Fabricated Sculpture for Kelton Osborn

This was one of those rare, fun opportunities to work with a close friend and do something artistic. Kelton (QUICK-BEND design) approached me about 2 months ago and said a Denver hotel (under construction) contacted him regarding a piece of his art. They envisioned it about 4ft tall (the original is about 1ft tall). Here’s the final work. Once the hotel is complete, I’m hoping to document it “in-the-wild”.

Kelton’s original

l'Arc de Triomphe wrapped by those honoring late artists Christo & Jeanne-Claude

I’ve seen Christo’s drawings of this for years - so good to finally see images of this project being realized. In the link (below) there is a photomontage (sketch) of an early wrapping idea in 1962.

The Arc is covered by 25,000 sq metres of silvery fabric, secured by 3,000 metres of red rope and fulfills one of the many life-long proposals of Christo & Jeanne-Claude, who were best known for large-scale wrappings and other massive site-specific artistic interventions.

Lots more excellent images/information here.

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2019

2019

Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Museum / Studio Zhu Pe (CHINA)

This is an interesting museum, as only the Imperial Kiln porcelain relics are displayed in a section of the interior, the rest is borderless. With the help of information technology, it links the imperial kiln porcelain collected by major museums around the world, highlighting the significance of Chinese porcelain culture in the history of human civilization. Read more.

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Bee Artwork by Ava Roth

I love the idea of this - making artwork with the help of little insects. The hoop in the middle of this piece has porcupine quills, thread and seed beads too. Visit Ava Roth’s site here.

Note: Emily, the girls and I took turns taking the kayak on a few spins this morning at Berkley Lake (Denver). Super fun and can’t wait to make some more fine tunings.

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"Band Saw” 1/3 2nd edition - Lars Bickford (early 90s)

This wood block print was made from a feathered board, it’s used to help reduce “kickback” when feeding material through table saws and other power tools. I always loved that Lars likely pulled this out of a woodshop trash can and reused it as a carving plate. I mounted the print on the bottom of an old drawer I used to transport cassette tapes around in in a ‘74 Plymouth Scamp he had given me…that will need to be the next entry.

This hangs in my office.

This hangs in my office.