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Inspirational, informative, moving., December 23, 2008
This review is from: Emile Norman: By His Own Design (DVD)
Emile Norman attended art school for one day. His teacher told him he did his assignment wrong, and Emile quit. Together with his partner Brooks Clemens, he went on to sculpt, create glass and wood mosaics and build and live in the mountains of Big Sur.
This film is a touchstone for those who swim against the tide. Beginning in the 1940's, it follows Emile Norman through the art world, film sets and galleries of California, New York City and back to Big Sur and Carmel. From mosaic zebras to marble statues to the 40 foot marble glass window on the Masonic Temple in San Francisco, Norman not only followed his own artistic visions, he invented many of his own tools, techniques and materials.
But a summary can't describe this film or this artist, or how much this film means to me as an artist attempting to create my own style and survive in realistic economic times. I treasure my copy of this film and wish all people would see it.
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EMILE NORMAN, BY HIS OWN DESIGN, October 8, 2009
This review is from: Emile Norman: By His Own Design (DVD)
A WONDERFUL MOVIE OF A DEAR, RECENTLY DEPARTED FRIEND. HIS WORK WILL ON FOREVER.
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