TRANSPARENT WEAVING
We ran across the weaving of Ethel Stein at the Art Institute of Chicago last fall. She is a mater weaver who, at 96 years old, is only now coming into the recognition that...
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CONVERSATION FORMS
The above drawing depicts something that I call Conversation Forms. The idea is that each of our thoughts, precepts, etc. can be summarized by a three dimensional polygonal form. This form would be established...
RELATIVITY
We live in curved spacetime. At least this is what the theory of relativity tells us. Space is curved by gravity. Therefore the space upon which we inhabit the earth is curved. It is...
BETWEEN CONCEPTION AND REPRESENTATION
I have shown my clients Transparent Drawings, and this has only increased their enthusiasm and excitement toward the design. There is a competitive advantage to the presentation of rational and explanatory hand drawings. And...
ANCIENT OPERATING SYSTEM
Let’s face it. The operating system for Transparent Drawing is ancient. After all, we are talking about nothing more than a pencil and a piece of paper with some watercolor tones. So how long...
ORDINARY BUILDING 2
For many people of our ilk, the brakes on our cars sure get a workout. We know the routine. We are driving along, typically trying to get someplace on time. And then there is...
BYZANTINE MOSAIC
This photograph was taken from a mosaic on the ceiling of the Chora Church in Istanbul. As we have seen, the medieval artist did not have a cohesive and geometrically correct framework for their...
BYZANTINE SPACETIME
I photographed this fresco in the Chora Church in Istanbul. In the reconstructed image, one can see the inconsistent use of perspective geometry. This Byzantine painting was done most likely in the 1300s, well...
TACTILE TRACES
Nicolaides in The Natural Way to Draw describes the essential drawing phenomenon as tracing with your eye. That is, you move your pencil in the same manner that your eye sees the object that...
PAZZI CHAPEL
Years ago during a family trip to Italy, I dutifully brought along my sketchbook. We stayed almost a week in Florence. This is a pencil sketch that I completed during that trip. I made...
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