Tag: Whimsical

  • Whimsical Beaded Sculptures by Amy Gross Meditate on Our Planet's Tiniest Life Forms

    After more than two decades as a commercial textile designer, often working digitally, Amy Gross was drawn to making something that felt more immediate and tactile. “I started making beaded jewelry, something I could hold and feel,” she tells Colossal. The beading techniques gradually merged with canvases, which over time became more three-dimensional. They were read more

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  • Jerry McMillan, Whimsical Chronicler of LA’s Art Scene, Dies at 89

    Photographer Jerry McMillan, who played a key role in documenting the mid-century art scene in Los Angeles, died on Monday, February 9, at the age of 89. The cause was “old age and a broken heart,” according to his son. McMillan’s wife of more than six decades, Patricia Ella McMillan, had passed away a week 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

    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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