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Warren (he/they)
@warrenbaird.bsky.social
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Geek, Nerd, Photographer, Digital Artist, Maker (3D printing, Metal Clay, Jewellery), Reader (mostly sff), Gamer (tt, video), Gardener.
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Warren (he/they) @warrenbaird.bsky.social · Nov 19
Look, it's an intro post! Couple facts about me
Grew up in Sask, lived in Montreal for >20 years
Wish everyone could live life to their full potential-feminism, trans-rights, UBI, equality
Responds to terrible things in the world by trying to make beautiful things. Been making too much art lately
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I haven't been posting on here much - but I have still been creating some new things - here are some #bear #pendants I made with #bronze #metalclay over the summer
A bronze pendant in the shape of a bear with an abstract texture on it, and a glass cabochon featuring an image A bronze pendant in the shape of a bear with an abstract texture on it, and a glass cabochon featuring an image A bronze pendant in the shape of a bear with an abstract texture on it, and a glass cabochon featuring an image The back of a bronze pendant in the shape of a bear with an abstract texture on it
October 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Some #photos of #tulips from my #garden this weekend: The spiky one is a 'Cummins' fringed tulip, the pink is a 'Strawberry Cream' double tulip, and the other purple one is a 'Blue Wow' double tulip... #art #flowers
Macro photo of a blue wow tulip Macro photo of a strawberry cream tulip Macro photo of a strawbery cream tulip Macro photo of a cummins tulip
May 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Since a lot of my sales are via #art galleries, I thought I'd try making a #pendant in the shape of a framed picture - I think it turned out pretty well. I embossed the texture from a soap film photo on the back, which I think was a nice effect.
I'd love to hear what you think of it!
a hand holding a bronze pendant in the shape of a picture frame, with a colourful image. a hand holding a bronze pendant in the shape of a picture frame, with an interesting texture embossed on the back.
April 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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A new #pendant design in an damselfly shape, with #knotwork for the body. Made with bronze #metalclay, and featuring some #art that I created under a glass cabochon.
a front view of a bronze pendant in the shape of a damselfly, with a glass cabochon featuring an image with trees and the moon. a front view of a bronze pendant in the shape of a damselfly.
February 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Trump fired a black 4-star general and replaced him with a white 3-star general, despite the role normally going to 4-star generals. This is the reason DEI policies came into place - give qualified, excellent black candidates a chance for jobs that would otherwise go to less-qualified white males.
a quote from 'Covie' on X: It is ironic because trump firing a Black 4-star general as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff only to name a less qualified white man to the same job is the reason why DEI policies exist in the first place.
February 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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I decided to revisit a #knotwork inspired #dragonfly #pendant that I did a while back - and update it to work with glass cabochons. I can only get glass in certain sizes, so I had to change things a bit - but I like it. Done in #blender, will be made in #metalclay, features #art I created.
A mockup of a dragonfly pendant design inspired by celtic knotwork, with a cabochon in the center featuring an image I created by blending together a number of photos.
February 9, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Wow - apparently it's been almost 10 years since I've taken #photos of soap film / soap bubbles. A lot of my #artwork incorporates photos like this for both #colour and #texture - You can see one of the examples below, as well as an image of the setup I use to capture them. Need to do this again
a photo of light reflected off soap film - the same thing you use to blow bubbles with. the very short distance between the front of the film and the back causes interference patterns in light reflected from the film, so very tiny differences in film thickness can give big changes in colour. The patterns are fascinating and change constantly. part of the rig I use to take photos of soap bubble film - what you don't see here are a flash set up with a big whiteboard to diffuse the light against the film.
January 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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I just ordered some more spring planting #flowers yesterday, which got me thinking about how nice it will be to be out in the #garden again in a few months - so here's a #macro #photo of what I think is a 'Blue Line' bearded #iris from my garden (it came from a mix, so I'm not 100% sure)
A macro photo of a standard dwarf bearded iris, most likely a 'Blue Line' from my garden.
January 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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I haven't posted much of my #artwork here yet - this is a composite image I created by digitally blending photos I took of a pond in #Saskatchewan near where I grew up, light reflected off a soap bubble, and #photos of a #tulip, with observations from the #JamesWebb #Space Telescope of NGC-346
A composite image created by digitally blending 4 photos I took with observations from the James Webb Space Telescope of NGC-346 - a stellar cluster in the small magellanic cloud. The photos are of a pond in Saskatchewan near where I grew up, plus light reflected off a soap bubble, plus two photos of a frilly tulip from my garden to add texture.
