11

May

Art/craft dump

Haven’t posted in a while so I have to catch up on my blogging!!!

Some completed projects:

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Terribe jewery set photo by ~NigeltheTaniwha on deviantART
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Beaded two-stranded necklace by ~NigeltheTaniwha on deviantART
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Braded bead bracelet by ~NigeltheTaniwha on deviantART

A beaded jewellery set. I’m probably going to sell it or give it away. I made it to practice stringing beads and multiple strands and also crimping beads. I probably won’t make another bracelet with a clasp or anything like that since I discovered that I can’t put it on by myself.

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Plastic bag by ~NigeltheTaniwha on deviantART
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Plastic bag by ~NigeltheTaniwha on deviantART

Plastic bags! Made out of…plastic bags…
I weaved in painted wooded beads into the second one. I made the plarn myself. The bags are crocheted with a K hook. I have three more bag colours I can use. It’s a good idea to do something with plastic bags, even if you just put it in the recycling bin. Seriously, I hate seeing dirty plastic bags and wrappings everywhere. Keep them off the street! Keep them out of nature!
I will be making more of these and selling them, probably to the supermarket ;)

Unfinished projects:

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Crochet blanket process by ~NigeltheTaniwha on deviantART

Crochet blanket

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doilie process by ~NigeltheTaniwha on deviantART

My first crochet doilie! I don’t know what it is about doilies that I’ve suddenly become obsessed with. Maybe it’s the name? It reminds me of grandma! :) Who loves their grandma? Me!

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Jewelry process by ~NigeltheTaniwha on deviantART

What will hopefully become a netted necklace.

I finally got around to doing some quilting!

I’m using a different setting on my camera next time :(

Feel free to like this post if you like it and please leave a comment! :) Check out my DeviantArt account for more art:

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27

Mar

What the hell happend to all these hired DVDs?

dvds

Image: Giovanni Sades / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

This probably isn’t going to be a very good post.There is something I would like to investigate.

Video hire shops. Does anyone hire DVDs and stuff from those? I am a frequent user of these.

I tried to watch one good movie I hired from one of these shops. After three hours I completely abandoned the DVD because it was downright painful to watch. Not because I hated the movie or it was bad. It was a great movie and I loved it. I abandoned it because I had only watched 50 minutes of it.

I have yet to see one DVD from these places that had something wrong with it.

I saw one hired DVD that had actually been snapped in half.

Remember the good old days of video players? I remember having to run the head cleaner through ours at least twice after each hired video if we ever wanted to play anything through it again.

And this includes not only videos and DVDs but also recent releases and blue-rays that I have seen crash after one scene and then never play again. It also includes DVDs that have no visible marks or scratches at all.

Now if I chuck in one of my own DVDs that I bought, no problems at all. Why is this??

Why is everything from video hire stores so disgusting? What is being done about it? What is being done to prevent it? It doesn’t look like the video hire shops is causing it themselves. They even look at the bottoms before giving them to you. I think its something else. What the hell is happening to these products? How do they get like that? Who wants to watch a DVD that just looks scody and old? Even when its a recent release?

What the hell?

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23

Mar

The rise of Nigel the Taniwha!

Nigel got a DeviantArt account!

Nigel the Taniwha

Already posted a small number of things.

Anyone else have a DevArt account? What do you post on it? What do you like to browse for?

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Feb

Getting there.

Nigel hasn’t actually completed a project in a very long time.

So today we have recently completed projects to show you!

Small bag

a small bag!

beadwork

front

fancy bag

This was an old back I had until the strap broke :(

I fixed the strap and then decided it needed some beads on it. Then about a year later I decided it needed some more beads. I could fix the straps again, but I don’t know what to do with it after that. It is still in my bag collection.

what is this I don't even...I’ve been playing around with a few new styles. This one was inspired by Zentangles. I’ve just discovered this and I really like the patterns :)

Then suddenly…

New Cat!New Cat!!!

Did Nigel tell you about New Cat?

This blog is now about cute cat.

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02

Feb

Where are all the women?

Nigel is interested in talking about this kind of thing so I thought I just had to make a post about it at least once in this blog.

Nigel would like to know where all the women are. We often ask the question ‘Why aren’t there more women artists?’. I like to read comics. Especially if they are DC or Marvel. From the few I’ve seen I have noticed a disturbing trend: I have yet to see one done by a female artist. (But then Nigel lives in a town that believes Batman was invented by Tim Burton so it’s not surprising.)

Why aren’t there more women writers? My favourite genre is Sci-fi and fantasy. My entire novel collection my fit on one shelf but there are no women on it :( most fantasy worlds are created by men. I think there are a few more women in YA fiction. There are probably even more in romance (Though Nigel doesn’t know for sure as Nigel has never read romance :( ) But still…not as much in fantasy.

And while I’m at it: Why aren’t there more female comedians? I love comedians! But where are all the funny women? I like to watch those comedy galas and specials on TV. Quite often the number of female comedians in those is minimal. Sometimes there are none at all.

Or maybe we shouldn’t be asking ‘Why aren’t there more women artists/writers/comedians?’. We should be asking ‘Why aren’t more women artists/writers/comedians noticed?’. Where are all the women? Why are they being ignored?

