Inner Prints

Where People, Art and Life Come Together

Welcome to Inner Prints! November 14, 2008

Filed under: 1 — Brenda Marik-Schmidt @ 2:27 pm

Inner Prints…..Where

     People, Art and Life

                  Come Together

Inner prints is for everyone!  It is an opportunity for individuals to tap into their creative energy which lies active or possibly dormant within the inner- core of their being. It is there, just waiting to come out! The creative energy of each individual is as unique as their fingerprints, hence “Inner Prints”.

 

© 2008 All Rights Reserved 

 Given that we are all born into our own space, have our own unique set of life experiences with related perceptions, it would stand to reason that no two people view life in exactly the same way. Our outlook, spirituality or lack there-of is as specific to us as our fingerprints.

It is our individual spirit, resting deep in our soul that is the very foundation for which our creativity and artistic expression is born. Each time we express our creativity, whether it be through painting, drawing, poetry, song etc, we leave our “inner prints”.  That is the beauty of art. It is a direct connection to the heart and soul of the individual that is brave enough to reveal the inner truth that lies within.

 This space is for sharing of “Inner prints”. Whatever  your form of expression, you are invited to share it and leave your “prints” as you pass on through.  It is my hope that over time this space will become a beautiful collage of  “prints” that will allow us to  consider the   unique perspectives of each contributing individual

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     Jewelry              Painting; all  mediums              Stained Glass                           

                   Design                               Music                             Poetry                        

      Sculpture               Photography                         Mosaics                   Theater                 

        Ceramics                                  Culinary Arts                          Fashion

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See the beautiful work below of Candace Eisert, the newest contributor to the site.  Thanks Candace for sharing your creations! 

       

Do you have  creative work that you would like to put up on this site?   Please leave comment with contact info.  This will be kept private.  Confidentiality is respected.  Nothing gets published without personal authorization.  

 

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Great News..’Old Man’ Has Found a Home Among the ‘Hardcore’! January 12, 2011

Filed under: 1 — Brenda Marik-Schmidt @ 6:36 pm

‘Old Man’ is no longer homeless!

 ’Old Man’ has found a home! He now lives among the ‘HARDCORE’. He, officially as of December, 2010 was taken in by the ‘hardcore’ band from Bosnia, ‘Hobson’s Choice’, who released their new EP, ‘Indivisible’.  ‘Old Man’ is now gracing the cover of the CD, looking at the world with his sinister, sad, lonely and evil eyes.

 

                             ’Old Man’, by Brenda Marik-Schmidt

 

           About the Band; Hobson’s Choice

Hobson’s Choice is a new school hardcore band from Tuzla, Bosna Herzegovina. HCXHC (Hobson’s Choice hardcore) was founded in 2005 by noted activist Aleksandar Todorovic. They have released two EP’s, Dysfunctional Family in 2007 and With Brute Force in 2009. The band is currently recording long awaiting LP under the title Deadly Groundz. HCXHC is known as the only band in Bosnia Herzegovina to promote straight edge, although the only straight edge member is the originator Aleksandar Todorovic. The band is also known as one of the most active on Bosnia Herzegovina underground scene, playing regularly across ex Yugoslavia, making its name on some prestigious festivals and notable shows such as Exit Festival (Serbia), Sarajevo Metal Fest (Bosnia Herzegovina), Interground Fest (Bosnia Herzegovina), but also actively contributing to Tuzla’s scene by organizing shows, lectures and documentary film projections. During the years Hobson’s Choice shared the stage with bands such as Kontra, Despotic Bullet, Fullsize (SRB), Unrise, Nothing Left (SRB), Neverlost (SRB), MTS, Backstab, True To The Cause (CRO), Discord (SRB), This Is How We Feel (SRB), Needfull Things (CZ), Arcadia (ITA), Dead Vows (SWE), Born From Pain (HOL), Hardfaced (MAC), Kolaps (SRB), Moment Of Clarity (SRB), Vault Of Pain (SRB), Thrash Union (SRB), All Except One (SRB), My Dying Bride (GBR), Unrestrained (USA), Hitman (SRB), Last Hope (BG) and many more.

