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Denver – Around the Edges

This is primarily a piece about photography.  The subject in this case, is the context in which we worked.  When I was immersing myself more thoroughly into the world of the camera, one photographer who was a strong influence on my evolving style, was William Albert Allard.  Basically he was a very creative photo-journalist, who presented his work through National Geographic.  Not only did I learn from his images that displayed a vibrant interplay between vibrant color and shadow, much […]

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Denver Art Museum – The Final Chapter

Once in a while, you get a project where everything seems to come together seamlessly.   Such was the case in Denver.  From the accommodations to the amount of materials we ordered, it was flawless.  Of course those things don’t necessarily happen by accident. 

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Monday Morning – Denver

Our first weekend working at the Denver Art Museum is behind us. I think I like Denver, our experiences here over the last year have been nothing short of positive.  The downtown area isn’t too big, easy to get around and now the neighborhood where we’re staying is perfect, older, well-kept, big trees and everything we need within easy walking distance. But why, when we have a job like we do, working with mud and short pieces of straw all […]

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Canelo Dispatches

Denver Art Museum News This weekend begins our program at the Denver Art Museum and their summer program “Marvelous Mud – Clay around the world.”  Our participation in this summer program is entitled “Clayground.”  The museum has advertised us as providing an opportunity for “families to join us in sculpting, molding and creating a giant eartthen playground.”  As usual, our plan is loose, we’ll have the materials on site and let it evolve from there.  Here’s the museum’s link for […]

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