Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Please Don't Eat The Xanthine Snow!!



ABC Wednesday is a word meme with participants from around the world. This fabulous meme was created and hosted by Mrs. Denise Nesbitt who hails from Great Britain. Over time, others have joined in to help host this wonderful and informative meme. We are now in our ELEVENTH round with 'Captain Roger' at the helm! Some of the participants have been with this from the very first round; others have joined in along the way. Each week we are taken across the globe to see the varied and exciting contributions people have taken the time to discover and capture. We start with the letter, "A" and each week we post something in regards to the next letter of the alphabet. This week's letter is, "X".


XYLOGRAPHER


Albrecht Dürer's wood engraving of a rhinoceros




Xylographer: one who engraves on wood. Albrecht Dürer is an artist that is tops on my list of favorite artists-his work is prolific and impeccable. It doesn't seem possible that one artist was able to produce so much knowing how time consuming some of these techniques are.

I found a great video on You Tube of an artist doing wood engraving with hand tools-he does make it look easy, but don't be fooled!




XYST


(image from McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and construction)

Xyst: in Greek and Roman architecture, a long, covered portico or open court in which athletes performed their exercises. Such luxury!


XEME

(image from: the Darwin Country website)


Xeme: an Arctic gull. And, coincidentally (or not, depending on your perspective), this image is a woodcut-done by a xylographer!

And, since I totally missed the "W's" last week (and ended up posting "V" twice-wow), here's the 'token' "W":


WAVING





Wishing you all a very, very




8 comments:

Roger Owen Green said...

good recovery, and on the X week, no less!
merry Xmas!

ROG, ABC Wednesday team

A Cuban In London said...

Merry Christmas to you and your beautiful family! :-)

Greetings from London.

carol l mckenna said...

Wondrous post ~ great photos for ABC ~ ^_^

(A Creative Harbor aka artmusedog and Carol ^_^)

Thanks for coming by ^_^

Nonnie said...

You picked a great array of eXotic 'x' words!

Chubskulit Rose said...

My paternal grandfather used to do wood carving, he was good at it too!

eXpedition

Happy Holidays!
Rose, ABC Wednesday Team

Leslie: said...

Woodcarving is quite a skill - not as easy as it might appear at first. That rhino is so intricate!
Hope your Xmas was eXcellent, Paula.

Leslie
abcw team

Oakland Daily Photo said...

Wow, I didn't expect to see Dürer today! Thanks!

Cassie said...

Here's one for you: Xyletal...it's in some sugarless gum and is lethal to dogs if they eat it. Yikes!! Really, my Airedale got into some and it was really scary. Anywhoooo...Merry Christmas to you!

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