Prim Perfect Talks at the Home and Garden Expo – Marketing and Mesh topics for today’s talks!

Throughout the Home and Garden Expo, Prim Perfect will be running a series of talks at the Prim Perfect Temple on Home Expo 6.  You’ll see a full list of the talks at the bottom of this post.

Today we have two great people for the talks – Valena Vacano, the Manager of Cheeky Pea and The Nest, and Charlotte Bartlett of Scarlet Creative.

Valena Vacano talks Marketing!

Valena will be speaking to Saffia Widdershins at 3pm, and she’ll be talking about Marketing in Second Life, drawing on her experience not just as Manager for one of the major furniture design stores in Second Life – Cheeky Pea, but also as manager of The Nest. a region that has been geared towards special events and stores.  This should be a very valuable discussion for people eager to get there word out!

Charlotte Bartlett talks Mesh and Materials

Then at 5pm Charlotte Bartlett will be talking to Cinders Vale about Mesh and New Materials. This was the subject of some lively discussion last night – and we’re sure that Charlotte, one of the leading creators of homes and furniture, while have plenty to say – and plenty of ideas too!

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We have a full programme of talks coming up at the Expo – make sure that you don’t miss them!

Prim Perfect Talks at the Home and Garden Expo

And make sure you don’t miss our daily lantern ceremony at 4pm, when we invite people to join us at the Prim Perfect platform on Home Expo 6 every day of the Expo at 4pm SLT for a communal release of lanterns both to celebrate the living and in memory of those we have loved and lost.

Lanterns Lifting

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Last chance to see …

The SL10B regions quiet and empty …

Map of the SL10B Community Celebration regions

Oh, periodically you might see a green dot on one or another. Some setting up the infrastructure, assigning parcels. Or maybe someone working quietly on one of the awesome stages or the welcome area,

But, basically, deserted.

All this will change tomorrow, Sunday 26th May, when the regions open to exhibitors and building begins. You’ll see all the regions start to fill with little green busy dots.

Those flat green squares? Watch them fill up on the map with all kinds of awesome.

Acceptances are still going out, so don’t panic if you haven’t had yours yet. There’s still time to hear.

And tomorrow … building will start!

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Prim Perfect Jigsaw at the Home and Garden Expo: The Prime Cantina

The Prime Cantina and Beach

Back to the Home and Garden Expo today – and I warn you that you’re going to be seeing a lot of jigsaws from there over the coming week, as the Expo is jam-packed with scrumptious goodies.  And then there’s an amazing Breedables Fair too!

Today’s picture os of the beach that leads to the Prime Cantina. Prime are the sponsors of Home and Garden Expo 3, and they’re right next to the Prim Perfect region. In fact, you can take a boat from our Greek-inspired region to the Mexican themed Prime cantina – and change from drinking ouzo to drinking tequila … and admiring the fine Prime style at the same time!

But before you do that, let’s do a jigsaw!

The Prime Cantina and Beach

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Catch up with your Prim Perfect jigsaws (showing images of Second Life and other virtual worlds).

If you’d like to submit a photo of your own to feature as a jigsaw, send it to the Prim Perfect Flickr Group. It should be sized 800w x 600h, or else it will need to be re-sized.

Check out our talks at the Home and Garden Expo – and don’t forget the beautiful lantern ceremony, every day at 4pm.

 

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Release a lantern for peace and love at the Home and Garden Expo

Lanterns Rise at the Home and Garden Expo

Prim Perfect would like you to join us for a very special ceremony on our region at the Home and Garden Expo at 4pm every day that the Expo is being held.

Last year, Alchemy Immortalis created a very special item for Relay for Life – I’ll let Alchemy Cyannis tell you about it:

Traditionally in Asia, blue lanterns represent immortality and peace.  We thought this not only captured the spirit of the Blue Willow tale (which was the region theme at the Home and Garden Expo 2012), but honoured the undaunting spirit of cancer survivors, and of those family and friends we have lost, celebrating the immortality of their lasting legacies in each of our lives, and the peace that we all strive for during one of the most difficult journeys in any life.

Last year, the ceremony became very special to the people who attended, and we decided that we should hold it again this year.  So, we invite people to join us at the Prim Perfect platform on Home Expo 6 every day of the Expo at 4pm SLT for a communal release of lanterns both to celebrate the living and in memory of those we have loved and lost.

Lanterns Rise at the Home and Garden Expo

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Prim Perfect Jigsaw: Home and Garden Expo: the view from our taverna

The view from the taverna

Yes, the Home and Garden Expo opens today, and I’ve been spending some time over there – at our beautiful Greek build.

Aisling Sinclair has created a beautiful Greek village on our plot on Home Expo 6, with a temple, a windmill, a church, village houses, a beach … and a taverna.

You can rezz a boat and sail down to the Prime Cantina (Hello, Winona and Reven!) on the next region. Or you can pause to wander around – many of the people on our region have been inspired to enter the spirit, and you’ll find elements of Greek buildings, temples and statues.  I’ll be writing more about this over the coming week but for now, enjoy the view from the taverna – and do the jigsaw!

The View from the Prim Perfect taverna at the Home and Garden Expo

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Catch up with your Prim Perfect jigsaws (showing images of Second Life and other virtual worlds).

If you’d like to submit a photo of your own to feature as a jigsaw, send it to the Prim Perfect Flickr Group. It should be sized 800w x 600h, or else it will need to be re-sized.

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Designing Worlds Celebrates Bay City – a community collaboration that has turned five!

