Tag: Parker

  • In 'Funeral for a Tree,' Steve Parker Etches Bird Song into Playable Oak Records

    When a 65-year-old tree succumbed to a fungus known as oak wilt, Steve Parker wanted to pay tribute. The wooded habitat had previously loomed above Parker’s front yard and provided refuge to migratory birds. Rather than turn its limbs and trunk into mulch, though, Parker did as he often does with a material that’s no read more

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    In 'Funeral for a Tree,' Steve Parker Etches Bird Song into Playable Oak Records

  • Free Form: The Art and Adventures of Erik Parker – Hi-Fructose Magazine

    I like to back off and let a painting breathe, rather than make a move for the sake of making a move.” CS: Is that a typical way for you to work? EP: I think so. I’m an additive kind of artist. I keep adding, I don’t really subtract. If I’m going to put something read more

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    Free Form: The Art and Adventures of Erik Parker – Hi-Fructose Magazine

  • Classics of Rock: Adam Parker Smith’s Whimsical Approach Squeezes The Satire Out of Classical Sculpture – Hi-Fructose Magazine

    At all times, there’s a “nagging voice in my head saying, ‘This might be a disaster.’” Smith grew up far away from all that, in the small Northern California town of Arcata, Population: 18,000. His parents owned a mom-and-pop bicycle shop and lived on an apple orchard. It was by all accounts an idyllic childhood, read more

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    Classics of Rock: Adam Parker Smith’s Whimsical Approach Squeezes The Satire Out of Classical Sculpture – Hi-Fructose Magazine