This document provides a summary of Warren Spindler's portfolio from 1973 to 2004. It describes 10 of his artworks from that period including sculptures like "Emotion Counter" from 1974 and commissions like designing the Mickey Mouse phone for AT&T in 1993. It also discusses rebuilding his art studio after it was destroyed in a fire in 2003. The works showcase Spindler's experimentation with materials and interest in themes like emotion and destruction.
EamesHouse250.org: Preserving a House and a Household NameNebo
This document summarizes the work of legendary designers Charles and Ray Eames, known for their iconic chairs and contributions to film and exhibitions. It describes the Eames House they designed for themselves, which represented their legacy. After their deaths, their family worked to preserve the house but needed funds. They partnered with Nebo to create a grassroots campaign featuring limited edition prints of the Eames' work, with proceeds going to house preservation. The campaign website and interactive timeline were shared widely online, and media coverage helped promote it to designers and creative professionals. The campaign successfully raised awareness and funds without advertising.
The document discusses several iconic designers from Connecticut including Bunny Williams, Jamie Drake, Jens Risom, and Albert Hadley. It highlights their contributions to design through short biographies and descriptions of their work, philosophies, and impact. Specifically, it focuses on how these designers helped shape the design landscape in Connecticut through their modern and eclectic styles that blended new ideas with traditional New England aesthetics.
This article summarizes several art installations on display in New York City. It describes Grimanesa Amorós's LED "Bubbles" sculpture in the windows of 125 Maiden Lane, which features undulating LED tubing composed to look like bubbles. It also mentions Smiljan Radic's installation "Underground Passages" at the Queens Museum, consisting of tunnels and rooms below ground level for visitors to walk through. Finally, it briefly references an exhibition of works by Jesús Rafael Soto at the Whitney Museum of American Art, known for his works incorporating movement and light.
Architecture is the art and science of designing and constructing buildings and other structures. Some key materials used in architecture include stone, brick, wood, cast iron, steel, concrete, and shell structures. Common architectural styles include post-and-lintel, arches, vaults, trusses, domes, and buttresses. Sculpture is the art of shaping figures out of materials like marble, bronze, wood, ivory, and terra cotta using techniques such as carving, modeling, casting, construction, and assemblage. Common sculptural forms include relief sculptures, free-standing sculptures, kinetic sculptures, and assemblage sculptures.
Emile Galle was a pioneering French artist in the Art Nouveau movement. He took over his family's glass workshop and experimented with new styles inspired by nature. Galle sought to integrate craftsmanship with industrial production. His works featured intricate botanical designs blown into the glass by hand. Australian artist Colin Heaney was also inspired by nature in his glassblowing works, though his designs were more abstract. Like Galle, Heaney balanced artistic experimentation with a production line to support his craft. Both artists used glass vessels as a canvas to illustrate natural designs.
This document provides an overview of three-dimensional art forms including sculpture, architecture, ceramics, glass, and glass blowing. It discusses various ceramic and glass making techniques such as throwing, coil building, slab building, glazing, glassblowing, and stained glass. Examples of geometric sculptures, Greek pottery, Tiffany stained glass panels, and contemporary glass works are shown to illustrate these 3D art forms.
The document summarizes an art exhibit called "Cribs" that students will visit. It discusses two artists, Devorah Sperber and Matt Bua, who create sculptures out of found objects. It profiles three artists, R. Buckminster Fuller, Paolo Soleri, and Friedensreich Hundertwasser, who inspired Matt Bua's work. It issues a challenge for students to collect items and create a class sculpture to be displayed as part of a school-wide art installation.
The document summarizes the lost wax casting process for metal sculpture and provides an overview of various craft mediums including ceramics, glass, metal, wood, fiber, and their techniques. It discusses definitions of craft versus art and profiles notable craftspeople like Maria Martinez, Dale Chihuly, Emma-Kate Francis, and the Gee's Bend quilters. The document blurs boundaries between craft and fine art through examples like Peter Voulkos's pottery and Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party.
