I have submitted my application for a possible exhibition in the Signal Art Gallery in Bray. My fingers are crossed. I also entered the RDS crafts competition. I am feeling nervous already about my interview on Monday. Please God it won't be recorded, that will finish me off altogether. I am normally not that nervous about things so I cannot understand why I am feeling like this. Maybe because it matters a lot to me. Ah well I'll get over it.............
Good luck to all interviewees
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Monday, March 7, 2011
Hammering and Banging in the shed
I've been out in the cold shed hammering and banging pieces of metal over the weekend and trying to avoid damaging my already damaged finger. Sometimes it just doesn't work out the way you want it to. I could have been with Mary in her imagined capital enjoying the workshops instead. Ah well, I did produce a few bits which were learning curves even if they are not presentable pieces. I am at the stage in metalcraft where I am teaching myself new things via practice, experimentation and research on the internet and through books. I miss Suzanne, my tutor from Inchicore.
Guest Speaker - Linda Scales
On Monday, 28th February, we had a guest speaker called Linda Scales in to talk to us about copyright. With a background in commercial law, she practices as a specialist in copyright and the other media and information technology laws which increasingly govern the dissemination of content and data. It was an interesting talk and very worthwhile being in attendance.
There are patents, trademarks, and other sorts of registered ways of protecting work but the one which concerns us as artists is copyright. It is our legal right to prevent others from exploiting our work. It is an unregistered form of protection. So we don't have to go down costly legal routes prior to putting our work out there for the public. We as authors and creators own the copyright and have rights.
If and when we get our own websites we can protect images of our work by watermarking or reducing our images to thumbnails with a low resolution. This means when the image is enlarged, it will be pixelated and there unclear to the viewer.
It certainly gives me peace of mind about my artistic endeavours.
Linda has her own website http://www.lindascales.com/ if you want to check it out.
There are patents, trademarks, and other sorts of registered ways of protecting work but the one which concerns us as artists is copyright. It is our legal right to prevent others from exploiting our work. It is an unregistered form of protection. So we don't have to go down costly legal routes prior to putting our work out there for the public. We as authors and creators own the copyright and have rights.
If and when we get our own websites we can protect images of our work by watermarking or reducing our images to thumbnails with a low resolution. This means when the image is enlarged, it will be pixelated and there unclear to the viewer.
It certainly gives me peace of mind about my artistic endeavours.
Linda has her own website http://www.lindascales.com/ if you want to check it out.
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