The Assemblagist » matchbook art http://assemblagist.org :: Valerie MacEwan :: Revise & Remake :: Fluxus is my chisel. :: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:10:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 What to do when you can’t find the right tool for the job http://assemblagist.org/2010/04/what-to-do-when-you-cant-find-the-right-tool-for-the-job/ http://assemblagist.org/2010/04/what-to-do-when-you-cant-find-the-right-tool-for-the-job/#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:23:37 +0000 VMac http://assemblagist.org/?p=1119 Continue reading →]]> http://assemblagist.org/2010/04/what-to-do-when-you-cant-find-the-right-tool-for-the-job/feed/ 0 Vintage MatchBooks size C8 — ISO paper size. http://assemblagist.org/2009/11/vintage-matchbooks-size-c8-iso-paper-size/ http://assemblagist.org/2009/11/vintage-matchbooks-size-c8-iso-paper-size/#comments Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:28:37 +0000 VMac http://assemblagist.org/?p=749 Do you ISO or do I?

Found out something truly fascinating today when I perused a knowledge lidbit (which is slightly more than a tidbit) concerning what the dimensions of a piece A4 paper is. Come to find out, standard paper sizes are based on a single aspect ratio of the square root of 2 or  [√2 = 1:1.4142] The way to figure out dimensions is to fold an A4 size piece of paper in half, do it again, again, again... ad infinitum. Wikipedia puts the explanation of paper sizing standards thusly: "The main advantage of this system is its scaling: if a sheet with an aspect ratio of √2 is divided into two equal halves parallel to its shortest sides, then the halves will again have an aspect ratio of √2." ... read more

]]> http://assemblagist.org/2009/11/vintage-matchbooks-size-c8-iso-paper-size/feed/ 0 Vintage matchbooks in assemblage art http://assemblagist.org/2009/09/vintage-matchbooks-in-assemblage-art/ http://assemblagist.org/2009/09/vintage-matchbooks-in-assemblage-art/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:42:04 +0000 VMac http://assemblagist.org/?p=668 Been working my little collage fingers to the bone. Well, that ain't really true, because it went from collage to assemblage in one fell swoop. Blammo... it started when I found these provocativeOooh! You naught cur! matchbooks in the pile o'what can I do with this? stuff in the studio desk drawer. Rather than just have the matches sitting around collecting dust bunnies - I plucked out the flammable portion and commenced to frame the little suckers. Then, once framed and snappy snippy, I used the matchbook - faux - art as background for the cigar box rooms I'm creating. Sound wacko? It is. Assemblage art is only for the bonkers and the wacko of those of us who can handle the insidious side-by-side of disparate objects. ... read more

]]> http://assemblagist.org/2009/09/vintage-matchbooks-in-assemblage-art/feed/ 0 Matchbook Covers as Art http://assemblagist.org/2009/04/matchbook-covers-as-art/ http://assemblagist.org/2009/04/matchbook-covers-as-art/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:11:57 +0000 VMac http://assemblagist.org/?p=212 The last Woodside Antiques auction we attended must have been in, what... January? That's when we acquired the Victorian scrapbook and the sewing basket filled with dozens of spools of vintage thread. And the Victorian handmade lace, the 1920s dresses... great bunches of "stuff" at some very low prices. Yes, I'm talking to myself. Didn't I end up with a huge box filled with matchbooks? It was the time I bid without knowing I'd done so? Yeah, it's all coming back to me now. Well, seems the $5.00 purchase price may not have been so ignorant after all. Turns out, matchbooks are collectible. Who knew? You did, right? Why didn't you tell me? ... read more

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