Time Bandits map

As Alexx mentions in the following post, he is difficult to find presents for, which makes me crazy around Christmas and his birthday. This year, however, with a little help from one of my favorite blogs, I found him something he always wanted: the map from the film "Time Bandits." Alexx wrote some cool things about the movie, and I think his post also includes an image of the map, so check it out if you are intrigued. For the benefit of my blind friends, this map is about three feet square and Alexx and I are holding it up in front of us but, since I am less than five feet tall, you can just see the upper half of my face peering over the top of the map, so I look a bit like Kilroy.
http://alexx-kay.livejournal.com/324328.html

Tactile pixilated woven art

From The Art of Darkness blog comes this post on using woven paper or fabric strips to make pixilated patterns
http://www.shadowmanor.com/blog/?p=15296
It occurred to me that this would also make a great tactile art project and one could use contrasting paper, ribbons, sfabrics to create more abstract patterns. By using a variety of textures, one might even be able to create some abstracted images such as a fuzzy animal, a moonlit sky with shining stars, a sunset, or ocean waves.

Tactile pixilated woven art

From The Art of Darkness blog comes this post on using woven paper or fabric strips to make pixilated patterns
http://www.shadowmanor.com/blog/?p=15296
It occurred to me that this would also make a great tactile art project and one could use contrasting paper, ribbons, sfabrics to create more abstract patterns. By using a variety of textures, one might even be able to create some abstracted images such as a fuzzy animal or monster (add stick-on googly eyes), a moonlit sky with shining stars, a sunset, or ocean waves.