http://blog.imperialearth.com Friends Call Me "BJ" ... (enemies call me whatever they like) Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:20:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 bejohnsonhttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with PlusmoSubscribe with The Free DictionarySubscribe with Bitty BrowserSubscribe with NewsAlloySubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with Excite MIXSubscribe with Yourminis.comSubscribe with Attensa for OutlookSubscribe with WebwagSubscribe with netomat HubSubscribe with Podcast ReadySubscribe with FlurrySubscribe with WikioSubscribe with Daily Rotation http://feeds.spherical.org/~r/bejohnson/~3/WbEKtbBIS-E/ http://blog.imperialearth.com/art/sculpture/when-other-artists-like-your-stuff/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:15:58 +0000 BJ http://blog.imperialearth.com/?p=1103 It's Great! There are few who could be more critical and discerning. 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You painstakingly coax every individual millimeter of a work to get them all to sing together in concert and it's finally finished. Then, you risk the whole darn thing by adding a layer that you can't see over it all. <h3>Related Posts</h3> No related posts were found, so here's a consolation prize: <a href="http://blog.imperialearth.com/art/sculpture/blown-glass/always-wanted-a-3-finned-pointy-nosed-roc/" rel="bookmark">Always Wanted a 3-Finned, Pointy-Nosed Rocket?</a>.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.spherical.org/~ff/bejohnson?a=6HwwkFydML4:BdRdIWjfmGU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bejohnson?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.spherical.org/~ff/bejohnson?a=6HwwkFydML4:BdRdIWjfmGU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bejohnson?i=6HwwkFydML4:BdRdIWjfmGU:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.spherical.org/~ff/bejohnson?a=6HwwkFydML4:BdRdIWjfmGU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bejohnson?i=6HwwkFydML4:BdRdIWjfmGU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.spherical.org/~ff/bejohnson?a=6HwwkFydML4:BdRdIWjfmGU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bejohnson?i=6HwwkFydML4:BdRdIWjfmGU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.spherical.org/~ff/bejohnson?a=6HwwkFydML4:BdRdIWjfmGU:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bejohnson?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.spherical.org/~ff/bejohnson?a=6HwwkFydML4:BdRdIWjfmGU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bejohnson?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.spherical.org/~ff/bejohnson?a=6HwwkFydML4:BdRdIWjfmGU:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bejohnson?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bejohnson/~4/6HwwkFydML4" height="1" width="1"/> http://blog.imperialearth.com/art/why-i-hate-varnishing-paintings/feed/ 1 http://blog.imperialearth.com/art/why-i-hate-varnishing-paintings/ http://feeds.spherical.org/~r/bejohnson/~3/YbkvhmWc5SA/ http://blog.imperialearth.com/science/astronomy/why-star-disks-not-seen-telescopes/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:02:35 +0000 BJ http://blog.imperialearth.com/?p=570 An intriguing question about the relative sizes of objects on the astronomical scale and the instruments we use to learn about them. <h3>Related Posts</h3> No related posts were found, so here's a consolation prize: <a href="http://blog.imperialearth.com/studio/california-wildfire-burned-big-sur-days-27-29/" rel="bookmark">The California Wildfire That Burned Big Sur – Part 9</a>.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.spherical.org/~ff/bejohnson?a=YbkvhmWc5SA:Sm8Q9wZPAFc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bejohnson?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.spherical.org/~ff/bejohnson?a=YbkvhmWc5SA:Sm8Q9wZPAFc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bejohnson?i=YbkvhmWc5SA:Sm8Q9wZPAFc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.spherical.org/~ff/bejohnson?a=YbkvhmWc5SA:Sm8Q9wZPAFc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bejohnson?i=YbkvhmWc5SA:Sm8Q9wZPAFc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.spherical.org/~ff/bejohnson?a=YbkvhmWc5SA:Sm8Q9wZPAFc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bejohnson?i=YbkvhmWc5SA:Sm8Q9wZPAFc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.spherical.org/~ff/bejohnson?a=YbkvhmWc5SA:Sm8Q9wZPAFc:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bejohnson?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.spherical.org/~ff/bejohnson?a=YbkvhmWc5SA:Sm8Q9wZPAFc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bejohnson?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.spherical.org/~ff/bejohnson?a=YbkvhmWc5SA:Sm8Q9wZPAFc:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bejohnson?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bejohnson/~4/YbkvhmWc5SA" height="1" width="1"/> http://blog.imperialearth.com/science/astronomy/why-star-disks-not-seen-telescopes/feed/ 0 http://blog.imperialearth.com/science/astronomy/why-star-disks-not-seen-telescopes/ http://feeds.spherical.org/~r/bejohnson/~3/ipaTE4gWXj4/ http://blog.imperialearth.com/art/space-art-vehicle-connection/#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2009 04:40:23 +0000 BJ http://blog.imperialearth.com/?p=347 "Throughout all of human exploration, Art, in one form or another, has always been our first vehicle." - B.E.Johnson, 1970 <h3>Related Posts</h3> <ol> <li><a href="http://blog.imperialearth.com/engineering/mechanisms/orrery-21st-century-blown-glass/" rel="bookmark">An Orrery for the 21st Century &#8211; in Blown Glass and Carbon Fiber, No Less</a><!-- (4)--></li> <li><a href="http://blog.imperialearth.com/colleagues/fellow-space-artist-robert-t-mccall-passes-at-age-90/" rel="bookmark">Fellow Space Artist Robert T. McCall Passes at Age 90</a><!-- (2.92553)--></li> <li><a href="http://blog.imperialearth.com/art/sculpture/orrery-the-making-of-blown-glass/" rel="bookmark">The Making of the 21st Century Orrery — Glass Blowing</a><!-- (2)--></li> </ol><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.spherical.org/~ff/bejohnson?a=ipaTE4gWXj4:Z-Jn3iFP2gw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bejohnson?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.spherical.org/~ff/bejohnson?a=ipaTE4gWXj4:Z-Jn3iFP2gw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bejohnson?i=ipaTE4gWXj4:Z-Jn3iFP2gw:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.spherical.org/~ff/bejohnson?a=ipaTE4gWXj4:Z-Jn3iFP2gw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bejohnson?i=ipaTE4gWXj4:Z-Jn3iFP2gw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.spherical.org/~ff/bejohnson?a=ipaTE4gWXj4:Z-Jn3iFP2gw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bejohnson?i=ipaTE4gWXj4:Z-Jn3iFP2gw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.spherical.org/~ff/bejohnson?a=ipaTE4gWXj4:Z-Jn3iFP2gw:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bejohnson?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.spherical.org/~ff/bejohnson?a=ipaTE4gWXj4:Z-Jn3iFP2gw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bejohnson?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.spherical.org/~ff/bejohnson?a=ipaTE4gWXj4:Z-Jn3iFP2gw:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bejohnson?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bejohnson/~4/ipaTE4gWXj4" height="1" width="1"/> http://blog.imperialearth.com/art/space-art-vehicle-connection/feed/ 2 http://blog.imperialearth.com/art/space-art-vehicle-connection/ http://feeds.spherical.org/~r/bejohnson/~3/r3wJYckGWqg/ http://blog.imperialearth.com/art/sculpture/orrery-the-making-of-cast-glass/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:35:24 +0000 BJ http://blog.imperialearth.com/?p=264 Casting glass seems a daunting process when you first consider learning it. It takes special equipment and a budget. It also takes patience and perseverance to succeed. 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