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A F - My Dream Of Wrought Iron Gates By : A F The fact is, I have always loved to have wrought iron gates and doors. Even since I was a little boy, as a matter of fact, I always remember dreaming of living in a fortress. I suppose numerous kids of my age did, and in many ways my dreams were typical of my age group, nothing strange. The difference was though that instead of dreaming normal things you have in castle like a portcullis, I imagined having a wrought iron door at the front. What was stranger I imagined it to be so huge that only a giant was able to open it, and for that reason I would have one person personally employed for the purpose of opening it. A Nutt - Top 10 Pianists Ever By : A Nutt 1. Sergei Rachmaninoff. Known for having the largest hands of all the most famous pianists, Rachmaninoff was able to span up to 14 notes at a time and he made use of this ability in his compositions, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, 8 Preludes, and others. Adam Douglas - Outdoor Candles By : Adam Douglas Citronella Candles are the most widely used type of outdoor candles. There are many uses for this candle. Citronella candles are made in such a way that they keep different types of bugs and other mosquitoes away from places where people eat, cook, rest and play. Mosquitoes are found in almost every corner of the world. They are also found in just about every area of the United States and the world, in some form or fashion. They are a nuisance which refuse to go away when people are gathered outside particularly for parties. Adam Hunter - A Beginner’s Guide To Wire Wrapping By : Adam Hunter Findings are the connective components of a piece, such as clasps, earwires, crimps, jumprings, linklocks and boltrings. Findings can be made from virtually any metal and you will find silver findings, gold findings and copper findings commonly used to enhance a piece of wire wrapped jewellery. Adam Hunter - Essential Tools For Jewellery Making With Wire By : Adam Hunter In the past, craftsmen have resorted to marking their round-nosed pliers with marker-pen in order to achieve uniform loops for certain pieces. If looping is integral to your designs, then you might want to consider a pair of stepped pliers, which allow you to repeat circular patterns over and over again, safe in the knowledge that the sizes of the loops will not vary. Adam Hunter - Forming Tools & Equipment For Jewelery Making By : Adam Hunter Forming metal is an essential part of jewellery making, and as a process the level of skill involved is often overlooked. Forming refers to any process that maneuvers metal into the desired shape or design. Unlike many other skills in jewellery making forming is more a combination of a range of techniques that change an objects shape, rather than one particular process. Adam Hunter - How to Open Jump Rings By : Adam Hunter They can be made from gold, silver, copper or brass wire and, whilst they are traditionally round in shape, they can come in other forms such as ovals, squares, triangles and hexagons. The wire itself may also be embellished through twisting or the metal may be square, so opening jump rings is a procedure that, whilst comparatively simple, must be done with care. Ultimately, putting too much stress on these jewellery findings can result in the jump rings breaking, becoming weak or difficult to close, which will, in turn, weaken the structure of the piece as a whole. Adam Hunter - Making A Brooch Using Jewellery Findings By : Adam Hunter Brooches can be created very simply; buying jewellery findings such as brooch blanks and gluing stones or mosaic pieces to them. Pins can be glued to the backs of the blanks and a very basic brooch is made. A popular effect is layering. Not only does it add an intricacy to the piece, but stones can also be incorporated for eye-catching effects. Round-nosed pliers are advisable in this process to cope with minute manipulation of the wire involved. Adam Hunter - Rolling Mill – Milling Silver & Gold Sheet & Wire By : Adam Hunter Rolling mills are one of the more common jewellery tools seen in small and medium sized workshops. In essence the rolling mill is a simple machine that shares many traits with a mangle. The traditional jewellers rolling mill will have steel rollers, so that when metal is passed between them it become compressed, changing the gauge or even shape of the piece. For example changing a circle into an oval shape. Adam Hunter - The Basics Of Making A Beaded Necklace By : Adam Hunter To begin with, you will need to choose your beads and these will, to some degree, inform the choice of materials you use. Heavier beads are better suited to Tigertail wire (also know as monofilament or nylon coated wire), which is stiff and does not require the use of a needle. It also has the bonus of holding its shape. Soft-flex wire is more flexible, being constructed of a larger number of wire strands. It has the advantage over Tigertail in one respect; because it is so flexible it is less likely to develop kinks, which the more rigid Tigertail is prone to do. Adam Roth - Tablescaping By : Adam Roth A tablecloth can be described as simply a covering for your table, but it is far from simple. There are many fabric choices, quality, style and shape, to choose from. The tablecloth will offer the most protection for the table, as it will usually cover the entire surface. Adam Woodham - Finding A Flower Hawaiian Tattoo - A Sexy Design For All Females By : Adam Woodham When it comes to something as special and detailed as a flower Hawaiian tattoo for you, settling on generic artwork is not an option. I tend to stress the word "settle" because I have seen so many people do exactly this. Whether it's because you are just plain tired of looking for good art, or you think you can't find any better, this should never been done. You can find the high quality stuff online, but not where most people are looking for it. Adam Woodham - Finding a Quality Tattoo For Women Can Be Difficult By : Adam Woodham Before we get right to that point, there is something you need to know. If feel that you will greatly benefit from knowing exactly “why” so many females are not finding quality tattoos. It's because of search engines. I know, they usually pull up websites which have exactly what you are looking for, but this is not the case when it comes down to looking for good tattoos. When you implement search