Leap Day: Unposted Star

'Leap' in this case does not refer to another 'Limited Edition Art Piece' but to the fact that today is the 29th of February - the day which makes my year 366 days long.

The blog says "365 Days of Stargazing" and that's what it's going to be, so no star post today. However, this gave me a chance to insert the one star into this project I didn't want to put here: a song including stars which I wrote months ago - and my songs are not ment for the wild, uncontrollable open of the WWW.

So, that song will be star number 366 while the blog will remain at the original 365. (I like that solution a lot.^^)

176. LEAP #6: Staple Star

Another little star made with supplies from our little room at work:

175. Fake Stars

At first, I was a little disappointed when it seemed that today's star would be 'just a photo'... But then I realised that what I basically did was take a picture of things that really aren't stars but look like they are here:

The moon, Venus, and Jupiter - all together and extraordinarily bright - when I got back from work tonight. :)

174. Phone Charger Star

Right... I've come to the point where I need to compromise... I really want to make it through the next five weeks with continuous stars but there is so much going on right now that I find it not only challenging but almost impossible. So I have decided that it's okay to work ahead should I get an opportunity for more than one star a day; it's also okay to not 'make' much but rather just take an interesting photo; it's also okay to make a star very similar to another one I've made befor (talk about snow...); and - most importantly - SIMPLICTY!

So, here's a star I made today which has to count for yesterday:

Its significance:

1. I took a lot of time for phone calls yesterday. (This is my phone charger.)

2. ACCEPT IMPERFECTION! ;)

173. Physalis Star

This time I'm late with the actual star - I was quite exhausted yesterday. So here's a physalis from the ones I bought yesterday (to have at least a small connection) with the leaves squashed and bent to keep them in shape:

I'll hopefully make another one for today...

172. Fir-Needles-in-Snow Star

Yesterday afternoon I took some time to go for a walk in the snow and lie on a bench outside in the warmest sun I've felt for weeks with a panoramic view of the Alps. As the snow had begun to melt away, all the little branches, cones and tons of fir needles resurfaced - which is what inspired me to make this star:

171. Empty-Loo-Roll Star

Well, the title baisically says it all:

170. Wine Star

After a long (and very interesting) day of work, my new friends and I went to a wine bar to spend the evening together and cool our heads a little. That's how I got to make this star:

In the upper left corner of the picture one can spot the planet "Tiny Table Tree" in orbit around the star.

169. LEAP #5: Fifteen of My Colours

Another "Limited Edition Art Piece".

I'm so glad I hadn't worked on this page before...! Those pieces are great for times of little energy - I know I'm repeating myself.^^

168. Snow Star

There's a lot of snow around here - by my standards, that is. ;) So I took the opportunity to make another (simple) snow star:

Also, here's a guest star contribution by one of my fellow interns I met today:

Those people are great fun to have around.^^

167. Shoe Star

Okay, now it's going to get irregular... 6 weeks of internship and I have no idea how much time and energy I will find for star-making and star-posting. But I shall try my best!

Here's yesterday's star, titled "On the Road Again" or "Boots for Walking" or something along these lines...

166. LEAP #4: Carnival Star

It's somewhat sad I don't get to go to a carnival party this year. I was so hoping for an occasion to make a star costume. But for this weekend it would have been too much effort and too little time as I'm busy packing and preparing everything for a six weeks internship a good way away.

Since I didn't feel like painting my own face just for fun (there are times I might actually feel like it^^), I simply painted a star with theatre make-up on the next Limited Edition Art Piece:

165. Woodworm Star

Well, I'm late with the post again - which is because I didn't finish this star yesterday. Lacking energy... But anyway, here it is now:

 

I took a photo of the table at the bar where I went last night with a friend. Then I added some more marks to the wood using photoshop to make this star.

164. Mochi Star

Some more Japanese food: When we went shopping for sushi ingredients yesterday, I found something I had been searching for for years - daifuku mochi! Little rice dumplings of different flavours. They've got a consistency like nothing else I've ever tasted, totally weird! But somehow I really like them. However, trying to cut one into star shape turned out to be quite a challenge:

(I know, it does look slightly disgusting... but I just had to do this!^^)

163. Sushi Star

Tonight, I had some friends over and we made sushi - a first for most of us. To be honest, the results were amazing! I tried to turn one roll into a star, which almost worked. At least everyone recognised it.^^

It was fairly easy to form the inside-out rolls into triangles, so I made an additional star out of them:

Those were delicious! I'm looking forward to our next sushi-making session. (Fortunately, there's still a lot of rice left.^^)

162. Exams-Done-Celebration Star

Today, towards the end of my ninth semester, I took my very last exam at university. Now there's only the master's thesis left. This is just a little doodle for the occasion:

Nine points for nine semesters. Blue colours for feeling just a little blue. And no massively impressive star because there is still so much going on and to be organised that I don't feel very impressed at the moment. But things went well and if I take just a moment to really think about it all I'm truly glad this part of university is over. :)

161. Music Monday #6

Actually, this is not a real Music Monday... I had very little time yesterday but those ideas I have left for star-songs need rather a lot of time. Still, this star is generally quite musical since it is made out of the wrapper of a "Mozartkugel":

Also, there is a piece of music by Mozart of which one might say that it is losely related to stars... one of the more famous ones... most famous ones... ;)

160. Limited Edition Art Piece #3

So the post is a little late but the star was not. (I was just too tired last night.)

Those "Limited Edition Art Pieces" are a wonderful solution for times like these when I feel utterly unmotivated. So here is a star made of my initial "L" on a background of ink pad smudges:

159. Limited Edition Art Piece #2

Right, here is the next one.

It's very green.

Not much else to say about it. :)

P.S.: I just realised that abbreviating "Limited Edition Art Piece" would get me "LEAP".

I think that's an interesting connection.

I'm just not sure what to do with it, yet.

158. Limited Edition Art Piece #1

The fun with "This is not a Book" continues. There's a page with 10 empty squares to be filled with ideas/art of any kind. This is my first: a star made of silvery-white string in a watercolour night sky.