Inscrutable #2

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Engine #1

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Mud Puddle Reflections

Children Love Dirigibles

Acrylic Paint, Colored Pencil, and Fake Grass on Paper, 30"x24"

This was a commission i made for my wee cousin Caroline. I anticipate her liking it, because lets be honest, who doesn't like hot air balloons, zeppelins, and dirigibles.
*Sorry for the poor image quality. It's a lot brighter in person.

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Textures

January Walk

A cold cold day in January and a new camera. A recipe for frozen fingers.

Welcome to the World

Welcome to the world, Inscrutable Object #1

Nakagin Capsule Tower

Kisho Kurokawa’s historic Nakagin Capsule Tower. Check out the NYTimes article about it. So cool and depressing.

Awesome...

My dear friend Mr. Mark Boyd, and a crew of willing conspirators have installed the Shoestring Artists Collective traveling extravaganza at the Art Gallery of St. Andrews school in Sewanee, Tennessee. To read about it and watch a video, check out here. Pretty righteous stuff.
Also, I am proud to announce a new birth in the menagerie of tools- a Canon Powershot SX20 IS.
So, expect (new) pictures to begin appearing soon.

Information

When I am in Florida visiting my family, I seem to spend a disproportionate amount of time on the internet on research tangents. I really love finding interesting diagrams and infographics. I think that both of these are from the super sweet blog- Strange Maps.

Pyramids

Fall and into Winter

A wonderful, breathlessly busy fall is officially over up at Penland School of Crafts for one very tired Mark. I realize that my first full year as a Core student has gone by. It is a time of reflection, as I sit here at my parents home in Florida (where I can hear the ocean from my bed). In list form, here is some of what happened:

Core Fellowship Show: I got to show my work next to 8 other incredibly talented fellowship students. Also I got to ride in a submarine.
Blacksmithing Concentration: I learned all about blacksmithing from the inimitable Jay Burnham-Kidwell. Apparently you can move iron in nearly any way imaginable. I feel like even after two months of forging, I have barely begun to slightly scratch the surface. Hopefully continuing to work in the shop over the winter will help tighten up the ol' skill-set.
Showed Some Work: Currently, two shows. One in Knoxville, Tennessee and one in Sewanee, Tennessee. I have 7 drawings in the Knoxville show and some machines and drawings in the Sewanee show(organized by Mark Boyd with the ShoestringArtists collective).
Lost Touch with Lots of Awesome People: I'm SORRY! I've been busy. Winter is the time for re-connecting.

So, this winter I plan on hopefully taking pictures of work I've made(which should hopefully mean a number of new posts), starting some new projects, and getting ready for my next year as a Core student. Man oh man. Good luck.

Current Areas of Interest: Craft Materials, Hand Tools (making and using), Oxen, Science Fiction, Riveting, Drawings in Space