tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-114004382024-03-16T03:09:34.921+02:00WeaverwerxWanderings through art, film and travel by Hal Weaver.Hal Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13679447874426193665noreply@blogger.comBlogger590125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11400438.post-31102495632279955812024-01-10T19:44:00.002+02:002024-01-15T14:16:36.343+02:002023 – Once More Into the Fray…I have not been a big fan of the 2020’s on a global and historical level. It’s been a bit of a scary shitshow of a decade so far. On a personal level however, it’s been an invigorating period. In 2023 I managed to get closer to the kind of creative life that I prefer to live, but was elusive to me for some years. There had been flashes of projects here and there through the years; the random art Hal Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13679447874426193665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11400438.post-10046877978786983792023-11-07T16:40:00.004+02:002023-11-07T16:44:22.835+02:00The Last Logo2023 has been a big year for Weaverwerx; a resurrection of sorts after years of little to no activity. I have taken a workspace in the old Kino Studios in Riga, Latvia and have begun to pursue comix, drawings and film projects again. As part of this new era, I have revamped the Weaverwerx website, which was the perfect opportunity design a new logo. Now embarking on a new logo design may seem Hal Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13679447874426193665noreply@blogger.com0Riga, Latvia56.9676941 24.105622128.657460263821157 -11.050627899999999 85.277927936178855 59.261872100000005tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11400438.post-58505784442083015222023-08-26T18:33:00.000+03:002023-08-26T18:33:09.557+03:00Taking Your Ears on a Little Trip Around the Worldphoto credit Ieva WeaverWhoops, I did it again, well in this case, it was no accident but another happy opportunity to play a radio DJ once more. This was my second turn at the web-powered microphone for the Latvian online radio station tirkultura. My first time was back in February of this year, which I related on my other, comix-related blog, The Reluctant Sadist and Other Wanderings in the Hal Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13679447874426193665noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11400438.post-19024031393363614302023-07-11T12:33:00.002+03:002023-07-11T12:40:15.380+03:00A Face Found in Darkness and Space I found a face on a winter day. It was there, somewhere in the frozen mist. Someone I had known, or maybe would know one day? This is the latest collaboration with my friend Neil Bruce; his music and my visuals. Neil and I have been making movies together for twenty years now. Neil sent me a music track (an earlier version of what is presented here) and suggested I create "...somethingHal Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13679447874426193665noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11400438.post-31297410347650773532022-06-24T15:54:00.001+03:002022-06-24T16:00:33.637+03:00Walking the Wall - Part One Do you still have dreams? Are you actually trying to make those dreams come true? I have a bucket list, which could also be called a "dream list" and I've been neglecting it for too long. Most of the items are travel or hiking related, so the last couple of COVID-19 years have made those dreams more difficult to achieve. I've also added other kinds of personal goals like artistic/Hal Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13679447874426193665noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11400438.post-57250603354260965642022-05-15T14:23:00.000+03:002022-05-15T14:23:11.897+03:00Me and I has become We and Us.... My life has changed a lot since I last posted on April 11th. The biggest, most beautiful change was, I got married on April 26th in a simple civil ceremony here in Riga, Latvia. How does one go from being an "I" or "Me" to an "Us" and "We"? It's a mysterious process and different for every couple. It's a construction of a million moments of laughter and trust and patience. A daily risk thatHal Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13679447874426193665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11400438.post-32787616667100046172022-04-11T12:59:00.001+03:002022-04-11T12:59:10.033+03:00The Devil Rides Out I've been occupied in mind and spirit by this terrible war. I am astounded at the massive display of evil deeds that the ruzzian (the way I choose to write "Russian" now. Small "r", double zeds to show my disdain) army has perpetrated. The pain and suffering being inflected is too disgusting to imagine. I cannot understand this depravity. In response, I'm trying to find ways to support the Hal Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13679447874426193665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11400438.post-48502033447798052132022-03-11T16:04:00.003+02:002022-03-11T16:04:42.529+02:00Draw Angry The war rages on. I am in awe of the Ukrainian people, soldiers and President Zelensky. The grace under pressure they display every moment is inspiring. It is gut-wrenching watching the horror and seeing that the Western countries are unable to respond for fear of triggering WW III, but most especially a nuclear exchange. I don't know what the right answer is, but I am glad to see the