Banksy vs. King Robbo on Channel 4 from YSarna on Vimeo.

La Cernia Limestone Chair from Max Lamb on Vimeo.

Hexagonal Pewter Stool from Max Lamb on Vimeo.

Sheet Steel Chair from Max Lamb on Vimeo.

probably the first 3D rendered video from pixar.

40 Year Old 3D Computer Graphics (Pixar, 1972) from Robby Ingebretsen on Vimeo.

our wedding

Well it finally happened. Liz and I got hitched. Everything was wonderful. I thought I would post photos of the whole ordeal on the blog. If you want to see all of the photos from the wedding you can check out my flickr stream here

We did almost everything ourselves. We grew cat grass in buckets, picked wild flowers for the tables settings. I vinyl cut signage, we put lighting up in the barn, we made decorations from coffee filters. We had hay bails, little mini cake pops of ourselves, our friend Sara Davis made an awesome ANVIL pinata (which was filled with scratch off lotto tickets and mini booze bottles!)   We did so much I barely remember being at the wedding.  It was like I was watching a TV show about a wedding where the groom was a sweaty nervous mess.  When you are in the thick if it I guess it just breezes by.   I do however remember Liz being by my side the whole time.  It couldn't have been better!!

We had our wedding at Liberty View Farms in Highland, NY. It was an incredible venue. Farmer Billium and Rene were great! We could not have done it without them. On a sad note, their dog was injured and needs surgery. I don't normally do this via my blog but if you have a spare couple of bucks please find it in your heart to donate it to them to help offset the cost of the removal of George's leg. Donate here

I will shut up now and let the pictures do the talking

Cool Hunting Video Presents: Lou Nasti from Cool Hunting on Vimeo.

only five days left.

Only five days left being single. I just saw these videos and thought I would post them. A little escape from all the stress. Go check out Great Spaces. If they get 2000 likes they will make the first episode. The first episode is out.

NC BLACK tools

Just saw this article about NC Black. As you remember they came to my studio and did an engraving workshop.  Les and Andrea came by a couple of weeks ago.  They seem to always be on a whirlwind tour, conquering the world one workshop at a time. I thought I would add some more photos of their other tools. I especially love their larger Macro Spiculum hammer and Nano Nylon Mallet.

It seems like they are constantly improving designs, making new tools and just really care about metal tools and everything that comes with it. I can't wait to see them again and hear all of their metal tool "picking" stories.  If you can take their workshops. 

MOVE from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.

3D Printing of the Wallpaper Magazine Logo from Freedom Of Creation on Vimeo.

Letterpress from Naomie Ross on Vimeo.

stuffffffffff

In between going absolutely crazy with wedding plans, I have managed to make some headway on some brooches. I sent out some wax 3D printing for the backs but have yet to settle on a design that I like. The first round didn't come out so well. They were riddled with problems, marks from the printing process that when buffed out left the material too thin, wavy or melted in sections that compromised the design, and sprues in places that were almost impossible to cut out. I have decided to go in a different direction. I hand fabricated one and then sent it off to be molded and cast. By making one myself, I had the luxury of using easy solder and other metals knowing that when the cast came back it would be all silver. The cost of having it cast is going to be about the same as having it 3D printed. Here are some photos of the fronts, the failed 3D prints and the laser etching on the inside of my wedding band!!. Let me know what you think.

water painting

Thanks Ayumi

happy forth of july!