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Jim Carlson  

  • Status: Member
  • Sculptor
  • Male/United States
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  • Deviant since Sep 5, 2004, 4:46 AM
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Awash with flavor!

Journal Entry: Wed Jan 10, 2007, 2:25 AM
Finally, after 2 years or more, I've gotten around to updating my web site. The main difference is that I've finally set up a decent art gallery system, including written descriptions of everything. (I've had artwork up on my website since 1995, but I've never done anything fancier than plain images before.) I wrote my own gallery code in PHP, which is nice because it allows me to associate more than one image with a particular piece of artwork. Much of what I do is sculpture, which is best shown off from multiple angles, but I've never seen an online gallery that supports this concept. I also like being able to show work-in-progress pictures, so there's another reason for supporting multiple images. Art is a process, dammit! (Okay okay, I'm done being righteously indignant.)

To see what I'm talking about, take a look at my gloop entry, for example.

Anyway, in order to do all this fancy crap, I had to move my home page to a different server. It's now located at http://cruftforce7.com/jim/. There isn't much there in the way of art that isn't already here, but I'm happy about the gallery stuff, so I thought it was worth mentioning.

  • Mood: Satisfied
  • Listening to: Die Toten Hosen - Kauf MICH!
  • Reading: Samantha Weinberg - A Fish Caught In Time
  • Watching: Red Dwarf
  • Playing: Dark Castle
  • Eating: unsalted cashews
  • Drinking: the zesty nectar of life

Devious Information

  • Current Age: 31
  • Current Residence: Boulder, CO
  • Interests: Immersive visualization, human-computer interaction, artificial intelligence, music, art (go figure)
  • Favourite movie: Harold and Maude, 12 Monkeys, Yellow Submarine, The Plague Dogs, eXistenZ, Jacob's Ladder, many more
  • Favourite band or musician: Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Bruce Cockburn, Michelle Shocked, Tom Waits, Alison Krauss + Union Station
  • Favourite genre of music: Rock, classical, folk, rap, bluegrass, electronica, metal
  • Favourite style of art: Abstract, minimalist, conceptual, surrealist, modern art in general
  • Operating System: Mac OS X
  • MP3 player of choice: iTunes
  • Shell of choice: tcsh. I'd probably like bash better, but I've never gotten around to learning it properly.
  • Wallpaper of choice: I change it every few hours. Usually unobtrusive nature scenes.
  • Skin of choice: pelt
  • Favourite game: Scrabble
  • Favourite gaming platform: Card table
  • Favourite cartoon character: Totoro, Homsar
  • Personal Quote: "Got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight" -Bruce Cockburn
  • Tools of the Trade: Hands, knives, sandpaper, files, soldering iron, multimeter, sensor networks

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Devious Comments

~CristalEssence:iconCristalEssence: Jan 12, 2008, 7:59:13 AM
I adore your mobiles, they are really beautiful.

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big dreams are achievable
~crowebasalt:iconcrowebasalt: Jun 17, 2007, 7:33:50 PM
Jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim. i miss you!
~NENOBEL:iconNENOBEL: Apr 28, 2007, 1:01:36 AM
:handshake:

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CV [link]
my art and videos [link] [link]
~Phoenixflysagain:iconPhoenixflysagain: Jan 28, 2007, 9:10:11 AM
Thanks for the visit! :D

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*HEY!!! :pissed: Your fuckin' up my Chi!!! :meditation:*

I have a sense of humor... Where'd you leave yours?
~Archangelofruin:iconArchangelofruin: Jan 8, 2007, 10:12:05 PM
My pleasure.