engines to find a tattoo for women, what you get is a gigantic sea of low end galleries and they are all stuffed with only generic, cookie cutter designs. Adam Woodham - Finding A Tattoo For Women Online - Design Tips For Females By : Adam Woodham Finding a tattoo for women online should be fun, but most of the time it is far from that. Also, as I stated before, a lot of females settle on tattoos that they don;t really like, which no sane person should ever do. I tend to stress the word "settle" because that is exactly what so many people do. Whether it's because they are simply exhausted from searching high and low for great designs, or because they believe they won't be able to find anything better, many females continue to do this. It doesn't really matter why people are doing it, though, because it should never be done. Adam Woodham - Looking For Tattoo Galleries Where You Can Print Tattoos You Want By : Adam Woodham The first thing you should avoid is advertisements. When you see advertisements on any given websites, the chances are very good that they aren't going to be worth your time when looking for tattoo art. You see, I have noticed that 90% of them are going to have the same exact generic designs as the next place you see an ad for. It never fails. It's like they all got together one day and said they were going to gather the same exact cookie cutter tattoo designs and run the same exact ads on every websites they can contact. Adam Woodham - Tattoo Sleeve Design - Locating The Great Artwork Online By : Adam Woodham If you are like most people who are looking for a tattoo sleeve design online, you know how great they can look. You also know that the web is filled with so much generic artwork and it is hard to sift through all of it. What you may not know, and what may happen to you, is that many people end up settling on generic tattoos and designs that they are not 100% in love with. No sane person should ever so this, but they do, which is a shame. Aidan James - Make Money From Photography By : Aidan James The days of needing a darkroom and loads of equipment are gone, today's digital cameras don't need darkrooms at all, you will however need a home office or suitable place to work with a PC and some good graphics software like say Photoshop, which is pretty much the industry standard. Knowing how to use Photoshop effectively can greatly add to the range of services you can provide. Techniques such as altering color balance can make for some really striking imagery that could be used in local firms advertising materials. Aidan James - Make Money From Photos - Stock Photography By : Aidan James Stock photographs are photos that might be of use to someone somewhere for something. Which makes the playing field rather large! Think of it this way, a photo of a man walking quickly along a crowded city pavement carrying a briefcase while talking into a cell phone might be of use to a magazine doing an article on cell phones or an advertiser of stress busting weekends away, or a newspaper doing a piece on business growth in the city. Al Sanchez - Digital Photography Tips That Work Fast and Easily By : Al Sanchez Experts have these two down pat and you as a beginner must try to develop these as best as you can. When expert photographers take photos they spend very little time composing a shot. Instead, they focus their attentions more on the message, the style, and what they want the photo to do to the viewer. That's art! Al Sanchez - Getting Sharp Images In Digital Photographs By : Al Sanchez Many people will think that the camera has a great deal to do with the quality. It does, however, think of the lens as the eye. A bad eye will make for very unclear images. A very high 20/20 vision eye will make you see much better. Al Sanchez - Lighting People For Stock Photos By : Al Sanchez If you take a look at stock photos of people they all usually have diffused lighting. The transition from light to dark is seamless and very soft. The lighting is usually very even throughout the entire picture. Shadows are never present unless desired. Stock photography will require some good knowledge of lighting properly. Al Sanchez - Model Releases For Selling Pictures Online By : Al Sanchez A model release is basically a legal document that the model signs saying that they give away all their rights for the photo. They give total control to you the photographer. This means you can edit the photo however you want without having to worry about the model coming back and suing you because you made him or her look too fat and ugly! Al Sanchez - Taking Photos Of People Tips And Tricks By : Al Sanchez One of the first things to realize is that in taking photos of people you have entered the world where your photo is no longer 100 percent in your control. You are now in a collaboration with the model. The way that you make the model looks will be the most important part of the photo. Al Sanchez - Using Lines In Photography By : Al Sanchez Lines are very important for composing for photography. The lines should always be looked at and thoroughly thought about when taking photographs. Where do these lines in the photograph lead the viewers eyes to? Is it relevant for the effect you are going for? Al Sanchez - Using Space In Photography By : Al Sanchez Negative space is type of space is the space that is in relation to the object of importance of the image but not the object itself. The negative space is the are on the photo that does not include the object or focal point of interest. For example, the negative space of a picture of a soccer ball with a white background is the white background. Alan Phillips - A Brief History Of Musical Instruments By : Alan Phillips The first instruments were probably percussive because they are the simplest to make. Clapping hands or striking flint on flint, it's easy to imagine that this would be our earliest attempts to make our own rhythm, our own pulse, sent out into the world and echoed back. What likely followed were simple mallets and skins stretched on bowls. What makes these tools so distinct is that were not needed for hunting, food preparation or defense; they had no other purpose than to create a controlled, predictable sound. Albertus Adi Sulistiono - Five Pieces Of Basic Photography Equipment You Must Have! By : Albertus Adi Sulistiono Saying that you need a good camera is a given. Using your old Polaroid or 35mm with film probably isn't going to produce the pictures