Artists

Raku pottery was made long ago for Japanese tea ceremonies. It was modernized later into the process you see today. This involves taking a piece of pottery that has been bisque fired and glazed then firing it in a raku kiln (which my husband and I built ourselves). The piece is then fired to about 1800 degrees F and pulled out of the kiln while still red hot then placed in a reduction chamber containing organic materials such as newspaper, sawdust, leaves, etc.

At ten Szabo received a Brownie camera photographed family and friends on the beach, beginning her first series. Deeply influenced by the idea of History, Szabo received a BA/History from Virginia Commonwealth University, also completing all formal photographic studies offered. The first portraits were of herself and family, which were published in 1979, (In/sights: Self-Portraits by Women). She has recieved numerous grants and awards from public art commissions. In 1989, she received a grant from the Phoenix Arts Commission to document the construction of the new airport. While watching this enormous construction process for two years, she compared it to the building to the Great Pyramids calling the series The Golden Section (Slides -). Sky Harbor Terminal four is the modern pyramid, - a result of all humanity's acquired knowledge of mathematics, engineering, and architecture. Another grant received was through the Tempe Arts Commission to photograph the historical Peterson House. The Arizona Commission on the Arts in 1999 gave her grant to photograph "icons" of Chicano art history. She is presently featured in the Sept/Oct issue of Black and White Magazine.
Szabo is represented by the Victoria Boyce Galleries in Scottsdale, AZ.

Max Chandler makes robot generated art,.He designs, builds and programs robots to be tools that increase the mathematical precision of marks and create opportunities for beneficial randomness, making an art that is uniquely 21st century. A strong influence of Asian calligraphy, is evident. The strength and suppleness of the lines reflect many years of study...