Education
Rice Field Follow Up
I’ve written about the artistic rice paddy fields in Japan before but this video explains the creative and engineering process of getting the images to sprout in the rice fields. What an innovative idea that not only brings this village community together by involving them in the process but brings tourism to their town. Rice Paddy Art. Watch more top selected videos about: The Early Show (video disabled by CBS) This is even more interesting to me now that my son Jackson has returned from Sewanee’s summer school and it’s official, he will be attending The University of the South in the fall. (I know, it’s kinda late in the…
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Engineering and Art
This post brings several aspects of engineering together with relation to art. 1) Teaching art and creativity can be done through “Reverse Engineering” — thinking backwards from the final product on how the artist created/constructed it and his or her creative process in the making to improve upon, rather than copying the object or artwork. 2) Reading about Tony May’s work on ArtShift SanJosé, made me think of the engineering needed to construct his sculptures, some of which are made with books. 3) The late George Adams was an engineer and a self taught artist, who helped restore many murals in the US Capitol. His engineering skills helped him decipher…
William Cochran
I took a workshop class with William Cochran last Thursday through my CADA (Capital Area Decorative Artisans) group, as sub-chapter of IDAL (International Decorative Artisans League). What a wonderful opportunity and a fabulous artist. Here’s a interesting article, Colonial to Contemporary, Frederick Maryland is all Art, by Robert Gandy on Cochran’s public art work in Frederick, MD for the Community Bridge. Here is William Cochran’s website, where you can see all of his incredible art.