you want, given the new models that are out there. When shopping for cameras in your photography equipment store, you'll notice how everything is advertised according to megapixels. A pixel is a tiny dot of color, and megapixel refers to a thousand of those dots. The number of megapixels will tell you how many tiny dots there are across and down; 6 megapixels means six thousand dots, 7 megapixels means seven thousand, and so on. Albertus Adi Sulistiono - Using Digital Photography Software By : Albertus Adi Sulistiono When you're ready to shop for digital photography software, you need to first of all determine your needs from this software and your budget as well. If you're an amateur photographer and just need something that is going to let you upload and share your photos, you can find many basic software packages that allow you to do just that. Most have very few options and just let you frame your photos, crop your photos, and not much else. For beginners or amateurs, you probably won't need much more from your digital photography software, and shouldn't spend more than $25-$50 for it either. Alex Don - 10 Secrets to Take Better Photos By : Alex Don 1. Start by setting the proper contrast. The contrast is that feature that brightens or darkens the image accordingly to the background. When it is dark outside you should use a lighter contrast, while during the daytime when there's a lot of light go for a darker one. Alex Don - 5 Secrets of Having Great Photos By : Alex Don If you don't want anything sophisticated, you can easily learn to use some basic functions of your photo editing application to make some small changes to your photos. These include cropping, resizing or rotating the picture until you get what you want. They can be done in a few minutes and can help you be more satisfied with the image. Alex Don - Have Photos You Can Be Proud Of By : Alex Don This is the one of highest rated free photo editor on downloads.com, a website hosted by CNET. It includes all of the tools that a casual photographer regularly needs. The standard edition of this software has options like removing red eyes, enhancing lighting, image adjustment, blemish correction, cropping, smoothing, text enhancement and photo frames. Of course, it also includes basic stuff like saving and renaming standard photo files. The deluxe version of FxFoto has more advanced options including scrapbook layout, slide shows, collages and many others. Alex Don - How to Avoid the Most Common Mistakes in Video Shooting By : Alex Don No one wants to see an actor with the top of his head cut off by the frame, not to mention having the bottom of his chin cut off. It is very important to have balance in your composition. A little more experienced videographers will tend to put everyone in the middle to avoid the mistake mentioned above. This is also wrong because it gets really boring. The secret is to use the rule of thirds and keep the subjects on the lines dividing the frames, the years on the top section and movement on the third section opposite to the direction in which the actor is moving in order to keep space in the front. Alex Don - How to Become a Great Landscape Photographer By : Alex Don The first thing to keep in mind is that good lighting is essential. You usually need sunlight to take a good landscape photo, but harsh light should be avoided. When the sun is high above the sky, the light is too strong and colors and details are lost because there is too much contrast. The best times to take photos are early in the morning or in late afternoon. On a sunny summer day you should avoid the 9am to 4pm period, which is almost all day. In other seasons you have more hours to take photos because the sun is lower. Alex Don - How to Become an Expert Photographer By : Alex Don Digital cameras can be grouped in: a. ultra compact - small, no flash mode; b. prosumer/ compact - generally used by hobbyists; c. digital SLRs - equipped with tripod, lenses and external flash unit, designed for professionals. If you look at photography as an art, it is advisable to go for the third category. Price varies upon a multitude of factors, including resolution. Alex Don - How to Get the Best Photo Prints By : Alex Don Photographic printing is the technique of producing a printed material that is identical to the original picture and involves preparing the negative to be transposed on sensitized paper. This process generally has three main steps that can be done either with an automated photographic printer or in a photographic darkroom. First, the picture is exposed on the sensitized paper through an enlarger or contact printer. Then the image is chemically processed and the print is toned. A photo can be printed in black and white (monochrome) or in color. Alex Don - How to Take Full Advantage of Digital Photography By : Alex Don The possibilities are endless and you can use them to make better photos. If, for instance, you are a fan of black and white photography, you can easily do this with your digital camera. There are three options to do this. The first and easiest way is to look if you can change the settings to directly take monochrome pictures. Many cameras have this feature incorporated. This option will let you visualize the black and white version of the image you plan to capture on the camera screen. You will know from the start how your photo will turn out like as you will be able to see it right there on the screen, just like you could see it through the lens with traditional cameras. Alex Don - Now You Can Turn Your Photos Into Works of Art By : Alex Don Fortunately, this all can be improved. The latest techniques in digital processing can improve a photo to such extent as to turn it into a picture which is worth enlarging and put on the wall to see it every day. One of the most popular methods to do this is with PhotoArt canvas printing. Here is how you do it. Alex Don - Professional Advice For Starting Photographers By : Alex Don The optical zoom of digital cameras functions in the same way as the one on normal 35 mm cameras. The lens moves forward and backwards to bring the image closer without losing any quality. The optical magnification of the moving lenses ranges from 2.0x to 10.0x. The closer you get to the upper end, the farther away the subject can be when you take a photo. On the other hand, digital zoom is actually a software that simulates optical zoom without any physical movement. What it does is to crop the picture