sauce.baby
08-28-2008, 02:41 AM
Another tid-bit from my dad
Take the huge dry lake bed. Choose a stick. Make the largest sand drawing on Earth.
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/ (http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmRhcmtyb2FzdGVkYmxlbmQuY29tLzIwMD gvMDYvbGFyZ2VzdC1odW1hbi1tYWRlLWFydC1vbi1lYXJ0aC5o dG1s)
"Next on the list could be - aliens see it, make contact. Well, even without aliens, this art is more than mind-boggling in its scale. It's planet-altering.
Jim Denevan (http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmppbWRlbmV2YW4uY29tL2ltYWdlcy5odG 0=) made the world's largest freehand drawing a few weeks ago on a dry lake in Nevada. How big is it? Three mile across, which took 100 miles of walking to draw the pattern:
http://lh3.ggpht.com/abramsv/SF1ZKEuN50I/AAAAAAAAUbE/xeWiEZz4YOg/s720/ertytrywtyrtyrty.jpg (http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vbGg0LmdncGh0LmNvbS9hYnJhbXN2L1NGMVpKVk s1SUFJL0FBQUFBQUFBVWEwLzQtX1lsYTJ3SnRBL3MxNjAwLWgv RGVuZXZhbi0wOC0wNS0yMC00MDI3Ny5qcGc=)
Made by a single person... gone the next week
Jim says: "It is really really big. My first attempt at a place so large. I think it represents about seven or eight days of walking."
This photo is from 13,000 feet above. Jim is a small speck in center...
http://lh4.ggpht.com/abramsv/SF1ZHRYJmFI/AAAAAAAAUak/zBMnQQk-Y54/s720/Denevan-08-05-19-40176asasasa.jpg (http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vbGg0LmdncGh0LmNvbS9hYnJhbXN2L1NGMVpIUl lKbUZJL0FBQUFBQUFBVWFrL3pCTW5RUWstWTU0L3MxNjAwLWgv RGVuZXZhbi0wOC0wNS0xOS00MDE3NmFzYXNhc2EuanBn)
An immense mark in nature - it passes, leaving nothing
Even though esthetically it's a welcome addition to the landscape, it is also a sort of a transient mark - like a cloud, or a river-bed. Immense in its scope, and lasting only a moment in the large scale of things.
We asked the artist, how long did this stupendous artwork last?
[I]"Completely erased in a rainstorm the next week... It felt strange to work so hard and not see tide come in. But rains did come which is sort of the same thing."
Selah.
Preparations and artist's custom bus:
http://lh4.ggpht.com/abramsv/SF1ZFLYqvVI/AAAAAAAAUaM/4p43NbWTrJQ/s720/semiedit-14.jpg (http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vbGg0LmdncGh0LmNvbS9hYnJhbXN2L1NGMVpGTF lxdlZJL0FBQUFBQUFBVWFNLzRwNDNOYldUckpRL3MxNjAwLWgv c2VtaWVkaXQtMTQuanBn)
Really groovy-looking bus, too. Jim Denevan uses this bus in his other venture "Outstanding in the Field" (http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmppbWRlbmV2YW4uY29tL2Zvb2QuaHRtbA ==), where haute cuisine is served in the middle of wild natural environment, such as a country field, a rocky strewn coast, or a mountaintop.
http://lh3.ggpht.com/abramsv/SF1ZFthnJiI/AAAAAAAAUaU/6PcG7PLSxy0/s720/food28.jpg (http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vbGgzLmdncGh0LmNvbS9hYnJhbXN2L1NGMVpGdG huSmlJL0FBQUFBQUFBVWFVLzZQY0c3UExTeHkwL3MxNjAwLWgv Zm9vZDI4LmpwZw==)
Going Global
We featured some of Jim's work on our site before. The artist says: "My drawings are made totally freehand - large, then shrunk (if photographed)." "At low tide on wide beaches Jim searches the shore for a wave tossed stick. After finding a good stick and composing himself in the near and far environment Jim draws-- laboring up to 7 hours and walking as many as 30 miles. The resulting sand drawing is made entirely freehand with no measuring aids whatsoever."
Many beaches in Oregon and California (and soon the Spanish Bank Beach in Vancouver) have been graced by his immense patterns (somewhat reminiscent of the Nazca lines of Peru, only with that modern art quality).
A whimsical canvas of seemingly infinite ocean coastlines and deserts... subject to tides, weather and a passage of time. See the whole spectacular gallery of his work here (http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmppbWRlbmV2YW4uY29tL2ltYWdlcy5odG 0=)."
(http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vbGg0LmdncGh0LmNvbS9hYnJhbXN2L1NFam96Rl dEelBJL0FBQUFBQUFBVGx3L0M4b19RV0RpUEpNL3MxNjAwLWgv MjAzNjgxOTQ2Nl82NzI3MWY4ZGYzX28uanBn)
Take the huge dry lake bed. Choose a stick. Make the largest sand drawing on Earth.
