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Celebration of Fine Arts 2008
Art Fills Oriental Marina & Hodges StreetSeptember 15, 2008
Fish made from gourds and recycled guitar strings by Laura Barnett of Raleigh. Her cousin, Anne Parker of Oriental, says that music stores save the instrument strings for Laura.
Another artist wove music in to her work, literally. These pennants by Alyce Santoro are made of the tape from audio recordings.
Jeannette Santoro of Whortonsville, whose daughter Alyce makes the flags, says one performer, in the band Phish, has worn clothes made of Alyce’s material and then run something like a cassette player head over it to make a sound. The flags didn’t play back Saturday but they did rustle in the slight breeze.
Live or Memorex? Live. Kathleen and Frank Murphy were among the performers who played on the deck at the Oriental Marina throughout the art show.
Michelle Deneke of Chapel Hill showed off her “Got Wired” serving spoons, which showed off Michelle if you look closely enough.
Candace Young whose Bay River Pottery often features Japanese-inspired horse-hair burnings had a new line for sale: whistles. Don’t be deceived: it may look like a ceramic frog but as Candace demonstrates here.. it can be made to whistle.
Poke weed is a plant many rip out of the ground, but Candace Young grows it for its electric pink stalk. The floral arrangements are part of the art of her pottery display.More art this-a-way.