and enlarge it, just like a photo editing application which you can use afterwards. Alex Don - Taking Inspiring Macro Photographs By : Alex Don Choosing the subject of the photo can also be tricky. You can have difficulties in getting depth of field in a macro photograph, especially if it is an abstract one featuring a part of an object. Here is an example. If you are taking a photo of part of an ornate candlestick, good lighting is very important, as is having the vision in advance. If you have no DOF, you will get more magnification and a more original photo. However, when taking photos of insects and other small creatures, magnification plays an important part. Alex Don - The Best Ways to Take Advantage of Your Old Photos By : Alex Don The truth is the options are countless. An idea that might suit you is a digital photo frame. This is something like a small external flat screen you can hook up to a computer or insert a memory card and cycle through several photos. There is a wide variety of frames available on the market today. The cheapest ones range from 70 pounds for a 5.6 inch one to 150 pounds for 7 inches. Prices will continue to drop over the next years as the manufacturing costs for color screens will decrease. Alex Don - The Easiest Way to Capture Unique Moments From Your Holiday By : Alex Don The most convenient way to immortalize special moments of such a great trip is with a compact digital camera. This way you can bring little pieces of your trips home with you. The photos will offer you an opportunity to relive those moments. Compact digital cameras are very convenient particularly because they are very small and can be slipped practically anywhere. They are also very light so you don't have to worry about putting extra weight to your luggage. Even a small child can easily carry one. Alex Don - The Secret of Having Great Photos By : Alex Don If you don't want anything sophisticated, you can easily learn to use some basic functions of your photo editing application to make some small changes to your photos. These include cropping, resizing or rotating the picture until you get what you want. They can be done in a few minutes and can help you be more satisfied with the image. Alex Don - The Secret of Shooting Beautiful Portraits By : Alex Don Select the appropriate settings. All cameras come with many features, but a lot of people never use them. For example, most of them have a built-in portrait mode which can really help when photographing faces. To enable this feature, turn the dial button to the head icon on the screen. What this option does is affect the field depth so that you can take a sharp photo of the person's face while blurring out the other stuff in the background. In order to get an even better image, you can further blur the background. Alex Don - The Secret of Travel Photography By : Alex Don When you think of a particular place, all the different elements that cross your mind are melt together to form its unique character or personality, that je-ne-sais-quoi that makes it different from any other place in the world. Whether it's an old village or an exotic travel destination, a good photographer can capture its uniqueness and present it to the audience. This article is aimed to share some ideas on how to capture the character of a place through photography. Alex Don - The Secret to Shooting Fine Art Portraits By : Alex Don Snapshots are candid photos taken randomly without any intent of making art. There is no or very little planning, no attention to lighting and composition. Snapshots are good for capturing everyday moments and sometimes a portrait make come out by accident. But this happens very seldom and is rather an exception. Portraits generally have a lot of creative work behind. For the artist, this work begins at the first contact with his customer. This can happen over the phone, e-mail or face-to-face. Meeting the customer in person if possible is the best way to go. Alex Don - The Smart Way to Make Photo Enlargements By : Alex Don Luckily there is a different way of achieving this, one that will keep you satisfied for many years. With an investment of under 1,000 U.S. dollars, you can purchase a used 4x5'' film camera and a high-resolution flatbed film scanner. This way you've got more than one hundred mega pixels in high-detail film, which you can enlarge to 30x40'' keeping the same quality. This technique has been successfully used for nearly on hundred years in both personal and commercial photography like wedding photos, portraits, documentary, landscape and advertising. Alex Don - Tips & Tricks to Become a Better Photographer By : Alex Don 2. Keep the background tidy and clean. Before taking the photo, remove all things that you don't want to include in it from the area. This will also help you focus on the subject without having your eyes distracted by the surroundings. Alex Don - What Everyone Should Know About Canvas Prints By : Alex Don One of the most popular canvas printing technique is 'inkjet art'. In this type of printing, they use huge inkjet printers with pigment archival ink. The picture is printed on a canvas that can be up to 2880x1440 DPI large. The technique uses a special ink that makes the color stable and resistant to UV rays, dust, moisture and other factors that can impact the quality of the picture. Alex Don - Who Else Wants Beautiful, Long-Lasting Photos? By : Alex Don You are no longer constrained by film size and quality. You can take hundreds of photos and then transfer the image files directly on your computer and manipulate them the way you want. There are many image editing applications on the market (some of them even free) that let you improve your photos to a great extent. Moreover, the digital viewfinder lets you visualize the area you are photographing and you can change the picture right then (e.g. make it black & white). You can also view the pictures on the embedded LCD screen and erase the ones that you don't like so they don't take up space. Alex Don - Who Else Wants to Take Beautiful Wildlife Photos? By : Alex Don 1. Not Getting Close Enough to the Subject. This is the most obvious mistake someone can make. You see a rare bird in a tree and rush to take a photo, but when you look at it later you can hardly see the bird behind the leaves. Before taking the photo, ask yourself what is important to catch and eliminate all the rest. You can do this by getting as close as you can to the subject (without