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Create your own sculpture with found objects around the house. Needle in a haystack will aspire you to look at common objects in a new light and experiment with design and art. Look around right now, can you make a sculpture of your own with what you have there. We did with a dead bolt, you can to.

My original idea was to cut up some trees that fell down in a recent storm, but our deadbolt to the front door broke. So being the handy man I am, I went ahead and took out the old and put in a new one, then I called a lock smith and had them fix what I had broken. It happens. I told the locksmith I wanted the parts as he was going to take them and hopefully recycle them. He looked at me a little odd, but said have at it, and I did.

So here is your materials list :

Old busted deadbolt, or get a new one they cost about 30 bucks

Super glue

Pliers to bend and hold

what to do with that last piece

in process

front view

back view

side view

Top view

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Hey there, glad to have you back, I am Timothy Kimo Brien Head Instigator at KDOI Podcasting where we create more than we consume. This season we are doing projects that are inexpensive and are relatively easy to accomplish. You don't need to be Davinci or Monet, heck you don't even need to know who those old dead guys are, I just want you to have some fun, be inspired to make some art and share your experience with the project.

Now how did I come by this project, pretty easily. So if you remember way back in Season 1 episode 1 I explained why I was doing this project, don't worry I will wait for you to catch up. No seriously I started this whole podcast because I assist Soldiers transitioning from the military to a civilian career. Many times we use art therapy to assist soldiers for whatever they need the therapy. Many times the Soldiers came to me and showed their work then denigrated it because they had no formal training. So I decided to show everyone that you have a creative spirit in you, we just need to unlock it. I want to give you ideas and encouragement and I would like to see what you are currently doing and I would love to have you on the show for an interview or a conversation. You can get a hold of me via :

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Time needed : approx 30 minutes for dry time depending on your environment. To do the actual painting alone if more than 1 color 20 minutes per color to allow for dry time. 

Materials needed 

Twine or String 3.00

Ink red, blue, black, yellow 2.50 each

Pack of card stock 25 pieces 12x12 7.50

Hard cover book, use your book clock from episode 1 Free

Step 1 Fold card stock in half and shake up ink

 Step 2 put Twine or String in ink and let it saturate

Step 3 Place string on card stock, looping and crossing over

Step 4 Fold card stock and place envelope in book

Step 6 Pull string out, minimal pressure on book, try gentle jerks and pull from more than one angle

 Step 7 Let ink dry for the first color, then repeat steps 2-6

 Step 7 Cut card stock in half and then glue to a 3rd sheet of card stock, mix and match the string paintings

Step 8 place in frame and you have your string painting. 

Lessons learned :

1. Pull the string in different directions and do the gentle jerk technique

2. Add some paint thinner to the ink to make it more fluid

3. Change the direction before you mount the string painting mixups

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Welcome back to KDOI Podcasting where we create more than we consume, Hello I am Timothy Kimo Brien the head instigator here at KDOI. Today our project will be Black and White Photography and we titled this episode laying somewhere between. What does that actually mean, well for me B/W photography is multiple shades of grey and lies between color and the absence of color. I think there is something striking about B/W photography, maybe even a bit of a throw back to older days. It also causes the artist to be very creative in dealing with the limitations of the form. You still play with saturation and tone, but with 2 colors vs an infinite amount of colors that occur in the natural and the digital world. Even with the restriction of no color you have an infinite amount of variables in the grey spectrum.

Many of us have a cell phone or a digital camera handy, and we snap pictures, perhaps we use different filters and stickers to personalize these pictures, but there is an art form behind all of this and we should remember that the early pioneers of photography didn't have it so easy. Bulky and heavy equipment, toxic and sensitive development process, lets not even get into the superstition behind photography that the Indigenous Peoples had that caused them to believe that we lost a bit of our soul if we are photographed. With all of the developments and evolutions of photography that we have today, the general principles still remain in photography as well as all visual art forms. Balance, composition, drama, action, lighting, saturation, tonal qualities these are still important in photography today. There is a definite difference between just snapping pictures and making a photograph that you want to give or hand on your walls. By all means use your cell phone or digital camera to learn the basics, but when you are ready to step up your game, by all means get ready to make art and not just memories.

We brought back my good friend and tattoo artist Ashly Hutchins to discuss B/W photography and how to set up a good shot for yourself. 

I was inspired to do this project after I had 3 level cervical spine fusion surgery and was recovering in my mancave/studio/basement. A friend on Facebook sent around a 7 day B/W photography challenge and with not much to do and under some good pain medication I accepted the challenge. Since the birth of my daughters I have taken thousands of pictures, but I wanted to do something a little more professional looking. One of the rules was that there was to be no people in the pictures and there need not be an artistic statement of the picture. I played along and posted these 7 pictures that you see below. 

