{"id":574,"date":"2007-06-04T09:01:05","date_gmt":"2007-06-04T14:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/?p=574"},"modified":"2011-06-02T00:07:46","modified_gmt":"2011-06-02T05:07:46","slug":"jess-larson-enters-the-on-line-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/06\/04\/jess-larson-enters-the-on-line-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Jess Larson enters the on-line world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jesslarson.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jesslarson.com\/pictures\/slide318.jpg?w=840\" alt=\"An example of Jess Larson's chalkware\" align='right' hspace='10' vspace='10' data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nJess Larson, fine studio art professor here at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.morris.umn.edu\/\">UMM<\/a>, has (as she puts it) &#8220;Dot-commed herself&#8221;, setting up shop at <a href=\"http:\/\/JessLarson.com\/\">JessLarson.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a nice, elegant site featuring photographs of her art.  She used <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xtralean.com\/SBOverview.html\">Shutterbug<\/a> to build the site.  I had no prior acquaintance with Shutterbug before this, but it seems like a quite straightforward tool.  It seems especially well suited to the design of largely static image oriented sites (like Jess&#8217;s).  No replacement for the mighty <a href=\"http:\/\/WordPress.org\/\">WordPress<\/a> for managing dynamic content, but quite good for what it does.<\/p>\n<p>I really like Jess&#8217;s work (and I&#8217;m only <em>slightly<\/em> biased), so <a href=\"http:\/\/JessLarson.com\/\">go check it out<\/a>!  I&#8217;ll leave you with the following detail I took of one of her girdles during a special show of her girdles at the <a href=\"http:\/\/PrairieRenaissance.org\/\">PRCA<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/90213628\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/9\/90213628_0ce0874891.jpg?w=400\" alt=\"Dangling around the edges\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\t<div class=\"st-post-tags \">\n\tTags: <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/photography\/\" title=\"Photography\">Photography<\/a><br \/><\/div>\n\n\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/11\/18\/wonderful-little-film-about-paul-rand\/\" title=\"Wonderful little film about Paul Rand (18 Nov 07)\">Wonderful little film about Paul Rand<\/a> (0)<\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/11\/20\/with-joy-shall-ye-draw-water\/\" title=\"With joy shall ye draw water (20 Nov 07)\">With joy shall ye draw water<\/a> (0)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jess Larson, fine studio art professor here at UMM, has (as she puts it) &#8220;Dot-commed herself&#8221;, setting up shop at JessLarson.com. It&#8217;s a nice, elegant site featuring photographs of her art. She used Shutterbug to build the site. I had no prior acquaintance with Shutterbug before this, but it seems like a quite straightforward tool. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/06\/04\/jess-larson-enters-the-on-line-world\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Jess Larson enters the on-line world&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[21,20,5,6],"tags":[869],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90sy-9g","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1479,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2011\/06\/02\/ive-become-a-book-cover\/","url_meta":{"origin":574,"position":0},"title":"I&#8217;ve become a book cover!","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"2 Jun 11","format":false,"excerpt":"Actually, I helped a piece of Jess Larson's wonderful art become the central component of a book cover, but let us not quibble. 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Check out the PRCA website for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":584,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/06\/16\/now-that-_is_-something-awesome\/","url_meta":{"origin":574,"position":4},"title":"Now, that _is_ something awesome!","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"16 Jun 07","format":false,"excerpt":"Video of Stevie Wonder performing \"Superstition\" on Seseme Street that's looking seriously 70s. 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