PATTERNS AND TONES

Back in March, I approached and photographed Bob Baker at his Theater in Echo Park for my blog entry  "Bob Baker and His Magical Marionettes"  which focused on the history and evolution of this Los Angeles legend. My fascination was piqued when his assistant and fellow puppeteer Alex Evans had mentioned their workshop where the Marionettes where made and stored. I jumped at the chance to dig a bit deeper into the making of these amazing objects of Art. Every inch of these Marionettes are made by hand and the labor of love that goes into making them shines through. Bob once again graciously gave his time to conduct the following interview which allows us a peek inside his workshop and look into his amazing life. For the love of all things made by hand, Julie Pavlowski Green September 13, 2014 Subscribe to our mailing list   Julie Pavlowski Green: Were all your Marionette’s made here in your Los Angeles workshop? Bob Baker: Yes but som...

"From Campfires to Rocket Fuel" 20 x 16" Mixed Media Art is a process and a journey. It leads us to explore and question and probe. The best advice I ever received was from a colleague, Jason Archer, who upon hearing me complain that I didn't have enough money to produce an exhibition, pointed out that it didn't take money to create art but it did require a lot of thought and a fresh perspective. He pointed to paintings created on cardboard, paper collages with string and glue. But his best advice was to take an image I had created (and loved) and reproduce it in many other mediums. This inspired me to render many photographic portraits and still life's in oil, acrylic,  mixed media , ink and pencil. Dabbling in mixed media over the years has provided me with an alternative format in which to explore a different way of conveying an idea or a message. I see these images as illustrations. They would fit nicely in an article on the quality of our fo...