>> PRODUCTION OF "BROAD & HIGH" IS FUNDED IN PART BY THE GREATER COLUMBUS ARTS COUNCIL.

SUPPORTING ARTS, ADVANCING CULTURE, AND CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY TO ARTISTS, EVENTS, AND CLASSES AT COLUMBUSARTS.COM.

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>>> THIS TIME ON "BROAD & HIGH."

REIMAGINING COLUMBUS THROUGH THE EYES OF A LOCAL PHOTOGRAPHER.

RECOGNIZING BEAUTY IN DIFFERENT FORMS IN ONE ARTIST'S IMPACTFUL PORTRAITS.

AND LEARNING ABOUT USING SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS AND ECO PRINTING FROM A LOUSIANNA FIBER ARTIST.

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>> WELCOME TO “BROAD & HIGH” I AM YOUR HOST KATE QUICKEL.

WHEN PHOTOGRAPHER LARRY HAMILL WAS YOUNG A SCIENCE EXPERIMENT TEMPORARILY COST HIM THE GIFT OF SIGHT.

EVERY SINCE LARRY HAS MADE A LIFE OUT OF SEEING AND CAPTURING THE WORLD AROUND HIM.

SOMETIMES I LITTLE DIFFERENTLY THAN MOST.

HE HAS A PASSION FOR MIXING ABSTRACTION AND REALISM IN HIS WORK.

CONSTANTLY EXPERIMENTING WITH COLOR, DESIGN, TEXTURE AND LIGHT.

WE CAUGHT UP WITH LARRY AT HIS GERMAN VILLAGE STUDIO TO LEARN ALL ABOUT HIS IMPRESSIVE CAREER.

AND SEE HOW HE VIEWS COLUMBUS AND BEYOND.

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>> OVER THE YEARS I JUST KEEP THINKING I AM LIKE A VISUAL EXPLORER.

I AM JUST THERE OUT EXPLORING.

AND I KEEP VORACIOUSLY WANTING TO SEE THINGS I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.

BEING ACROSS FROM GERMAN VILLAGE, I JUST LOVE ALKING THROUGH THE VILLAGE AND DOCUMENTING HOW IT CHANGED.

IT'S KIND OF HISTORICAL TO SEE HOW ALL OF THESE TREES HAVE CHANGED OVER THE YEARS.

NEW HUNTINGTON GARDEN REPLACED THE OLD ASPHALT PATHWAY THAT WAS THERE.

ALMOST EVERYDAY I GO OUT WALKING OR TAKE PICTURES OF THINGS, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO SEE THINGS.

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MY GRANDFATHER WAS HISTORIAN FOR OHIO BELL, AND HE LOVED PHOTOGRAPHY.

AND I REMEBER -- ONE OF MY VAGUE MEMORIES WAS BEING IN HIS DARK ROOM AND JUST SEEING HOW MAGICAL IT WAS WHEN AN IMAGE APPEARS OUT OF NOTHING, WHEN HE'D BE PROCESSING PRINTS.

SO THAT WAS A REAL TREAT.

FROM THAT POINT ON ALL I WANTED TO DO WAS BE AN ARTIST.

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A REAL STRONG MOEMNT IN MY LIFE WAS WHEN I WAS IN SEVENTH GRADE.

MY PARENTS WERE AWAY AND I AM DOWN IN THE BASEMENT AND I RIGGED THESE WIRES TOGETHER TO CREATE A CARBON ARC LIGHT.

AND A CARBON ARC LIGHT IS ONE OF THE BRIGHTEST LIGHTS YOU CAN HAVE ON THE PLANET.

THAT'S WHAT POWERS SEARCH LIGHTS I PUT THE TWO PIECES OF CARBON TOGETHER AND THIS INCREDIBLE LIGHT BURTS.

AND I AM JUST THINKING IF THE NEIGHBORS WALK BY AND SAW MY BASEMENT IT PROBABLY LOOKED LIKE A NUCLEAR REACTOR OR SOMETHING.

