Art Detectives: Member Art

 Thanks to Terry for sharing her photos of the Burning Man exhibit on Monday January 11th

 We had a lot of fun today looking at odd and wild costume and clothing designs. We were treated to Vera's movie costume photos from films such as Rocketman & Black Panther. She visits the Fashion Institute Design & Merchandising in L.A. once a year (usually!) -- and shared her photos with us. We will likely visit those again in the future!  So wonderful to live vicariously through each other!

  Such an honor to have one of our members, Elaine, who has recently had radiation, share the transformation of her radiotherapy mask (worn during treatment) into a work of art. She told us that the artist who helped her, Kathy Collova, really listened to her and her story. Artist Kathy heard Elaine say, “I’m ready for battle!” and she turned the mesh plastic mask into a testament to our very heroic Warrior!

The artwork of our blog designer & Art Set Builder (how we make our shows) Jerry G started us off! As Jerry wrote, “This is what passes for art to an Engineer” – and everyone relished seeing the world through his eyes. Not only did he craft a grand clock with multi-hued gears, an exquisitely crafted bench with vintage logo,  and  a couple of water-drilled states shaped out of rock & tile – we had two different trebuchet catapults AND a balloon photo from the exosphere! All that & a Cowstronaut!!!!  Check out the art of our members to see his out-of-this-world artistry!

  We enjoyed seeing folks-that-celebrate show off their Christmas decor or community's holiday decor! So much creativity in our group -- from lights & bright ornaments, to cow-covered conifer to porcelain loaded branches, to a spindly Grinch inspired hand-painted tree with little escaping bugs -- we oohed, awed, & chortled! We also took a quick look at some Trail or Wayfinder Trees based on some of our earlier discussions.