Brad Oldham
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If you’re in the market for a rental home, you don’t need a little birdie to tell you: If you see a cool property, sign on the dotted line — pronto. Especially if it comes with its own custom, glow-in-the-dark silver bird sculpture built right into the architecture. It’s just what you’d expect from Boss…
The odds are you know the name Brad Oldham. And odds are, you likely know Brad Oldham because of the sculpture pictured above. Yes, Oldham is the artist that has given Dallas some of our most beloved sculptures, from “The Traveling Man” in Deep Ellum to his notorious metal birds perched all over the city.…
It’s not surprising, and it’s also oddly satisfying, to find out that the nationally recognized artists who created the famous Bird sculptures in a Highland Park treehouse. You know these Birds! These sculptures, and so many more, are the creations of Brad Oldham and his wife and artistic partner Christy Coltrin. Their sculptures, including Waiting…
The object we use every day were designed by someone, from forks to phones. The thought behind material object design is the subject of the next Dallas Architecture Forum Design Symposium. Taking place on Oct. 30 at the Nasher Sculpture Center, the afternoon will be focused on how outstanding design utilizes materials, from common to rare, as integral…