[mou] John Jarosz, Stuff-it

[Larson Kelly]

Think hard Richard,

Rocks and mud and plants don't move. They can be studied in great  
detail, close up, and they generally sit still for as long as you  
would like to look at them. You can feel the textures, experiment  
with different lighting and see what happens to surfaces when they  
are dirty, or wet, or worn.  If the artists is not happy with his  
first rendition he can go back to the subject again and again until  
he is satisfied that he understands what he is looking at and learns  
how to accurately portray it's essence.

Tell us, when the last time you were able to study even a common  
bird, like a Robin, in this way? How for example, without the aid of  
highly advanced modern photography, would we know anything about how  
the feathers covering a Robin's ear were arranged, or the shape of  
the scales on it's leg, or the texture of the skin on the underside  
of it's toes? A collection of small details describes the whole bird.  
Details we could not have known without postmortem study. Details  
that have led us to questions, thoughtful study, and better  
understanding of each species.



Kelly Larson
Bagley/Bemidji Minnesota
Kelly Larson
Bemidji Minnesota

Eschew Obfuscation!
The middle of Nowhere is Somewhere!


On Jan 31, 2008, at 10:24 PM, Richard Wood wrote:

> In reading this, I'm curious about something.
>
> If one "could make a rock so real you almost could hear the click  
> of wolves’ claws as they walked across it", or "make mud that  
> looked as sticky as the real thing", then why can't one make fake  
> birds and animals instead of killing and stuffing them?
>
> Richard
>
> Richard L. Wood, Ph. D.
> Hastings, MN
> rwoodphd at yahoo.com
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