Janice James Raku Artist

All I got was a set of links on the left, and an otherwise blank page!

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Steve

In article , dylan writes

The page is done with Macromedia Flash so you have to have that installed to view it. The ceramic work is interesting, but I find this sort of webpage annoying as hell.

deg

I am sometimes irritated by macromedia flash and too complicated websites, this one does work well though and I like the simplicity of it. The work - it is well made, some of the "faces" are almost scary, however some of the "faces" look Maori, with Maori style tattoos. As a white New Zealander I am am conscious that many Maori consider their imagery sacred, or their own intellectual property. I do not want to cause offence, but I would not portray Maori face tattoo (moko) without permission.

Hi, thanks,

Looking into it right now, the website requires flash, we're currently working on a flash alternative.

Dylan

Hi,

I appreciate your comments, I hope my work doesn't offend anyone. The heads are not portraits and are not meant to portray specific people, but meerly my interpretation of the widely diverse images of people and cultures around the world.

However, if in the future I intended to take any inspiration from Maori tribal art, I will keep your comments in mind.

Janice James

I'm sorry Dylan, but this website is not very good. It is inconvienient to have to mouse over those triangles to find out what they are links too ... and that's if you decide ... hey those triangle things must be links!

Plus the "Meet cute girls" link(s) across the top are just annoying and stupid. To say nothing of the google ads down the left. Is she trying to publicize her work or make click through revenue?

You want an alternative to flash? It's called html.

Thanks for your comments.

I understand what you are saying about the links, it's been the subject of discussoin for some time.

The links at the top were not permanent, they're gone now.

And in response to your last question she is trying to do both!

Dylan