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Feature Wednesday, March 2,1994 The Cla^lftnas Print Pg. 3 Zoo Bus artist teaches airbrushing by Jocelyn Gauthier The Print Staff From snowmobiles to helicopters and now to fingernails, Nail Technology instructor David Bradley expresses the art of airbrushing. Bradley’s interest in airbrushing began in 1972 when murals were firs t being airbrushed on cars. He wanted to have his own car done, but after pricing three artists, all which charged a fortune, he figured that if they could do it,, so could he. “I was going here (CCC), and I worked for free for a man until I learned how to do it,” he said. “Twenty years ago there weren’t that many people doing it on cars, and that’s what my pri mary interest is.” Bradley has been airbrushing ever since, although the van craze of the ’70s led to the end of airbrush art. Bradley ex plained the decline as the result of “so much ugly work done” on the vans. Since he started teaching airbrush art on cars in 1985, he has “stressed not to do ugly work causethere’senoughofitoutthere, there really is!” One of Bradley’s biggest jobs was the Zoo Bus, a bus that photo contributed by David Bradley This rear-view of the Zoo Bus is just one portion of the bus that David Bradley airbrushed. ran through Portland to the Wash Bradley has had many ington Park Zoo. He learned how major jobs ... enough to know to paint it from the late Jack there are 54 whiskers on a cat. Ruckman, original painter of the “It’s hard to say about one par Zoo Bus. Bradley said the bus had ticularjob. About everything that a tendency togetrunintoin down moves I’ve airbrushed on, except town traffic, and once it ran into a submarine. Until this term I the admissions office at the zoo. It never touched a nail.” has been wrecked and repainted This is the first term the three times. Each time the entire Nail Tech cla^s has been taught in thing had to be color matched and Oregon. When he was asked to blended in so no one could tell it teach the class, Mark Essig, De was wrecked. ‘That was an inter partment of Autobody, explained it as a regular airbrush class, but esting job,” Bradley laughed. with everything scaled down. “You can’t get much moredownscaled than that!”Bra- dtey said about doing art on fin- gemails. “I’ve had a kick (teach ing the class). I’ve learned a lot from the girls. It’s not done in the normal male mechanical mode. It’s done considerably different “I’ll always do airbrush works on anything, even if it’s on posterboard. But I never thought I’d do it on nails! I didn’t even know it was done on nails. Most people don’t,” he said. Student Jennifer Spear said, in her reaction to having an “inexperienced” teacher, “I thought it was kind of interesting that someone was going to teach photo by Chad Patteson us on a much smaller scale, but so Besides being an artist, David Bradley teaches his art, on a far that doesn’t seem to be a prob smaller scale, to nail technicians. lem!” Concert to provide cultural sounds by Cori Kargel The Print Staff A concert of folk music from around the world will be performed Sunday in the Gregory Forum by the Clackamas Cham ber Singers and the College Cho rale. The concert will include a variety of folk music from coun tries including East India, Swe den, Germany, Ireland, England, Finland, Hungary and several dif ferent cultures from the United States. “I think this will be one of the most diverse and varied programs that any choir from Clackamas has ever presented,” said Director Lonnie Cline. “I enjoy the variety of the program,” said Dan Gilmore, a choir student. “The Estonian music will be the hit of the pro gram. It’s someof the most beau tiful music I’ve ever heard.” “I like all of them (the songs) for different reasons,” added Ostin Drais, another choir student. “Hike the fact that we’re Thespiahs perform ’play vvithin a play' doing some traditional songs, as well as some that no one’s ever heard of.” Cline came up with the idea for the concert after he at tended the World Choral Sympo sium last August. Cline hopes that there will be a large audience for the event. He said that the various pieces of music will lend insight into the cultures and traditions of [ ■ the respective countries. “It’s al most likean aesthetic travelogue,” Cline said. The two choirs involved have been working on the music all term. “Fm very, very proud of their efforts and preparation in presenting such an eclectic pro gram,” Cline concluded. The concert will be per formed Sunday at 7:30 p.m. For more information, call ext 2434. 'We’iiGive~You"; $5.00 i Receive $5.00 for participating in a dental j ! screening. OHSU School of Dentistry is look- ! ing for volunteers 18-45 years of age to be | I screened for a series of future research studies. | I For qualified volunteers, future studies may | | provide dental cleanings, oral health care | I products and from $5.00 to $20.00 compensa-1 I tion per visit. For more information call Sue or ■ Greg at 494-2947. J “SIxGharactersJn Search fheDrama department*s Winter Term production opens tomorrow at $ pM' ft will «in March 4,5,11,12 at 5 p.m., with a matinee performance at^so p.m, March 13« Tickets are $6 for general admission and $3 for students and staff. Call for reservations at 657-695B ext 2356. ' , -■ RPSisNOW HIRING $7.00/Hour Plus $1.00/Hour* * Tax free educational assistance available after 30 days. • Roadway Package Systems has immediate permanent part-time positions available for students. • Responsibilities include loading unloading and sorting small packages. Must be available five days a week. ON CAMPUS APRIL 5 For more information, an interview and an opportunity to help defray the cost of your education, contact: Bill Mahaffie Roadway Package Systems, Inc. 6447 N. Cutter Circle SHIFTS: Portland, OR 97217 (503)289-6022 10am - 3pm, S-TH 4pm - 9pm, S-TH Or contact: I Ipm - 3am, S-TH Job Placement Office 3am - 8am, M-F in Financial Aid.