BECAUSE THERE WAS SUCH BRIGHT LIGHT.

AND I WAKE UP THE NEXT MORNING AND I CAN'T SEE A THING.

FOR FIVE DAYS I THOUGHT I'D NEVER SEE AGAIN.

I THOUGHT, WE'LL THERE'S MY LIFE.

I WANT TO BE AN ARTIST, IT'S KIND OF HARD IF YOU CAN'T SEE.

BUT WHAT HAPPENED IS I SCARRED THE CORNEA OF THE EYES, SO I LITERALLY COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING UNTIL IT HEALED.

AND FROM THAT POINT ON I FEEL SO PRIVILEGED TO SEE THINGS.

I WENT TO OHIO STATE AND GRADUATED WITH A DEGREE IN PAINTING AND DRAWING AND I MINOR IN EXPANDED ARTS.

I NEVER HAD A CLASS IN PHOTOGRAPHY.

I'D JUST GO THROUGH THE KODAK VOLUMES ON HOW TO PHOTOGRAPH THINGS AND HAD THINGS THAT I COULD ASK QUESTION OF.

AND FROM THAT POINT ON I REALIZED I COULDN'T MAKE A LIVING OFF OF FINE ART, SO I LEARNED COMMERCIAL ART.

ONE OF MY FIRST CLIENTS AS FAR AS ART GOES WAS BERNIE'S BAGELS AND DELI ON NORTH HIGH STREET.

I WENT IN THERE AND THEY SAID WELL WE NEED TO DO SOME ADS AND THINGS.

I SAID LET ME COME UP WITH AN IDEA OF THE BAGEL MAN.

SO I DID THAT AND THEY SAID OK, YOU'RE HIRED.

JUST DO OUR MENUS USE THE BAGEL MAN AND THEN DO ADS IN THE LANTERN.

AND SO THE BAGEL MAN KIND OF EVOLVED FROM THAT.

SO I JUST DID DIFFERENT TYPES OF ART WORK AND SAVED UP AND BOUGHT A ZOOM LENS.

THAT WAS A BIG DEAL.

MY FIRST TUNGSTEN LIGHT.

I HAD A LIGHT SO I COULD HAVE MORE CONTROL.

SO IT'S JUST VERY GRADUAL GETTING THE PROPER EQUIPMENT.

I CHOSE TO SHOOT SLIDE FILM.

AND YOU CAN ONLY BE LIKE HALF AN F-STOP OF OFF.

SO YOU REALLY HAVE TO HONE IN YOUR EXPOSURES.

THAT HELPED ME LEARN TOO, BECAUSE YOU JUST COULDN'T MAKE THAT MANY MISTAKES.

WE'RE SPOILED TODAY WITH DIGITAL.

IT'S SO EASY TO GET YOUR COLOR BALANCE DOWN AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS.

BUT I REALLY LIKE THE SLIDES BECAUSE THEY'RE MORE VIVID.

THEY WORK BETTER FOR REPRODUCTION AND IN PRINT MATERIALS.

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MET FLIGHT HAS BEEN GREAT CLIENT FOR LIKE 28 YEARS.

I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM AND BEFORE THEM I WORKED WITH LIFE FLIGHT AT GRANT.

SO I SPENT A LOT OF TIME FORTUNATELY IN HELICOPTERS AND SHOOTING AIR TO AIR.

[ HELICOPTER WHIRRING ] >> THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST ASSIGNMENTS I EVER HAD AND THAT WAS A SHOOT FOR SONY.

AND SONY INTRODUCED A NEW CAMERA TO VIDEO RECORD COMMERCIAL SHOOTS.

AND THEY WANTED TO SHOW IT OFF AT THE GATHERING OF MUSTANGS AND LEGENDS AT RICKENBOCKER FIELD YEARS AGO.

IT WAS THE LARGEST GATEHRING OF P51 MUSTANGS SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

SO I AM UP IN A P1-30 TRANSPORT PLANE, I AM ON THE RAMP HERE.