EamesHouse250.org: Preserving a House and a Household NameNebo
This document summarizes the work of legendary designers Charles and Ray Eames, known for their iconic chairs and contributions to film and exhibitions. It describes the Eames House they designed for themselves, which represented their legacy. After their deaths, their family worked to preserve the house but needed funds. They partnered with Nebo to create a grassroots campaign featuring limited edition prints of the Eames' work, with proceeds going to house preservation. The campaign website and interactive timeline were shared widely online, and media coverage helped promote it to designers and creative professionals. The campaign successfully raised awareness and funds without advertising.
The document discusses several iconic designers from Connecticut including Bunny Williams, Jamie Drake, Jens Risom, and Albert Hadley. It highlights their contributions to design through short biographies and descriptions of their work, philosophies, and impact. Specifically, it focuses on how these designers helped shape the design landscape in Connecticut through their modern and eclectic styles that blended new ideas with traditional New England aesthetics.
This article summarizes several art installations on display in New York City. It describes Grimanesa Amorós's LED "Bubbles" sculpture in the windows of 125 Maiden Lane, which features undulating LED tubing composed to look like bubbles. It also mentions Smiljan Radic's installation "Underground Passages" at the Queens Museum, consisting of tunnels and rooms below ground level for visitors to walk through. Finally, it briefly references an exhibition of works by Jesús Rafael Soto at the Whitney Museum of American Art, known for his works incorporating movement and light.
Architecture is the art and science of designing and constructing buildings and other structures. Some key materials used in architecture include stone, brick, wood, cast iron, steel, concrete, and shell structures. Common architectural styles include post-and-lintel, arches, vaults, trusses, domes, and buttresses. Sculpture is the art of shaping figures out of materials like marble, bronze, wood, ivory, and terra cotta using techniques such as carving, modeling, casting, construction, and assemblage. Common sculptural forms include relief sculptures, free-standing sculptures, kinetic sculptures, and assemblage sculptures.
Emile Galle was a pioneering French artist in the Art Nouveau movement. He took over his family's glass workshop and experimented with new styles inspired by nature. Galle sought to integrate craftsmanship with industrial production. His works featured intricate botanical designs blown into the glass by hand. Australian artist Colin Heaney was also inspired by nature in his glassblowing works, though his designs were more abstract. Like Galle, Heaney balanced artistic experimentation with a production line to support his craft. Both artists used glass vessels as a canvas to illustrate natural designs.
This document provides an overview of three-dimensional art forms including sculpture, architecture, ceramics, glass, and glass blowing. It discusses various ceramic and glass making techniques such as throwing, coil building, slab building, glazing, glassblowing, and stained glass. Examples of geometric sculptures, Greek pottery, Tiffany stained glass panels, and contemporary glass works are shown to illustrate these 3D art forms.
The document summarizes an art exhibit called "Cribs" that students will visit. It discusses two artists, Devorah Sperber and Matt Bua, who create sculptures out of found objects. It profiles three artists, R. Buckminster Fuller, Paolo Soleri, and Friedensreich Hundertwasser, who inspired Matt Bua's work. It issues a challenge for students to collect items and create a class sculpture to be displayed as part of a school-wide art installation.
The document summarizes the lost wax casting process for metal sculpture and provides an overview of various craft mediums including ceramics, glass, metal, wood, fiber, and their techniques. It discusses definitions of craft versus art and profiles notable craftspeople like Maria Martinez, Dale Chihuly, Emma-Kate Francis, and the Gee's Bend quilters. The document blurs boundaries between craft and fine art through examples like Peter Voulkos's pottery and Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party.
Emile Gallé and Colin Heaney were both glass artists inspired by nature. Gallé experimented with glass techniques in his workshop, creating works incorporating botanical themes. Heaney began with other mediums but was drawn to glass blowing for its spontaneity. Both artists found success in producing standardized works to fund their artistic experimentation, balancing commercial and creative goals. Their glassworks reflected their appreciation for natural beauty and human craftsmanship.
