Carol Bloomgarden
Perspective and detail. Step back and view the image. Step forward, you see the lines. Press your nose against the glass, or grab a magnifying glass, you can read a tiny poem. My micrography grew out of my passion for the feel of fine-point pens and a family tree gone wild. Now I'm bringing it into a third dimension, using glass and clay.
CONTACT INFORMATION
- phone:
- 607-387-5930
- e-mail:
- carol@cbgb-arts.com
- website:
- www.cbgb-arts.com
ADDRESS
Scissor Tales and Language Art, 5851 Route 227, Trumansburg, NY 14886STUDIO DIRECTIONS
From Ithaca, come up Route 96 North. About five miles past the hospital, you will see a green sign pointing to the left, saying "Perry City." Go left; five miles later, you will come to the Perry City intersection, the only stop sign on the road. Continue straight on Route 227. We are a mile and a half past the Perry City stop sign, on the right hand side of the road, in a white Cape Cod with a large, untidy flower garden and a greenhouse on the right. The studio is above the greenhouse.
ARTISTS' STATEMENT
Carol is a home health nurse as well as an amateur fiddler who dabbles in etching and pottery.
Her micrography grew out of her passion for the feel of fine-point pens and a family tree gone wild.
Everything we see, everything we think we understand, is influenced by the perspective we use in approaching it. Like zooming in from a satellite image of the Earth down through your town – your home – the pores in your skin – down to your cells – what you think you see affects how you understand your world. Step back
and view the image. Step forward, you see the shapes. Press your nose against the glass, you can see the textures. But then you grab a magnifying glass, you can read a tiny poem. Texture is the theme in her artwork and in their studio greenhouse, which is open during Art Trail and by appointment.
