Comments on: Alchemy http://ninthwavedesigns.com Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:03:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Maya http://ninthwavedesigns.com/alchemy-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-491 Maya Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:04:13 +0000 http://ninthwavedesigns.com/alchemy-notebook/#comment-491 Interesting... now I've got a need to try and break your ciphers, and that explains the slight differences between your writing and the theban alphabet. You've just given me a new way to kill time. :) Interesting… now I’ve got a need to try and break your ciphers, and that explains the slight differences between your writing and the theban alphabet. You’ve just given me a new way to kill time. :)

]]> By: Ninth Wave http://ninthwavedesigns.com/alchemy-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-490 Ninth Wave Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:17:53 +0000 http://ninthwavedesigns.com/alchemy-notebook/#comment-490 I used the alchemical alphabet of Agrippa as the basis and adapted the letterforms somewhat from there. I create cipher text using those letterforms and mix it up on some pages so it isn't always a simple substitution. Especially in the more recent pieces I try to obscure the message just enough to not make it obvious. I feel that my meaning behind the artwork isn't as important as what others see themselves. I used the alchemical alphabet of Agrippa as the basis and adapted the letterforms somewhat from there. I create cipher text using those letterforms and mix it up on some pages so it isn’t always a simple substitution. Especially in the more recent pieces I try to obscure the message just enough to not make it obvious. I feel that my meaning behind the artwork isn’t as important as what others see themselves.

]]> By: Maya http://ninthwavedesigns.com/alchemy-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-489 Maya Sun, 08 Jan 2012 06:06:45 +0000 http://ninthwavedesigns.com/alchemy-notebook/#comment-489 What language/languages are used in the notebook? a lot of it looks like the Theban alphabet, but I'm still not sure of the language. What language/languages are used in the notebook? a lot of it looks like the Theban alphabet, but I’m still not sure of the language.

]]> By: Ninth Wave http://ninthwavedesigns.com/alchemy-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-478 Ninth Wave Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:59:19 +0000 http://ninthwavedesigns.com/alchemy-notebook/#comment-478 Hello Lilly again - I did a little bit of digging and discovered the puzzle you were referring to. See my blog post <a href="http://ninthwavedesigns.com/2011/12/30/the-alchemy-notebook-tormented/" rel="nofollow"> HERE</a> for more information. Thanks again. Hello Lilly again -

I did a little bit of digging and discovered the puzzle you were referring to. See my blog post HERE for more information. Thanks again.

]]> By: Ninth Wave http://ninthwavedesigns.com/alchemy-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-475 Ninth Wave Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:40:59 +0000 http://ninthwavedesigns.com/alchemy-notebook/#comment-475 Hello Lilly - Some of my images were adapted from historic manuscripts - the green lion, the baboon, the two page spread with the bottles, and the idea for the hand came from somewhere although it is heavily adapted. The rest of the imagery is original, from my imagination, as you say. I am not aware of the puzzle trail - do you have a link? None of the cipher text is an intentional red herring, but for some the text length may be short enough to make them very hard to solve. My main reason for using ciphers is to obscure my meaning so that viewers can project their own onto the imagery, but it is interesting that solving the cipher is part of the enjoyment for some people as well. Thanks very much, glad to hear from you. Hello Lilly -

Some of my images were adapted from historic manuscripts – the green lion, the baboon, the two page spread with the bottles, and the idea for the hand came from somewhere although it is heavily adapted. The rest of the imagery is original, from my imagination, as you say.

I am not aware of the puzzle trail – do you have a link? None of the cipher text is an intentional red herring, but for some the text length may be short enough to make them very hard to solve. My main reason for using ciphers is to obscure my meaning so that viewers can project their own onto the imagery, but it is interesting that solving the cipher is part of the enjoyment for some people as well. Thanks very much, glad to hear from you.