This chapter discusses various types and methods of sculpture. It begins by defining sculpture as a 3-dimensional art form using various materials such as metal, wood, stone, and new materials like plastic and fiberglass. The four basic sculpture methods covered are modeling, assembling, carving, and casting. Modeling involves adding clay or other materials, assembling combines found objects, carving removes material from an initial block, and casting involves pouring liquid into a mold. The chapter also discusses installation art, relief sculpture, and earthworks that are site-specific sculptures made using natural materials. Key artists mentioned include Rodin, Michelangelo, Ghiberti, Serpent Mound, Christo, and Jeff Koons.
Sculpture is the art of carving, casting, modeling, or assembling materials into three-dimensional forms. Sculptors throughout history have used various materials and techniques such as carving stone and wood, modeling clay, casting metal, and constructing sculptures from found objects. More recently, sculpture incorporates new materials like beeswax, chocolate, and Styrofoam, and new forms like kinetic sculptures that incorporate movement.
This document provides a timeline summarizing key events and innovations in design, art, technology, and popular culture from 1872 to 2020 that influenced the authors' paths and interests in design. The timeline includes important developments in industrial design, art, photography, animation, gaming, computers, and more. It also notes personal experiences of the authors that exposed them to design and art such as seeing Starry Night and reading Beatrix Potter books.
Frank lloyd wright and louis comfort tiffany.reflets
Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect who designed over 1,000 projects, including more than 500 completed works. He was known for his innovative use of stained glass windows, designing over 4,000 stained glass windows and doors for more than 150 of his buildings in unique styles using transparent and iridescent glass with gold leaf. Louis Comfort Tiffany was an American artist and designer best known for his work in stained glass windows, lamps, glass mosaics and other decorative arts. He incorporated color, texture and tonal variations into his glasswork, which was used in both wealthy homes and public buildings.
The document provides an overview of the history and funding sources of taxpayer supported public art programs, examples of different types of public art including integrated, situated, and temporary installations, and explains the typical process for public art projects including using requests for qualifications and proposals. It also includes tips for artists interested in public art projects and sample budgets for recent public art installations in various cities.
Louis Comfort Tiffany was an American artist from about 100 years ago who is famous for his colorful stained glass artworks. Stained glass is made by artists who put pieces of colored glass between metal strips, drawing a design and cutting the glass to shape before holding it in place with lead strips. Tiffany wanted to make stained glass in his own unique style using lots of different colors and textures, which he called Art Nouveau, meaning "New Art" in French. Art Nouveau uses curvy lines and natural motifs like trees and flowers. The document provides instructions for making one's own Art Nouveau stained glass art project using a nature design, transparency, and colored tissue paper with glue.
The document provides an assignment for students to present on one of Frank Lloyd Wright's residential works in a 5-minute visual presentation. It lists 15 residential works by Wright that students can choose from, including his home and studio in Oak Park, the Willits House in Highland Park, Illinois, the Heurtley House in Chicago, the Martin House in Buffalo, and the Robie House in Chicago. The presentation should include images, plans, sections, elevations, details, and renderings that visually define the style of the chosen work based on Wright's oeuvre and demonstrate the architectural principles. Students are instructed to save their presentation in PDF format and cite any sources used.
%22THE MEANING OF LIFE ~ IN A BOOKCASE%22Mark McIntyre
Mark McIntyre designs and builds unique furniture that is highly distinctive and original. He has no formal cabinetry training but developed his skills from his family's technical background. His furniture uses innovative construction methods like compound wedges and tensioned steel wire that allow pieces to be packed flat for transport. He is constantly exploring new designs, materials, and construction techniques inspired by fields like engineering, cycling, and even the structure of DNA. His furniture combines modern techniques with compatibility to older styles.
