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	<title>Walking the Gray Area</title>
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		<title>Change of weave , Cambio de tejido</title>
		<link>http://www.grayareasymposium.org/blog/5804</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eduardo Graue</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eduardo Graue & Peter Hoogeboom]]></category>

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<p>Â Â  Hola Peter por aquÃ­ otra vez, es fuerte el Â contraste que tiene tu pieza con el nÃºmero Â de Pi</p>
<p>Â Â  Cuando vi Â el sÃ­mbolo del Â nÃºmero Pi cerrando la secuencia de crÃ¡neos me llevo a pensar en que el nÃºmero Pi es como un sÃ­mbolo religioso relacionado con algÃºn Â martirio tal vez,Â  un mandala cuya [...]]]></description>
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<p>Â Â  Hola Peter por aquÃ­ otra vez, es fuerte el Â contraste que tiene tu pieza con el nÃºmero Â de Pi</p>
<p>Â Â  Cuando vi Â el sÃ­mbolo del Â nÃºmero Pi cerrando la secuencia de crÃ¡neos me llevo a pensar en que el nÃºmero Pi es como un sÃ­mbolo religioso relacionado con algÃºn Â martirio tal vez,Â  un mandala cuya geometrÃ­a provoca un viaje para la meditaciÃ³n. La Â reflexiÃ³n de Â como se comportan estos Â nÃºmeros es especial. Imagino a su potador meditando en las fracciones que se mueven al infinito cada vez mas pequeÃ±as o, como si cada calavera fuera una raya del principio y el infinito.Â Â  Es tambiÃ©n como la secciÃ³n Ã¡urea. Ideas que abren puertas desdeÂ  razonamientos a otra lÃ³gica sin razÃ³n.</p>
<p>Â Â Una bonita idea el integrar este nÃºmero con las calaveras en la circunferencia.</p>
<p>Â Â  Con el tejido he decidido mejorÂ  no ponerle en este caso los coches. Realice algunas pruebas que Â me gustaron, serÃ¡n para futuros trabajos, aquÃ­ te las muestro.</p>
<p>Â  Â Me pareciÃ³ mejor colocar el tejido anterior dentro de este Ãºltimo, dos capas tejidas conÂ  tramas distintas y dinÃ¡mica Â diferente , ambas concÃ©ntricas influyendo en diferentes aspectos al desenvolvimiento y carÃ¡cter especifico a este objeto, espacio, tubo, tripaÂ Â </p>
<p>Â  Â Â Como bien decÃ­as antesÂ  los tejidos y la cerÃ¡mica siempre han estado presentes desde mucho tiempo atrÃ¡s en todos los pueblos sobre la tierra. FormalmenteÂ  son demasiado comunes y remiten a un esfuerzo colectivo que elimina las diferencias y homogeneiza, Me parece Â que por eso han provocando desdÃ©n, tedio. Â En lo personal me gusta apreciar los tejidos Â por las soluciones estructurales que resuelvenÂ  a partir de sus Â elementos muy simples, endebles Â y bÃ¡sicos, tambiÃ©n por su permeabilidad Â como filtros entre lo de afuera y lo de adentro permitiendo que ambos puedan ser lo mismo</p>
<p>Â Â Â  El poner estas dos tramas una dentro de otra con diferentes dinÃ¡micas separadas pero sumadas al mismo tiempo, me gusto porque en la conversaciÃ³n que hemos tenido ha sido muy agradable Â encontrar coincidencias que Â traemos Â de Ã©pocas pasada en la historia, mas haya deÂ  las fronterasÂ  en las que hoy hemos vivido, en donde Â la red Â que le daba forma a esos lugares y momentos era otra diferente a la de hoy.</p>
<p>Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Â  GreetingsÂ Â and good luck for all there.</p>
<p>Â Â  Â Â Hello Peter, again here.Â </p>
<p>Â Is strong the contrast that made the Pi numberÂ  Â with the object.</p>
<p>Â Â  When I saw the symbol of the number Pi, closing the sequence of skulls, takes me to think that number Pi is like a religious symbol related with martyrdom maybe, a mandala witch geometry cause the trip to meditate. The reflection of how is the behavior of this numbers is especial. I imagine the carrier of this necklace, meditating on the continuous fractions that move to the infinite in a very small place, or every skull is the limit of the beginning and the infinite. Is also like de golden section, ideas that open doors from reasoning to a no reason logic.</p>
<p>Â Â  Nice idea, this number with the skulls in a circumference</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-5807" src="http://otro-diseno.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/COCH-vertical-tubo1.jpg" alt="COCH vertical tubo" width="225" height="300" />Â With the weave I decide better not to put in this case the cars, I made some proves that I like, they will be for future works. Here they are.Â </p>
<p><img class="size-full wp-image-5808 alignright" src="http://otro-diseno.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/cuaderno-coches.jpg" alt="cuaderno coches" width="226" height="203" /></p>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-5812" src="http://otro-diseno.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/OOXYTRAMAS1.jpg" alt="OOXYTRAMAS" width="207" height="183" />I think it was better to put the weave done before, inside the space of the last one, two layers weaved with distinct welt and different dynamic, both concentric having influence on Â many aspects to the development andÂ Â  specific character to this object, space, tube, gut.</p>
<p>Â  <img class="alignright size-full wp-image-5813" src="http://otro-diseno.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/BOCTRAMA.jpg" alt="BOCTRAMA" width="206" height="156" /></p>
<p>Â Â  As you well said before weaving and ceramics always have been seen a long time ago in every town on earth. They are very common formally and remit to a collective effort that eliminate and uniform differences. I think this is the reason that they provoke disdain, tedium.Â  Personally I like to value the weaves because of there structural solutions that belong from there very simple, frail and basic elements, also because of its permeability, as filters between the outside and the inside, Letting be both the same</p>