I AM TETHERED JUST LIKE THE CAMERA MAN IS AND I AM USING A FLASH TO BALANCE THE LIGHT WITH THE OUTSIDE BECAUSE OTHERWISE THIS WOULD JUST BE TOTAL BLACKNESS.

SO I WAS ABLE TO PHOTOGRAPH THE PLANES FLYING AND THEN WHEN I WAS DONE SHOOTING THAT, I WAS ABLE TO SHOOT THE PLANES IN ACTION.

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GROWING UP ALL I COULD SEE ON THE HORIZON WAS THE LINCOLN LEVEQUE AND THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH IT FOR THE SKYLINE.

SO IT'S KIND OF FUN OVER THE YEARS TO SEE HOW OUR SKYLINES CHANGED AND WHAT OTHER ANGLES IT COULD BE SHOT FROM.

I TRY TO GET A LOT OF DIFFERENT VANTAGE POINTS, PUT COLUMBUS IN DIFFERENT CONTEXT.

THIS IS A SERIES OF CALENDARS THAT I STARTED 31 YEARS AGO.

THAT'S WHEN PHOTOSHOP FIRST CAME OUT.

GROWING UP IN COLUMBUS OHIO WE ARE SO GEOGRAPHICALLY CHALLENGED, THAT I ALWAYS WANTED TO SEE MOUNTAINS ON THE HORIZONS AND WITH PHOTOSHOP IT LET ME MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

SO IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE I TOOK A SHOT THAT I TOOK OFF OF NICE FRANCE WITH THE ALPS BEHIND.

I PUT THAT IN THE BACKGROUND AND THEN I TOOK A SHOT THAT I TOOK IN THAILAND ON A BEACH IN THE FOREGROUND.

I THINK IT'S KIND OF FUNNY.

THEY ASK WHERE IS THIS?

I SAY WELL IT SAYS COLUMBUS RIGHT ON THE TOP.

AND NOBODY WILL ACCEPT THAT.

[ LAUGHTER ] SO OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T HAVE MOUNTAINS, BECAUSE OF THE GLACIERS AND EVERYTHING.

I STILL WOULD LIKE TO SEE THESE MOUNTAINS BEYOND OUR SKYLINE.

BUT PHOTOSHOP WAS THE ONLY WAY I COULD FIGURE IT OUT.

I'VE BEEN IN THIS STUDIO FOR 45 YEARS.

OVER THE YEARS IVE SHOT HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ROLLS.

ESSSENTIALLY WHAT I'VE GOT IS LIKE A SLIVER FROM 1976 TO 2021 OF OUR CULTURE AROUND HERE AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.

SO HOPEFULLY PEOPLE CAN ACCESS THESE IMAGES AND MAKE NEW IMAGES FROM THEM OR BRING BACK TIMES.

SO HOPEFULLY I AM PROVIDING A SUBSTRATA OR CULTURE IN THIS PERIOD OF TIME.

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IT'S JUST SO UNLIMITED, THE WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN.

AND THERE'S SO MUCH TO EXPLORE.

EVERYDAY I AM LOOKING TO SOMETHING I CAN SEE.

I JUST GO OUT AND WHETEHR I SKETCH IT OR TAKE PICTURE OF IT.

IT'S JUST CONSTANTLY A SOURCE OF WONDER AROUND US.

SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT SENSE OF WONDER INSIDE YOU TO EXPERIENCE THE WONDER THAT'S ALL AROUND US.

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>> IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE MORE LARRY'S WORK, GIVE HIM A LIKE ON FACEBOOK WHERE HE HAS POSTED A NEW IMAGE EVERYDAY FOR OVER A DECADE.

FACEBOOK.COM/HAMILLUSION.

NEXT WE VISIT RENO, NEVADA TO MEET PAINTER KELSEY ROLLING.

