Prim Perfect’s Meet the Designers at the Home and Garden Expo with Cheeky Pea, Mission Home Store and Weekend Salvage

Yes, it’s another busy day for talks here at the Prim Perfect Pavilion on Home Expo 13 with three Meet the Designer talks with a variety of people participating!  First, at 2pm, we have Isla Gealach of CheekyPea, who will be talking to Rowan Derryth, as will Troy Vogel of Mission Home Store, who will be appearing at 4.30pm. And finally, at 6pm, we have Raeyn Sirnah of Weekend Salvage.  It’s all making for an exciting day!

Meet the Designer: Isla Gealach of CheekyPea

Islea Gealach is the owner of not only the intriguingly named CheekyPea, but also of The Nest, that beautiful sim that acts as a showcase for the work of many of Second life’s finest home and garden designers.  Isla featured in the September 2011 issue of Prim Perfect as our Designer of the Month, so you can read more there – and then come to the talk and learn about what she’s been up to since that!

Meet the Designer: Troy Vogel of Mission Home Store

Talking of Designers of the Month, our next guest, Troy Vogel of Mission Home Store, is the Designer of the Month in our current issue, where we celebrate not only the style and beauty of his creations, but also an association with Prim Perfect magazine that goes back five years, to our very first issue!

Meet the Designer: Raeyn Sirnah of Weekend Salvage

And finally, at six pm, we will be talking to Raeyn Sirnah of Weekend Salvage. Raeyn will be talking about finding real world inspiration for inworld creations or – as he says – “If you never thought you could be a builder because you don’t know the software and technical aspects of sculpts, textures, and animations, it’s easier than you think.”

We have a very full programme of Designers appearing at our Pavilion over the ten days of the Expo, every day at 2pm and 4pm (with a couple of talks at 12 noon and 4.30 pm. You’ll be able to see the full schedule, and details of the other events we are planning (including the peace lantern release and the Blue Willow mini-hunt), on this blog shortly.

Watching the lanterns rise

And don’t forget our daily release of Chinese Peace Lanterns every day at 4pm on the Prim Perfect stage area on Home Expo 13. Everyone is welcome to join us and release lanterns for friends and comrades – both those we cherish with us, and those who we have lost. Come along, set your viewer to sunset (as in the jigsaw) or midnight, and release you own lanterns! You can read more about it here.

Prim Perfect Jigsaw: Villa Anatra

Villa Anatra by Cain Maven

This beautiful Renaissance villa, created in mesh for Cain Maven of Maven Homes, is definitely one of the outstanding builds of the Second Life Home and Garden Expo. Every designer, it seems, asks me if I have seen it – and their tones range from awe to envy!

You really should try and make it to the Expo – to see this, and other impressive builds, or to attend one of the concerts, a Prim Perfect talk, or a Builder’s Brewery class.  Cain was a guest at our Meet the Designer talk in the Prim Perfect Pavilion on Saturday and talked about the build, about the inspiration of Palladio on this build, and about ducks.  Really, you had to be there – make sure you don’t miss any of your favorite designers by checking out our schedule.

Villa Anatra by Cain Maven, photograph by Beq Janus

And, as a special treat, here is a lovely view of our daily lantern release ceremony, taken by Aisling Sinclair – and a very appropriately shaped jigsaw!

Lanterns Aloft, photograph by Aisling Sinclair

Prim Perfect’s Meet the Designers at the Home and Garden Expo with Aphrodite, Scarlet Creative and Meshworks

We have a busy day here at the Prim Perfect Pavilion on Home Expo 13 with two Meet the Designer talks with a variety of people participating!  First, at 12 noon, we have Marina Ramer & Jaylin Whitewood of Aphrodite Shop, who will be talking to Saffia Widdershins, and at 6pm we have Charlotte Bartlett of Scarlet Creative and Loz Hyde of Meshworx, who will be talking to Angie Mornington.

Meet the Designers: Marina Ramer & Jaylin Whitewood of Aphrodite Shop

Aphrodite is a fascinating store, drawing on traditions and creators half a world apart – and they make a fascinating range of goods over and above the lovely houses that they are displaying at this year’s Expo. Come along and find out more from Marina Ramer & Jaylin Whitewood !

Meet the Designers: Charlotte Bartlett of Scarlet Creative and Loz Hyde of Meshworks

Charlotte Bartlett is a well-known creator in Second Life and her company is famed for its cool, elegant – and frequently minimalist – designs.  She will be talking about creating in Second Life and how to set up a successful brand or store. Loz Hyde is receiving increasing attention for his creative use of mesh (perhaps unsurprisingly, given his store name!) and he will be talking about this.,

We have a very full programme of Designers appearing at our Pavilion over the ten days of the Expo, every day at 2pm and 4pm (with a couple of talks at 12 noon and 4.30 pm. You’ll be able to see the full schedule, and details of the other events we are planning (including the peace lantern release and the Blue Willow mini-hunt), on this blog shortly.