<p>Â Â Â Â To put this two fabrics one inside the other, each one with different dynamic separated but sum up at the same time, likes me, because in the conversation we have is very pleasant find coincidences that we bring from past periods in history, far away from the actual frontiers where we live today, where the net that gives form to that places and moments, was different of the one today.</p>
<p>Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Â Â  Saludos y buena suerte para todos por alla</p>
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		<title>very gray, earthquake</title>
		<link>http://www.grayareasymposium.org/blog/5796</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolina Hornauer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Andrea Wagner & Carolina Hornauer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p>we suffered a big earthquake last friday night in chile. its a very very gray-black area for a lot chileans.</p>
<p>almost everyone here suffered in some way. damage houses, fear, no light, no water, no communication, their loved ones lost.</p>
<p>soon i will beÂ  in touch, thankfully all my friends and family are fine.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>we suffered a big earthquake last friday night in chile. its a very very gray-black area for a lot chileans.</p>
<p>almost everyone here suffered in some way. damage houses, fear, no light, no water, no communication, their loved ones lost.</p>
<p>soon i will beÂ  in touch, thankfully all my friends and family are fine.</p>
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		<title>to Leonor&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dani Soter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Editorial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miguel Luciano & Leonor Hipolito]]></category>

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		<title>PiÃ±ata for Kajsas birthday</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hanna Hedman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Helena Biermann Angel & HannaÂ Hedman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mirla Fernandes & Kajsa Lindberg]]></category>

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		<title>And then walking back again&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.grayareasymposium.org/blog/5776</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hanna Hedman</dc:creator>
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		<title>10:04</title>
		<link>http://www.grayareasymposium.org/blog/5770</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:38:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heleno Bernardi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Utrabarroco: CristinaÂ Filipe & HelenoÂ Bernardi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Dear Cristina,</p>
<p>finally I think we have our art work!</p>
<p>The mirror, the ocean, your/my reflex, the war, the passion, the sound, the new world, the relationship, the tension&#8230; our poetry.</p>
<p>I agree to the title &#8220;10:04&#8243;. It&#8217;s an exactly information, but also emblematic, like the mirroring.</p>
<p>VoilÃ !!! Chegamos!!!</p>
<p>Bjs,</p>
<p>Heleno.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Cristina,</p>
<p>finally I think we have our art work!</p>
<p>The mirror, the ocean, your/my reflex, the war, the passion, the sound, the new world, the relationship, the tension&#8230; our poetry.</p>
<p>I agree to the title &#8220;10:04&#8243;. It&#8217;s an exactly information, but also emblematic, like the mirroring.</p>
<p>VoilÃ !!! Chegamos!!!</p>
<p>Bjs,</p>
<p>Heleno.</p>
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		<title>10:04&#8243;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:34:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cristina Filipe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Utrabarroco: CristinaÂ Filipe & HelenoÂ Bernardi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Dear Heleno</p>
<p>The sound is perfect. The intensity, the tension and the narrative that it describes is absolutely adequate to the context of our site specific.</p>
<p>Your sound itÂ´s watching me. Â And, through the sound I listen to Your presence. This tangent line, represented by the mirror creates the space between My existence and Your existence.Â </p>
<p>What it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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<p>The sound is perfect. The intensity, the tension and the narrative that it describes is absolutely adequate to the context of our site specific.</p>
<p>Your sound itÂ´s watching me. Â And, through the sound I listen to Your presence. This tangent line, represented by the mirror creates the space between My existence and Your existence.Â </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size: 12.0px">What it&#8217;s strong my presence?&#8230; The conscious of My presence through out my reflex on the mirror? Or the military sound from You coming into my direction towards my existence?Â </p>
<p>In fact that mirror represents that tangent space and the clichÃ© that something really exists behind it or beyond it&#8230;the mirror creates exactly that line where you believe you can be safe.</p>
<p>To colonize and to give independency was definitely a tension and warlike moment in the history of Brazil and Portugal. Both moments have created tensions and wounds, always, as you said because there was a lot of passion from the first site&#8230;</span></span><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 13.0px"><br />
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		<title>knotting day</title>