Tracklist
01. Mind edge
02. Cops=dogz
03. Schools
04. Absolution
05. Circle of trust
06. Hobson’s choice
07. Reflections (Trial cover)Artist: Hobson’s Choice
Album: Indivisible EP
Genre: hardcore / newschool
Releasedate: December 26th, 2010
Source: CD, digital download
Playtime: 21min37sec
Bitrate: 320Kbps
Size: 46,1 MB
Year: 2010, SelfreleasedRecorded At DFK, September 2010, Banja Luka, BiH
Mixed and mastered by Ninoslav Dobrijevic
Sound assistant Dejan Savic
Front cover by Brenda Schmidt (NC, USA)
Sleeve design and digital photographic manipulation by Aleksandar Todorovic

 

2010 in review January 2, 2011

Filed under: 1 — Brenda Marik-Schmidt @ 5:44 pm

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:

Healthy blog!

The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads This blog is doing awesome!.

Crunchy numbers

Featured image

The average container ship can carry about 4,500 containers. This blog was viewed about 15,000 times in 2010. If each view were a shipping container, your blog would have filled about 3 fully loaded ships.

In 2010, there were 3 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 7 posts. There were 94 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 48mb. That’s about 2 pictures per week.

The busiest day of the year was February 16th with 86 views. The most popular post that day was Mosaic Art; pieces by assortment of artists.

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were search.aol.com, facebook.com, innerprints.org, rainbowmosaics.com, and WordPress Dashboard.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for mosaic, coral reef, mosaic art, sunflower mosaic, and mosaic sunflower.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

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Mosaic Art; pieces by assortment of artists November 2008
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2

“About”, Paintings by Brenda Marik-Schmidt November 2008
10 comments

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Minerals, Stones and Gemstones October 2009
1 comment

4

Visual Arts; assortment of mediums and artists October 2008
6 comments

5

Handcrafted Fine Jewelry-Assortment of Artists December 2009
2 comments

 

Photography and Jewelry Creations by Candace Eisert November 27, 2010

Filed under: 1 — Brenda Marik-Schmidt @ 5:17 pm

 

Hello Brenda,

I create all sorts of things..Mainly jewelry. I do love to paint, crochet, knit, sew & do other crafty things as well..I’m not that great of a photographer but I do have a few really awesome pictures taken with a really good camera from this summer.

Candace

 

 

-This Abalone wrapped piece was originally a large circle pendant. I stepped on it during one of my moves (I wanted to cry!). So I took the largest remaining piece that was not completely shattered & wrapped it. I think I will turn it into some sort of Broach.

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

-Pink Agate wrapped in silver wire. Pretty simple design, I like how it turned out.

 

 

Tiger’s Eye stone wrapped with silver wire at the top and a little squiggle swirl in the middle.

 

        

     

             

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A piece of coral that I found in Newfoundland. It has some silver wire wrapping within the cracks of the coral..sort of hard to see in the picture, looks much better in person. 

Gold wire wrapped stone. The stone resembles cracked glass, and is a nice Amber color. I went a little crazy with the wrapping on this one because it was a thin gauge wire that is easy to work with.

 

A piece of Barnacle that I found on The Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii). Simply wrapped with a hematite bead at the top.

 

-Silver wire wrapped Amethyst. I always just “wing it” when I wire wrap, I just start randomly and see how it turns out.                                                            

 

Group shot of all my new little creations.

 

 

 

 

One of my favorite pendants that I put on a necklace that I made-The Tree of Life.  Beads on the tree of life necklace..They’re either “Dragon’s Eye Agate” or “Dragon Vein Agate” I’ve heard it called by both names.

 

Necklace created with various purple/black/dark gray buttons. Strung on thin wire with hematite and purple stone beads..finished with a lobster clasp.

 

        Close up on the back of the necklace.

 

What the necklace looks like actually on.

 

-Green, Blue and Black button necklace strung on thin wire finished with lobster clasp. 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

       

 

                              OMG!

 

                                                                                                                                                                                             

                                                                                                                                                                     OMG!   

                  

Hi Candace,

Thank you for sending in your beautiful creations! Your right, these pictures are awesome  and your jewelry is very special!

Brenda

 

 
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