Chris maynard biography

  • Maynard works with feathers from turkeys, parrots, peacocks, and other birds and crafts them into scenes that are displayed in his world-renowned shadow boxes.
  • Christopher Maynard (born 8 April 1958) is a former English cricketer who played for Warwickshire and Lancashire from 1978 to 1986.
  • Chris Maynard's lifelong work with feathers has resulted in a new art form, collected worldwide.

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    Chris Maynard

    Please tell us about your art?

    I carve shed feathers into intricate fine art. Unlike a painter’s palette, the choice of colors in feathers is quite limited. Nevertheless, I keep the natural colors and patterns of each feather. Feathers are often perceived as endearingly delicate, but they are actually quite tough, having to keep a bird clothed, sheltered, and in flight for a year until they are shed. In the same vein, his feather shadowboxes are meant to appear delicate but maintain their integrity for many years. All feathers used are legal to have and sell.

    Are you a full-time professional artist?

    Yes, my art is pretty much my main source of income. I do well. Four fifths of my income is sale of original art—half direct sales- mostly online -and half through galleries. The other fifth is mostly licensing and my book.

    Where did the feather focus come from?

    Birds and feathers have a lot of meaning for us: flight, transformation, hope, escape from our circumstance

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    Christopher Maynard

    Associate Professor of Computer Science

    I joined the Advanced Computing for Environmental Sciences (ACES) group in the department of Computer Science at the University of Reading in January 2018.

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    Biography

    I completed a PhD in Quantum Field theory at Edinburgh University in 1998. I used a Cray T3D (and later T3E) to calculate the spectra and decays of heavy mesons. Between 1999 and 2005 I continued this research first as a PPARC personal fellow then as a common or garden PDRA. By this time I realised it was perhaps the mathematics and computation that I wished to pursue and I joined the Edinburgh parallel computing centre (EPCC)

    Teaching

    Computing Programming C and C++. CS1PR16-Programming

    Contact

    Dr Christopher Maynard
    Department of Computer Science
    School of Mathematical, Physical and Computer Science
    University of Reading
    Room Room 156 Polly Vacher
    Whiteknights, Reading
    RG6 6DH

    Phone: +44 ( 0)118 37

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    Chris Maynard carves feathers into intricate art.

    He has worked with feathers since he was 12 years old but only began showing his work in 2010. Since then, his unique fjäder shadowboxes have been recognized around the world bygd art collectors and the press in many cultures. See his shadowboxes on www.featherfolio.com and get them through his galleries.

    Maynard aims to honor the feathers and the birds they came from. Since feathers are three dimensional, he does not flattened them to a background but sets them apart allowing shadows to form. His work fryst vatten enclosed in simple wood framed shadowboxes with glass for the smallest pieces and acrylic for anything larger unless noted.

    People who see his works and hear his talks have the opportunity to see feathers and birds in a new way. He has a strong background in biology and conservation which are strong themes in his thinking and his art.

    He has, over the years, refined h