		<link>http://www.grayareasymposium.org/blog/5755</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hoogeboom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eduardo Graue & Peter Hoogeboom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Hi Eduardo. Finished the multiples yesterday, those went quickly. Began to work on the large collar. First I had to figure out what would be the most practical way to knot, connecting not only the skulls next to each other, but also the ring under/above it. Had to do a similar thing in making cuffs [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-5756" src="http://otro-diseno.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/double.JPG" alt="double" width="300" height="225" />Hi Eduardo. Finished the multiples yesterday, those went quickly. Began to work on the large collar. First I had to figure out what would be the most practical way to knot, connecting not only the skulls next to each other, but also the ring under/above it. Had to do a similar thing in making cuffs many years ago, so I knew it should be possible. In the outer two rings knotting with two threads, kind of zigzagging with one of them.<br />
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I wanted to work in a spiral this time, so was a bit worried about how it would work out in the area where a next ring should be added. But it worked out fine. No problems with the number of threads or with connections that had to be skipped. Here the third inner ring is developing.<br />
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I am glad I chose to use the colours you sent me, I like the look of it. In one colour would have been less interesting to look at, I think. Well, a few more knots to go. See you at the finish and success with your last steps. Take care, Peter</p>
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		<title>Earthquake</title>
		<link>http://www.grayareasymposium.org/blog/5752</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carla Castiago</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carla Castaigo & Valentina Rosenthal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p>I am so sorry for whatÂ´s happen in your country.</p>
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		<title>Ultrabarroc Sounds</title>
		<link>http://www.grayareasymposium.org/blog/5749</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heleno Bernardi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Utrabarroco: CristinaÂ Filipe & HelenoÂ Bernardi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Dear Cristina,</p>
<p>Beyond our changing about mirroring and other possibilities, I&#8217;m thinkin about a more delicate relationship between Portugal and Brazil. &#8220;Into&#8221; the colonizazion and indepence process, a lot of things ocurred and a lot of conflits (wars) too. Naturally, this happen until now. I think the continuous conflits (&#8221;stress&#8221;) are linked to an emotional/lovely idea: [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family: Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 12px">Dear Cristina,</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 12px">Beyond our changing about mirroring and other possibilities, I&#8217;m thinkin about a more delicate relationship between Portugal and Brazil. &#8220;Into&#8221; the colonizazion and indepence process, a lot of things ocurred and a lot of conflits (wars) too. Naturally, this happen until now. I think the continuous conflits (&#8221;stress&#8221;) are linked to an emotional/lovely idea: &#8220;We only insuflate problems discution with those we love&#8221;.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 12px">The mirror can access our personal wars: is like the world see us.<br />
</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 12px">Well, the sounds I&#8217;m dreaming are something warlike. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 12px">Please, listen&#8230;<br />
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		<title>urban high priest</title>
		<link>http://www.grayareasymposium.org/blog/5740</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hoogeboom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eduardo Graue & Peter Hoogeboom]]></category>

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Hi Eduardo,
A quick return to show you two strands of skulls I just finished knotting. Here I just started one. For the stringing of the skullies I use a knotting tool used in beading pearls. I can direct the knot with it to exactly the right position. This is nice work to do. The results [...]]]></description>
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Hi Eduardo,<br />
A quick return to show you two strands of skulls I just finished knotting. Here I just started one. For the stringing of the skullies I use a knotting tool used in beading pearls. I can direct the knot with it to exactly the right position. This is nice work to do. The results show instantly.<br />
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<p>Knotting goes quickly. Here at the end of the strand. The skulls are the size of large pearls, so it looks quite elegant and bold at the same time. And they&#8217;re long: about the same length as a rosary.<br />
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What do you think? Don&#8217;t they look like the perfect necklaces for urban high priests?</p>
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		<title>after the strike</title>
		<link>http://www.grayareasymposium.org/blog/5730</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hoogeboom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eduardo Graue & Peter Hoogeboom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Dear Eduardo,
Yes, to me working with ceramics is exciting and there are so many things for me to explore there still. Glad those old Chinese inspired us to have our own ceramic industry in the low countries. And I like to organize my work like that little industry you mention. I see some similarity in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Eduardo,<br />
