Sketching in Studio
Tanja graciously allowed me some playtime in her studio /no computers allowed.
A day scouting museums
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- Mark in Big Red Elevator
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- Wendy in Big Red elevator
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- Ceiling at BCAM
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- Nam June Paik’s Video Flag
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- David Smith’s Star Cage
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- Ann Weber’s Strange-Fruit
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- Jennifer Angus Entomolgy
Saw some interesting work from sculptor David Smith at LACMA, a neato cardboard exhibit by Ann Weber at the Craft and Folk Art Museum, and an entomology installation. All that wonderful art, but we must admit that the most fun was had playing in the BCAM freight elevator!
Venice Art Walk
May 22nd was the annual Venice Art walk and auction.
We loved watching people respond to the birdhouse. Even though the organizers didn’t hang the work up as it was designed, it drew a lot of attention and operated fine just sitting on a table.
Sleep box
Sometimes a piece just feels special…
11.25″ x 7″ x 5.5″ Red Velvet Lined Jewelry Box, Hand Machined Parts from Bronze and Steel, Photography from Video printed on unbleached Muslin.
Ascending Man
flip book 2
(or was it number 3)
Building a flip book requires a lot of experimentation.
This is a 36 frame ditty that makes us smile… I made the flip book mechanism, but it’s waiting for the right frame.
Field Trip to the Surplus Store
Today I foraged for stock at the local aerospace surplus store and a thrift shop.
Art Takes Time
All these big plans to create things and show them to people and work less for other people’s businesses and more for our passions has required us to schedule more carefully.
I feel like I just completed a 4-year plan… and now the next one has to begin.
Pause for Passages
Took a couple weeks off for surgery to straighten out the inner workings of my nose. Thanks Wenny for taking care of me!
Trumansburg NY Artists
If you have a list of magical artist enclaves, you would have to include Trumansburg in upstate New York.
We had the pleasure of meeting Annie Campbell in Ithaca who introduced us to Sculptor, Bob Potts – new friends and both exceptional artists in Trumansberg, NY.
Here’s a video showing a work of Bob’s from 2006. The follow-up piece that he did recently was awarded best in show at the annual “Made in New York” show at the Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center in Auburn. We hope to post a video of “Persuit II” soon.
Annie’s illustrations had us alternately laughing and in awe of the fantastic life stories that they portrayed.
Thanks to both Bob and Annie for opening up your respective studios to us. – M&W