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Podcast: Fascinating Nouns
Episode: Ep. 66 Black Velvet Paintings
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People closest to me know I only drape myself in the finest of fabrics. Obviously velvet is on the top of that list. This is a fabric so seductive, so often touched, that it is incessantly mislabeled โfeltโ. Believe it or not, there is a better use for this silky textile besides feeling and wearing; as a canvas for the creation of stunning artwork. Carl Baldwin, along with his business partner Caren Anderson, own a world class art gallery specializing exclusively in paintings on velvet. While this form of artistic expression has become thought of as cheesy and...