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"Jacks"Labels: Art Everyday by Mick Mather, digitally manipulated tempera-on-paper painting, jacks, painting, tempera-on-paper
posted by Mick at 4:37 AM
In its short-sightedness, blogger has turned its back on those of us stuck with old operating systems and I'm forced to find a new blog host. You will now find MickMathersARTblog at Blog.com - use the direct link found in the masthead and remember to update your bookmarks. This place will continue as another archive for a large body of my work. As many of you know, my primary medium and working method is digital collage composed of manipulated photographs often combined with digital drawing & generative images. Netlabels, bands and musicians can view samples of my CD Cover Art at Mick Mather Illustration located on Tumblr. In another life I was an Arts & Culture consultant specializing in revitalization planning through creative public art projects and programs with Economic & Community Development Departments of towns, villages and cities. In these hard financial times this work is more important than ever and I still accept consultancy inquiries. You can contact me by email at: mickmather@yahoo.com
3 Comments:
I suddenly feel old. I used to love playing jacks--cool piece. Thanks for the memories.
It looks like a compass, I think.
mary stebbins taitt:
You're welcome, Mary. I really need to ask, what was your best grab for the little buggers while the ball was in the air?
elegia:
Yes, it does at that! However, it's a little metal, spiky thingy that's used in an old childrens game called "Jacks". You got a bag full of these, maybe 30, and a rubber ball. As I remember, you would bounce the ball, quickly pick up a single jack and catch the ball. If you were sucessful, you got another turn where you needed to pick up 2 jacks and so on, increasing the number by 1 jack each time, until you failed to catch the ball. Then, the next person had a go until, at the end, whoever had accumulated the most jacks won the game. I think. :)
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