scaring it away) and/or zooming in using the largest lens. This way you eliminate all the distractions and the viewer can concentrate on the subject itself. Alex Don - Why You Should Become a Photographer By : Alex Don To my surprise, my friends did not own the type of basic digital camera you are used to seeing everywhere. They had very large, high-tech devices with long noses, equipped with high resolution lenses which had a such a high zooming capability that one may have mistaken them to some paparazzi. One of them had taken up photography lessons and had influenced all of the others to buying this sort of cameras. When he first came holding that huge camera around his neck we were all very curios to discover all the features it had. Alice Wilkene - Celtic Jewelry Pieces For Special Occasions By : Alice Wilkene Whether the celebrant is a man or a woman, Celtic jewelry pieces such as a pendant or a bracelet would be a perfect gift to give to celebrate another year on earth. The most common design that is selected for Celtic jewelry pieces that are meant to be given during birthdays are those that are designed either with the Celtic cross or with the spiral design. This is because the Celtic cross symbolizes the four elements that have been considered as responsible for all life to come into existence on earth, including that special someone. Alphonso Sanchez - Finding The Perfect Camera By : Alphonso Sanchez There are many cameras out there now from point and shoot cameras to digital SLR’s. Finding the right camera is all a matter of personal taste. If, of course, you are specifically taking photos for a certain purpose such as stock photos the choices you can choose from are narrowed greatly. Finding the perfect camera is all about your individual needs. Alphonso Sanchez - Shallow Depth Of Field In Stock Photography By : Alphonso Sanchez Using shallow depth of field for stock photos enables you to isolate the subject very easily. Having an isolated subject is very important. People that are advertisers don’t want to buy stock photos that are cluttered and filled with detailed backgrounds. Alyssa Nair - Wine And Food Gift Baskets By : Alyssa Nair Of all the things in life that seem to be important to a lot of people wine and food gift baskets seem to frequently rank near the top of the list. When most people think of the phrase food and wine it gives them an instant thought of gourmet types of food and expensive wines. This combination is also used frequently with gift basket for gift giving on various occasions. Amitai Sasson - Online Art Galleries Transform The Hi-End Oil Paintings Industry By : Amitai Sasson In 2001 the Wall Street Journal reported many mom and pop stores in the optometry market were losing out big to web-based suppliers able to provide similar eyewear at half the cost to consumers, same with the travel industry, where local travel agents gave way to online behemoths such as Expedia and Travelocity. Seven years later, that trend has carried over to other markets such as the wall art industry. Amy Nut - Digital Piano Vs. Acoustic Piano By : Amy Nut The acoustic piano is a complicated structure. Touching the keys results in a hammer hitting a string, which then vibrates and the sound produced is amplified by the piano`s soundboard. This provides a rich, true piano sound, which is quite valued at concerts and recitals. However, an acoustic piano requires a lot of space, upkeep and money. Amy Nut - History of the Piano By : Amy Nut Cristofori built several pianos, but no one is precisely sure of when the first was created. We do know that the Medici family had one of the pianos in 1700, and evidence suggests that it was built in 1698. These early pianos were quite different from those of the modern music world, but they were a truly great invention for their time. Amy Nutt - Delivering Flowers in Another Country: What the International Florist Concept Can do For You? By : Amy Nutt The international florist is exactly what that name implies. It is a florist that sells to different countries around the world. There are a number of different international florists listed both in the phonebook and online, but it is really the advent of the internet that has made the international florist someone that you really want to be doing business with for all your flower needs. The international florist allows you to place an order online with the florist in a country all the way around the world while still getting the flowers delivered right to your door. Anand Maheshwari - Gift Ideas and Suggestions For Your Boyfriend By : Anand Maheshwari If you are thinking about his likes and dislikes then just think if he likes any particular sport or game, if he is a big fan of NASCAR you might even be able to get him a stock car driving experience. Give him something romantic for his birthday. If your boyfriend is sentimental then you could gift him flowers and if he likes the mushy stuff there are also a lot of different cute boyfriend gift ideas. Anand Maheshwari - The Perfect Corporate Business Gift By : Anand Maheshwari Giving gifts in a corporate setting is as much as a tradition as it is an effort to keep good relations with employees, clients, and partners. Normally everybody just think for a normal flower bucket or a liquor to be choose as a corporate gift for someone but you might think for something more special like pens, briefcase, etc. Corporate business gifts usually fall into a few well observed traditions. Most people settle for flowers, fruit or liquor! If you are buying employees gifts as well as gifts for clients you may want to make a list of how many of one type of gift and how many of the other, unless you are giving everyone on the list the same items. Andrew Kasch - Alexandra Nechita: Is Her Art Really Good? By : Andrew Kasch I guess that would naturally lead to the question of whether Picasso himself was a sham. I mean this style of artwork reminds me of LSD-induced hallucinations while staring at a colorful carpet. It’s that imagery from the mind’s third eye captured in a still shot, and I guess that’s why it’s considered genius. But is it really any good, or is it only good because everybody else says it’s good? Andrew Redfern - Design Is Key In Leaflet Printing By : Andrew Redfern Design is essential when leaflet printing. Without a good design, the entire purpose of the leaflet is lost because consumers will not look at it. The design should be unique, stand out, and be