We missed Wednesday classes on the 5th because of more damn snow!
So with the realization that we are maybe living in the Artic Circle, I thought that it would be appropriate to use an Inuit object to inspire us next week. Above is one of my favorite objects of all cultures: snow goggles carved from walrus bone by an unknown Inuit craftsman.
I first saw one of these 40 years ago in the New Bedford Whaling Museum and never forgot them.
Like a vintage Porsche or a Ferrari California coupe, these seem to me a profound solution to travel (in this case in blinding snow). Beautiful, personal and ingenious.
Try a minimal painting or plaster and paper assemblage, that takes its concept visually from these.
Don't forget my Winter Abstract/Figure/Landscape on Saturday the 8th from 1 to 6 pm.
See you next week, John.
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