Always fun, exciting for the senses...
Theater and also one of our favorite places, the
Museum of Art and Design in Columbus Circle. Not only it is a beautiful building, but you can find some artists at work and stimulating shows.
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| Museum of Art and Design |
This time we found sculptor
Carolyn Ard working at the open studios. She was working on a sculpture made with what she described as "paper clay", but made with a somewhat paper mache formula made of paper pulp, cellulose paste, and sawdust mixed to the consistency of soft clay.
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| The city through the glass window |
By using different wood species for the sawdust, she could tint the paste and achieve different integral hues on her work.
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| Carolyn Ard working on a sculpture |
Alan was fascinated with the process, since he's been experimenting with peat moss, joint compound and other additives for his sculptures.
We caught the last day of
Flora and Fauna with fantastic pieces
on all kinds of media.
Crafting Modernism, Midcentury American Art and Design...wow
A few days later...New Canaan Connecticut and a visit to
Phillip Johnson's Glass House and it's site through decades of work and the ever evolving and changing view of an incredible architect.
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| Phillip Johnson's Glass House |
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| Da Monsta |
Came back to Madison just in time to for some raku and pit firing
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| View from the Chazen |
The fun of two people working with just a general idea and no limitations is great, but...some challenges arise that add to the excitement, like when scales of the parts do not relate. 
Always our dynamics are interesting. Meredith works very fast and I...don't! 