linesHal Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13679447874426193665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11400438.post-43657022520667813322022-02-25T18:12:00.000+02:002022-02-25T18:12:26.066+02:00This Should be a Dove I'm feeling overwhelmed by the news of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. It's a disgusting, unnecessary, illegal and immoral act that seems like it should be impossible here in the 21st century; aren't we past world wars? But here we are and all because of one asshole who is not smart enough to think of creative ways to contribute to the common good, instead he has to fuck it up for all us. TheHal Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13679447874426193665noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11400438.post-51641350178857424272022-02-18T11:08:00.004+02:002022-02-18T11:31:48.516+02:00ACHTUNG - DADA POSTCARD ALERT!!!!This week's entry is a postcard I made for my friend, Micheal Wingfield (WingDing), mailed in December 2021. He and I have been collaborating and sharing DADA art for decades. These cards are collaged from whatever is on hand; catalogs, stickers, old postcards, cereal boxes, train tickets, a head gasket from a 68' Buick, a piece of tread from a Sherman tank, seabed sludge gathered from the bottomHal Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13679447874426193665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11400438.post-13770543695419122822022-02-11T13:33:00.000+02:002022-02-11T13:33:07.835+02:00Holo ManGreetings and welcome to another Friday art post. This week is an India ink painting/drawing done with black and white ink applied with brush and pen, a technique I haven't done in a long time. I really love the subtle shades of grey this method allows. It's easy for me to fall into layering washes and diving into the intense blacks, then coming back with the heavy white ink (more like paint) to Hal Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13679447874426193665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11400438.post-43872485887647628062022-02-04T17:03:00.000+02:002022-02-04T17:03:12.516+02:00Keep a Diamond in Your Mind From the Tom Waits' song "Get Behind the Mule".Never let the weeds get higherThan the gardenAlways keep a sapphire in your mindAlways keep a diamond in your mindThese are days that make me think of this song, because this song is a reminder that very often it is hard work to live a life. For some people they never get a break and never know comfort or love or security. These last couple of Hal Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13679447874426193665noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11400438.post-57576363811506865462022-01-28T14:24:00.000+02:002022-01-28T14:24:27.771+02:00My Life as a Village Person on The Walking Dead: World BeyondHappy Friday! This week's creativity post is about my time on the set of The Walking Dead: World Beyond season two as an extra playing one of the "Village People" in The Perimeter. I worked on and off from February through the beginning of June of 2021, getting about a week's worth of production days and lots of COVID-19 testing appointments, as the production had a rigorist safety protocols to Hal Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13679447874426193665noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11400438.post-78258318744704384462022-01-21T13:34:00.002+02:002022-01-21T13:34:53.944+02:00Wé Mask, Me MaskHappy Friday! A little video experiment this week. There is a popular theory that all art is self-portraiture, which was going through my mind when I finished this week's drawing. Upon comparing my interpretation of this "Wé Mask" from the Côte d’Ivoire region of Africa, I noticed that I had drawn the face longer, stretching the original's roundness into a more naturally proportioned human face. Hal Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13679447874426193665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11400438.post-9849309795166117572022-01-14T19:48:00.000+02:002022-01-14T19:48:44.990+02:00Tiny Tofu Shop in Old Tokyo Scattered throughout Tokyo's maze of backstreets are thousands of tiny buildings and I love them all. Weird street food places, cozy pocket bars that seat six or less, shops, offices and homes, many of these shoebox domains fill the space between two huge skyscrapers or run in rows down forgotten alleys. It's easy to imagine what life might be in there. I fantiszie about owning one of theseHal Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13679447874426193665noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11400438.post-64141394741923311072022-01-07T11:55:00.000+02:002022-01-07T11:55:36.267+02:002022 - Let the Games Begin...Happy 2022! I hope your New Year Eve's activities were fun and satisfying. I had such high hopes for 2021 as many people did, only to see those hopes crushed pretty quickly by the horrific and disgusting events in the US capital on January 6th and then the Delta and Omicron variants keeping the COVID-19 party going, not to mention the extreme weather events and WW III threats. Bah. I haven't readHal Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13679447874426193665noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11400438.post-52997469105141318592021-12-31T03:00:00.122+02:002021-12-31T03:00:00.187+02:0052 Fridays - Number 53 Bonus Week - What's Next... The "52 Fridays" project was actually a "53 Fridays" project all along. That is quite fitting as 