Bay City, photograph by Wildstar Beaumont

Join us at 2pm SLT today, Monday 20th May, for the new episode of Designing Worlds at our studio in Garden of Dreams, as we set off to explore the retro world of Bay City, a mainland community in Second Life just celebrating its fifth birthday – and which is the result of an ongoing and unusual collaboration between residents and Linden Lab.

Although on the map Bay City may look like an island, it is actually a very special area of themed mainland, and we’ll be learning all about this from long-time (and very active) residents, Marianne McCann and Ever Dreamscape (who is editor of the Bay City’s own newspaper, the Bay City Post).

Bay City Funfair, photograph by Wildstar Beaumont

We’ll also be visiting some fascinating builds – including the spooky Falmouth Hotel, the wonderfully retro funfair, the Aquarium and, of course, the offices of the Bay City Post – as well as stopping off at the Community Center and a great themed diner!

Bay City Community Center, photograph by Wildstar Beaumont

So if you’re in to Bay City, retro or Art Deco style and strong communities … this is definitely the show for you! So come and watch the show 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 – 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!

Bay City, photograph by Wildstar Beaumont

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Last Day to apply to be a Part of the SL10B Community Celebration!

SL10B Community Celebration logo

Just a quick reminder … today – Monday 20th May – is the LAST day to apply to be an exhibitor, a performer or a volunteer at the Community Celebration for Second Life’s 10th Birthday.

It’s going to be amazing – fill in the application form and join in!

More details here. Hurry – time is almost up!

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Last chance to apply to be part of the SL10B Community Celebrations!

SL10B Community Celebration logo

There are just a few short days left to be part of the team at Second Life 10th Birthday Community Celebrations!

Applications for Exhibitors, Performers, slots in the Auditorium and for Volunteers will be closing at midnight on May 20th.

All applications will be carefully considered, and acceptances will be sent out in the week starting May 20th. But don’t worry if you don’t hear immediately – it will take the whole week to let everyone know.

How can you be part of the team at the Second Life 10th Birthday Community Celebrations?
There’s still time to apply to have a plot as an exhibitor. You need a good idea of what you are proposing to build – it should be community-orientated and celebratory. The clearer the information you can give, the easier it will be to assess your application. Look at the guidelines in Event Policies, and then tell us all about it.

If you want to exhibit something:
Art installation
Informative exhibition
Community group
Instructional
Media (writing, machinima, photography, etc.)
You need an EXHIBITOR APPLICATION

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If you want to perform, or to give a presentation or host a talk in the auditorium, make sure you fill out the form giving not only details of the event, but also the times that would suit you best.

If you want to present something:
Talk on a topic
Run a workshop
Teach a class
Do performance art
Put on a media event
You need an AUDITORIUM APPLICATION

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If you want to be involved in the musical celebration as a:
Live Performer
DJ
You need a PERFORMER APPLICATION

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If you want to help as a volunteer, but aren’t sure what role would suit you best, there’s a page of Role Descriptions too. Full training will be given to volunteers, and it’s a great chance to work with an amazing team of people.

If you want to help out with any aspect of the celebration, such as:
Greeter/Host
Moderator
Exhibitor Assistant
Stage Manager
Public Relations
Press
You need a VOLUNTEER APPLICATION

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But remember – you only have a few days left.

On May 20th, at midnight – Applications close.

So make sure you get yours in before the deadline!

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Prim Perfect Jigsaw at the Fantasy Faire: Evensong Woods

Evensong Woods

Evensong Woods was, in some ways , one of the more conventional fantasy regions at the 2013 and perhaps for that reason did tend to be a little overlooked in reports, which is a shame, because it was beautifully conceived and built by Searlait Nitschke of Roawenwood, which specialises in fantasy, furniture, landscaping, clothing, and role-play accessories.

Elves in trees seems almost expected now – a vision that predates Tolkien, but is perhaps most powerfully realised in Lothlorien. The fact that we now expect elves to have tree homes is certainly a testimony to that – other writers might have placed fairies in trees (as in Barrie’s Peter Pan) but the elves usually occupied a separate kingdom – lying at the end of the bonny, bonny way that Thomas the Rhymer took – a route followed not only by innumerable ballads but also by writers as diverse as William Morris and Terry Pratchett.

Yet it was very appropriate at an event that drew together so many different genres of fantasy that Evensong Woods should be there, with its trees and carvings, and beautifully realised and Searlait has written a very beautiful post about it here, which I would urge you all to read.

Evensong Woods, photograph by Wildstar Beaumont

Remember, there is still time to enter the short story contest that Prim Perfect is sponsoring in conjunction with Fantasy Faire!

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Catch up with your Prim Perfect jigsaws (showing images of Second Life and other virtual worlds).

If you’d like to submit a photo of your own to feature as a jigsaw, send it to the Prim Perfect Flickr Group. It should be sized 800w x 600h, or else it will need to be re-sized.

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Another look at Fantasy Faire 2013 with Designing Worlds

Now available on the web – our latest episode, the second of our two visits to the amazing Fantasy Faire.

Saffia talked to designers Kayle Matzerath and Marcus Inkpen about the regions that they created, while Elrik learned about the amazing Fantasy Faire radio (and its rather unusual studio) from Zander Greene, and then had an escorted tour of the famed (notorious?) Explorers’ Club (Oriental Branch) by Martini Discovalante.

Lotus Valley Dream, photograph by Wildstar Beaumont

And then there are more regions to explore before we said farewell to Fantasy Faire … for this year.

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