Wednesday, January 12, 2011

House No. 12: Starter House


House No. 12: Starter House
ink on repurposed chipboard
9 in. x 6.5 in.
012/365; 01/12/11

Today, one of my coworkers gave me starter for a friendship cake. A friendship cake, for those who are unfamiliar, is a recipe that calls for a starter that ferments for 10 days, after which you can make additional starter as well as bake a cake. This new starter is then passed on to friends, and they start the process again in ten days. In theory, I suppose the starter could be passed around for generations. Actually, perhaps I shouldn't think about that.

The friendship starter got me thinking of a creative starter, which is exactly what Noah Scalin's 365: A Daily Creativity Journal is doing for many of his friends. People are sharing their work, connecting and even setting up monthly forums. Pretty cool.

With all of this in mind, I created my house today as a creative starter for collaboration. I am inviting everyone who is interested to use this illustration to make something for their own 365 projects, or any project at all. Then please send me a link to your post or email it to me at Madonna {at} TheHappyHomemaker {dot} org, so that I may share it next Friday here and on The Happy Homemaker Facebook page. I can't wait to see if people use this drawing and what they create if they do.

10 comments:

  1. Clever and beautiful, just like you.

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  2. This is a fantastic idea!

    Wonderful piece, too.

    Thanks for the inspiration.

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  3. Thanks, PunkRizz and Misha!
    Misha, I would love if you would collaborate with me using it! The same to you, PunkRizz, but I know there's a bit of preoccupation with a certain sewing project at the moment ...

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  4. am working on that right at this very minute ~:)

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  5. Put it up on Sunday. Here it is:

    http://365-trees.blogspot.com/2011/01/day-6-our-house.html

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  6. Misha, I love it! That tree is amazing, and I love the way you incorporated the two. We should collaborate again!

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  7. Tomorrow, I shall have a creation for you using Ralph and your house!

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  8. I used your starter house on my Sun A Day project! I hope you like it!

    http://sun-a-day.blogspot.com/2011/01/sun-18.html

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