Ely began making his own books at the age of eight; comic books were a major early influence. He earned a B.A. in drawing and printmaking from Western Washington University (1972), and a Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of Washington (1975); he traveled and studied in Great Britain, Italy, and Japan under a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (1982). He has taught bookbinding and drawing at a number of institutions and venues, from Central America to Scandinavia. His practice of the craft of bookbinding has extended to involve metalworking, leatherworking, woodworking, and related disciplines. He exploits traditional and modern techniques of bewildering variety—even making his own inks from caramelized seaweed. He originated and teaches his "drum leaf" binding, a technique for binding single sheets that is designed to suit paintings, prints and drawings, mounted photographs, and other materials difficult for the standard technology of book-manufacturing.
Ely's one-of-a-kind books draw on domains of knowledge and culture, including Western and Eastern religious traditions, astronomy, particle physics, cartography, alchemy, and sacred geometry; they employ graphic elements from skeletal structure, UFOlogy, and the golden ratio. Ely has described his Spectronomicon (2000) as being "about light portals and spectrum energy." Ely's work evokes a range of thematic material: arcane knowledge, secrets and cryptography, time and timelessness. He has developed a private written language using 366 individual signs or "idiographic cyphers".
Ely has collaborated with the writers David Abel (Memo 7 and Other Works, 1989) and Terence McKenna (Synesthesia, 1992). He has also illustrated a small number of conventional or commercial projects, such as the Booklover's Repair Kit (2000) by Estelle Ellis, Douglas Lee, and Wilton Wiggins.
A selective and far from exhaustive list of Ely's works includes Geotryphinities (1981/3), Alectis Ciliaris: Time Stunt (1981/4), Apocryphon (1984), Tetraplanex Cypher (1985), A Very Small Galaxy (1985), Alternate Sky (1986), The Investigation of Alchemy (1986), Sense 9 (1990), Saturnia (1994), Materia (1995), Amalgam (1996), TXC 144 (2003), Amblygon (2005), Compound 12 (2005), and Tables of Aries (2006). Ely works are included in public and private collections, including The Victoria and Albert Museum and The Library of Congress.
Ely currently operates out of Colfax, Washington.
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Kamelia Vladimirova Veskova (born January 10, 1971), better known as Kamelia, is one of the biggest Chalga stars in Bulgaria. She started her career in the mid 1990s and released her first album in 1998.
Kamelia was born in Chiprovtsi, Bulgaria. She was discovered by Payner Music in 1997, the same year she signed a deal with Payner Studio She was one of the first performers of the Chalga genre. Some of her most famous songs are: "Fire Girl", "Ti si", "Ti si vinoven", "Where Are You", "Zaleza i zorata" and "Luda po tebe".
Kamelia posed for Playboy in 2006, and again in 2008.
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Ely Guerra later left BMG and signed a contract with another record label. With EMI, she released "Pa' Morirse de Amor" in 1997, along with the hit singles "Peligro" and "Angel de Fuego"; and "Lotofire" in 1999, which was edited in the United States by Higher Octave. She also released the LP "4" in Argentina and Chile, which contained a compilation of the albums "Pa' Morirse de Amor" and "Lotofire", as well as her most recent production, titled "Sweet & Sour, Hot y Spicy" released in 2004.
Throughout her successful career, Ely Guerra has collaborated with artists including Sussie 4, Control Machete, José Fors, Fratta, La Ley and Quem, and has also participated in the soundtracks for the films Amores perros, De la calle, and Vacas vaqueras. In addition, her picture next to Julieta Venegas appeared on the cover of Time magazine, introducing them as the most promising performers in the Mexican rock scene. Her latest album "Sweet & Sour, Hot y Spicy", released in 2004, contained the hit singles "Ojos Claros, Labios Rosas" and "Quiéreme Mucho."
Ely Guerra is currently recording a new studio album which will be released in Mexico in early 2008.
On October 18, 2007, Ely sang along with 30 Seconds to Mars on the MTV Music Awards Latin America 2007, in Mexico, the song "From Yesterday".
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