WET #11A: The Eagle Has Landed! January 29, 1999 After waiting for the power to go back on, and the winds to mellow down from 50 mph to 25 mph, I finally got to turn on my computer and get the WET 11 image this evening! This is my first attempt at this week's W(eek)E(nd)T(heme) project, which is based on the Egyptian line drawings supplied by Ron. When I looked at the drawing, that bird looked familiar. (I think I've seen him lurking around the totem poles in our neck of the woods.) Anyway, I realized he was a pretty powerful and long-lived bird, and that he'd "been there, done that" a long time before we even thought of it! And he didn't need a metal container to get there, either. As usual, this was done entirely in PSP5. WET #11B: "Whaddya mean, this isn't London?" January 30, 1999 This second WET #11 is my version of a memorable moment chiseled in stone. The event portrayed is the historic time-line mixup which resulted in a British nursery rhyme cat arriving in the wrong place at the wrong time. He wanted to SEE royalty, not BE one of them! Again, done with PSP5. Click on the image above to see the full sized image. WET #11C: "Ancient Artifacts: Museum Exhibit" January 30, 1999 A third WET this week, surprise! #11C shows the museum display of some rare Egyptian Scherenschnitte work done around 3000 BC. We usually think of this intricate cutwork as a German craft, but this archaeological evidence indicates that the Egyptians were also masters of the technique. Note, however, that they used thin sheets of metal such as gold and brass, rather than paper as modern Scherenschnittists do. This choice of materials verifies the age of the artifacts: these ancient Egyptians had no access to our modern wonder materials such as paper* and plastic, and so had to use plain old metal. Let's give them credit for trying, anyway! Notice also that, although the gold has survived the centuries well, the brass has begun to disintegrate, with oxidation occurring on the edges even though these items were found buried deeply and protected well within a small pyramid. The brass has now been coated with a special preservative to retard further degradation. There is some speculation that the brass is much older than the gold because of its cruder shaping, but this could simply be the result of a less experienced person doing the work. We'll never know! This image was also done completely in PSP5. *NOTE: Yes, they had papyrus, but most of it was too sturdy for this intricate and delicate cutwork technique. (LOL) This is the original image Ron posted for us to use. Thanks Ron! You can express your opinions by e-mail below. I'll be glad to hear from you. :) These images were created using Paint Shop Pro 5, especially for the WET #11 project. They are my original creations based on an original image obtained on-line courtesy of Ron through comp.graphics.apps.paint-shop-pro. Thank you! 5acreschool@usa.net All original graphics on this site Copyright 1999-2001 by Diane at Five Acre Graphics Site created 3/28/99 Page last modified 7/29/01 This page hosted by GeoCities