very appealing to its target audience. The first thing to keep in mind when designing your leaflet for printing is who you are advertising to. If it’s for a younger population, you will want to choose trendier patterns and colors whereas if it’s a mature population, you may want simple lines and solid colors. Andy Keeler - Tips For Designing Trade Show Graphics By : Andy Keeler 1- Less is more in the world of trade show graphics. Many designers seem to think that they are designing a museum exhibit, because the entire display is filled with small text and bullet points. You only have three seconds to grab the attention of attendees and visitors at a trade show, and a large graphic full of tiny text is the last thing you want. We have found that large, boldly colored images that relate directly to the brand identity of your company will not only increase your visibility at the trade show, but increase the return on your investment. Andy Moquin - About Tacori Engagement Rings By : Andy Moquin In the world of bridal ornaments, Tacori is known as the top choice in designing and creating superb platinum ornaments. They have been serving this mission for the last twenty-five years, and still now, Tacori is devoted to creating unique platinum jewelry. For those people who believe and embrace fashion statements, Tacori and its standards are held high above the rest. They say Tacori engagement rings are the ultimate statement for jewelry collections. This statement is something that will upgrade your taste and fashion sense. Andy Moquin - Celebrity Inspired Custom Made Engagement Rings By : Andy Moquin * Portia de Rossi is the latest celebrity to be wearing a sparkler on that finger. Yes, she and Ellen De Generes are planning on marrying soon. Portia's engagement ring features a central marquis diamond surrounded by pink diamonds. Andy Moquin - Custom Designed Jewelry By : Andy Moquin A process called lost wax casting is used to make most custom made jewelry. A jeweler or an artisan carves a prototype of the jewelry out of the wax with the help of small knives and scalpels. Then he pours plaster all around the wax prototype, also known as the model. Once the plaster hardens, it forms an exact impression of the given model in the flask. After that, the wax model is burnt out of the flask, and it leaves a cavity of the jewelry design. Then, molten metal is slowly injected into the flask with the help of centrifugal or vacuum casting. Andy Moquin - Custom Jewelry Designing By : Andy Moquin Are you familiar with the process of making custom designed jewelry? This process is called lost wax casting. In this process, the experts use small knives and scalpels to make a cut out of the jewelry from the wax to give it its shape. After that, the replica or the model is poured in a flask, and it is filled with plaster that is known as investment. Then it is allowed to dry, and once the model hardens, it looks like the exact model inside the flask. Once this procedure is over the model is burned out of the flask, and all that remains is the crater of the design. Andy Moquin - Design My Own Engagement Ring - Don't Forget the Wedding and Eternity Rings By : Andy Moquin However the great benefit of having a custom made engagement ring is that your jeweler should be able to accommodate your wishes. If you want a flat band speak up at the design stage so that you are all on the right page. Andy Moquin - Design Your Own Engagement Ring - Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend By : Andy Moquin * Go with anything. The traditional colorless diamond is of course going to go with anything. All colored outfits, and blacks and whites look superb with diamond rings. Even more importantly, any other jewelry you already have, or aspire to own in the future, will always match a diamond engagement ring. This can be an important consideration for some girls, particularly if you are partial to pearls. Your strand of pearls and diamond engagement ring will always look absolutely stunning together. Andy Moquin - Design Your Own Engagement Ring, Platinum Or Gold By : Andy Moquin While platinum is certainly a more costly metal it does have a few long term advantages over gold. Firstly, platinum is a harder metal and will not wear down. Secondly, it will not lose its shine or tarnish, whereas white gold that has been rhodium plated needs to be re-plated periodically to maintain its shine. Thirdly, platinum is hypoallergenic. Andy Moquin - Tacori - Handmade Timeless Elegance By : Andy Moquin Tacori jewelry is all handcrafted and will last you a lifetime. Many Tacori settings are inspired by vintage and antique style settings, but with the additional engraving and modern stones, these rings are transformed into timeless and contemporary elegance. This is especially handy when contemplating special rings that are going to be worn for a long time. Who wants an engagement or eternity ring that is instantly recognized as being from a particular era? Andy Moquin - Tacori Fine Fashion Jewelry. Heirloom Tacori Pendants By : Andy Moquin These exquisite pendants will be ideal for the woman who already has a Tacori ring and would like to accessorize. These Tacori pendants range in styles and designs from traditional elegance and simplicity through to highly intricate designs that would be appropriate for a formal event. Many of these pendants would stay around your neck forever. Andy Moquin - Tacori Fine Fashion Jewelry. Tacori Earrings By : Andy Moquin Tacori earrings are, as you would expect, totally handmade, as is every Tacori piece. Tacori create earrings in platinum, and white, yellow, or rose gold. There are a variety of Tacori earrings to select from. The Tacori concept still remains where you look at their catalog, select a style you fancy, and then your earrings are created to your specifications. Most of the earrings on display are set in 18K white gold, however, if you are wanting a platinum setting or colored gold, your earrings will be made up for you in that metal instead. Andy Moquin - Tacori Fine Jewelry. Tacori Bracelets By : Andy Moquin The Tacori 18K diamond bracelet is a beautiful example of hand crafting. This delicate looking bracelet has fine oval links that have been hand worked to give the appearance of milgrain, then alternated with a worked circular link that contains a diamond set in an engraved setting. This extremely elegant bracelet is timeless in its apparent simplicity. The hand working on the links