January 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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This whole situation with Neil Gaiman is quite disgusting... I don't know if I'd have characterised him as a favourite author, but I've definitely enjoyed some of his work. It's disappointing, but perhaps not surprising to see this kind of thing --- as usual, Andrea says it very well...
andreazanin.bsky.social Andrea Zanin @andreazanin.bsky.social · Jan 14
CN: sexual assault
This article (non-paywalled version) covers some of the details of the accusations against Neil Gaiman that began circulating last year. It's graphic and disturbing, and only really gets into two women's experiences (there have apparently been many). ...
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January 14, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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Here's the final result of the #pendant I designed recently - created in #metalclay from a #3dprinted mold master made in #blender.
a view of the front of a bear pendant. a view of the back of a bear pendant.
January 14, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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Decided to try making a #pendant without an image in it - I used a technique I've just been figuring out in #blender to make a 'wireframe' of a low-poly model of a bear I made. This is a mockup, but I've #3dprinted the mold masters, and have the first one in the kiln now.
mockup of a pendant in the shape of a bear.
January 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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I thought it might be interesting to go through the process I follow to create my pendants here, using the birch leaf pendant I created recently as an example. I start out by creating a #3Dmodel of the pendant shape in #blender
a photo of a birch leaf, with an image superimposed a screenshot of a pendant design in blender.
January 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Here's a #pendant I made from #bronze #metalclay recently, based on a birch leaf I photographed out in Saskatchewan, featuring an image I created from #photographs of a #tree, rocks and a soap bubble.
a bronze pendant in the shape of a birch leaf, featuring an image made by combining photos of a tree, rocks and a soap bubble. a bronze pendant in the shape of a birch leaf
January 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Finally going through some #photos of #leaves I took in the summer out in Saskatchewan - I was trying to find ones that were the right shape for some glass cabochons I bought - at least one of them turned out pretty well - this will be my next #3dmodeling project!
A photo of a leaf, with an image and a glass cabochon superimposed on it.
December 29, 2024 at 2:57 PM
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In theory, there's no difference between theory and practice... My second, 'improved' attempt to make a mold that would let me create the 'wireframe' butterfly #pendant from #metalclay failed - the clay shattered when demolding. Not sure yet if there will be a third attempt...
a shattered version of a pendant in metal clay, along with the two halves of a mold that created it. a digital mockup of a 'wireframe' butterfly pendant...
December 23, 2024 at 6:20 PM
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Looking for an #ebike in Canada seems hard! Most of the well-reviewed one are either not available or super expensive. Just looking for something relatively light (<23kg) and not stupidly expensive... Only found the davinci e-milano so far...
December 23, 2024 at 5:58 PM
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I decided I want to make a small desktop garbage can - this is a test print I did using a new 'polychromic' 3d printer filament --- I'm pretty happy with how it turned out --- I'm going to use it as a pot for a plant.
December 15, 2024 at 6:53 PM
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It's a good day for snow duckies
A set of 2 large and 6 small snow ducks on a snowy yard A set of 2 large and 6 small snow ducks on a snowy yard
December 8, 2024 at 4:14 PM
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A new WIP pendant design! Figured out how to get a wireframe effect in blender using a low-poly mesh. Not sure if I'll be able to make it in metal clay or not - but I'll try! The image on is a blend of photos I took : soapfilm, ice crystals and a landscape near where I grew up in Saskatchewan.
mockup of a bronze pendant of a butterfly, with a wireframe body and teardrop shaped wings. The wings show an image I created by blending photos I took of light reflected off soap film, of ice crystals, and a landscape in Saskatchewan
December 5, 2024 at 1:01 AM
warrenbaird.bsky.social
Look, it's an intro post! Couple facts about me
Grew up in Sask, lived in Montreal for >20 years
Wish everyone could live life to their full potential-feminism, trans-rights, UBI, equality
Responds to terrible things in the world by trying to make beautiful things. Been making too much art lately
November 19, 2024 at 4:12 AM