How does Ashly play into this, well I met Ashly at college and she was a photography student and I was in theater. We became fast friends and she did some portraits of me for a project she was working on.  were all in B/W. Currently she is a tattoo artist and if you listen in to the show we did on her last season you can get that back story. When I decided to do this project my thoughts immediately turned to her and I wanted to get her eye on these  pictures and give us pointers on how to do this better. 

To do this project bare minimum you will need :

Smart phone with a decent camera - if you already own no additional cost

App that can adjust photo : most phones have a built in app that can handle this there are other apps that are fairly inexpensive

Photo paper 50 sheets 7.50

Photo editing software - most laptops have simple editing software and there is free software out there

Objects to photograph : free if you already own them

Framing supplies buy a multi pack and save Michaels usually has them for under 50.00 depending on size

Time it takes

Depends the ones displayed took about 1 hour each to set up, edit and print 

Bedroom - obviously not mine, but this is what mornings look like after the girls get up and run down for breakfast

Best Friend - here we have my work computer. This kept me in the loop and sane because I wasn't able to be in the office and I couldn't see my Soldiers face to face. I spent 8 hours a day peering into the abyss 

Desk - My old desk from my bachelor studio apartment days came in handy here as a plant stand and general toss stuff on here till we can figure out a place to put it. 

Entertainment - Vinyl yup jazz records is what kept me going at night when I couldn't sleep with the collar on

Garden of Eden - I built these garden boxes for the wife and she utilized them. I wanted to grab something from the outside world as I was restricted to staying inside and resting, lol yeah resting

Surgery Supplies - what everyone needs, a rubber chicken, gloves and a breath measurement contraption as well as a neck brace, maybe I should have left on the brace. 

Tools of the trade - bag to carry stuff, my id card and my keyboard so I can type and not cry out in pain all the time due to my carpal tunnel. All this is necessary to get the job done

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 Welcome back to the double fun episode Comic Book Collage. We take two art forms and merge them into 1. Lets get right into what you need to do this project

Your material list :

1. Exacto knife, grab this at Michaels for 4 bucks
2. Glue, again grab at Michaels, you can get specialized glue for attaching things to cardstock or posterboard, I paid 4 bucks for this
3. Posterboard/cardstock I used 12x12 heavy cardstock from Michael's 5 pack 4 bucks. I got this in the wedding stationary area.
4. Comic book, get a preview book for free or cheap, you will have a lot of images to choose from and lots of type face

 My true inspiration for this project, not a sponsor of this podcast

 What you need

Okay step by step what do you do :

1. Make sure you have a surface to cut on that you don't mind marking up. I used my coffee table/craft table, this is the table that most of these projects have been done on. It is thick and dense like me sometimes.
2. I recommend cutting out all images that speak to you, naturally I gravitated towards the Batman stuff and there was a ton of it in there, but don't get to transfixed, have a general idea of what you want to look for, is it love, action, movement. Think about if you want all your images to be similar in structure – faces, lips, words whatever- then go for it, if you are going for whatever strikes you then go for it. I basically didn't have any preconceived notion of what I was going to grab, I just saw the Batman and the Lucifer word and I went from there.
3. Once you have all images cut, lay it out on the cardstock, DO NOT glue at this point, do not sniff the glue, if you feel the need to sniff glue you are on the wrong podcast, I can recommend another podcast of 5. If you have multiple layers then note which one is on top and below.
4. Take a picture so you have a map of what you want
5. Start with the bottom level and get to the glue. Again stop sniffing the glue, use a little bit as it may bubble up and harden which will cause bumps in your final product.
6. Once you get everything down, you may have some white spaces or whatever background color, you can cover it up with slivers of paper.
7. Frame if you feel the need.

First Cut Out

First glue

Layout before glue

Almost done

Final Product

Thanks for listening and participating. We hope today's project gives you that push to go out there and have some fun. Please share your story behind your project as well as sharing pictures of your project. 

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 Good day everyone and welcome back to KDOI Podcasting, I am your host Timothy Kimo Brien and here we create more than we consume through projects that inspire you to drop your cell phone and pick up anything at hand to create something. We also talk with Artists that want to remove the mysterious veil between Artists and Audiences. 

So where did I get the idea for this project, well many years ago, back when I was a kid, my older brother Mike got a wood burning kit when he was about 8 or 10, which meant I was that annoying little brother of 4 or 6.

I also recently saw this project on the Art of Manliness podcast/website. Art of Manliness, not a sponsor of this podcast, but a great podcast in its own right. So Brett McKay, the host and head dude at AoM was writing about gifts that men can make and give to family and friends. So that rekindled for me the interest in wood burning. So Thanks Brett, another great idea.

