« Friday | Main | Elijah and Mike, Epsiode 1 »
December 3, 2005
Notes from Ferdy - Not Just Another Pretty Snowflake
From a distance, it looks like just another pretty snowflake, but if you take a closer look, it's actually six angels rising from the center. Les Barker's work is often like that. It's ideal for a lobby or waiting room. When you're just passing through, you get a vaguely pleasant feeling from the pretty pictures. But if you have some time to spend, there are serious details to appreciate.
Barker's work is currently on display at the Naperville Cutural Center. The Gremlin is currently taking a class in manga creation at the Center, which is how I became involved. Every few months, the Cultural Center displays art by Illinois artists. Barker's work will be on display until January 11. In addition to wall paintings, he also has desk art etched onto thick transparent plastic, as shown on the right. (I apologize for the quality of the photo: Bruce took it with his cell phone camera.)
Anybody can make a fun-looking snowflake with paper and scissors, but to do something like the six angels you need a very fine level of control. Barker gets it from an Xacto knife for the cutting and tracing paper for the medium. Tracing paper apparently strikes just the right balance between thin enough to cut in multiple layers and strong enough to survive the unfolding process.
If you're in the neighborhood on December 17th, Barker will be demonstrating his techniques at the Cultural Center Open House. He also has his own web site-- http://www.kahnjee.com-- which includes a gallery of his work along with contact information.
Be sure to tell him Ferdy sent you.
Respectfully submitted,
Ferdinand T. Cat
# At Sat 2:58 PM | Permalink | Trackback URI | Comments (0) | More Notes from Ferdy
Trackback Pings
» Sunday Funnies from Stop The ACLU
image courtesy of faithmouse
Image courtesy of the Republican National Committee
Cao has got one hot drink!!
Point Five gives us Professor Hawkin’s thoughts on a face transplant.
The Not So Daily Me has the Carnival of Comedy
Conservative ... [Read More]
Tracked on December 4, 2005 10:09 AM
» #116 Best of Me Symphony from The Owner's Manual
Avant News reports Pat Robertson Vaporized By Apophis Asteroid in the God's Green Acres nursing home. He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend - provided, of course, that he really is dead. Do miracles imply atheism? [Read More]
Tracked on February 12, 2006 11:01 PM
Comments
| HTML is not allowed in comments; however, if you put in a raw URL (http://www.somewhere.com/page.html) it will automatically be converted to a link.. Also, it is likely your comment will not appear unless you refresh the page manually after posting it. |
