Various projects underway. Drawings will return in May.

Parklife. Minus park bench.

Study for a larger drawing

Attempting to capture a memory through pen and paper. And from pen and paper to foamcore and polymer clay.

This is a high school science lab storage room. Related: high school lab sink.
Smell of mildew, cardboard, formaldehyde, dust, alcohol. Related: Smell memory.

Still thinking about the icons and Vladislav Andrejev‘s step-by-step instructional video playing silently in the gallery of the Museum of Russian Icons. This shot was taken from relatively early on in the 267-minute demonstration.

Really like the luminous quality of the egg tempera and the elegant gesture of the poised hand.

The video retails for about $100.
To tide you over: an audio interview of Andrejev with slides.

Gordon Lankton modestly introduced himself as “the collector”. He said he likes to come to the museum in the afternoon to meet the patrons and answer questions.

Museum of Russian Icons

Related: Lankton on Managing a Plastics Extrusion Operation in Moscow

Perpetually full of powdered soap, test tubes, beakers, the odd Erlenmeyer flask and “ewww”.

Evoking a physical space through memory, details.

Registration opened and filled completely this past weekend.
Spectate in style “…please, no beastly denim.”

10 April 2010.