Many of you may remember Juan Martinez, mi amigo and carpenter extraordinaire of Adios mosquitos and A terrace transformed fame. Well, he is a man of many talents — and one of them is building kaleidoscopes. Given that his “day job” is working in the office of Gorilla Glass, he has come into contact with many of the hip, young, and talented artists currently creating in Oaxaca. Thus, a natural collaboration ensued. Juan + Gorilla Glass + Lapiztola stencil = an exhibition of the Lapiztola Collective’s artistry at Gorilla Gallery.
Looking into the eye of the kaleidoscope.
What do you see?
There is the second kaleidoscope — this one a hand-crank. Come by Gorilla Gallery on one of the next couple of Thursdays from 2 PM to 8 PM, to give it a try.
And, be forewarned, they are working on a special Día de los Muertos kaleidoscopic project. Prepare to be amazed!
You’d want to look for hours!
I know… plan to return when there aren’t so many people waiting their turn. 🙂
What fun!
Did you know, I work in the world’s largest kaleidoscope store! It’s called Nellie Bly (in Jerome, Arizona)
No, I didn’t. I hope you get to “test” all the merchandise!
Shannon, your erstwhile father-in-law Ford Sheppard, an artist, would have been proud of your artistic photography. He also gave me my first kaleidoscope.
Barry
Thanks, Barry! Do you still have a kaleidoscope?
Where is Gorilla Gallery?
Starting to get real excited about our upcoming trip to Oaxaca. We had a little scare last week when our travel companion had triple bypass surgery but he is up and ready to go! See you soon
On Crespo, between Morelos and Matamoros. So glad your travel companion is okay. ¡Hasta pronto!
I’ll get to see it! coming to Oaxaca THIS evening! Staying at the Lavine house food a couple of weeks….phone is 281-221-1123…hope to meet you this time and take you out for a taco or two!
Kay, absolutely! I just asked to friend you on Facebook. Send me a FB private message and we can exchange email addresses and other contact information.
I missed reading this – but I’ll scoot over to the galería tonight!