Winter Madness

Daniel's birthday wings...

In a new slip-cast bowl, fresh from the kiln

And then one day this guy just showed up...

Fun!

I found this fellow here: http://seaquence.org/
you create an organic petri dish, with basic parameters such as wave shape and volume.
Its worth a try/ listen.

First Round of Casts

This is what is at the bottom of a bucket of slip that has sat for months. It looks so weird.

Pertinent Information

The Norge's Expedition across the North Pole, 1926.

Oh Flickr....

Luxury Dirigibles

Full article- here: http://www.dezeen.com/2008/01/10/manned-cloud-by-jean-marie-massaud/

How cool would this be? I mean.... seriously.

From Dezeen.com, my favorite way to time travel (i.e. lose hours of my life)

New Work for CORE Show 2010

Shipwreck

Large Flyer

Small Flyer

Generator

These are 4 sculptures I finished recently and will be in the 2010 CORE Show at the Penland Gallery opening October 8th.

Research!

Thank you Libraries of UVA.

Paint Samples

I am currently in Charlottesville, Virginia. There is a bridge near the Art Department building where students paint murals advertising events (the "Beta" Bridge). This has been going on since at least the 60's, and over the years these millimeter thick layers of paint have added up to over an inch of paint over the whole bridge. I was curious what a cross section sample would reveal, and above are the results. Pretty amazing and beautiful. This is from a relatively thin section, but you can see the amazing variations created by years and years of information layering. I'm not sure what to do with these objects, but stay tuned.

And, speaking of information layers, the UVA Library system is an incredible resource.

Current Topics of Research:

Technical Ceramic Material and Chemistry

Space Architecture

"Primitive"/ Vernacular Architecture

Swimming Pool History/ Construction/ Conceptual Ramifications

Historic Porcelain (Wedgwood)

Airplane and Ship Design

Gene Wolfe/ Book of the New Sun Scholarship

Vessel Chainsawed

I tried to create a vessel with the least amount of effort; using a chainsaw, I limited myself to 6 cuts, plus an indention on the top creating a cavity. It is cherry wood covered in a mixture of raw clay and milk paint, and gesso in the cavity.

Glaciers

In process plaster glaciers.

PlayForms

Made with a chainsaw, a lathe, and belt sander, then painted with milk paint. I hope to make molds of these objects and cast them with porcelain.

ReCap

As I am officially done taking classes at Penland until the Winter, I thought it might be interesting to make a list of all the classes I have taken while being a student here. I could write about each of these teachers, but it would not do them justice. I am thankful to each of them for their willingness to share information that has taken them a lifetime to accumulate.

Clarence Morgan- Painting: Color, Repetition
Brian Boggs- Hand Tools: Sharpening, Use, Design
Ledelle Moe- Armatures and Skins
Susan Halls- Animal Sculpture: Anatomy, Material
Jay Burnham Kidwell- Blacksmithing
Tom Spleth- Slipcasting and Moldmaking
Yuri Kobayashi- Joinery: Wood
Phil Renato- Plastics: Casting + Moldmaking, Rapid Prototyping, Fabrication
Jo Whaley- Photography: Lighting, Composition
Mark Gardner and Stoney Lamar- Sculptural Wood Carving

Now, a week off to get things together for the Core Show in October. And in the fall an independent study with Tom Spleth.