Comments on: Alchemy http://ninthwavedesigns.com Sat, 17 Mar 2012 17:05:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Ninth Wave http://ninthwavedesigns.com/alchemy-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-594 Ninth Wave Sat, 17 Mar 2012 17:05:11 +0000 http://ninthwavedesigns.com/alchemy-notebook/#comment-594 Hello Jane - Thanks very much! Yes, the cipher wheel spins - I have a second Moleskine sketchbook that I take the pages out of to cut up for pieces to make the constructions in the Alchemy Notebook. And yes, good eye for picking out the Ogham - I have some stylized Ogham characters here and there throughout the notebook. I have read Hoke's book, and it is right up my alley - a very imaginative and detailed world he must live in. Have fun getting back into your Moleskine notebooks! Hello Jane –

Thanks very much! Yes, the cipher wheel spins – I have a second Moleskine sketchbook that I take the pages out of to cut up for pieces to make the constructions in the Alchemy Notebook. And yes, good eye for picking out the Ogham – I have some stylized Ogham characters here and there throughout the notebook.

I have read Hoke’s book, and it is right up my alley – a very imaginative and detailed world he must live in.

Have fun getting back into your Moleskine notebooks!

]]> By: Jane http://ninthwavedesigns.com/alchemy-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-574 Jane Wed, 07 Mar 2012 03:25:36 +0000 http://ninthwavedesigns.com/alchemy-notebook/#comment-574 I love your work! They have inspired me to get back to my moleskines and start creating. I'm in love with your Cipher Wheel piece! Do the wheels spin? How did you manage that with the moleskine? Do you also use Ogham in some of your works? Sorry for all the questions! :) P.S. Have you read The Museum of Lost Wonder by Jeff Hoke? It reminds me of your pieces :) I love your work! They have inspired me to get back to my moleskines and start creating. I’m in love with your Cipher Wheel piece! Do the wheels spin? How did you manage that with the moleskine? Do you also use Ogham in some of your works? Sorry for all the questions! :)

P.S. Have you read The Museum of Lost Wonder by Jeff Hoke? It reminds me of your pieces :)

]]> 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!

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