Robert Weibel watches his gunpowder burn in the shape of a snake, creating the image. The artist keeps wet rags and a fire extinguisher nearby when he works.
When Fresno artist Robert Weibel stares at a blank piece of paper these days, he doesn't reach for paints or inks. He lays the paper flat and begins sprinkling gunpowder on it.
From The Beehive Better late than never
Twenty-eight years ago, Fresno's own Marcel Nunis -- Rogue Festival founder and local arts-scene fixture -- wrote the book for a musical titled "Frogway." Back in 1980, Malaysia's Sunday Star [More »]
Sweeping the Leg with Billy Zabka
I'll just start out by admitting that I'm a total "Karate Kid" nerd, so I sprung at the chance to talk to William Zabka (aka Cobra Kai bad-boy Johnny [More »]
Random ruminations
A couple of things on my mind: I'VE GOTTA ECHO my colleague Mike Oz and send a big fat So What? out to the folks on Mindhub and Valley Notebook [More »]
LifeMaterial girlsWhen Jane Felder was a teenager, she sewed a pair of linen jumpers, one blue and the other white, for her 2-year-old cousin. She's been making clothes ever since.
Home and GardenSafety makes a big splashA recent scare that could have turned tragic made Dwight Siemens and his wife, Mary, do something they had never done in the 10 years they've lived in their Clovis home.
BacktalkSoccey OdysseyFootball is arguably America's top spectator sport. But the sport the rest of the world calls football -- soccer -- has started to gain huge popularity in this country.
Faith & ValuesSierra scriptureArmed with a special digital camera and a tripod, Fresno photographer Rex Spaith Jr. regularly goes looking for God. Although God is everywhere, Spaith says, he finds God's wonderment mainly in the high country. Then, he clicks away.