Week 6: Art

My grandparents, the incredible couple I posted about during the week of "love", have a large collection of art. In fact, they own a sculpture park called Wolfstein Sculpture Park and donate art regularly to different venues. In addition to donating, they also purchase quite a bit of their own. They have two houses that hold a striking resemblance to museums, and some of the pieces are even marked to be donated to museums after their passing. It's incredible. They're obsessed with art. They've spent 60-some odd years collecting and they truly love every piece and have a story for every piece that they've purchased. AND THEY REMEMBER ALL THE STORIES. My grandmother is an elephant. Never forgets a thing.

This past Friday, I decided I needed 24 hours to deconstruct and destress from school happenings before losing my nights to rehearsals for my next show. In doing so, I went down to San Diego to go visit my grandparents and have a card night in with a beautiful view, which you have seen once in a previous post (again, about "love"). But when I arrived at their house around 1:00 PM, they were winding down from their morning adventures with a new piece of art, by Jeffery Laudenslager and Arline Fisch. Arline has been playing with a form of glass which separates specific colours from the light spectrum. The first photo is of the piece in natural, ambient light. The second picture was taken at night, with a small spot placed on the piece. I want them next to each other so that you can really see the difference between the separation of color on the metal. Jeffery is also a fabulous metal bender, sculptor, and artist.

I thought it was fascinating that each piece of glass separated a different colour. The colours didn't alter or change as time went on, though perhaps angle might make the lighting appear different, but the spot was stationary. It was really a beautiful piece. I always enjoy going to my grandparents museums.. Haha.