putting things in boxes

getting it done!

I thought I would post some images of the pieces I am working on. These neck pieces will be part of the exhibition I was talking about in a previous post. I TIG welded them together and they are off to the powder coater. I got a tour of the facility and checked everything out. It is probably the cleanest powder coater I have ever seen. Here are some before shots and then sometime next week I will add some after shots. So many things to do. The bracelets are ready for their boxes. Now all I have to do is make them fit. Also just as an experiment I am going to powder coat a DMP print. Hopefully it will turn out otherwise it will be a an expensive test. Wish me luck.

cat shirt

Did I mention that I made a new shirt? Well I did. A long time ago a friend of mine explained that loading a jewelers saw was like petting a cat. Pet the cat from the head to the tail and is purrs. Pet it from tail to head and watch out! Get some here CRAF-TEES      
 

box crazy

More boxes frantically being made for an exhibition coming up. Still working out the hinges. Almost there. Notice the type A pen. Such a nice thing. I wish they would make a type A mechanical pencil. So many things going on. Trying to figure it all out. I wish that I was going to Munich with the metals department but someone has to stay and keep the home fires burning.      

         I did a CAD model of the gallery for the show proposal.

Boxes!!

making a box

   I have been slammed lately. Work is busy. The studio is busy. Home is busy. Craftees is busy. As a lot of you know I am very much a yes man. I am starting to become a "don't bother asking because I am busy with other stuff"-man. I am working on some pieces for an exhibition that is coming up soon. The exhibition is all about wire frames. Specifically, reducing shapes to facets and then lines. I hate to call them wearable 3D contour drawings but... that is sort of what they are. 

    In CAD software, I start with a torus or doughnut.....mmmmm doughnuts. Then reducing the polygon count, much like reducing the resolution of a jpeg, the surface becomes faceted. Then by pushing and pulling the surface moves and bends at the edges. These edges become lines, pipes or in the real world plastic and stainless steel. I have been using Zbrush for a while now. It took a lot of practice to get used to the interface. In the beginning, when I was learning the software, it was like painting with a six foot paintbrush or dialing a phone with a boxing glove. Now I feel like I am using a mechanical pencil and mittens. 

   Unfortunately, all of the pieces are out at the powder-coater or they have not yet been made. Photos to come. In the mean time I have been preparing display. Some of the bracelets in the exhibition will be in wood cubes or boxes. I LOVE BOXES. I was going to make the boxes the "arthur" way which involved using the CNC and some pain in the ass jigs. The wood tech at New Paltz (Ed Felton) showed me a trick that kind of blew my mind. It involved bevels, glue and TAPE! So nice.I took photos......you cut it open at the end.  Like a coconut....awesome.

Li Hongbo - Pure White Paper from Dominik Mersch Gallery on Vimeo.

a bit of press

A couple of reviews/info on some groups shows that I have work in. These really are some fantastic shows.

 Monochrome Noir

 http://www.artjewelryforum.org/ajf-blog/monochrome-noir
http://oroomaipiu.style.it/2013/01/25/vedo-nero-e-non-sono-la-sola/ 

 Out of the box: Trends in contemporary jewelry

 http://www.virginiamoca.org/out-box-trends-contemporary-jewelry http://virginiamoca.org/sites/default/files/49371_A.pdf


Sofa-Revisited-Alumni-from-the-Henry-Radford-Hope-School-of-Fine-Arts

http://www.indiana.edu/~grunwald/exhibitions.php?pid=sofa-revisited-alumni-from-the-henry-radford-hope-school-of-fine-arts

http://calendar.bloomingtonscene.com/?act=evdet&eid=85319

Mark Landis - Father Philanthropy from The Avant/Garde Diaries on Vimeo.

testing testing

no quite there

Working on some enameled pieces. They are not quite there yet. Sorry for "going dark" for a little bit. The holidays were a bear.

Gabriel Craig

 We had a visitor at New Paltz. Gabriel Craig came as part of the SAA (Student Art Alliance) visiting Artist series. It was really nice for Liz and I to have visitors. We rarely have people over. It was also really nice to pick up where we left off the last time we saw him. There is comfort in good people. Memories of home came flashing back into our heads as we talked about other friends and studios and things that are happening in our lives. We also make secret plans for other people. ...."If only so and so were here and we should totally kidnap them one day!" To our surprise and delight he suggested we make bread! He also brought us cake!! Thanks for sharing Gabriel. What a great visit. It was a refreshing re-charge. 

 Just some links to some things going on with Gabriel and Detroit!

Smith shop It is not too late to buy some stuff for the holidays 

 Pony ride so much to see.  

Gabirel Craig and Amy Weiks

Also, I did an interview on Craft Cast!  

 

Here are a couple of videos to start your day
Fall from jamie scott on Vimeo.