There is a lot going on right now...too much at times, and it hasn't been helping me that the shop was a complete wreck at the end of last week. With cold ass weather, project deadlines at the office, puppies at the house and the usual laziness/craziness I haven't been motivated to spend much time there, but that all changed on Saturday... Staring a couple of deadlines in the face I set out to get the shop cleaned, organized and ready to go...and did it! I started with a cup and a bite at The Cup and set off on my mission. 8 freaking hours later...I was tired, sore and completely happy that I could now walk into the shop and work without tripping over scrap metal all over the place... I followed up with a very productive day on Sunday and it felt good again! Cutting, shaping and welding...back to feeling good about getting things done.
Now I should maybe look at "cleaning house" in the emotional shop...nah, probably not!
Monday, February 19, 2007
matt's furniture...
dining chairs and entertainment stand...
chair back design...
entertainment stand...
in process...
chair back design...
entertainment stand...
in process...
Thursday, February 15, 2007
what you mean, what they see (or hear)...
A relatively new friend, MCARP, linked to the blog and offered up the following:
"About three years ago, I was at the IAO Not-So-Silent Night auction when I spotted a sculpture back in the alcove. It was a plumb bob (at least I *think* it was a plumb bob) hanging from a short chain, which in turn was attached to a piece of metal extending up from a chunk of concrete. The metal had been bent at a right angle so that it resembled a gallows, with the plumb bob hanging from the end. Pieces of rebar extending from the concrete had been bent at angles all around the plumb bob. At least that's the way I remember it. I immediately identified with it, because it was pretty much me... dangling helplessly from a chain, with a cage of rebar to keep away all the things that might cause me pain. The sculpture was created by Larry P, to whom I was introduced that evening by a mutual friend. I run into Larry all the time these days, either at the Cup or Galileo, often with a sketch pad in his hand..."
Something one hardly ever knows is how your work, or words for that matter, will effect others around you. As artists we create, many times, within just our own thoughts and feelings without much regard for what others may get out of it or how they interpret it (working in the vacuum as Ron F. puts it). We just hope somebody just buys whatever it is so we can move on to something else!
Much of my work is mostly concept based, (as opposed to inspiration based) generated by a thought or feeling and then expressed in physical form. The most recent work has been about inner positives and negatives and the way they are juxtaposed within us. I use a lot of reds and yellows for these opposing emotions used with raw materials such as concrete and rusted steel. The detailing in these pieces are rough to say the least which I can only explain as a direct rebellion to the many years I have spent in the design industry trying to create projects to someone's concept of acceptability or perfection.
I have no real idea as to why some people buy the art they do...it's baffling. I buy art that speaks to me but I must know the artist's thoughts or intent before I commit...curiously I don't remember that anyone has really asked me what something I made means...
Weird thing is while I remember the piece and who purchased it I don't recall what the name of it even was...so he may have got it spot on!
"About three years ago, I was at the IAO Not-So-Silent Night auction when I spotted a sculpture back in the alcove. It was a plumb bob (at least I *think* it was a plumb bob) hanging from a short chain, which in turn was attached to a piece of metal extending up from a chunk of concrete. The metal had been bent at a right angle so that it resembled a gallows, with the plumb bob hanging from the end. Pieces of rebar extending from the concrete had been bent at angles all around the plumb bob. At least that's the way I remember it. I immediately identified with it, because it was pretty much me... dangling helplessly from a chain, with a cage of rebar to keep away all the things that might cause me pain. The sculpture was created by Larry P, to whom I was introduced that evening by a mutual friend. I run into Larry all the time these days, either at the Cup or Galileo, often with a sketch pad in his hand..."
Something one hardly ever knows is how your work, or words for that matter, will effect others around you. As artists we create, many times, within just our own thoughts and feelings without much regard for what others may get out of it or how they interpret it (working in the vacuum as Ron F. puts it). We just hope somebody just buys whatever it is so we can move on to something else!
Much of my work is mostly concept based, (as opposed to inspiration based) generated by a thought or feeling and then expressed in physical form. The most recent work has been about inner positives and negatives and the way they are juxtaposed within us. I use a lot of reds and yellows for these opposing emotions used with raw materials such as concrete and rusted steel. The detailing in these pieces are rough to say the least which I can only explain as a direct rebellion to the many years I have spent in the design industry trying to create projects to someone's concept of acceptability or perfection.
I have no real idea as to why some people buy the art they do...it's baffling. I buy art that speaks to me but I must know the artist's thoughts or intent before I commit...curiously I don't remember that anyone has really asked me what something I made means...
Weird thing is while I remember the piece and who purchased it I don't recall what the name of it even was...so he may have got it spot on!
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
ugly
on the canopy...
late night install....refacing, no permit required!
almost ready...
late night working in the shop...fucking typical.
12 x 12
"who holds the key to happiness?"
a piece about inner happiness and the lock and chain we sometimes put around it...either preventing us from opening it up or not letting others share it.
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