IN HER VISUAL WORK SHE HOPES TO EXPAND OUR IDEA OF BEAUTY.

HER PAINTINGS FOCUS ON REPRESENTATION AND REINTERPRETATION WHILE EXPLORING ART HISTORY AND POP CULTURE.

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>> MY NAME'S KELSEY ROLLING I AM PAINTER FULL TIME RIGHT NOW.

I DO A LOT OF WORK THAT FOCUSES ON INTERSECTIONAL FEMINISM BECAUSE OF LACK OF REPRESENTATION.

BASICALLY JUST LIKE FIGURATIVE WORKS OF WOMEN OF COLOR.

I WOULD DESCRIBE MY WORK AS, WITH VARYING INFLUENCES DEPENDING ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN MY LIFE.

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>> KELSEY'S A PORTRAIT ARTIST, SO WHEN WE APPROACH PORTRAITURE THAT THIRD WALL IS COMPLETELY BROKEN.

SO WE GET TO STARE AT THE SUBJECT, SPEND TIME WITH THE SUBJECT, WHICH IS THE REALLY IMPACTFUL THING ABOUT PORTRAITURE WORK.

THE ABILITY THAT KELSEY IS ABLE TO HAVE ON HER AUDIENCE.

IT'S JUST A PROFOUND SENSE OF WHO IS THIS SUBJECT.

HOW CAN I GET TO KNOW THEM?

HOW CAN I DO A LITTLE MORE RESEARCH TO UNDERSTAND THEM?

ESPECIALLY IN REGARD TO THE POP CULTURE REFERENCES AND THE ART HISTORY REFERENCES THAT SHE HAS THROUGHOUT HER WORK.

>> I GET A LOT OF MY IDEAS FROM LOOKING AT A BUNCH OF THINGS.

I AM REALLY FASCINATED BY HOW SATURATED OUR VISUAL WORLD IS.

SO I LOOK A LOT AT SOCIAL MEDIA THINGS.

LIKE INSTAGRAM AND I SEE COOL PHOTOS OR PAINTINGS.

SO IT STARTS WITH GETTING REFERENCE IMAGES.

I USE KIND OF MIXED MEDIA.

I PAINT WITH A LOT OF ACRYLIC PAINT AS BASE LAYERS AND THEN I USE OIL PAINTS TO DO MY FIGURES MAINLY.

BECAUSE I CAN GET REALLY GOOD DETAIL ON THEM.

I'LL PICK JUST LIKE A SOLID COLOR THAT I THINK IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL AND JUST KIND OF BASE THE WHOLE PAINTING ENERGETICALLY AROUND THAT.

THAT'S WHEN I START WITH THE ACRYLICS.

TEHN I'LL DO A ROUGH SKETCH OF THE FIGURE, AND I'LL PAINT IT IN WITH OILS FROM THERE.

A LOT OF WHAT MAKES SOMETHING LOOK REAL IS FOCUSING ON THINGS YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO INCLUDE ON FACE ALMOST IF YOU'RE DRAWING IT.

I REMEMBER WHEN I YOUNGER I WOULD DRAW THINGS AND I WOULDN'T INCLUDE CERTAIN SHADOWS OR CERTAIN BLEMISHES OR CERTAIN MARKS UNDER THE EYES -- THAT REALLY MAKE SOMETHING LOOK REALISTIC.

SO I TRY TO JUST FOCUS ON THE LITTLE HIGHLIGHTS AND DIFFERENT COLORS AND SHADING.

BECAUSE THERE'S JUST SO MUCH VARIATION THAT GOES INTO A FACE AND SKIN TONES.

I LOOK AT A LOT OF REFERENCES, AND PAITING IT AS IT'S SEEN AND NOT HOW YOUR BRAIN WANTS TO SEE IT.

I THINK THAT'S MADE ME EXPAND MY IDEA OF BEAUTY IN A LOT OF WAYS TOO WHICH WAS NICE.

