Yet another fine example that major appliances can be found in nature. Photo scanned from Saveur Magazine, May 2010 issue. Photograph by Barry Lewis/Corbis
Cast concrete experiment: clueless. No idea. Never did it. The objective was to cast a black concrete pedestal for a newly acquired sculpture. As you can see by the photo, within seconds of pouring the concete into the mold, the 'fun of it' was quickly surpassed by a crash course in physics--grab and screw anything wood-like to contain the oozing. The result however, turned out to be an unexpected work of art.
I'm listening to a speaker on NPR ..her opinions are clear--quite moving. She speaks with the same vigor as Roy (Arundhati). My homework is to find out who this was...
Intava (sp?) is eleven. She lives in San Francisco and paints in the window of her family's storefront--and proudly displays her work, rain or shine, on the sidewalk for passerby's to enjoy. I'm told her younger brother helps; sanding smooth each of her small postcard-size plywood surfaces.
Baer Ridgway is a small art gallery located in the shadow of SFMOMA: downtown San Francisco. They feature progressive art worthy of more than one visit.