adds to the overall beauty of the piece. This particular Tacori bracelet can be worn solo or accessorized with a watch. Andy Moquin - Tacori Wedding Bands For Him By : Andy Moquin Hand worked. Tacori wedding bands are well known for being hand made and of a superior quality that will last a lifetime. Many couples love the idea of their wedding rings being made by the one renowned jeweler. This can be a great way to have either matching wedding bands, or wedding bands designed to compliment the other. For example, the bride may have chosen an intricate Tacori engagement ring with engraving and filigree work. While the husband may not be wanting something quite so feminine or intricate, he may like to have a portion of the patterning or carving worked in a more simplistic or masculine manner on his wedding band. Andy West - Butterfly Tattoos: 5 Considerations When Choosing An Artist By : Andy West Butterfly tattoos and dragon tattoos are great ways to decorate your body and express your individuality. However, like any tattoo, it is important to choose a tattoo artist whom you can trust to do high quality artwork. After all, unless you decide to undergo painful tattoo removal procedures, or commission a cover-up tattoo, your butterfly tattoos will be on your body for the rest of your life. Andy West - Cross Tattoos: What They Mean By : Andy West Christian or Catholic symbolism plays an important role in choosing certain tattoo designs. Although Christian and Catholic symbolism is not the only basis for cross tattoos, it is a very important one. Many Christians and Catholics feel very strongly about their religious convictions and find this is a good way to express faith by placing permanent declaration of it on their body. Andy West - Guillotine Cutters and Other Creative Items at Office Supply Stores By : Andy West Guillotine cutters are those manual paper cutters that you remember seeing in the office of administrators at your elementary school. They allow the user to measure out large stacks of paper and cut them into smaller pieces to make fliers and other types of promotional materials. So what makes looking at things like this such a great experience for the person who is seeking to further creative impulses in their life? It's precisely the blend of practicality and creativity that is available with equipment like this that is what the individual who wants to be more artistic needs to have. Andy West - Myths Associated With Lower Back Tattoos By : Andy West The biggest myth associated with lower back tattoos is that the women who get them are promiscuous. As soon as you say it out loud, you realize how ridiculous this sounds. Women get tattoos (including lower back tattoos) for a whole variety of different reasons and most of them don't have anything to do with signaling their sexuality to others. However, there became a widespread acceptance of the myth that women who wear tattoos on their lower backs are putting a target on themselves that draws men's eyes to their bodies with the intention of sexual suggestion. Angela B. Smith - Instruction For Making Gift Baskets - Weaving Instructions For Basic Basket Making By : Angela B. Smith What coiling does is that it uses a bunch of strings or slim rods then used to stitch into a circle form with a slim, bendable structure to build coiled baskets. Numerous types of variations of stitching types & trappings for example interlacing multicolored strings couple with silver, golden or copper metallic string could be used in the basket so as to give it an exuberant appearance. Basic materials needed are yucca, straw, pine needles, palmetto, willow, sweet-grass & few other grasses. To provide a structure to the basket - Angela B. Smith - Instructions For Making Gift Baskets - Ideas On How To Make Cheap Christmas Basket By : Angela B. Smith Purchase some Christmas ornaments & decorative which would not be subject to an expiry. The best time to do this would certainly be when it's past Christmas time or when Christmas isn't approaching. The price difference as these times is huge and you can make a big saving on such purchases. Keep your eyes wide open and there are discounts that save useful money. Angela B. Smith - Learn To Make Gift Baskets - Gift Basket Ideas For Craft Gift By : Angela B. Smith Here we would like to you a complete list of things and ideas to make or create exclusive items that would put to shame some of the professionally gift baskets available in the market, all you need is imagination and implementing the whole idea properly. Angela Dawson-Field - A History of Orientale Tapestry Art By : Angela Dawson-Field The Orientale Tapestries date from the 17th century and were associated with the first glimpses of that world by Jesuit missionaries. They became very popular in France and stimulated an interest in exotic and oriental art which has continued to this day. Angela Dawson-Field - A History Of Tapestry: Part 1 By : Angela Dawson-Field Some scholars believe that tapestry art was introduced to the egyptians by the ancient people of Mesopatamia. They argue that since tapestries were not produced in quantities until the 4th century the likelihood of the art being indigenous is remote. Angela Dawson-Field - A History Of Tapestry: Part 2 By : Angela Dawson-Field It was the Andean Indian cultures of ancient Peru who produced the most accomplished weaving in pre-Columbian America. The technique of Tapestry weaving among these peoples dates back to the beginning of the Christian Era, and was well established by the 6th and 7th century. Tapestry was used to decorate garments and was often integral to the fabric itself. Surprisingly, due to the dry desert climate, a number of these weavings survived in Peruvian coastal burial sites. Examination of these relics reveals some of the most skilled and varied techniques of weaving ever present in any culture. Angela Dawson-Field - Bayeux Tapestry: The Norman Conquest Immortalised By : Angela Dawson-Field The Bayeux Tapestry is not technically a tapestry but an intricate embroidery. Stitched in eight colours of woollen thread on linen it has survived for more than 900 years and is the only surviving relic detailing this significant historic event. Angela Dawson-Field - Gobelins Tapestry: Opulence And Splendour At The Royal Court By : Angela Dawson-Field The Gobelin workshop began life in 1450 as a dyeing factory in a Paris suburb, founded by Jean Gobelin, and emerged into a tapestry weaving workshop