I AM JUST MORE ACCEPTING OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

BECAUSE IT ALL JUST LOOKS SO BEAUTIFUL TO ME.

>> THE TYPE OF RESPONSE WE TYPICALLY GET FROM KELSEY'S WORK COMES FROM AN AUDIENCE THAT'S MORE CONNECTED WITH SOCIAL MEDIA.

SO WE GET A LITTLE BIT -- MOSTLY CONSISTING OF YOUNG PEOPLE JUST REALLY VIBING HER WORK.

REALLY INTO THE SUBJECT THE MATTER SHE'S PURSUING.

>> I KNOW MY ART ISN'T NECESSARILY GEARED TOWARDS A YOUNGER AUDIENCE, BUT I THINK HAVING PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE ME OR WHO CAN RELATE AND SEE ME AS AN ARTIST THAT PAINTS PEOPLE THAT LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE THEM -- WOULD BE REALLY NICE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I WANTED WHEN I WAS YOUNGER.

SO I HOPE TO KINDA HAVE THAT FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED THAT AS WELL, REGARDLESS OF HOW OLD THEY ARE.

I GREW UP IN A DIFFERENT TIME THAN IT IS NOW.

WE ALL GREW UP IN A TIME WHERE THERE WASN'T A LOT OF PLACES WHERE YOU'D SEE BLACK PEOPLE OR BROWN PEOPLE IN THINGS.

THAT REALLY INFLUENCED ME AS A LOT AS A KID.

BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE OF COLOR CAN RELATE TO WANTING TO LOOK DIFFERENT OR ACT DIFFERENT.

GROWING UP IT'S HARD WHEN YOU'RE JUST LIKE, WHERE AM I IN THESE PLACES?

I GOT TO A POINT WHERE I WAS JUST LIKE I CAN JUST PAINT MY REPRESENTATION THAT I WANT.

IT KIND OF SERVES AS FILLING GAPS WHERE I THINK THEY NEED TO BE FILLED.

PEOPLE GAIN AN UNDERSTANDING AND CAN RELATE TO PEOPLE IF THEY LIKE SEE THEM.

IF YOU GREW UP WITH A BUNCH OF PEOPLE WHO LOOK REALLY DIFFERENT, YOU DON'T THINK THAT'S WEIRD.

IF YOU GROW UP IN LIKE RENO AND THERE'S NOT A LOT OF BROWN PEOPLE, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO INTERACT WITH THEM SOMETIMES.

I EXPERIENCE THAT GROWING UP, THERE'S JUST PEOPLE BEING CONFUSED BY MY HAIR.

CONFUSED ABOUT MY PARENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE A BIRACIAL COUPLE.

SO THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.

MORE EXPOSURE TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE JUST CREATES MORE TOLERANCE IN A WAY OR ACCEPTING IN A WAY.

OR JUST NORMALIZATION AT LEAST.

I WANT PEOPLE TO STOP FOR A MOMENT.

I WANT IT TO HAVE ENOUGH DETAIL AND CONFUSION IN IT THAT PEOPLE TAKE A MOMENT TO LOOK AT IT.

I AM INTRIGUED BY PERSONAL UNDERSTANDING OF IT.

BECAUSE I THINK EVERYBODY RESPONDS TO EVERYTHING DIFFERENTLY GIVEN THEIR BACKGROUND AND GIVEN THEIR OPINIONS ON ART.

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I WOULD LIKE THEM TO JUST LIKE QUESTION WHERE WE SEE PEOPLE AND HOW WE SEE THEM AND HOW WE INTERACT WITH THEM AND RECOGNIZING BEAUTY IN DIFFERENT FORMS AND DIFFERENT WAYS.

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>> TO SEE MORE GO KROLLINGARTS.COM FIBER ARTIST SHERRY TAMBURO FIRST BEGAN LEARNING TO SEW AT A YOUNG AGE.

AND SHE CONTINUES THAT JOURNEY TODAY.

SHE OFTEN CONNECTS WITH OTHER ARTISTS BEYOND HER HOMETOWN OF SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA.

