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Thanks to several of you who shared the work of Bob Miller!
	


On Jun 2, 2008, at 6:09 PM, Charles Carlson wrote:

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> Dear Jeff,
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> Not one of Joe Ansel's.  It was created by Bob Miller.  Many, many  
> folks have looked at shiny spheres for inspiration, and many  
> artists have done things with them.  You might take a look at  
> http://www.exploratorium.edu/light_walk/ and http:// 
> www.exhibitfiles.org/sun_painting for a bit more information about  
> Bob, a truly amazing and wonderful person.  He died last November,  
> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/11/18/ 
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> Charles
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> On Jun 2, 2008, at 1:11 PM, Jeff Courtman wrote:
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>> ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology  
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>> Ran across this pic today - thought it worth sharing with those of  
>> us that remember one of the early exploratirum light exhibits that  
>> featured chromed christmas tree balls, where the light gets  
>> trapped below the visual equator of the bulbs and goes completely  
>> black for the viewer.  Wasn't it one of Joe Ansel's?
>>
>> The designers claim they got their inspiration from elsewhere :)
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/5a7e6q
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