Follow ups
Happy July 1st! Wow, where is the summer going? I have too much to do this week and this image reflects it. I’m thinking of this picture as I feel like I’m climbing a wall. Here’s a humorous follow up to my zipper dress post…However, this dress is made of colorful condoms. Who would have guessed these could have another functional and fashionable purpose. If we make it to New York this summer while checking out colleges for our younger son, I’d like to go to the Museum of Art and Design (M.A.D). Coincidentally, this is where the rubber (glove) dress is on display — a previous post, which consequently…
Sensory Art
Again, I should have saved all those rubber gloves! This is a another cool use for rubber gloves to help the visually impaired, as well as the sighted, to “get psychologically involved…” as Sheri Khayami, the founder of BlindArt, a British charity group, describes. This group find ways for people to appreciate art through the other four senses and not just relying on vision. Here’s a fantastic painting by artist Charles Wildbank, who happens to be deaf. I love the color and the hyper realism of his work, with expressive movement and clarity. Makes you just want to reach out and touch his work. You can almost smell the salted…