So what you will need

plaque of wood 8 bucks

wood burning kit 15 bucks

stencils 10 bucks

pencils and pliers hanging around the house

electrical fire extinguishers

Here is a picture of your tools

Step 1 prepare the surface address the wood plot out where the stencils will go

Step 2 place the stencils and draw them in

Step 3 begin the burn

Use a softer hand

Step Final touches

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Welcome back, we hope you have enjoyed all the projects in this season so far, lets go ahead and get started into this episodes project creating digital music. 

Today's episode will be doing double duty as we will be previewing the music to our next podcast Grey Heroes - No One Gets Out Clean coming soon to a podcast catcher near you. 

For over 10 years I have been using a program called Magix to make digital music. The great thing about this project is you just need a basic understanding of music, and that basic understanding is what sounds good to you and to be brave enough to make wonderful mistakes. This program is based on loops and digital instruments. Our main focus will be on the loops as they have already been created for you and we will go into some interesting song structure that you can use right out of the box. 

Here is what the project we are working on looks like in finished form. Don't let it scare you, this is pretty easy to pick up. 

Here is what Grey Heroes looks like without the vocals

 What you are going to need, a laptop, something with really good speed and not junked up with a lot of bloatware, good processor since you audio work tends to really eat up processor speed and a copy of Magix, you can usually get started for about 60 bucks. I'd recommend a good pair of headphones that cover your ear, I use Audio Technica 50x and that will run you around 100-150 bucks. 

Total time to do this simple project 45 minutes.  

Here are some screen shots of what this show looks like in Audacity. The first one is all the usual music and promos

And this one is the finished product that you are listening to right now. 

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Welcome back to KDOI Podcasting, this project is our poetry project.

My first real exposure to poetry was in my honors English class in high School. We were reading poems and the teacher, Ms Baxter (battle Axe Baxter) skipped over T.S. Elliot because she said he was to esoteric for high school students. Needless to say he became my favorite.

We go over inspiration, writing, editing, chosing a publish pathway, editing for publishing, cover design and then we being to talk about marketing and networking. Seems simple, its not and for me it is still a work in progress.

We have a special guest Chris Jones with www.chrisjonesink.com which is his consulting company where he helps writers who would be published authors. Chris also is one of the founders of Frederickskburg VA Independent Book Festival. I attended this book festival as a vendor 1 year ago and will be there again this year.

All of my books in 1 place.

My Banner at my table, needs to be updated

You can get a copy of my books here

Throwing Myself at the Ground and Missing

Postcards From Someone You Don't Know

Wisdom From The Sack

Shaving Crop Circles In Your Chest Hair

Let us know how we are doing and share your work with our listeners, that is how we create more than we consume.

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Welcome back to KDOI Podcasting, Season 2 Ep 5 Oil Painting project. This is probably the most personalized project you will do in this season. It is is the most difficult because you have to wait for the paint to dry between steps. 

Lets start with the story and then we will get into the project. I am a self taught painter, I have only taken elementary painting classes and recently I took a "class" about 1.5 years ago where the teacher was around providing paint, brushed and tools to paint. We had to provide the inspiration and the canvas. I decided this would be a great opportunity to give a gift to my wife for Xmas so I took a picture of our trip to Paris where we kissed in front of the I Love You Wall and I dove into the class. It took 3 sessions of 2 hours each and walla, I had the best Xmas present ever, an attempt to recreate that  moment in time. 

Naturally for this season I wanted to do that again, so I took a picture of my twins hugging each other in their bedroom before bed. This was very hard for me as I had no one to help me out with this project, so it is not as successful as my original project. Here is the picture I was going for.

I know this is my greatest achievement in life, and it was challenging to get this on canvas. 

Here is what you will need

Canvas I like 11x14 but you can choose your own size for whatever you need

Brushes - I recommend getting brushes that are cheaper especially if this is your first time and synthetic brushes if you can get them. I got a variety pack and was very happy

Paint knives - these aren't sharp, but they will help in tight spots

Turpinetine to thin out the paints and clean off the brushes and knives

Oil Paint get a variety pack that has a color wheel

Rags to clean up

Soap for cleaning the brushes

easel to put the canvas on while you are painting

pencil to sketch your painting

Step 1 sketch the painting

Step 2 decided how you want to approach this painting, what areas you want to do first, second and last

Step 3 begin mixing colors

Step 4 begin painting each section

Let it dry between sessions

Step 5 let it dry and apply sealant on it so it will stay dry and safe forever

Lessons learned

1. Take your time do it in layers, stop painting like oil is acrylics

2. Get help early on from someone who has more experience

3. Plan out your sections better and be okay with doing smaller sections and taking your time

Send us what you did and let us know what your story is 

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KDOI Podcasting goes Green. We take an Ammo crate and turn it into a flower bed. 