with the arrival of two Flemish weavers, Marc de Comans and Francois de la Planche after they had been called to the Court of Henri IV in 1601. Angela Dawson-Field - Religious Tapestries: Weaving Faith With The Arts By : Angela Dawson-Field Religious tapestries have continued to appeal through time. When one acknowledges the tremendous ways in which spiritual matters test faith and affect the heart and soul, the drama and vividness of the work is realised. The beauty of a religious tapestry gives a glimpse of what life beyond that on earth might be and has delivered hope in uncertain times when belief in religion may have been tested. The Glory of Christ, designed by Graham Sutherland in Coventry Cathedral is such an example. Adorning the altar area of the rebuilt cathedral the tapestry was intended to inspire those citizens of the city who experienced some of the most destructive bombings in World War 2 and is now the focus of a Peace centre. Angela Dawson-Field - Tapestries: An Exploration of World Maps By : Angela Dawson-Field Early maps tended to reflect what people knew or remembered and were largely topographical in nature. Often, these early pieces depicted myth and lore, combining to create “living maps” that were passed form generation to generation. Formalising the topography into early maps, knowledge became standardised and sowed the foundation of early cartography. Angela Dawson-Field - Tapestries: The Life And Art Of William Morris By : Angela Dawson-Field In 1834 William Morris was born in Walthamstow, Essex. He attended Exeter College, Oxford where he met Edward Burne-Jones, who later became his business partner and lifelong friend. Initial plans to study for Holy Orders were abandoned in favour of becoming and architect. With such a creative mind Morris soon tired of this and joined his friend Burne-Jones to paint. Art became Morris’s forte and he developed talent in printing, poetry and learning how to weave. His tapestry work is undoubtedly his finest creation. Angela Dawson-Field - Tapestry Collections Around The World By : Angela Dawson-Field Some of the most well known and enigmatic tapestries are those woven during the medieval era. These works of art have stood the test of time and continue to appeal through their intricate design and detail. Angela Dawson-Field - The Elegance of Fine Art Tapestries By : Angela Dawson-Field A wall tapestry offers an alternative to the traditional fine art painting and with an increasing portfolio of choice from the Old Masters to modern art, the time to consider a tapestry in the home has never been better. Popular and classical paintings can be reproduced through sophisticated textile design to provide an impressive feature for the wall. Examples include Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam and Raphael’s Cherubs. Amongst the first style to be transferred from canvas to tapestry was François Boucher’s pastoral art created during the 17th century. Angela Dawson-Field - The Growing Popularity Of Historical Wall Tapestries By : Angela Dawson-Field Despite modern tapestry designs being available the traditional tapestries are the more popular. These might include Gothic designs, detailed Rococo works or those from the Baroque era, reflecting the long history of tapestry through the ages. The appeal stems from the connection to history that these tapestries possess and the stories they tell. Francois Boucher tapestries were seen at the Court of Louis XV at Versailles whilst the Bayeux Tapestry celebrates the victory of one nation over another. Angela Dawson-Field - The Lady And The Unicorn Tapestries: A Medieval Mystery By : Angela Dawson-Field Each tapestry in this striking series shows a unicorn interacting with a woman in some way with the unicorn representing the six human senses in some way. These are sight, smell, touch, sound, taste and love. Angela Smith - How to Make a Gift Basket - Roman Basket Making By : Angela Smith · Weaver: In here there are basket strands which have holes through which weaving is done, these are normally light, slimmer & more flexible as compared to spokes, this features allows for weaving inside out to take place. Angela Smith - Instruction For Making Gift Baskets - How To Make A Fruit Basket By : Angela Smith Here we will learn the tricks of preparing a fruit basket to be given to a person for whose health you care. From mangoes to apples, from real coconut water to sweat berries there exist so many varieties of fruits that even those who dislike most fruits would find something to suit their tastes. There are so many fruits in the market that you can design a theme based fruit basket having Northwest Pears, Bing Cherries, Apples, Rainer Cherries, Peaches, Nectarines, Blueberries, or then a seasonal fruit basket having winter or summer selection of fruits. Angela Smith - Learn To Make Gift Baskets - The Use Of Free Printable Paper In Basketing Making By : Angela Smith 1. From any website take a color printout of an easy basket pattern. www.basketmakers.org is one such website that shall allow download of many free patterns. Easy because we would like to kept it plain & simple for the first timers. Try the patterns for Halloween they are really interesting. Angela Smith - Learn to Make Gift Baskets - Veneer Basket Making By : Angela Smith Veneer can be made to look more graceful if the strips are multi-shaded or a combination of 2 or more are pasted on different parts of a basket. You can create your own veneer basket by putting together veneer strips around the basket. But doing this part requires proper knowledge before starting. Certain glues are required so that the veneer can be pasted properly on the surface of the basket by using veneer press, mostly a vacuum, hot or cold press by applying yellow or white glue; this is how wood veneer is applied. Angela Smith - Make Your Own Gift Basket - Gift Baskets Making Tips By : Angela Smith The most important thing is to have an idea and then to make the idea reality. The person who is to receive this gift is herself/himself the guide. You gift basket theme can range from Get Well Soon, Sympathy, Birthday, Wedding Anniversary, Valentines Day, Thank You, New Baby Arrival, Congratulations, Retirement, Housewarming, Friendship Day, Wedding, Condolence, Mothers Day, Corporate Events, Fathers Day, Easter, Administrative Assistance Week, Bosses Day, Thanksgiving, Grandparents Day, & Christmas.
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