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/ (http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmRhcmtyb2FzdGVkYmxlbmQuY29tLzIwMD gvMDYvbGFyZ2VzdC1odW1hbi1tYWRlLWFydC1vbi1lYXJ0aC5o dG1s)
"Next on the list could be - aliens see it, make contact. Well, even without aliens, this art is more than mind-boggling in its scale. It's planet-altering.
Jim Denevan (http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmppbWRlbmV2YW4uY29tL2ltYWdlcy5odG 0=) made the world's largest freehand drawing a few weeks ago on a dry lake in Nevada. How big is it? Three mile across, which took 100 miles of walking to draw the pattern:
http://lh3.ggpht.com/abramsv/SF1ZKEuN50I/AAAAAAAAUbE/xeWiEZz4YOg/s720/ertytrywtyrtyrty.jpg (http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vbGg0LmdncGh0LmNvbS9hYnJhbXN2L1NGMVpKVk s1SUFJL0FBQUFBQUFBVWEwLzQtX1lsYTJ3SnRBL3MxNjAwLWgv RGVuZXZhbi0wOC0wNS0yMC00MDI3Ny5qcGc=)
Made by a single person... gone the next week
Jim says: "It is really really big. My first attempt at a place so large. I think it represents about seven or eight days of walking."
This photo is from 13,000 feet above. Jim is a small speck in center...
http://lh4.ggpht.com/abramsv/SF1ZHRYJmFI/AAAAAAAAUak/zBMnQQk-Y54/s720/Denevan-08-05-19-40176asasasa.jpg (http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vbGg0LmdncGh0LmNvbS9hYnJhbXN2L1NGMVpIUl lKbUZJL0FBQUFBQUFBVWFrL3pCTW5RUWstWTU0L3MxNjAwLWgv RGVuZXZhbi0wOC0wNS0xOS00MDE3NmFzYXNhc2EuanBn)
An immense mark in nature - it passes, leaving nothing
Even though esthetically it's a welcome addition to the landscape, it is also a sort of a transient mark - like a cloud, or a river-bed. Immense in its scope, and lasting only a moment in the large scale of things.
We asked the artist, how long did this stupendous artwork last?
[I]"Completely erased in a rainstorm the next week... It felt strange to work so hard and not see tide come in. But rains did come which is sort of the same thing."
Selah.
Preparations and artist's custom bus:
http://lh4.ggpht.com/abramsv/SF1ZFLYqvVI/AAAAAAAAUaM/4p43NbWTrJQ/s720/semiedit-14.jpg (http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vbGg0LmdncGh0LmNvbS9hYnJhbXN2L1NGMVpGTF lxdlZJL0FBQUFBQUFBVWFNLzRwNDNOYldUckpRL3MxNjAwLWgv c2VtaWVkaXQtMTQuanBn)
Really groovy-looking bus, too. Jim Denevan uses this bus in his other venture "Outstanding in the Field" (http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmppbWRlbmV2YW4uY29tL2Zvb2QuaHRtbA ==), where haute cuisine is served in the middle of wild natural environment, such as a country field, a rocky strewn coast, or a mountaintop.
http://lh3.ggpht.com/abramsv/SF1ZFthnJiI/AAAAAAAAUaU/6PcG7PLSxy0/s720/food28.jpg (http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vbGgzLmdncGh0LmNvbS9hYnJhbXN2L1NGMVpGdG huSmlJL0FBQUFBQUFBVWFVLzZQY0c3UExTeHkwL3MxNjAwLWgv Zm9vZDI4LmpwZw==)
Going Global
We featured some of Jim's work on our site before. The artist says: "My drawings are made totally freehand - large, then shrunk (if photographed)." "At low tide on wide beaches Jim searches the shore for a wave tossed stick. After finding a good stick and composing himself in the near and far environment Jim draws-- laboring up to 7 hours and walking as many as 30 miles. The resulting sand drawing is made entirely freehand with no measuring aids whatsoever."
Many beaches in Oregon and California (and soon the Spanish Bank Beach in Vancouver) have been graced by his immense patterns (somewhat reminiscent of the Nazca lines of Peru, only with that modern art quality).
A whimsical canvas of seemingly infinite ocean coastlines and deserts... subject to tides, weather and a passage of time. See the whole spectacular gallery of his work here (http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmppbWRlbmV2YW4uY29tL2ltYWdlcy5odG 0=)."
(http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vbGg0LmdncGh0LmNvbS9hYnJhbXN2L1NFam96Rl dEelBJL0FBQUFBQUFBVGx3L0M4b19RV0RpUEpNL3MxNjAwLWgv MjAzNjgxOTQ2Nl82NzI3MWY4ZGYzX28uanBn)