Yes, to me working with ceramics is exciting and there are so many things for me to explore there still. Glad those old Chinese inspired us to have our own ceramic industry in the low countries. And I like to organize my work like that little industry you mention. I see some similarity in the organized and well planned way you work. It has been a bit quiet in the WGA part of the factory last week, because I had a deadline for some other works. That has been finished now and I can continue with the last part of my jewellery for WGA. Which will be knotting all elements in place to form the necklaces.</p>
<p>I like the new photos you sent of your weaved tube. I like the connection with the weaved fabric. Also I think your decision not to have the rhythm of the weaved wires interrupted by elements put on the tube is a good one. What keeps me curious about your next steps. And very right: it is a kind of magic, many of our creative processes just are irrational. And about your remark to make photos of the in between steps is a very good way to store moments where you had to make a decision to go this way or to go that way. I do the same. These moments are stored till there is time and space to work on something new and to start following that other path you had to leave in favour of that other direction. But that&#8217;s also worth exploring. Making digital photos is perfect for that, a method I use too.</p>
<p>I am glad the boring part of applying the decals has been done and now the real fun part starts here. So no more hearts out of guts like a week ago <img src='http://otro-diseno.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> . Now the pieces of jewellery will really start to come into existence in this last phase after all the different steps of preparation.</p>
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Here I am sawing large Pi symbols out of alpaca. I want them as pendants on the little skulls string as an urban bling bling element out of the world of science. Forgot to take pictures of that, but I have gilded them also.</p>
<p>Will keep you posted about the last steps these days. And looking forward seeing your final steps.<br />
Success and best wishes, Peter</p>
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		<title>sisisi</title>
		<link>http://www.grayareasymposium.org/blog/5723</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 04:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francisca Kweitel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Editorial]]></category>

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<p>una mÃ¡s feliz, en la larga lista deÂ alegrÃ­a y felicitaciones. he disfrutado mucho el intercambio universal! </p>
<p>me saco el sombrero por las organizadoras porque puedo imaginar lo que puede ser todo este caos, pero la recompensa finalÂ es tan enorme que supera todo sufrimiento en el camino. realmente creo que lograron armar un intercambio y nos [...]]]></description>
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<p><span style="color: #888888">una mÃ¡s feliz, en la larga lista deÂ alegrÃ­a y felicitaciones. he disfrutado mucho el intercambio universal! </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #888888">me saco el sombrero por las organizadoras porque puedo imaginar lo que puede ser todo este caos, pero la recompensa finalÂ es tan enorme que supera todo sufrimiento en el camino. realmente creo que lograron armar un intercambio y nos hicieron ver y participar de la hermosa gente que esta del otro lado del mundo, sintiendo, pensando o experimentando cosas con las cuales por alguna razÃ³n, nos identificamos o nos asombran conÂ nuevas sensaciones&#8230; </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #888888">en fin, suficiente sentimentalismo&#8230; espero verlos en mÃ©xico! GRACIAS A TODOS!</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #888888">fran</span></p>
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		<link>http://www.grayareasymposium.org/blog/5719</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonor HipÃ³lito</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Miguel Luciano & Leonor Hipolito]]></category>

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		<title>The presence of unknown</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:07:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ketli Tiitsar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ketli Tiitsar & Chequita Nahar]]></category>

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<p>I am finished too. Took new photos tonight(the one here is just for you). Tomorrow morning, first thing to the post office.</p>
<p>I like you finished work very much! I shall write more soon.</p>
<p>With love from awfully snowy Tallinn,</p>
<p>Ketli</p>
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<p>I am finished too. Took new photos tonight(the one here is just for you). Tomorrow morning, first thing to the post office.</p>
<p>I like you finished work very much! I shall write more soon.</p>
<p>With love from awfully snowy Tallinn,</p>
<p>Ketli</p>
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		<title>last stages: hair accessory</title>
		<link>http://www.grayareasymposium.org/blog/5704</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MarÃ­a JosÃ© Fabrega</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maria Jose Fabrega & Agnieszka Knap]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Hey Agnieszka!</p>
<p>I was looking at your pictures and I love all the textures you have, either physical or visual. Your last picture reflects visual texture along with thee gray shades&#8230;it is quite interesting. I have been working on ourÂ collaborativeÂ piece, and I&#8217; ve also been thinking a lot about the idea ofÂ the grass is not greener [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Agnieszka!</p>
