Star Speech

The word cloud is the result of putting Elie Wiesel's Millennium speech into tagxedo. The nice thing about tagxedo is that it is currently free and it allows users to…

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Gender Blender

Realising that I could coax apo into colouring this "half and half" was the secret to success. Today's Gratitude Item: That exam supervision this time around is much better than…

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Ice Leaves

Got lucky with the final transform. I clicked on it by accident as its not a variation that I tend to use. Today's Gratitude Item: Finally having a large enough…

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Rosh HaShana 5772

Shana Tova everyone. This one comes with a handy calendar - at least for the first 6 months of the year. You can access the large version of this graphic…

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Barren

Is this one busy enough to be barren? Today's Gratitude Item: That we did not dance tonight. Was hoping to have a class but realised last week that there were…

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Genius

This one required a fair bit of "genius" to create. Wish I could remember the precise steps. Today's Gratitude Item: That a colleague sent me a very useful power-point which…

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Pacific Beach

This one reminded me of waves crashing onto a beach. The pattern is inspired by traditional Samoan art, also known as "Siapo" patterns.On the topic of things Samoan, I'm pretty…

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Pacific Dawn

This is the second in my "Siapo" series. Original design blocks were copied from www.siapo.com which means that they cannot be used commercially. Today's Gratitude Item: Daylight saving starts tonight!…

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Pure and Simple

This graphic is neither. Hence the quotation. Today's Gratitude Item: Not having to teach junior classes. I realised today how lovely it is to only teach senior classes as these…

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Cyber Siapo

This is my first attempt at creating a Siapo pattern. It took forever to make but the effort was worth it. Originally created to inspire my students in our Geometry…

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