Bronze Pour

I couldn't pour because I was sick =( so I took pictures instead, the title says it all. (click images to get larger version)

Keith torching the molds.


Sand bin tipped over, oops!


Grant, you silly sally!
Righted, refilled, and ready to go.



Adding ingots

Everyone who was suited up was hot and took a break outside. I went outside because my virus gives me hot and cold flashes, at the time I was hot WOO! Sculpture I saw last year but never got a picture of.

Checking the temp (I think).
I gave ACE my camera, I learned from my last image posting that I cant get my sideways pictures upright on blogger. She didn't know, thats ok.
HOT




Lounging.
Breakin' out the booty.
Run through number 2.






Ahhh treasure.
These last pics Johnathan wanted me to take.



And last but not least a video of the final pour (I see videos in draft form but not on the blog I don't know if you can see it or not).

Sick as a Dog

FUCK I was sick last night. Missed class, missed a meeting. I was in SO much pain last night. I was going to post that I wasn't sure if I could come to class. This morning I think I'll be well enough to attended but I wont be able to pour =(.

Digitalism

So music is a big part of my life and I just found out about this band called Digitalism.

They are really keeping me from jumping off a bridge right now.

^I have a video in the middle, if you click it will link you, I don't know why it isn't showing up^

Venture to the New York Armory Show

So day before yesterday Chris Miller took the class to New York to see the Armory show. My day started at 6am getting ready to go and get to the bus by 7. I didn't sleep at all on the way down but I hijacked my roommates ipod and uploaded some new music. I had downloaded Digitalism's album Idealism and I am really feeling it. I listened to that the whole way down. When we got to the Armory show I began exploring on my own. Over all I found more stuff with interesting construction methods that were worth noting more so than the work.

Photo of elegantly discrete wire neon tie
Photo of nylon(?) tube suspension
Beautiful C bend
Nice 90° tube bending
This was likely one of the most skill dependent sculptures at the show which is why I took so many images of it. Of course blogger wont flip my images around...

Pretty arm joint.


We did a project EXACTLY like this in neon, I guess were all big time artists...
This was awesome, bent nails to spell out a phrase.


I love modern black men in classical poses, it is a beautiful juxtaposition. Again the image is on its side.

Nothing special about this piece but the neon was very dim which was interesting, they likely didn't pump it with neon.
Into making chandeliers right now, interesting find. I found a more interesting one at the Whitney but there were no pictures there =(.
Interesting similarly to the modern black male

Of interest , maybe one of the most interesting stand alone sculptures at the show.
I took a picture of this because the bending was BEAUTIFUL and it raised the question of whether or not these artists were benders or had their bending commissioned by neon sign benders. Tracy Emin is the name of the artist and I looked her up online and she is in fact a bender (I believe). That was very cool to figure out.Wim Botha with a bust made of books, quite interesting.

Same artist, wooden pelican.
Grayson Perry, I love texture and I love the red orange yellow color of rust. Interesting design, lovely patina, very cool piece.
Matt Keegan, simple construction, interesting design. I should have taken a picture of the supporting structure in the back.
Nice use of neon and reflection, piece not too exciting. Miri Segal
Cool use of neon, freehand neon bending or the appearances of that. Peter Friedl

After the armory show I went to my favorite place to eat in the city, Rickshaw Dumpling Bar!
I wanted a picture of me in front, my friend didn't realize the sign should have been in the picture...
We tried again and people were waiting to cross in front, he decided it was a good time to snap the picture as i was berating him.
Across the street we ran into a Jesus lover. He wanted to make sure my thumb was up

Once it was confirmed I was thumbs up for Jesus we got his signature white toothed smile.
Once we had lunch it was off to the Whitney. This was outside, a huge birds nest.

Charles Simonds - Dwellings, Interesting concept present in the stairwell of the Whitney.


Thats it for the art, no more pictures could be taken in the Whitney, although there wasn't too much there to see worth photographing.

On the way back we told jokes and scary stories, the red light was the one used for scary stories, we had a blue light for jokes. Some one got in the way but that is Max Davis telling a scary story.
We got back pretty late and I just passed out when I got home.