By now, you've probably heard about the adventure I had last Sunday with team-mates Jenny Davies-Reazor and Lesley Watt in D.C. If you haven't,
go read all about it. Jenny shares some wonderful, inspirational, creativity-sparking photos from our visit to the National Museum of the American Indian. In continuing the virtual tour, and looking through my photos, I realize that I was "oohing" and "ahhing" a lot more than I was pointing and shooting!
I have some different shots from Jenny, not sure why I chose them, but as a relatively new component maker, I am always on the look for inspiration.
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| Very, other-worldly flowers outside the Smithsonian castle! A rare "tree lily', native to Cuba and Jamaica. I can envision smaller versions of these in polymer clay or glass perhaps? |
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| Part of a "Yarn-Bombing" art project called Perspectives at the Smithsonian by Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota. |
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| Jenny and Lesley outside the NMAI...melting. I just noticed that the profile of the building looks like a sort of primitive face! |
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| Cool art in the sidewalk of the museum of the phases of the moon. Spiral and circles...what's not to love! |
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| Jenny shared this one as well, but I loved it...the handles remind me of coiled copper beads I have made before! There was also a wonderful blast of cool air that came out! |
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| One of the 1st photos I took inside the museum, these are spindles for spinning wool. Smaller versions for metal clay disks, anyone? |
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| These stamps are hundreds of years old! The exhibit showed them used in textile printing, but of course, I would use them on polymer or metal clay. I would love to have that skull! |
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| This really resonated with all of us when we saw it. |
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| One of my favorite sculptures I saw that day. Future Clone, by Fritz Scholder, 1999. It was included in a scene of the movie, "The Black Swan". |
There was so much to take in and see here...I would love to go back and spend more time reading every plaque, opening every drawer and watching every video!
I love this concept of a time ball, as a sort of a diary to keep note of happenings and memories
ReplyDeleteHi Melissa, I really enjoyed your post. iI is interesting to me how people sharing the same experience see things differently. I liked seeing the visit through your eyes too. The time ball is something I did not know about but what a wonderful idea. I read a story several years ago about a beader who spent a year with her husband on a sailboat. Since there was very little room to bring back souvenirs she made a necklace adding a bead each day. She had whale and dolphin beads from some of her students and she put them in the necklace when there was a whale or dolphin spotted that day. She included red beads for the days they ran into a financial problem like something breaking down. The necklace was wonderful and a great way to keep track of her journey. The time ball made me remember that story.
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