Fingerspelling Matchbooks (ASL)

93 Responses to “Fingerspelling Matchbooks (ASL)”

1. On April 2nd, 2007 at 11:30, Gabriel said:

   This is nice. I don’t know if you know this guy, but he also makes some nice art. He’s in my friends section of myspace and he’s called beaucoupzero. Just saying…

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2. On April 2nd, 2007 at 13:29, fatima said:

   wow!

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3. On April 19th, 2007 at 12:26, geowulf said:

   Now all that needs to be done is to make a webapp that takes these alphabet images and lets you fill out a form and returns what you wrote in Sign Language Matchbooks.

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4. On June 16th, 2007 at 15:35, Jonathan said:

   I discovered your Youtube channel almost a year ago. Then noticed you finally had some new videos. They’re very cool. Great job

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5. On June 27th, 2007 at 22:37, nex said:

   I have this feeling that one of them doesn’t belong … ;->

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6. On June 28th, 2007 at 13:47, farrelley said:

   Very cool!

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7. On July 24th, 2007 at 02:32, shaun said:

   i am deaf myself and i found this and thought it was awesome!! thanks for doing this!! =D

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8. On September 8th, 2007 at 17:46, Kate said:

   I.Love.This

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9. On October 15th, 2007 at 17:26, Jericah said:

   thats awesome how did you guys do it?

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   • On October 15th, 2007 at 22:06, JK said:

     By hand. Folding, gluing, holding until dry. Repeat.

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10. On November 15th, 2007 at 18:15, vaspers aka steven e. streight said:

    Saw this on Frivolous Motion blog. I subscribe to Art Forum and love the underground music and art scene.

    This is astonishing. Reminds me of an evangelical tract I saw once, for the blind. It told the gospel/salvation message with objects, like a heart, that communicated with the sense of touch.

    Thanks for sharing this with us. Pure genius!

    http://twitter.com/vaspers

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12. On December 4th, 2007 at 15:12, RipperJill said:

    Ha, cool! Very cute, too.

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13. On December 6th, 2007 at 19:08, mienna1 said:

    That is really clever; honestly.. not many people would have thought of the sign language thing.. The finger, yes. Keep it up.. you have good ideas in that head of yours

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14. On December 17th, 2007 at 15:44, corinne said:

    genius, i tell you.

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15. On December 31st, 2007 at 13:53, MANT said:

    Nice addition to the alphabet with the 28th letter!

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    • On January 6th, 2008 at 16:46, JK said:

      Your grasp of the English alphabet is staggering.

      I can only hope to have such wonderful comments on the site for each and every one of the 367 days in 2008!

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      • On January 31st, 2009 at 11:22, ivane said:

        lol your clever creations don’t appear to be the only thing that transpires naturally….you have a knack for wisecracks, too. ;]

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16. On January 3rd, 2008 at 00:32, Victor said:

    WOW – this was really clever! I love it! I can’t wait to see more of your work!

    Good job!

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23. On January 15th, 2008 at 02:53, Christie said:

    Fantastic.

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24. On January 16th, 2008 at 22:27, SkyZheng said:

    Hello,
    We are iidea Creativity Design Magzine,and we are interested in Sign Language Matchbooks. Could you give us some high resolution pics(DPI higher than 300)? After we publish the pics about supplied, we will send magzine to you. Waitting for your feedback, and wish you have a good luck.

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27. On January 22nd, 2008 at 03:46, BAMm said:

    what a hoot! let’s see some1 match that spark of creativity!

    mark jaquette
    illustrationISM
    http://users.rio.com/bamm/illustrationISM/index.html

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28. On January 25th, 2008 at 16:09, Mike said:

    Reminds me of the Larry the Cable Guy bit, where he says his friend is a deaf guy with Tourette’s. He starts spelling words with ASL and keeps throwing in middle fingers

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32. On February 22nd, 2008 at 04:26, lynne said:

    this is fab.I’m gonna add a few matchbooks to my sketch kit as i find hands a sod to draw!Brilliant-thankyou! xx

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33. On February 26th, 2008 at 15:27, Jenna said:

    my hearing cousin just give me this web site and i was like wow I love this … good job !!! also let ya know I am deaf …

    congrats, Jenna

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35. On April 23rd, 2008 at 23:39, Hang said:

    This is something I and my friends would want for their Myspace profile

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36. On May 3rd, 2008 at 12:55, Rosa Mendes said:

    YOU ARE NOT GENIUS AND NEAT WITH BAD WORD.

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37. On June 1st, 2008 at 23:15, Eddie Kirby said:

    I am so impressive this. WOW that is one good creative… And, I sent this to my friends about this. Keep up on your creative amazing things!!:-)

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38. On June 1st, 2008 at 23:49, fh said:

    PLEASE REMOVE BAD WORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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39. On June 2nd, 2008 at 14:44, steve said:

    photoshopped

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    • On June 4th, 2008 at 21:10, JK said:

      You highly overestimate my abilities using Photoshop. Maybe this photo of the matchbooks taken from another angle will convince you.

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40. On June 3rd, 2008 at 22:15, frank said:

    This would be substantially better without the flipping off matchbook at the end. Seriously, it would be something you could post in classrooms otherwise.

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    • On June 4th, 2008 at 21:07, JK said:

      Might I suggest that you draw a black box over what you find offensive prior to showing your students.

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41. On June 4th, 2008 at 05:39, Liz said:

    You rock dude. Keep up the creativity. You should write out some ASL sentences (nice ones) : )

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42. On June 4th, 2008 at 08:03, putingtikbalang said:

    cool! Great job with these matchboxes. No “I Love You” sign?

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    • On June 4th, 2008 at 21:08, JK said:

      No “I love you” on this page, but it was one of my earlier test matchbooks.

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43. On June 5th, 2008 at 01:29, SD said:

    Brilliant use of an everyday object…well done

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44. On June 5th, 2008 at 23:54, shiv said:

    very clever, and as a person who understands BSL not ASL was good in demostrating ASL alphabet, sadly BSL uses 2 hands and matchbook version wouldn’t be possible. vey impressed you had the patience to do it all by hand. Take another photo and sell it to schools for posters!

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45. On June 6th, 2008 at 08:35, putingtikbalang said:

    Oh, great! thanks for the reply, JK. I’ll agree with what Frank said, that these matchbooks are a great idea to show in classrooms. Perhaps the I Love You sign can replace The Bird. whatever works, they’re still great pieces of art. More power!

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46. On June 6th, 2008 at 09:10, Fubiz said:

    Excellent!

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47. On June 8th, 2008 at 01:41, Anthony said:

    wow, impressive artwork

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48. On June 9th, 2008 at 00:35, Joshua Debner said:

    Hey, wanted to thank you for posting this. I saved it in my bookmarks knowing I could use it someday. My girlfriend and I would finger spell back and forth to each other in school to avoid getting in trouble with teachers for talking. For valentines day I made bought matchbooks on ebay and made her a poster by making the letters and scanning them. It turned out awesome and I thank you for your inspiration. 300dpi blows up very nicely to make giant posters!

    http://lovejosh.net/files/background.jpg

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50. On June 19th, 2008 at 13:30, nd said:

    those are really cute. you should check out the asl cookies at http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=232831.0

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