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Outlook: You must touch the art! Telling my story in dots

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25/05/2023 GMT

You must touch the art! Telling my story in dots

BBC World Service - Outlook, You must touch the art! Telling my story in dots

Age six Clarke Reynolds dreamt of his own exhibition. 35 years later it came true

Age six Clarke Reynolds visited his local gallery. His mind was blown, and the dream of having his art on the walls was born. 35 years later, after losing his sight, it came true.

As a child, British artist Clarke Reynolds created an eclectic universe in his sketchbook to escape a difficult home life. But it was a visit to a gallery at age six, and a picture of a giant yellow cow that blew his mind, and set his sights on having his own works exhibited. As an adult Clarke became a model maker, but when he was told he was going blind, he had to give up his job, and his beloved sketchbook. Propelled by an unstoppable passion, and inspired by braille, he reinvented his craft, bringing an exhibition of tactile works to the same gallery that had birthed his dream 35 years before. Clarke recently exhibited at London's Quantus Gallery and the Affordable Art Fair.

Growing up Robert J. Lang was mesmerised by origami, but his mathematical abilties took him to a job at NASA. He never stopped honing his craft though and a trip to Germany, and a Black Forest cuckoo clock put Robert on the origami map. He gave up his job, and this fusion of mathematics and art turned him into one of the world’s foremost origami artists. Along with a team in Japan, he pioneered a system that took origami from 30 folds to hundreds of possibilities. He spoke to Outlook’s Jo Fidgen in 2020.
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(Photo: Clarke Reynolds touches his art which was part of his exhibition 'The Power of Touch' at the Quantus Gallery in London. Credit: Karen Bengall/Quantus Gallery)

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