Lantern Release on the Prim Perfect stage

And don’t forget our daily release of Chinese Peace Lanterns every day at 4pm on the Prim Perfect stage area on Home Expo 13. Everyone is welcome to join us and release lanterns for friends and comrades – both those we cherish with us, and those who we have lost. Come along, set your viewer to sunset (as in the jigsaw) or midnight, and release you own lanterns! You can read more about it here.

It seems that everyone wants to be part of SL9B

And here the video to prove it!

But, as he says, go to the blog and volunteer your services now. Apply for an exhibition – SL9B needs you.

 

 

Enter the Virtual Mine with Designing Worlds

Join us today, Monday 21st May at 2pm SLT in our beautiful studio in Garden of Dreams as we visit the Virtual Mine, a fascinating project in Second Life, created by Sand Castles Studios, in association with the Deep Down Mine documentary film.

The town of Maytown – and the polluting power station beyond

We’ll be talking to one of the makers of the documentary – Jen Gilomen, and to Gianna Borgnine of Sand Castle studios, as we explore the background to the creation of this region and the documentary, and then explore the area, looking at the issues it raises about the need for power, the cost of mountaintop mining, and the alternatives that could provide the needed power and employment, with far fewer environmental costs.

It makes for a fascinating show – so do come and join us at 2pm!

Or – if you can’t attend in person – tune in at 2pm SLT on Monday for the live show on http://treet.tv/live – where you can now chat with other audience members and even some of the participants during the show – or catch it later in the week on our shows page on the Treet.tv web site at http://treet.tv/shows/designingworlds – our very own version of the iPlayer!

And you might also like to tackle the Prim Perfect jigsaw, taken from this show, which we posted earlier today!

Prim Perfect’s Meet the Designers at the Home and Garden Expo: Nexgen Aviation and the Flying Tigers, and Glas Houses and [][]beach street[][]

We have a busy day here at the Prim Perfect Pavilion on Home Expo 13 with two Meet the Designer talks with a variety of people participating!  First, at 2pm, we have Jessii2009 Warrhol and Guarocuya Giano of Nexgen Aviation and the Flying Tigers, who will be talking to Elrik Merlin, and at 6pm we have Sandi Glas of Glas Houses and Heath Pevensey and Rory Larnia of [][]beach street[][] homes and gardens.

Meet the Designers: Flying Tigers and Nexgen Aviation

The Flying Tigers are one of the most intrepid – and largest – flying groups in Second Life.  Their amazing planes and re-creations of combat in aircraft from the Second World War are matched only by the astonishing story of the original Flying Tigers in real life. Nexgen Aviation create many of those planes, and it’s certain to lead to a fascinating discussion!  You can also see more about the Flying Tigers on a recent Designing Worlds show.

Meet the Designers: Glas Houses and [][]beach street[][] homes and gardens

Sandi Glas, of Glas Houses, creates affordable low prim, stylishly crafted, prefab homes and custom builds, which range from cozy beach cottages to open-plan styles inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright – she won the former Frank Lloyd Wright Virtual Museum’s building competition on several occasions! She’ll be talking about her own work, and also the future of building in Second Life. And we’ll also be joined by Heath Pevensey and Rory Larnia of [][]beach street[][] homes and gardens, two child avatars who arun two of the best known business in the family roleplay arena – Larnia Kidsand, of course, [][]beach street[][] homes and gardens. They’ll be talking about their store and about their work as designers.

We have a very full programme of Designers appearing at our Pavilion over the ten days of the Expo, every day at 2pm and 4pm (with a couple of talks at 12 noon and 4.30 pm. You’ll be able to see the full schedule, and details of the other events we are planning (including the peace lantern release and the Blue Willow mini-hunt), on this blog shortly.

Lantern Release on the Prim Perfect stage

And don’t forget our daily release of Chinese Peace Lanterns every day at 4pm on the Prim Perfect stage area on Home Expo 13. Everyone is welcome to join us and release lanterns for friends and comrades – both those we cherish with us, and those who we have lost. Come along, set your viewer to sunset (as in the jigsaw) or midnight, and release you own lanterns! You can read more about it here.

Home and Garden Expo Guide available now

Home and Garden Expo Guide cover

Here it finally is – the Home and Garden Expo Guide 2012, available to you all, after a few glitches!

You’ll find maps for all the regions, as well as details of music events, classes with Builder’s Brewery, Meet the Designer talks at the Prim Perfect Pavilion (although check the blog too – some of the timings have changed.  Plus there are details of sponsors and, of course, all the stores participating!

There are even some pictures to keep you turning the pages.

Vendors for the Guide should be appearing around the site later today – there are already two at the Prim Perfect Pavilion.  Copies have also been sent to all Prim Perfect, Designing Worlds and Primgraph subscribers – you should be getting yours shortly!

It’s also available from the Second Life Marketplace or, if you prefer, you can read it on the web.

But however you read the Guide, use the landmarks embedded in the web AND inworld versions to come to the Expo and explore all the amazing things there are to see here!