TO LEARN NEW WAYS TO MAKE HER COLORFUL, AND ECO FRIENDLY WEARABLE ART.

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>> FROM A VERY YOUNG AGE I WAS ALWAYS INVOLVED IN SOME TYPE OF MATERIAL OR FIBER MY MOTHER SEWED AND THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA FOR ME TO LEARN.

IN THE 70S I GOT INVOLVED WITH THE EXPANSION ARTS PROGRAM IN FLORIDA.

SO I LEARNED HOW TO WEAVE.

SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF LOOMS.

I LEARNED HOW TO SPIN.

I MAINLY WORK IN WOOL, SILK, SOMETIMES BAMBOO FIBERS.

SOMETIMES I GET THE FLEECE THAT I HAVE TO TAKE AND WASH AND CARD AND DYE.

SO IT'S ALL SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS.

NOTHING HAS TO DIE.

RECENTLY I WAS IN A WORKSHOP IN AUSTIN BY A WOMAN FROM THE NETHERLANDS AND SHE TAUGHT A CLASS ON MAKING COATS.

I MADE A COAT AND IT'S ALL ONE PIECE.

YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT SO LARGE.

FIVE TIMES AS BIG AS THE COAT, BECAUSE WOOL SHRINKS.

THEN WE LAY THE FIBER ON THERE.

WE HAD TO ADD DIFFERENT PIECES SO WE'D GET THE FULLNESS.

AND THEN WE HAD THE SLEEVES.

NO GLUE, NO SEWING.

IT'S ALL MANIPULATED.

WOOL HAS SCALES IN IT AND WHEN IT'S WARMED AND THERE'S FRICTION THE SCALES OPEN AND THEN THEY CONNECT TO EACH OTHER.

THE SCARVES WITH THE SILK, I HAVE A SILK BASE.

WHICH I DYE ALL MY SILK.

AND THEN I LAY THE WOOL ON THE SILK.

NOW I HAVE TO USE COLDWATER, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THE WOOL TO FELT BEFORE IT GOES THROUGH THE SILK.

THERE'S NO SEWING ON THESE.

IT'S A PIECE OF SILK AND IT'S WOOL.

BY SLOWLY MASSAGING THE FIBERS THEY GO THROUGH THE SILK AND CONNECT TO THE OTHER SIDE.

IT BECOMES ONE CONTINUOUS PIECE OF FABRIC.

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ON MY ECO PRINTED PIECES I USE NATURAL DYE.

THERE'S A BUG IT'S CALLED COCHINEAL THAT GROWS ON CACTUS THAT I USE A LOT.

I CAN GET A BRIGHT FUSCHIA WITH THAT.

SO THESE WERE ECO PRINTED YESTERDAY.

I COOK IT FOR THREE TO FOUR HOURS.

ACTUALLY I STEAM THESE IN AN ELECTRIC TURKEY ROASTER.

I LOVE THAT.

I JUST DISCOVERED THAT.

THEN YOU TAKE IT OUT AND YOU LET IT SIT OVERNIGHT.

BEFORE YOU UNDO IT AND IT'S REALLY HARD TO NOT UNDUE IT, BECAUSE YOU REALLY WANT TO SEE WHAT YOU HAVE.

AND I HAVEN'T UNROLLED THEM YET.

I DID TWO SCARVES TOGETHER ON THIS ONE.

AND SO THIS BASICALLY WHAT YOU DO.

OH, IT LOOKS GORGEOUS.

TAKE THESE APART.

THE BOTTOM ONE HAD ALREADY BEEN DYED WITH COCHINEAL, THE BUG THAT GROWS ON CACTUS.

AND THEN -- OH GOSH THAT'S GORGEOUS.

SEE, I NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

THIS IS EUCALYPTUS RIGHT HERE.

WOW.

AND THIS IS A SYCAMORE.

THIS IS MORE EUCALYPTUS.