]]> By: lilly http://ninthwavedesigns.com/alchemy-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-473 lilly Thu, 29 Dec 2011 02:14:13 +0000 http://ninthwavedesigns.com/alchemy-notebook/#comment-473 Hi there, Did you copy your designs and such from historic manuscripts or create them from imagination? I'm sure by now you know that one of your images is part of an (unsolved) online puzzle trail. Theories suggest it may be a red herring, but we don't really know. By the way, your designs are beautiful. Hi there,

Did you copy your designs and such from historic manuscripts or create them from imagination? I’m sure by now you know that one of your images is part of an (unsolved) online puzzle trail. Theories suggest it may be a red herring, but we don’t really know. By the way, your designs are beautiful.

]]> By: Ninth Wave http://ninthwavedesigns.com/alchemy-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-461 Ninth Wave Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:28:37 +0000 http://ninthwavedesigns.com/alchemy-notebook/#comment-461 Thank you Yuuri for your very kind comment. I am investigating ways to reproduce the notebook, including the possibility of some kind of eBook format. But first I need to find some time to finish filling the pages to make it complete. I am very glad that my artwork connects with you in this way. Thanks! Thank you Yuuri for your very kind comment. I am investigating ways to reproduce the notebook, including the possibility of some kind of eBook format. But first I need to find some time to finish filling the pages to make it complete. I am very glad that my artwork connects with you in this way. Thanks!

]]> By: Yuuri http://ninthwavedesigns.com/alchemy-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-456 Yuuri Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:11:17 +0000 http://ninthwavedesigns.com/alchemy-notebook/#comment-456 Dear Ninth Wave, I am completely fascinated that a person in the year 2011 is doing something this wonderful, interesting and difficult. Most people today are just following the slice of life, I am so unbelievable happy that I can see people doing something extraordinary. I could talk hours about the beauty of your art and the riddles behind it. I just wanted to say thank you for making my life better and showing me that there's still very intelligent, interesting and extraordinary people! Thank you! PS: I would love to buy your alchemy notebook! Dear Ninth Wave,

I am completely fascinated that a person in the year 2011 is doing something this wonderful, interesting and difficult. Most people today are just following the slice of life, I am so unbelievable happy that I can see people doing something extraordinary. I could talk hours about the beauty of your art and the riddles behind it.
I just wanted to say thank you for making my life better and showing me that there’s still very intelligent, interesting and extraordinary people!

Thank you!

PS: I would love to buy your alchemy notebook!

]]> By: Tara Partridge http://ninthwavedesigns.com/alchemy-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-355 Tara Partridge Sun, 25 Sep 2011 05:29:45 +0000 http://ninthwavedesigns.com/alchemy-notebook/#comment-355 well thats too bad :/ but your work is fantastic (: i will be waiting to see your new pictures. i would love to watch how u draw these. i cant believe someone could draw something like this by hand. i really wish u could get me a copy, but i understand - sadly . but you are very good at what you do and im sure tons of people would buy your book. thank you for your respond. well thats too bad :/ but your work is fantastic (: i will be waiting to see your new pictures. i would love to watch how u draw these. i cant believe someone could draw something like this by hand. i really wish u could get me a copy, but i understand – sadly . but you are very good at what you do and im sure tons of people would buy your book. thank you for your respond.

]]> By: Ninth Wave http://ninthwavedesigns.com/alchemy-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-342 Ninth Wave Tue, 20 Sep 2011 21:11:28 +0000 http://ninthwavedesigns.com/alchemy-notebook/#comment-342 Hi Tara - Thanks very much for your comment - there is only one Alchemy notebook, the original notebook that I have scanned and posted images here - I haven't made any copies of it yet. Once I have completed the notebook I would like to reproduce it, but that will be some time from now I imagine. I am glad it speaks to you in this way - I will work on getting more pages complete and posting them online here. Thank you! Hi Tara -

Thanks very much for your comment – there is only one Alchemy notebook, the original notebook that I have scanned and posted images here – I haven’t made any copies of it yet. Once I have completed the notebook I would like to reproduce it, but that will be some time from now I imagine. I am glad it speaks to you in this way – I will work on getting more pages complete and posting them online here. Thank you!

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