2021 proved to not follow any of my assumptions from even that basic one to where the world would be with COVID-19 (Like many people, I thought it would mostly be a non-problem by this point...) Heading into 2022 I have decided the best policy is to have no assumptions or expectations for the Hal Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13679447874426193665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11400438.post-73048645851079680502021-12-24T03:00:00.108+02:002021-12-24T03:00:00.204+02:0052 Fridays - Moon Amigo Here it is drawing number fifty-two in the "52 Fridays" drawing project! But I am not finished as I didn't realize until a few days ago that 2021 actually has fifty-three Fridays, so there will be a bonus drawing I'll post on New Year'a Eve. This has been a good project to motivate and focus my creative energies, so I will continue it into 2022, but it will take a slightly different form. Hal Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13679447874426193665noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11400438.post-42107632007107453052021-12-17T02:00:00.099+02:002021-12-17T02:00:00.185+02:0052 Fridays - Songye, If I Had a Hammer "And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy My brothers. And you will know My name is the Lord when I lay My vengeance upon thee.” - Jules "Pulp Fiction"Are you feeling it? Because that's what I'm picking up off this Songye nail fetish figure from the Congo area of Africa. Each of those nails likely represents aHal Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13679447874426193665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11400438.post-80645209113752835412021-12-10T13:58:00.001+02:002021-12-10T13:58:32.277+02:0052 Fridays - Igala Nobel (with a little help from my little friend) I had a little help with this week's drawing, more like supervision, from our cat Nūna. She was purring the entire time, so maybe she liked what I was doing, or maybe she was an artist in a former life, either way it was lovely to have her company.It's week fifty, so this is the fiftieth drawing of this project, just two more to go... I won't celebrate just yet.This Nobel looking figure Hal Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13679447874426193665noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11400438.post-8917465622007975472021-12-03T12:31:00.002+02:002021-12-03T22:01:34.969+02:0052 Fridays - Patchwork Tin Man Have you ever felt like you were ripped up and reassembled? That's what I thought when I saw this strange figure fabricated from pieces of tin (or is it bronze, brass?) Chunks of life tied together in a patchwork that make a world-weary soul. I can relate.I know nothing about this piece unfortunately, other than it is likely from Africa. I found it on the Instagram account of "Hal Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13679447874426193665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11400438.post-87741307791583288232021-11-26T14:38:00.003+02:002021-11-26T14:38:18.871+02:0052 Fridays - BEARDROBEER Happy "Black" Friday, although I don't do the big Christmas shopping thing anymore, especially on this day, so maybe I should say, "Anti-Black Friday". This week's drawing is a BEARDROBEER Gere African Mask from Liberia I found on an IG feed called "afrikaria". According to the description, the BEARDROBEER is some kind of crazy wild boar that has inspired ritual masks across a wide Hal Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13679447874426193665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11400438.post-66684583436125675662021-11-19T02:00:00.005+02:002021-11-19T09:51:05.537+02:0052 Fridays - A Fragment from a Sacred Post... Is this a fragment of a sacred post? Too early to judge. Greetings from Riga, Latvia. I am settling into this new life, feeling a bit fragmented myself from the jet lag and soft culture shock. I could do with a bit of defragmenting. This drawing was done on a layover in JFK airport on the flight over. It is a "FRAGMENT OF A SACRED POST", Gupna village, Owaraha island, Solomon island, Hal Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13679447874426193665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11400438.post-73512090753868818572021-11-13T01:52:00.000+02:002021-11-13T01:52:09.621+02:0052 Fridays - The Kiss Goodbye, the Kiss Hello... This week's drawing was a quick one as it's been a busy time. I am traveling to Latvia to be with my girlfriend Ieva. I moved out of my apartment in Richmond, Virginia this week, put a few things in storage and gave away the rest. RVA has been a good home for me this last two years and I will miss, my friends, hiking along the James River and the people and culture here, so the kiss goodbyeHal Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13679447874426193665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11400438.post-37363681157860142812021-11-05T18:13:00.006+02:002021-11-19T12:11:01.377+02:0052 Fridays - Dark Mask UPDATE- This a "Pende Mask" from the Congo region of Africa. Thanks to "gaetan_antic" from Instagram for the added information.I know nothing about the origin of this mask other then it is from Africa. Unfortunately, "gaetan_antic" on IG didn't provide any background info, but I have a query into them, so will update this if they provide some details. It's important to credit the artist Hal Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13679447874426193665noreply@blogger.com0