The 52-year-old uses miniature pieces of glass, stone and other materials to create intricately detailed mosaics that he hopes will inspire both the public and other artists.
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Racing sails are generally made from Dacron, an ultra-lightweight cloth that differs greatly from some of the more the conventional materialsartists use, such as canvas.
Instead, Silver envisions a new generation of creative thinkers who cut and paste disparate materials to make something new that holds personal meaning for them -- like what artists and writers have been doing for centuries but on a broader scale.