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As soon as I closed off my last post and I quit trying to remember my 2012 resolution word. Thus, it came to mind. It is “empower”. In 2012, I will empower myself. In doing so, this means not being afraid or ashamed to make mistakes. It also means upsetting people (even myself) who feel slowed down as teaching someone takes more time than letting someone who already knows how to perform a task.

2012 Word of the Year

This is my first post of the New Year. I used to spend holiday time to build a focus for the New Year. I had an easy time creating or reinforcing a previous resolution.

For some reason, I didn’t find the time to think about the New Year. Yet, it is now over a week into the New Year and last year still feels incomplete without a resolution for this year.

Yesterday, a word came to my mind that helped me feel strong and more able to focus on my life’s plan and I immediately wanted to adopt it as my work for the year. Today, I forget the word. Couldn’t have been that great of a word, you think? However, it was so appropriate and right for me that I find it unbelievable that today it isn’t coming to my mind.  I can’t think of it! I would have wrote it down, but it didn’t feel necessary—I didn’t think that I could forget it.

I have forgotten it. The more the I try to remember it, the more inaccessible the word feels.

So, today I’m going to try not to remember it so that it will surface in my mind.  While I can’t think of it, I know that when I hear it, I’ll know it or if I think of it, I’ll know it. Next time, I’ll write it down before it has time to get buried among the business of my day!

Community Assistance Request

For the past four years, the Galt Museum & Archives presented 3 Dimensions, an exhibit of sculptural artwork created by artists in southern Alberta in conjunction with Lethbridge Art Walk. A committee of four; 3 members from the community and Galt Curator Wendy Aitkens coordinated the Call for Submission, juried the submissions, installed and dismantled the exhibit. The project ends with a Wine & Cheese Closing event.

The committee is recruiting new members to assist with the development of the 2012 exhibit. The time commitment is about 10 hours between April and October. If you are interested in joining this committee please contact Wendy Aitkens at wendy.aitkens at galtmuseum dot com or 403-320-3907.

George Androkovich

George Androkovich is a welder. He began welding in high school and has been welding ever since—at work in his shop, Off-Road Canada since 1972,as he professionally crafts, repairs, builds and services vehicles specializing in the off-road vehicle. When not at work, he will play creatively, once again welding:  designing and tooling using various metals (copper, brass, mild steel, stainless steel, etc.) making a wide variety of metal sculptures. George taught welding at college and now passes his skill onto his employees. George is “crazy” passionate about welding.

Off-Road Canada business card, blue curacao, deep teal

My company, Blue Grama is proud to provide business cards for Off-Road Canada employees. The logo had been created by George and was used on business cards for years. I created a vector form of the logo and used colour to suit each of the major employees. When it comes to deciding colour, I often rely on current colour fashion to change things up and “go with the flow” of currently used colours in the design world. Here, I’ve employed the blues:  Blue Curacao from Spring 2011 with Deep Teal for Fall 2011.

Another personnel had  chosen blue for their card. There are so many variations of blue, that both can be blue and still different.

Off-Road Canada business card Twilight Blue, Regatta, Silver Cloud

Off-Road Canada business card, woodbine, chocolate truffle, oyster gray

Off Off-Road Time

A time piece: copper sculpture that hangs at Off-Road Canada shop

“Off Off-Road Time” is a copper sculpture time piece fashioned from sheets of copper cut with tin snips, shaped and welded then painted by torching through his custom-designed templates and baking body paint as well as scored with various grinding tools.

The piece can be hung vertically or horizontally.

This piece is one of George’s early works; it hangs at the Off-Road Canada shop.