Efficient and effective searching in ARTstor requires understanding search techniques like wildcards, phrases, field searching and using terms that will return the most relevant results. It is important to expect variations in spelling, titles, attributions and collections, and to use multiple search strategies like starting broad and refining and using Google to find additional clues. Persistence and creativity are needed to locate images when information is limited or inconsistent. The best searches use specific, distinctive terms rather than subjective descriptions.
The document discusses information architecture and its role in organizing information to support findability. It provides examples of different types of information seeking and how information architecture can help address each type through techniques like tagging, organizing, navigation systems, and search optimization. Finally, it discusses how information architecture can help realize brands by creating good customer experiences through organized information. The summary is in 3 sentences as requested.
Sculpture is the art of carving or modeling three-dimensional forms from materials like wood, stone, metal, clay, or wax. There are two main types of sculpture: relief sculpture, which is attached to a flat surface like a coin, and free-standing sculpture, which can be viewed from all sides. Sculpture serves functions like religious instruction, commemorating heroes, and minting coins. Common materials used in sculpture include marble, bronze, wood, ivory, terra cotta, bamboo, adobe, coral, and plaster. Famous sculptures include Mount Rushmore, the Statue of Liberty, Christ the Redeemer, the Lincoln Memorial, The Thinker, and the Terra Cot
This document provides biographies for various glass artists exhibiting at Vessel Gallery. It summarizes each artist's background, techniques, exhibitions, awards and collections. The artists come from different countries and have diverse experiences, but are united in their exceptional mastery of working with glass through techniques like sandcasting, engraving, flameworking and glassblowing.
Henry Moore was a British sculptor known for his abstract forms and emphasis on the relationship between positive and negative spaces. Sculpture can be created through subtractive processes like carving or additive processes like modeling and casting. Modern sculpture utilizes many materials and techniques, from traditional stone and metalworking to constructed sculpture incorporating found objects and nontraditional materials like chocolate or Styrofoam. Contemporary sculptors continue pushing technical and conceptual boundaries.
The document is Nick Petronzio's resume, which summarizes his experience as a sculptor, mold maker, designer and painter. It lists numerous projects he worked on for companies like Disney, Universal Studios, Nissan and museums. It also provides examples of his sculpting work and describes his educational background and skills.
The document discusses various methods of forming and fabrication in art and design. It describes additive, subtractive, and constructive processes where material is added, removed, or joined together. Specific examples include sculpting with clay or metal, carving wood, and welding or gluing together pieces. The document also covers found objects, readymades, and using existing materials in new ways through techniques like bricolage. New digital fabrication methods are discussed like 3D printing, laser cutting, and CNC routing that allow designs to be replicated from digital files.
This document outlines the objectives and activities for a Year 13 exam project focused on the themes of growth and evolution. Students are asked to develop their ideas through sustained investigations informed by contextual sources. They will experiment with different media and techniques, refining their ideas as they progress. Students will document their observations, insights, and work in progress. The project involves four workshops exploring different artists' approaches to the themes and techniques. Students are expected to make annotated connections between their own work and the example artists. They will assess their work and identify areas for further development.
This document provides guidance and inspiration for developing art ideas. It discusses cultivating ideas through actively thinking about various topics and making connections between different works. Artists are encouraged to look at other artists' works and build upon existing ideas rather than reinventing concepts. The document also recommends specific artists like Vladimir Tatlin, Martin Creed, and Rachel Whiteread as sources of inspiration. Students are given tasks like making structures out of cardboard boxes to homage Tatlin's work and drawing cut vegetables to reference other artists.
a chronology of my 37 year career; This is a lecture designed for general population undergrad students and has presented at The University of Minnesota and 13 other colleges and art centers
Emile Gallé and Colin Heaney were both glass artists inspired by nature. Gallé experimented with glass techniques in his workshop, creating works incorporating botanical themes. Heaney began with other mediums but was drawn to glass blowing for its spontaneity. Both artists found success in producing standardized works to fund their artistic experimentation, balancing commercial and creative goals. Their glassworks reflected their appreciation for natural beauty and human craftsmanship.
