Learning to Be a LiDARer
Learning to Be a LiDARer Undoubtedly there is a cartoonish — or more politely said painterly — effect to LiDAR scans. Not …
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LiDAR Lights Up My Life
LiDAR Lights Up My Life I’m full of juice! Don’t know if this is how other artists experience it but I’ve …
Ida Ekblad Paints, Sculpts, Glories in Artmaking
Ida Ekblad Paints, Sculpts, Glories in Artmaking To delight in Ida Ekblad‘s exhibit Blood Optics (directly above and below) is to …
Blinders on Critics
Blinders on Critics In yesterday’s post I had one reaction to a Washington Post readers’ squabble over the merits of …
Clem Onojeghuo’s Photographic Eye
Clem Onojeghuo’s Photographic Eye The photography editors at the Washington Post have recently profiled Mark Ruwedel‘s Seventy-Two and One Half Miles …
Gallery of Eastern Europe Challenging Western Europe
Gallery of Eastern Europe Challenging Western Europe While looking at art by Edith Torony I came upon a gallery committed to the work …
Edith Torony, Painter of Enough Spaces to Interest a Physicist
Edith Torony, Painter of Enough Spaces to Interest a Physicist Saatchi Art recently focused on a group of paintings they found …
Fair Use Frivolity
Note: This post was slated for January 15 but was postponed for reasons you’ll quickly understand. Fair Use Frivolity …
Unnatural Growth
Unnatural Growth January 14, 2021 Six days until America’s Id has foretold with chest-thumping pride that mayhem will be visited on this country. And …
Trump Is Who He’s Always Been
Trump Is Who He’s Always Been How It’s All Played Out The Id of the United States has spoken. “Go! …
Calligraphy in Motion, a Follow-up
Calligraphy in Motion, a Follow-up A few days ago I wrote a post about Rus Khasanov whose videoed ABCs make you rethink what …
Cartoon Saloon Savvy
Cartoon Saloon Savvy Article by Mark O’Connell New Yorker, Story Time, Dec 21, 2020, p. 26 fl When the director of Pixar’s …
The WOW Word, the Glowing Art of Rus Khasanov
The WOW Word, the Glowing Art of Rus Khasanov Succulent chromatic color, unpredictable natural movement, the contradictory ways of oil and water vying …
Birth of a Christmas Card
Birth of a Christmas Card Three images of plants that looked like they might say something to each other. What they said: …
Art Materials for Superpowers
TED talk by Refik Anadol Art Materials for Superpowers Trying to think yourself out of the box? Try thinking your …
The Emperor Has No Control
In nature’s wondrous ways there is a precision process that detaches the durables from the fruit. Here, the pumpkin top and corkscrew …
Arecibo Dies
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03421-y?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=597ee8dba8-briefing-dy-20201203&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-597ee8dba8-45584126 Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico was the world’s largest single-aperture telescope from 1963 until 2016 when China built a bigger one. Sound …
William Kentridge Expands
William Kentridge Expands I still remember my mother laughing about how wowwed she was the first time she saw the movie …
When More Is Better Yet
A. Two patterns in one frame. B. Pattern unit compiled from A, tiled out into a pattern. C. Same as B but with alpha (blank …