<p>I was looking at your pictures and I love all the textures you have, either physical or visual. Your last picture reflects visual texture along with thee gray shades&#8230;it is quite interesting. I have been working on ourÂ collaborativeÂ piece, and I&#8217; ve also been thinking a lot about the idea ofÂ <em>the grass is not greener on the other side&#8230;.Â </em>there are so many perspectives to it. I&#8217;m creating a hair accessory made with silver, nature elements and wire, trying to create harmony between each materialsÂ connotation and at the same time express my green thoughts. The position of the piece as it lays on the head gives more power and reference to the piece as well&#8230;.</p>
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<p><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5711" src="http://otro-diseno.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/IMG00574-20100223-1439-225x300.jpg" alt="IMG00574-20100223-1439" width="225" height="300" /><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5709" src="http://otro-diseno.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/IMG00528-20100219-1926-300x225.jpg" alt="IMG00528-20100219-1926" width="300" height="225" /></p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chequita Nahar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ketli Tiitsar & Chequita Nahar]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p>ketli, here it is</p>
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		<title>Conclusion</title>
		<link>http://www.grayareasymposium.org/blog/5698</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonor HipÃ³lito</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Miguel Luciano & Leonor Hipolito]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Dear Andrea and Valeria, I am very thankful for your invitation for which I made 5 works entitled Anatomy of Thought as a result of my enthusiasm for this project. I congratulate you for the great work you&#8217;re doing and which I believe will conclude in a great success.</p>
<p>Congratulations to my colleagues, with my special [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Andrea and Valeria, I am very thankful for your invitation for which I made 5 works entitled <em>Anatomy of Thought </em>as a result of my enthusiasm for this project. I congratulate you for the great work you&#8217;re doing and which I believe will conclude in a great success.</p>
<p>Congratulations to my colleagues, with my special thanks to Dani and Francisca with whom I had the pleasure to exchange some messages. To JosÃ© Springer and to my partner Miguel with whom I&#8217;ve enjoyed sharing some thoughts.</p>
<p>In the image you can see one brooch from the series. This is the first image of my finished work I post in the blog and is dedicated to all of you.</p>
<p>With love, Leonor</p>
<div id="attachment_5699" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 342px"><img class="size-full wp-image-5699" src="http://otro-diseno.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/AT01-Martin.jpg" alt="Anatomy of though on Martin Kullik, 2010" width="332" height="500" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Anatomy of thought on Martin Kullik, 2010</p></div>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:38:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chequita Nahar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ketli Tiitsar & Chequita Nahar]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Dear Ketli,</p>
<p>Yes life always presents things at times we cannot use them or so we think. I liked that we both had the idea to work with wood. And also that you were thinking of not making the pendants look heavy as I did. I thought I was ready, but as I looked at the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Ketli,</p>
<p>Yes life always presents things at times we cannot use them or so we think. I liked that we both had the idea to work with wood. And also that you were thinking of not making the pendants look heavy as I did. I thought I was ready, but as I looked at the work while making pictures for the cataloque I decided to change it and made it look more heavy.</p>
<p>I hope your daughter is feeling better and you will find the time to finish the piece. Although it was not always easy I really liked the rhythm we got into and hope we will continue after this will end. Unfortunately I am not able to go to Mexico anymore. but hope we will meet soon somewhere else.</p>
<p>Thank you</p>
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		<title>&#8220;Mestizo: por unas pocas monedas&#8221; (mestizo: just for few coins) done and thanks</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Walka Studio</dc:creator>
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<p>hey natalie!</p>
<p>how are you going?</p>
<p>we like your piece very much&#8230; interesting concepts and it is really beautifull. we will comment it a bit more later by mail.</p>
<p>we got the piece &#8220;Mestizo: por unas pocas monedas&#8221; (mestizo: just for few coins) done. I think a lots is a [...]]]></description>
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<p>hey natalie!</p>
<p>how are you going?</p>
<p>we like your piece very much&#8230; interesting concepts and it is really beautifull. we will comment it a bit more later by mail.</p>
<p>we got the piece &#8220;Mestizo: por unas pocas monedas&#8221; (mestizo: just for few coins) done. I think a lots is a consecuence of our conversation, wich I really love. lot of doors have been opened and learning process have beeing so fruitfull.</p>
<p>i put a in-process pic also.</p>
<p>we havenÂ´t got time to answerd your post, but some of your questions are answered on both the on the piece work and text sent to your mail.</p>
<p>looking forwardisimo to meet you personally.</p>
<p>warm hugs and thanks a lot for this experience!!!!</p>
<p>claudia and nano</p>
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