DIDN'T DO TOO MUCH THERE, BUT THIS ONE IS REALLY -- HERE'S AN OAKLEAF.

CAME OUT GORGEOUS.

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I AM EXPERIMENTING WITH DOING A LOT OF PODS.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE MAGIC, BECAUSE YOU PUT THE FIBERS DOWN.

THEN YOU WET WITH WARM, SOAPY WATER, AND THEN YOUR WRAP THEM IN A POOL NOODLE AND YOU USE BUBBLE WRAP AND THEN YOU ROLL.

IT'S LABOR INTENSIVE, BUT YOU GET A GOOD WORKOUT.

WHEN IT STARTS COMING TOGETHER IT TAKES A FORM OF ITS OWN.

YOU HAVE TO SCULPT IT, BECAUSE WOOL HAS A MEMORY.

I HAVE AN IDEA, I HAVE A SKETCHBOOK.

SO I TRY TO SKETCH EVERYTHING OUT, BEFORE I DO IT.

IT DOESN'T ALWAYS COME OUT LIKE MY SKETCH, BUT IT IS CLOSE.

THEN I WILL PUT TOWELS AND FABRIC IN THEM,WHILE THEY'RE WET.

SO THEY'LL DRY IN THE SHAPE I WANT THEM.

THE PODS ARE LIKE A COCOON.

THEY'RE LIKE A SAFE SPACE.

THAT'S WHAT THEY REMIND ME OF.

I AM MAKING LIGHTING FIXTURES.

I HAVE A CAGE THAT I GET AND THE INSIDES GO IN IT AND THEN I FELT AROUND IT.

THOSSE ARE FUN TO MAKE.

WOOL IS SO DURABLE.

THEY LAST FOREVER.

HATS, I DO HATS.

LOVE MAKING HATS.

AND I AM DOING SOME JEWELRY.

SOME NECKLACES AND I HAVE CUFFS THAT I MAKE.

I'VE BEEN WORKING ON ACOUSTICAL PIECES.

LIKE THIS PIECE BEHIND ME.

THIS IS A LAYERED FELT.

TOOK ME ABOUT SIX WEEK TO MAKE THAT THING.

BUT IT ABSORBS SOUND.

THIS PIECE IS CALLED “AMONG THE FRAWNS.” FIRST I DID A WHOLE LAYER OF JUST WOOL ON THE BOTTOM.

AND THEN I MADE PREFELT WHICH IS VERY LOOSLEY TOGETHER, BUT IT HOLDS TOGETHER.

AND I CUT LEAVES OUT.

THEN I PUT TAPE IN BETWEEN.

I WOULD EDGE ON THE BACKGROUND AND THEN PUT A PIECE OF TAPE SO THE WHOLE THING WOULDN'T FUSE TOGETHER.

THE VASES I MAKE USING A RESIST.

IT'S CALLED A RESIST.

AND IT'S FLOOR UNDERLAYMENT.

IF YOU'RE PUTTING DOWN -- OR SOMETHING THERE'S THAT WHITE BASE YOU PUT DOWN BEFORE YOU PUT IT ON.

WELL I USE THAT FOR MY RESIST.

SO YOU CUT A SHAPE OUT.

EVERYTHING STARTS OUT FLAT.

AND YOU PUT FIBER ON ONE SIDE, THEN YOU FLIP IT, PUT FIBER ON THE OTHER SIDE.

YOU DO THAT -- YOU USUALLY FOUR OR FIVE LAYERS SO YOU CAN GET A REALLY NICE, THICK FELT.

THEN YOU CUT A HOLE AND YOU PULL YOUR RESIST OUT AND THEN YOU START TO GET YOUR SHAPE.

THIS IS A CAT CAVB.

IT'S THE FIRST ONE I MADE, BUT THEY SEEM TO BE REALLY POPULAR IN EUROPE.

THIS WAS ALL WHITE.

I USED WHITE WOOL AND THEN I ECO PRINTED THIS.

