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When Two Worlds Collide… Part 2
© Alexia Cournoyer. 2009 All rights reserved. Fringe acts are always hard to review, simply because the standards that would normally be applied to professional performances aren’t directly relevant. A lower bar has to be used in judging or the reviewer is not being fair.… Read the rest
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Shop Closure
The shop has closed. Most of my items are available through XSL and there’s a selection on Apez. If you fancy being an affiliate then in the next couple of weeks I’ll post the link to the affiliate vendor that you can grab and set up. … Read the rest
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Second Life SL6B – Now We Are Six
With apologies of AA Milne of course 😉 © Alexia Cournoyer. 2009 All rights reserved. So, Second Life has reached its 6th birthday and once more the residents have come together to provide most of the content. I was invited to the press preview and managed to spend 4 almost lag free hours roving my camera over the builds.… Read the rest
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Templum ex Obscurum
© Alexia Cournoyer. 2009 All rights reserved. I went to Templum ex Obscurum. I didn’t realise just how many years it has been since I was last at Relic and it appears it has well and truly gone now 🙁 It seems that somewhere on The Nameless Isle is this organ but I couldn’t find it. … Read the rest
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*NDC* Big Bear Hug
He’s designed for those days when only a big bear hug will do. 🙂 He’s big at around 4m high but can be resized. There’s nothing nicer than plonking yourself down on his knee and giving him a big hug. The animation is specially made for this.… Read the rest
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Just A Random Thought On Art in Second Life And In General
If your only motivation for making art is to sell it and your main intellectual preoocupation is not the work itself but how to productise it, then you’re not an artist. You’re just a self-stocking shop. Hazel Dooney: How Not To Sell Your Soul http://www.homepagedaily.com/Pages/article6793-hazel-dooney-how-not-to-sell-your-soul.aspx… Read the rest
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Grid Hunt Etiquette Pt 2 – Merchant Etiquette
There are two parts to this guide; Part 1: Hunter Etiquette and Part 2: Merchant Etiquette (this post). Following on from Part 1, let’s talk about merchant behaviour… The reality is that for the majority of hunters they’re unlikely to ever remember your shop, what it sells or even upack the item you so carefully created. … Read the rest
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Grid Hunt Etiquette Pt 1 – Hunter Etiquette
I know, how boring of me. More lecturing and hectoring 😉 But for the first time in a couple of years I’ve agreed to be a merchant in a hunt. I’ve been a hunter a few times since then and the same problems seem to keep raising their head. … Read the rest
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Serenity. A Clock Sculpture with a difference – and a story :)
This is my first release for 2009 and it’s not just any old release, this piece has taken just shy of 2 years from original conception to it finally being finished. What should have been a simple thing turned out to be a saga of rogue prims, the search for the perfect scripter (think Cinderella here..… Read the rest
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A few more Valentine’s Day trinket ideas
My belief is that there’s not enough snow globes in this world, so I’ve created a couple more for those of you who are shameless romantics… Valentine’s Snow Globe A little Valentine’s trinket for the love of your life. When touched, the snow will start to fall and it will say: “You are very special to me, Be my Valentine?”… Read the rest
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Saint Valentine’s Day Present Ideas
Valentine’s day is coming soon (February 14th for those who have forgotten) and it’s time to start thinking about gifts for your special somone. So let me make a couple of suggestions from my catalogue: The Infinite Heart A one prim sculpture representing infinite love. … Read the rest
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I’ve got a new blog, so I’m broadening my horizons
I have opinions. Those of you who know me from the various forums I inhabit or have had any conversations are well aware of this. I like to think of myself as forthright.. most people aren’t that kind when they describe me lol I’ve set up a new blog. … Read the rest
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Happy New Year!
Best wishes for a fabulous 2009 🙂
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Happy Christmas everyone!
May you have a wonderful Christmas.
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…and while I was setting up the exhibition I made a few christmassy things..
Partway through setting up the exhibition I decided to make a christmas snowglobe.. then got a little carried away and made some christmassy footstools… So here they are.. I just loved the textures as soon as I saw them and they go so well with the footstools.… Read the rest
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:) Exhibition over and one happy “artiste” with her feet up (sans booze)
Well, I’ve just packed away the exhibition and it’s been fun. During the last couple of weeks I’ve had a chance to catch up with people I haven’t seen in ages and it’s all been good 🙂 The opening night was great, lots of people passing through to say hello and check it out.. … Read the rest
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Christmas is coming!
I got a little carried away and created this, a wonderful animated Christmas snow globe that has Santa squeezing down the chimney. Isn’t he cute?? I’ve sized it so it’s perfect for you keep on your mantle or to send to friends as your Christmas greeting.… Read the rest
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The Unitarian Jihad
This (finally, it’s been around for almost 4 years) came across my desktop and it’s just too good not to pass on.. It’s time for us to join the Unitarian Jihad!! 🙂 The following is the first communique from a group calling itself Unitarian Jihad.… Read the rest
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Farewell La Vie
I’ve just been dismantling the gallery. I was suprised it was such an easy decision to make even though realistically I had no choice. I had a car accident last year and one of the residual side effects was that I lost the ability to create. … Read the rest
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Like to read books? Then you’ll love this link :)
I found this site the other day and am completely enamoured with it: http://www.librarything.com It provides an easy way to catalogue your books and when you’ve got them in there you can search for others who have read the same and see what else they’ve been reading.. … Read the rest
