The pictures were taken from the back to insure privacy and with the permission of those and the caregivers of those photographed.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
The Curator Is In
These photos were taken at the CCM Parent Program called "The Curator Is In." Now and then, Michael, the curator is at the museum to greet visitors, conduct personal tours of Michael's Museum, answer questions, tell stories about the collections, listen to visitor's stories about their collections, to lead the "Coffee Table Treasure Hunt" game, and more. Michael will be "In" on Mondays during November and December from 10:30 am - 12:30 pm. Come visit.
The pictures were taken from the back to insure privacy and with the permission of those and the caregivers of those photographed.
The pictures were taken from the back to insure privacy and with the permission of those and the caregivers of those photographed.
Michael's Museum Corner at the CCM Gift Shop
Michael's Museum has its own gift shop, or at least a corner of the Chicago Children's Museum's Gift Shop. Besides gifts and collectibles inspired by Michael's Museum being for sale, there are three of Michael's collections on view (Noah's Ark, Feathers, & Cola Bottles) and an invitation to "see more upstairs."
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Tiny Pencil Carvings
Every now and then an e-mail comes across my desk with a website link dealing with tiny treasures. Here is one dealing with carved pencil points:
Focus on art: Dalton Ghetti
The intricate magic of pencil lead sculptor Dalton Ghetti. He’s been featured on a lot of blogs and website, as I found out with a quick Google search, but having just seen his work for the first time today, I thought it worth sharing.
“At school I would carve a friend’s name into the wood of a pencil and then give it to them as a present. Later, when I got into sculpture, I would make these huge pieces from things like wood, but decided I wanted to challenge myself by trying to make things as small as possible.”
— DALTON GHETTI
More of an insight on Vimeo: Pencil artist Dalton Ghetti (embedded below).
In 2002 Dalton Ghetti began working on a memorial project for 9/11 where each person who died is represented by a tiny graphite teardrop about the size of a grain of rice. The Connecticut-based sculptor has been carving one teardrop per day, and when he finishes he’ll glue the drops to a white background to form a larger teardrop.
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