September is Aneurysm Awareness Month, so I’ll be sharing various medical illustrations depicting them and their treatment each week. I created these images for the Microsurgical Basics and Bypass Techniques book, written by Evgenii Belykn, MD, PhD @ebelykh. It shows tandem clipping with fenestrated clip, placed to save an arterial branch in the fenestration window, and the wrapping of an artery bearing a small blister-type aneurysm #aneurysmclip #bypass #aneurysm #clipping #microsurgery #endoscope #bypasssurgery #vascular #pathology #medicalillustration #cintiq #wacomtablet #scienceart #medical #pathologyassistant #ortech #neuronurse #paschool #physcicianassistant #neuro #illustrators #artistsoninstagram #neurosurgery #photoshoppainting #digitalartists #pathological #surgical #techniques (at Phoenix, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTUstbEl9MI/?utm_medium=tumblr
One of the more important skill sets of a witch is the sensing and transfer of energy. Whether you are casting a circle, constructing a spell or attempting to attain understanding the ability to sense and interact with energy. There are many different techniques out there for you to consider, and those posted here just represent what I’ve found to work for me. There will be some further suggested…
Visions of sugar plums danced in their heads… It’s a Tchaikovsky day as I finish up some petite flowers for some petite dresses… #nutcracker #favoritechristmasmusic #sugarplums #tchaikovsky #childrenswear #dresses #couture #handsewing #techniques #fashion #design #mariekheffernandesign
I found this last night. It’s from the Two Knotty Boys, the authors of Two Knotty Boys Show You the Ropes, for those of you who haven’t heard of them. It has a bunch of instructional videos for different knots and other neat rope tricks. It also shows you how to make a rope collar, rope flogger, etc. Fun stuff!
Enjoy, kids. =]
The problem I have with those guys is that they’re mainly doing erotic macramé. While the knots are pretty to look at, it’s unnecessarily complicated just for tying someone up. I looked through most of the videos a while ago, and the only ties I found remotely useful (and not only nice to look at) were the pre-tied rope shackle and their variation of the texas handcuff. It’s misleading for someone who wants to learn basic bondage, I think.
Even the shibari guys who do rather elaborate looking artsy bondage only use a few simple knots. So in a way, if you actually want to get tied up, even the TwistedMonk tutorials will take you further in an hour than studying the Knotty Boys for months.
They just have a completely different focus. In reality you can do all the basic ties like hog tie, frog tie, ball tie, shrimp tie, and spread-eagle just by knowing the single column and two column ties and a simple bikini harness + overhand knot and half hitch.
Last time I played with Aria, we had the chance to experiment with rope bondage. To prepare, I had read into it quite a bit and ordered myself some 10mm (~0.4 inch) cotton rope with a hollow core to try some knots. The idea was to use thick “newbie” rope instead of risking numb limbs (Or quoting Lew Rubens: “unplanned discomfort”)
The cotton material is very nice and soft, but 1cm was WAY too thick. Because of the hollow core it also lies rather flat against the skin so the individual loops of rope tend to slip together. Think over-sized shoelaces.
After asking in a speciality store, I opted for 8mm cotton /w core. It’s still a bit on the thick side, especially on Aria who’s rather petite, but I’m okay with it. I read several times that the rope with a core is too stiff, but that’s definitely not the case with the rope we have.
We have 4x 15ft and 1x 30ft of rope so far. I had researched rope sizes and the sizes seem fine, but for most ties I needed several extra loops to get rid of the rope ends. That the rope is so thick isn’t helping.
It’s plainly amazing what you can do with only a few knots and knowledge of the one column and two column ties and some basic bondage positions. It was a first for Aria and she seemed to enjoy it a lot as we tried the most common positions. She is now curious about hemp, but I’ll stick to the cotton for the time being.
Robert Delaunay - Portrait of Jean Metzinger (Man with a Tulip) 1906 HD
Robert #Delaunay - #Portrait of Jean #Metzinger (Man with a #Tulip) 1906 #painting #art #ζωγραφική #fauvism
Robert Delaunay – Portrait Jean Metzinger (Man with a Tulip) 1906
Man with a Tulip by Robert Delaunay (Portrait of Jean Metzinger) – 1906
Robert Delaunay was a French artist who, with his wife Sonia Delaunay and others, co-founded the Orphism art movement, noted for its use of strong colours and geometric shapes. His later works were more abstract. Wikipedia
#Damian #Elwes - Matisse’s studio 1905 HD #fauvism #art #paintings #Matisse
Damian elwes Matisse’s stoudio 1905
Matisse’s studio by Damian Elwes 1905
This work was made during a holiday at the fishing port of Collioure in the south of France in 1905, when Matisse and Derain painted portraits of each other. Under Matisse’s influence, Derain had begun to use strong, non-naturalistic colours, applied in small separate brushstrokes, to convey the sensations of light and…
#Derain #Andre - Portrait of #Matisse 1903 HD #fauvism #paintings
Portrait of Matisse by Derain Andre 1903
This work was made during a holiday at the fishing port of Collioure in the south of France in 1905, when Matisse and Derain painted portraits of each other. Under Matisse’s influence, Derain had begun to use strong, non-naturalistic colours, applied in small separate brushstrokes, to convey the sensations of light and shade. Their radical use of colour…
At first I thought this was a cover of the hit song all of me by John Legend, it is not until I’ve looked into the comments that I realized it was an original by the piano guys. Though no a cover, this is still an amazing piece, his unusual use of playing techniques put this song into one of my must learn list. Cheers!