Idea behind this project, I am not a green thumb, but my Mother loved daisies and my wife loves tulips. What better way to honor both women than by growing your own flower bed and making it out of an ammo crate. 

The ammo crate I found was in my shed at the house I bought back in 2014 from a retired Marine. You can buy ammo crates at any Army/Navy store, mine was a gift that the owner didn't know he was giving. Since my wife is a such a granola crunchy hippie type person I thought it best to repurpose the ammo crate into a flower bed. Plus I love seeing flowers grow in the yard and my wife has a vegetable garden and I built the beds for her garden.

You can personalize this as a gift for a loved one or just use it for herbs, vegetables, decorative plants or dump a gnome in there and call it done. 

Materials list

1 ammo crate, mine was 4' by 2' by2'

posting soil

flowers

fertilizer

landscaping paper to line the box

1by3 wood cut into 8 4' lengths

deck screws 1 1/4" and 2" 

drill and drill bits

paint or stain depending on condition of ammo box

sander and sandpaper various grits

drills with bits needed

other tools needed

Step 1

Prepare the crate, sand down all rough edges, clean out the crate from any debris, prepare the crate to take stain or paint

Step 2

cut down your 1x3 sticks to 4 feet tall, they will be your legs

post cut

Step 3

attach your legs using a butt joint and drill pilot holes into the wood and into the crate, then screw in your deck screws, ensure to sink the screws deep enough into the crate, but not where they will stick out into the box

lower leg attachment

Step 4

drill drainage holes into the bottom and sides of the crate

Step 5

paint or stain the legs and crate

Step 6

lay the landscaping paper down inside the box

Step 7

dig 4 holes for your legs to bury the legs into the ground for stability

Step 7.5

cut more 1x3 to stretch between the legs for added stability

Step 8

place compost and potting soil and fertilizer in the crate

Step 9

place your plants. 

Cost of project

Ammo box depends on how big you go, don't spend more than 20 bucks here, you can get some a flea markets or garage sales

wood 15.00 always get extra

screws 5.00 get a box for extra around the house

plants, depends on what you want

soil/fertilizer/compost 20.00 again try to get something that covers all three if you can

landscaping paper optional but I'd recommend getting some to protect the plants from the wood and for drainage 10.00

Lessons learned

Make sure the bottom of the ammo crate is good otherwise it will fall out with the weight of the soil and water

Make sure to drill pilot holes

Make sure you had your tetanus shot within the last 10 years

Today's episode we present 4 pencil/crayon/charcoal and lead drawings. I originally saw this technique on an artist website where he was making psychedelic drawings and broke down how they were done. So that is our project for this episode. These drawings are a lot more fun than Adult coloring books that are the current fad. These drawings will be wonderful gifts to give, personalize for your loved ones or freneds and you will be proud to display them. Also depending on how detailed you want to be they can be done fairly quickly. 

What you will need (specific to this vignette) 

1 notebook, I recommend getting something with a heavy weight 10.00

set of 12 color pencils 8.00

set of drawing pencils 10.00

chamois 2.00

variety of erasers 3.00

artist crayons 2.00

sharpener 2.00

charcoal and leads variety pack 10.00

matted frames 15.00 each

Here is a few pictures of what I used

I grabbed all of this at Michael's but feel free to use whatever store is local for you, if you use a big box store make sure you grab some coupons, Michael's has great coupons. 

How we did it

Step 1 make a solid line from one end of the page to the other, free form this line, the more sweeping the better but not too curvy. 

step 2 rotate the notebook and make 6 curvy lines. You can do more or less depending on how many waves you want in your picture. 

Step 3 here is the tricky part, where your first line crosses into the horizontal lines start making curved lines that connect the horizontal lines, the first line determines if the new lines will be up or down

Step 4 I usually start from the center and work out, color in between the horizontal lines, dark on the edges and highlighted in the center

depending on the medium you are using you can smudge the pencil/charcoal/lead to make a more smokey and blended effect

Step 5 continue to fill in, I use light dark light dark alternating method. 

step 6 finish until all "waves" are filled

step 7 frame your picture

The notebook I used was 9x12 inches after I tore if out of the perforation and the matting I used was 8x10, frame was 11x14. 

Time per drawing 2 hours

lessons learned

lay in lines should be drawn lighter or very dark

on colored pencils ensure you are really showing the highlight for each band. 

smudging is fun, use it. 

Send in your pictures and your stories about who you made this for and heck come on the show and talk with us about your project at www.kdoipodcasting.com

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