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"I’ve always thought that I would make a good last man on earth."
- Thomas Ligotti
~CruftForce7:iconCruftForce7: Jan 7, 2007, 1:58:31 AM
Aw, thanks! Lord knows it's not deliberate, but I'll happily accept the complement anyway. :)
*mirroreyesserval:iconmirroreyesserval: Dec 14, 2006, 8:45:29 PM
Your work is inspiring in so many aspects. Please keep it up! :)

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-Mirroreyes
~CruftForce7:iconCruftForce7: Dec 12, 2006, 2:04:26 AM
Thanks! I do intend to make other horror-oriented photo manipulations, but I haven't had the time or the inspiration lately. Maybe when 2007 rolls around...
~scrumpet360:iconscrumpet360: Dec 10, 2006, 9:01:41 PM
i really love your work!

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Everything you know is wrong
Black is white, up is down and short is long
And everything you thought was just so
Important doesn't matter
~kimjae:iconkimjae: Oct 19, 2006, 1:11:36 PM Mood: Love
i love your gallery! pls make more scary stuff in photoshop!

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My Gallery >> Link
Silent Hill Fansite >> Link
~CruftForce7:iconCruftForce7: Oct 7, 2006, 6:26:00 AM
Not checking it often enough, obviously. :P Thanks, Shawn!
~bootid:iconbootid: Sep 6, 2006, 12:50:15 AM
Hey Jim, not sure if you check this anymore or not...but happy birthday man! Hope all's going well with ya!
~CruftForce7:iconCruftForce7: Apr 4, 2006, 3:53:29 PM
Hi, Stephanie! Now it's MY turn to apologize for being slow about dealing with the interweb. Life's still rather discombobulated for me lately, but the situation is improving, so hopefully I'll start getting better at staying in contact with friends.

Thanks for relaying the tale of BoB. Cute story! Cute bunny! :)
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~synnabar:iconsynnabar: Dec 21, 2005, 1:26:21 PM
JIM!!! hey! *waves happily* Yay! great to *see* you!

Duh, I have been so lax about keeping up with online stuff. I only just noticed your comment on my "BoB" desktop!

To answer your question about her name: well, YOUR idea is much more interesting!

But, the truth is: When P brought her home, she was so small ([link]) that we weren't certain of her gender. However, when we first let her wander around the living room (supervised of course), she was very cautious - she would stretch her neck out and bob her head up and down before creeping forward slowly, until she became more confident. The name "BoB" stuck, even after we figured out she was a girl. The BoB was mostly because I liked how it looked, like it was BoBbInG. :)

I still like your idea better!

Hey, keep in touch, man! :)

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"never burn unattended"
=jessehogie:iconjessehogie: Oct 29, 2005, 6:07:19 PM
:macos:

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@quickdraw:iconquickdraw: Sep 29, 2005, 6:32:24 PM
:ninja:

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Hey! This yogurt tastes like invisible! Yes!

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Fan of the Beautiful Game? #futbol is where you need to be!
~DewyneJefferson:iconDewyneJefferson: Jul 6, 2005, 9:34:32 AM
Hi Jim, thanks for stopping by! :wave:

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It's on it's way....
~CruftForce7:iconCruftForce7: Jul 6, 2005, 12:40:38 AM
Hey Shawn, welcome! Great to see you here! :nod:
~bootid:iconbootid: Jul 3, 2005, 2:56:27 AM
Jim!!! You're first in my watchlist! =-)
~akusclub:iconakusclub: Jun 26, 2005, 12:33:54 PM
Hi there! We'd like to tell you about our growing fanbase of Alison Krauss & Union Station fans, as well as the club that joins them all! You are invited to join if you wish. We'd love to see you there :)

~akusclub

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~hoodedman:iconhoodedman: Mar 6, 2005, 5:32:20 AM
Thanks for stopping by my page. :)
~CruftForce7:iconCruftForce7: Feb 19, 2005, 4:15:24 PM
Thanks very much! Those are two of my favorite pieces as well.
~nashoba-hostina:iconnashoba-hostina: Feb 14, 2005, 6:33:24 AM
Hey... just bumped onto your page because I clicked on your name after you commented on one of Crowebasalt's peices... You have some really incredibly neat stuff up here! I particularly like that mask of yours and the Whatchamathumper.