THIS WHOLE THING WAS FLAT AND IT HAD A ROUND RESIST INSIDE.

THEN I CUT A HOLE, PULLED THE RESIST OUT AND THEN I FULLED IT.

THAT'S WHERE YOU -- WHEN YOU FULL IT, THAT'S WHERE YOU GET IT TO WHERE IT'S AT A STIFF STAGE.

THIS IS FIVE LAYERS OF WOOL.

BUT THEN THIS IS EUCALYPTUS HERE.

THEN I HAVE SOME ROSES IN HERE, ROSE PETALS AND ROSE LEAVES.

WHICH GIVE A NICE GREEN.

AND THE WHOLE THING WAS ECO PRINTED.

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>> SEE SHERRY'S LATEST CREATIONS AT FACEBOOK.COM/SHERRYTAMBURO.

WELL, THAT'S OUR SHOW.

REMEMBER YOU CAN FIND ALL OF OUR STORIES ONLINE AT WOSU.ORG AS WELL AS ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

FOR ALL OF US HERE AT WOSU, I AM KATE QUICKEL, THANKS FOR WATCHING.

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>> I AM THE ART TEACHER HERE AT LIBERTY TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

I TEACH KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH GRADE.

IT IS A WILD ADVENTURE EVERYDAY.

BEING IN THIS TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT I HAVE ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF STUDENTS.

STUDENTS THAT LOVE ART.

STUDENTS THAT BELIEVE ONE DAY THEY WILL BE THE NEXT CONTEMPORARY ARTIST.

AND I HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE HERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO BE.

PART OF THE CHALLENGE FOR ME IS TO ENGAGE ALL OF THEM.

TO TEACH THEM THAT THERE IS A PURPOSE FOR ART IN THEIR LIFE.

LOOK HOW BEAUTIFUL THAT IS.

ISN'T THAT COOL?

SO I FOUND OUT A YEAR AGO I WAS NOMINATED BY MY PRINCIPAL AS TEACHER OF THE YEAR FOR THE STATE OF OHIO.

AND I KEPT SHRUGGING IT OFF AND DIDN'T EVEN TELL ANYBODY, AND THEN THIS PAST FALL I WAS NAMED 2018 OHIO TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

THIS IS WHERE IT GETS A LITTLE TRICKY.

IT'S REALLY INTERESTING.

I'VE GOT THESE DUEL THOUGHTS, RIGHT?

ONE OF MY THOUGHTS IS IT'S INCREDIBLE THAT AN ART EDUCATOR IS TEACHER OF THE YEAR FOR OUR STATE.

IT'S THIS REALLY EXCITING THING, WHERE I GET TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF ART EDUCATION.

BUT AT THE SAME POINT, WHY SHOULD I BE SURPRISED AND EXCITED ABOUT THAT?

BECAUSE OF COURSE AN ARTS EDUCATOR COULD BE THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

AND IT IS INCREDIBLY HUMBLING.

MY WHOLE PLATFORM AND WHAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH PEOPLE IS WE HAVE SMALL TINY MOMENTS IN OUR EVERYDAY LIVES WHERE WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO OTHER PEOPLE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE NAMED TEACHER OF THE YEAR OR WIN AN AWARD TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN SOMEONE'S LIFE.

SO THAT'S REALLY MY HOPE THAT I'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT WITH AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.

WE TAKE THOSE MOMENTS AND SUPPORT OTHERS.

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>> CATCH COLUMBUS AT IT'S CREATIVE BEST ON “BROAD & HIGH” THURSDAY NIGHTS AT 8 O'CLOCK ON WOSU TV.

> PRODUCTION OF "BROAD & HIGH" IS FUNDED IN PART BY THE GREATER COLUMBUS ARTS COUNCIL.

SUPPORTING ARTS, ADVANCING AND CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY TO CULTURAL EVENTS, ARTISTS, AND CLASSES AT COLUMBUSMAKESARTS.COM.

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