaming guy wearing posterboard has an end-of-the-world scenario. What's the best one?

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