Posts tagged cats
Makin' Latex
KINK ENGINEERING: The life and times of a latex saleswoman...
Mal and GIR make movie watching very difficult.
Arg…
Mal just bit holes in BOTH horns on my inflatable lucha hood! Little bugger!
RIP Hex Inflatable Horns.
Don’t cry for them… I can build more.
This is why everyone who owns latex should learn to do repairs. Ego Assassin teaches classes by the way…
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Plea from a Cat Named Virtue: My pick for best song of 2003… I know, I know, it’s a little late, but if you don’t know of the Weakerthans - You should!
The song came to mind as a perfect cross between the sleep deprivation caused by last night’s cat-terror-awakening and something I heard on Roderick on the Line E16 about over-produced music. It also speaks of card catalogues… so it was doubly-double dealing in my stream of thought.
Before making this post, I was actually trying to buy and gift this album (Reconstruction Site) to Merlin Mann as a thanks for producing so much amazing work-spiration on Back to Work and 43folders (all part of my move from cube-job to self employed) via an Itunes purchase, but aparently you are not allowed to be nice to people who are across a border from you.
Thanks I-tunes/music laws, way to promote world peace.
Anyway, this one goes out to you #hotdogsladies - You are NOT wrong about Sloan, and the Weakerthans are not afraid of dynamic range in their recordings.
They’re my pick for the past decade.
#notabrick
I actually helped out the folks at XKCD.com to change this comic into 3d.
In honor of our upcoming laser cutter (and our lovely cats) I chose one about a cat using a laser to kill it’s owner. Click the link to see it in 3D! (NOT AN APRIL FOOLS JOKE!)
Postscript: the 3D version of the site was just for April Fools day, but you can still see the 3d versions at www.xk3d.xkcd.com
Time-lapse latex building: A project with my friends and AMAZINGLY high quality builders at Ego-Assassin Latex.
Part 1: Latex Clothing - Making a bathrobe - Kink Engineering
NOTES: Time lapse video of the HOURS of work to make a bathrobe prototype. It still needs pocket, belt loops, belt and trim (another bunch of hours of work) to be totally ready.
I made this video to showcase how MUCH WORK goes into making a high quality latex garment. Even after years of experience, the good stuff takes time and care… which is why good latex is usually also expensive. (Though not all expensive latex is good!)
Quality Points to note: Lots of care taken in cutting the latex to avoid snags that will make the garment weaker. Careful cleaning, prepping, gluing, re-cleaning, seaming, rolling, cleaning (again), and powdering of seams. Reinforcements.
Things to be done to get this to market: Trim edges, add pockets, add belt loops, add belt, clean, shine, photoshoot, edit photos, create product on web store, promote…
Things to happen AFTER getting this product to market: Make a few sales, then get ripped off by sweat shop owning latex company in China who will make a crappy copy and thus turn latex lovers into latex phobics due to poor quality… Eventually go back to a cubicle job so that I don’t have to sell the cats to pay the rent, and stop making latex/art.
Death of creative latex designers…
Unless you support the original designers of great latex gear instead of buying cheap knock offs… I’m just saying…
Interesting things to watch for in the video: Curling latex getting flatter as thinner/glue dries. Cats in/around pattern papers, Cats ON me (twice), Ice Cream eating, kisses (2), lost pen behind ear (1), Archean turning off the lights and going to bed, Latex Ninja.
During the making of this video I was listening to: The Weakerthans wonderful album Reunion Tour, Merlin Mann interview on Failure, Rocky Horror episode of Glee (man, that show has jumped the shark!), Nerdist Podcast with Bill Mahr, Fetish Dynasty Podcast with Fetish Kitsch.
Music in video: “Mr Mastodon Farm” by Cake - BUY THEIR MUSIC, they are awesome.
LOL-BONDAGE!
OMG CATS IN LATEX!!!
Bastion’s feeling dressy today. Okay, okay, I just wanted to make him a rubber tie because we’re having company tonight and he makes a dapper butler.
We also have a latex fetish cat…
GIR tried on a latex hat… then helped us ship out orders.
