Kinetic sculpture
May 9, 2007
All I can say is wow.
The work of Theo Jansen is one of the most amazing, seductively mesmerizing pieces of art/engineering/imagination that I’ve ever seen. You have gotta see this!
(Thanks to Charlie on warmglass for pointing this out…)
–cynthia
Mayflower
May 8, 2007
Anyone who knows me knows I prefer “weather,” i.e., anything but a sunny day, and the more dramatic, the better. OTOH, when you live in glassland, a springtime break in the rain and drizzle is not to be taken lightly.
Woke up early this morning, looked out on absolutely gorgeous light shining down on the spring flowers in the yard, and remembered suddenly that I’d completely missed photographing this year’s tulips. That’s something I’ve been doing for maybe 15 years, so missing it isn’t to be taken lightly, either. (You can find examples of previous years in the Imagery section of this site.)
And so there was all that beautiful, slanting-rayed sun backlighting the last remnants of my tulip beds, the rhododendrons coming out in force and the Siberian iris flagging out gloriously…and I dropped thoughts of going back to bed in favor of a morning photo shoot.
All in all, I’m pretty happy with the results and one of these days I’ll get around to adding a few of these (and the cream of many other shoots) to the websites. Here are a few of my favorites:
April Surgent
May 7, 2007
I’m increasingly fascinated by artists whose primary creation processes use what’s normally considered the aftermath or final step of glasswork, i.e., coldwork. April Surgent, whose work “A Comfortable Distance,” is shown above, is one of the best at this.
PC Dominos
May 7, 2007
Nope–I didn’t misspell “PC domination.” Dominoes. PC dominoes. Or rather, what IT people do when they have ‘way, ‘WAY too much time on their hands.
Somebody get that guy a script to debug!
Black & white and warm all over
May 1, 2007
Just ran across the site of photographer Sam Javanrouh, who provides a “daily dose” of his imagery. The images aren’t really black & white (although they’re the best when there’s not a lot of color in the shot), but they’re dramatic, striking and often poignant.
Javanrouh is obviously a guy who knows how to shoot a good image, and the daily assignment idea is probably as enriching for him as it is for us.
Take a look if you get a chance.