Bruce Riley is a painter in Chicago who paints via a pouring resin method, and the results are psychedelic and beautiful: Bruce from Jason Stanfield on Vimeo. If I could afford the materials and the space and the time, this looks like a very relaxing and fulfilling way to spend one’s time. And the results are incredible; I’ll definitely be adding some pictures of them to my portfolio of set design inspirations.
Here are some initial thoughts regarding some of the things I saw at the Live Design International (LDI) trade show. The Clay-Paky Stormy strobe Finally, someone realized that some LDs just do not like the look of LEDs in a direct view application. I love the TMB Flare, but it is certainly one of many direct view LED fixtures on the market. The Stormy (Clay-Paky has chosen an interesting naming convention for its new fixture lines) is an LED strobe that looks like what Clay-Paky calls “a classic strobe”, but everyone will inevitably compare to a Martin Atomic 3000. It certainly bears a superficial resemblance to that fixture, but where the xenon discharge lamp would be, there is a strip… Read More »LDI: Part I