Most people know me as a musician. My groups have performed Sunday concerts at the Tenafly Library, and I keep up an active life of creating music, playing piano and guitar. But along with music, I have other pastimes where I enjoy creating things with my hands (and mind). While I am not a graduate of an art school, as an artist and craftsman, I have produced multi-media works, dioramas, holographic art, light shows, kinetic art, mosaics, photo collages, vinyl holograms, neon light sculptures, optical illusions, historical dioramas, and computer art applications.

My latest projects, I call "Luminescent Panels and Glow-thru Cutouts". I carve designs in paper and cardboard with a cutting machine connected to my computer. I discovered that illuminated panels are a beautiful way to light up these patterns from behind. I use colored cellophane to imitate the effect of stained glass. I make the flowers glow from within. I invented my own techniques to create these things, the likes of which I have never seen before. In my opinion, they are quite beautiful. I look forward to the opportunity to present these objects for the enjoyment of Tenafly Library patrons.

~ Mel Nusbaum