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Gunpowder Art, KJ Kahnle artist
KJ Kahnle, gunpowder art show

“It’s All Connected, a Dialogue”

(triptych in center of above image, each section is a 12″ x 36″ panel, $3600 framed)

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TEDx Talk

TEDx Heironymos Park
Videos online April 2020
From Control to Chaos, the Curiousity and Creativity of a Gunpowder Artist

Gunpowder Art – Exploding gunpowder to burn paper…

It’s difficult to control, endlessly experimental, and I love it!

Selection of recent works

Such an honor to present at TEDx HieronymusPark:

From Control to Chaos: Learning About Creativity as a Gunpowder Artist

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The uncontrollable, unexpected, chaos of the process is fantastic! But I began my art career with a pencil where I had complete control of the outcome. Mistakes have now became my mentors as I found the possibilities within them.  I now see “control”  as flowing with unexpected outcomes. Through this journey I have come to believe that we are all creative and that curiosity is a foundation for creativity. Perhaps we just need to remember how to let go of expectations and rekindle our curiosity. Videos will be online April 2020: https://tedxhieronymuspark.com

Art is created by exploding gunpowder which I sandwich between two pieces of paper. Each piece takes from 1 to over 200 burns of different techniques and sizes to complete.

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I’d enjoy hearing from you ~ KJ

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