This is just brilliant…Dolphins have been observed to create bubble rings by exhaling air carefully in the middle of the vortices caused by the motion of their fins through the water. The rings are about the thickness of a drinking straw and 1 to 2 feet in diameter. The rings don’t rise to the surface! The babies play with these underwater toys by moving them around with their rostrum, or biting them. They even bounce the rings off the wall, and elongate them with a flick of their dorsal fins into corkscrews up to 15 feet in length. This behavior appears to be taught from one dolphin to the next via careful observation and practice.

Went to the New Traditionalists show over the weekend at the newly remodeled dA gallery. Great show and a gorgeous space. There were some really powerful larger pieces, as well as a great kinetic sculpture piece.

I’ve just launched my new site. It features many of the new pieces I have created over the past several months. I’ve got lots more new work on the way, so feel free to subscribe to the blog RSS feed or via email here and I’ll send you updates…

www.jefferysaddoris.com

Apparently there are some hiccups with importing content from Blogger to Wordpress (the images, vids, etc. don’t import, just the copy and the comments). So, since it’s a new year and all I’m just going to start fresh here. I’ll leave the old blog up for a while, but moving forward will only be posting here…