dana major, chicago artist, light art, led art, crystal seeing

A Shift in Perception

STUDIO NEWS

wake up, sleeping news post…

wake up, sleeping news post…

Join me this weekend for two open studio events! Friday, Feb 6, 5-9 pm Sunday Feb 8, 1-4 pm both events feature new illuminated sculptures and brief, in-studio fortune readings on request

Pics from Summer Open Studio

Pics from Summer Open Studio

For this experimental studio installation at the Mana Open Studio Event, June 22, 2014, I caught optical lightfall on large, soft panels, making a walk-through environment with translucent walls.  In the fall I'll examine these individual segments as sculptures....

Studio Snapshots

Studio Snapshots

Fleeting shadows, seen in the course of making the matrixes![Best_Wordpress_Gallery gallery_type="thumbnails" theme_id="1" gallery_id="20" sort_by="order" order_by="asc" show_search_box="0" search_box_width="180" image_column_number="5" images_per_page="30"...

Event Pics Threewalls Starwalker Fortune Matrix

Event Pics Threewalls Starwalker Fortune Matrix

I meditated, built a matrix of shadow and light, and told fortunes inside it for Threewalls VIP guests at the recent Starwalker Gala.  I was supposed to close at 9:00 pm but they kept coming for fortunes until 1:47 a.m.!  pics from Threewalls' Starwalker Fortune...

microscopy correspondence

microscopy correspondence

Moving forward in my optics work, I am privileged to access my 7+ year correspondence with the Director of the Georgia State University microscopy lab in Atlanta, author, artist, and microscopist, Dr. Robert Simmons, PhD.   This ongoing professional correspondence...

Studio Snaps | new optics experiments

Studio Snaps | new optics experiments

new optic work is so exciting that I haven't looked up to post in a while.  I can't tell you what I am doing yet, but I can share these phone snaps!  This work will debut at Mana Contemporary Chicago's Spring Open Studio Event on Sunday June 22.  Stay tuned for...