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24

Jan

Reason for hiatus

So there is a reason for my hiatus and no internet access since Wednesday.

About a month ago I changed internet providers, but then for some reason I decided not to pay my bill so I was cut off on Wednesday.

Oh wait. No I didn’t.

I did not change providers. I’ve had no contact with any provider other than mine. I didn’t even find out my provider had changed until after three days of no internet and about five phone calls to different companies involving my modem and internet connection.

So…why did I suddenly have a different provider I didn’t even know about? Apparently providers can just call another provider, lie to them that their client has ‘changed providers’, and convince said provider to cancel their own clients account, all without authorisation, permission, a single word or even contact at all from said client. And the client doesn’t even have to know about it!

If this is legal, I will just kill myself. I don’t want to live on this planet anymore.

Stay well clear of providers who do disgusting things like this.

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No seriously, please leave a comment! Has this happened to anyone else? How does this even happen?

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08

Jan

How to know if you are an unemployed ‘artist’ on the benifit

Being unemployed with not much of an idea for the future Nigel has many projects in the works at the moment (most in beginning stages).

Yes Nigel is a dole-bludger and not very proud of it. The government shouldn’t let itself be ripped off by a dragon for to long!

So until we figure out what Nigel can do this year…here are some of the things an unemplyed wannabe blogger who hasn’t decided on a niche yet will post on their blog.

I noticed that our recent post about Nigel’s pets got more likes than usual. About three or four more likes than usual…so that makes about…three or four likes in total for the post. Which is pretty good! That means this blog is getting somewhere and Nigel found a possible Niche market or whatever it’s called. Pets! Or it could have been the Nigel’s-first-ever-handmade-quilt that the pets were hogging the spotlight from.

What else has Nigel been up to lately?

nails

We painted Nigel’s nails!

Well that’s probably only interesting for Nigel. This is what unemployment does to you.

But anyway, that nail polish colour is a mixture from old nail polishes that I completely emptied. It filled four bottles, though that’s probably because the polish remover thinned it quite a lot. I’ve decided that Nigel should get more into nail polish so expect to see more of it soon!

flower

I discovered the garden at my new house flat! Turns out I have a couple of plum trees and an epic tomato plant. And tiny baby roses!!

baby roses

And what else have I done…

I practised drawing with my tablet, using one of the characters from my novel as inspiration.

He looked way better drawn the traditional way, I swear!

Guess what I have? A new sewing machine!!! So while I’m quilting Nigel’s-firs-ever-quilt I’ve decided to make another oI’ve noticed that after machine sewing it, the seams don’t come undone. It’s the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen! No pictures yet though :(

Yes that’s about all I’ve done really in my year on the dole. Sorry we don’t have more. Nigel was busy playing Portal 2.

Please leave a comment! What have you been doing this year?

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05

Jan

First attempt at Quilting…

Guess what I got for Christmas? A sewing machine! So I have been finishing my quilt at mums house.

Chichi and a quilt

But it wasn’t too long until a certain fluffy doggie stole it :(

Chichi

 

Meowth

 

And as usual the cat just downright ignored everything. They’re both good pets. I got to petsit them while mum was away :)

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01

Jan

Nigel’s New Years Resolutions

  • Get a paid job! Still living off the government. Probably not a good thing. If Nigel can get a paid job we can keep moving on in life.
  • Get this blog up and running. This New Years day update is probably the most action this blog has had in months.
  • Practice more art and stuff. Might as well actually do something with my life. Nigel wants to get back into drawing and painting and see where we go from there.
  • Finish second draft of Novel. Yup. Still on it. I hope to get a chapter done by the end of the month. It would be nice to actually finish it.
  • Loose weight. Anyone else have this resolution?
  • Laugh at Mayan Calendar conspiracy theorists. And if that doesn’t work…
  • Sit on my porch with the cat I might get from the SPCA this month with a beer, Pink Floyd/classical music cranked up because if the word is going to end, it needs a soundtrack. That’s how I want to go out.

Who else has New Years resolutions? Anything you want to do by the end of the year? Leave a comment below!

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15

Nov

Nigel’s random moments in song writing

So during one of Nigel’s high moments (housework gets done, plants get watered, mice actually get fed let alone a clean cage [sorry MaggieJanet], artwork gets made, Nigel actually eats properly, Nigel posts on this blog more than twice a month ect. I have no idea why this happens, it just does.) Nigel rediscovered the guitar gathering dust in the unused artroom.

When Nigel was a little dragon, I learned classical guitar. That ended when Nigel’s motivation for everything suddenly disappeared without explanation.

Now is one of those rare moments in the year when Nigel can actually be buggered.

This was because Nigel was desperate to write a song. Now Nigel has no idea what romance is, so we are just going to make do with writing a song about pets, because that’s all Nigel really knows. Or Nigel is nearly broke and is trying out a few desperate attempts to make money. Whatever looks better on the album cover.

Nigel isn’t brave enough to preform it for anyone yet. But Nigel’s finally figured out how to do these little arty things that are more than just power chords, so we’re getting there! Yay! Nigel can play the guitar!

Just saying, this is going to be the most awesome song ever. Not even Elvis, Queen, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Rebecca Black can do better than this song!

Anyone else like to make music? Anyone like to listen to music? Leave a comment!

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