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By baruk on May 31, 2011
i can’t really think of a better metaphor for what i’d like my life’s work to be than ‘breaking bottles’. “what do you do?” “oh i break bottles.” nice, lol.
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By baruk on April 5, 2011
i am increasingly convinced that nothing i have, whether things, abilities, relationships or even my own *life, are mine because of any particular entitlement. it only takes a half-minute of contemplation to realise how bloody fortunate i am. when we were growing up, my parents had no fixed income, and we were supported by people [...]
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By baruk on April 2, 2011
so, after much tearing of hair and chewing of nails, the bottlebroke shop is *finally ready. it’s on the etsy platform, which seemed to make most sense. also released on 1st april, all fools day…which *also seems to make much sense lol. the business plan is simple: i keep 1/3rd of the proceeds, 2/3rds go [...]
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By baruk on January 12, 2010
interestingly enough, the green-ness of the green bottlebroke lamps seems emphasised by white (warm) light! am glad, because the white lights, though a higher initial investment, seem to save a good bit of electricity. this is the same lamp i’d used on the bottlebroke tree- we had to abandon the wooden parts when moving to [...]
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By baruk on December 13, 2009
bottlebroke has just gone international! (well, they always say that like it’s a good thing). entered ‘the bottlebroke tree’ at this years trees at the meteor event. also saw some of the trees being prepared, and they are *brilliant! hope to see them when they are all ready. the tree is an adaptation of the [...]
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By baruk on April 24, 2009
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By baruk on April 24, 2009
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By baruk on April 24, 2009
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By baruk on April 22, 2009
some of you have asked how i do the bottlebroke lamps. well, here you are. i have heard of other ways to do this, and am beginning to try process variations to see what happens. if you’re interested, let me know- i’ll publish the results of me experiments. remember bottlebroke is copy left-you can use [...]
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