Oct 29
Mel and Dorothy Tanner worked with the same material, acrylic glass, in very different ways. Dorothy liked to have a lot of material around and then begin her construction. Mel Tanner always sketched first, often filling the sketches in with colored pencils so that they were very precise. The drawing(s) very closely resembled the completed …
Oct 23
Mel Tanner created what became a series of wall pieces that could be thought of as star maps or constellations. Like so many of Mel’s wall sculptures, the art works looked flat from a distance but as you got closer, there was so much depth. Here are photos of 4 of these Star Maps, created …
Sep 09
Thanks to the Denver Westword staff for writing about our one-year anniversary of Lumonics Immersed that we had on September 3rd. Lumonics Immersed One-Year Anniversary Saturday, September 3, 8 to 10:30 p.m. Lumonics Light & Sound Gallery, 800 East 73rd Avenue, #11 Lumonics Studio, immersive before anyone knew what to call it, has …
Sep 09
Lumonics was honored to participate in the City of Broomfield‘s Gala on September 8, 2022. We created an installation of Mel and Dorothy Tanner’s light art: 6 wall-mounted sculptures plus 3 free-standing sculptures mounted on pedestals, and video projection on a large screen. The video and soundtrack was created by Dorothy Tanner and Marc Billard. …