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Arizona
Sonora Desert Museum
Poster
www.desertmuseum.org
2021 N. Kinney Rd, Tucson, AZ
(520) 883-2702
The mission of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is to inspire people
to live in harmony with the natural world by fostering love, appreciation,
and understanding of the Sonoran Desert.
The Desert Museum is the nation's leading outdoor living museum,
featuring more than 300 species of native wildlife and 1,300 varieties
of desert plants.
Dave
Sisk GourdMasque
Mask
www.gourdmasque.com
(520) 722-2563
Value $175
" Is that a gourd?"
When people first look at the masks I create, the gourd itself is
not what stands out. It is upon longer inspection that this question
will present itself.
A gourd is magical, like a fingerprint, or
a snowflake, each unique. From the vine to the mask, each gourd�s
personality is born and develops.
My experience as an artist was
in music and photography until a dear friend introduced me to gourds
and the possibilities within them and within myself. That was in
early 2001 and I slowly began experimenting until later that summer
when my creative energy took over and I became obsessed with unveiling
these masks within the gourds.
After the process of cleaning and
cutting the gourd, I use primarily leather dyes, wood stains, shoe
polish, and acrylic paints to enhance the gourd�s natural beauty.
Various gourds call for pyrography, inlays, beadwork, and the adornment
of feathers, horsehair, and or precious metals.
I don�t doubt that
living in the southwest has influenced a large part of my style,
but I never consciously try to duplicate a Native American design
out of respect for a culture that I am not a part of. The beauty
of the environment in which I live is also incorporated into my
masks with items found in our desert � including devil�s claws,
feathers, bones, antlers, cactus spines, as well as driftwood.
�
I am completely satisfied to look at a gourd with the wonder and
awe of a child, being astonished at the mask that was there all
along�waiting to be introduced.�
Jon
Wolf Photography
Three
$100 Gift Certificates
www.jonwolfphotography.com
7034 E. Broadway Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85710
(520) 296-7100
Value $300
Award-winning Jon Wolf Photography specializes in color and black
& white portraits for your home. Do you have a family portrait
yet? Now's the time to arrange it! Families, children, pets, anniversaries,
family reunions, pregnancy, boudoir, indoors, outdoors. They can
do it all.
The
Tucson Alphabet Poster
Framing
by Deck the Walls
5757
North Oracle Rd
Tucson, AZ 85704
Phone: (520)-690-5492
The Tucson Alphabet Poster is a whimsical, local take on the ABCs.
At Deck The Walls, we take pride in offering you the greatest selection
in high quality wall decor for your home or office. Each of our
convenient store locations carries over 1,000 open and limited edition
prints in stock. In addition, our endless selection of custom framing
moulding and matting makes Deck The Walls your ultimate framing
resource.