This chapter discusses various types and methods of sculpture. It begins by defining sculpture as a 3-dimensional art form using various materials such as metal, wood, stone, and new materials like plastic and fiberglass. The four basic sculpture methods covered are modeling, assembling, carving, and casting. Modeling involves adding clay or other materials, assembling combines found objects, carving removes material from an initial block, and casting involves pouring liquid into a mold. The chapter also discusses installation art, relief sculpture, and earthworks that are site-specific sculptures made using natural materials. Key artists mentioned include Rodin, Michelangelo, Ghiberti, Serpent Mound, Christo, and Jeff Koons.
Sculpture is the art of carving, casting, modeling, or assembling materials into three-dimensional forms. Sculptors throughout history have used various materials and techniques such as carving stone and wood, modeling clay, casting metal, and constructing sculptures from found objects. More recently, sculpture incorporates new materials like beeswax, chocolate, and Styrofoam, and new forms like kinetic sculptures that incorporate movement.
This document provides a timeline summarizing key events and innovations in design, art, technology, and popular culture from 1872 to 2020 that influenced the authors' paths and interests in design. The timeline includes important developments in industrial design, art, photography, animation, gaming, computers, and more. It also notes personal experiences of the authors that exposed them to design and art such as seeing Starry Night and reading Beatrix Potter books.
Frank lloyd wright and louis comfort tiffany.reflets
Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect who designed over 1,000 projects, including more than 500 completed works. He was known for his innovative use of stained glass windows, designing over 4,000 stained glass windows and doors for more than 150 of his buildings in unique styles using transparent and iridescent glass with gold leaf. Louis Comfort Tiffany was an American artist and designer best known for his work in stained glass windows, lamps, glass mosaics and other decorative arts. He incorporated color, texture and tonal variations into his glasswork, which was used in both wealthy homes and public buildings.
The document provides an overview of the history and funding sources of taxpayer supported public art programs, examples of different types of public art including integrated, situated, and temporary installations, and explains the typical process for public art projects including using requests for qualifications and proposals. It also includes tips for artists interested in public art projects and sample budgets for recent public art installations in various cities.
Louis Comfort Tiffany was an American artist from about 100 years ago who is famous for his colorful stained glass artworks. Stained glass is made by artists who put pieces of colored glass between metal strips, drawing a design and cutting the glass to shape before holding it in place with lead strips. Tiffany wanted to make stained glass in his own unique style using lots of different colors and textures, which he called Art Nouveau, meaning "New Art" in French. Art Nouveau uses curvy lines and natural motifs like trees and flowers. The document provides instructions for making one's own Art Nouveau stained glass art project using a nature design, transparency, and colored tissue paper with glue.
The document provides an assignment for students to present on one of Frank Lloyd Wright's residential works in a 5-minute visual presentation. It lists 15 residential works by Wright that students can choose from, including his home and studio in Oak Park, the Willits House in Highland Park, Illinois, the Heurtley House in Chicago, the Martin House in Buffalo, and the Robie House in Chicago. The presentation should include images, plans, sections, elevations, details, and renderings that visually define the style of the chosen work based on Wright's oeuvre and demonstrate the architectural principles. Students are instructed to save their presentation in PDF format and cite any sources used.
%22THE MEANING OF LIFE ~ IN A BOOKCASE%22Mark McIntyre
Mark McIntyre designs and builds unique furniture that is highly distinctive and original. He has no formal cabinetry training but developed his skills from his family's technical background. His furniture uses innovative construction methods like compound wedges and tensioned steel wire that allow pieces to be packed flat for transport. He is constantly exploring new designs, materials, and construction techniques inspired by fields like engineering, cycling, and even the structure of DNA. His furniture combines modern techniques with compatibility to older styles.
Efficient and effective searching in ARTstor requires understanding search techniques like wildcards, phrases, field searching and using terms that will return the most relevant results. It is important to expect variations in spelling, titles, attributions and collections, and to use multiple search strategies like starting broad and refining and using Google to find additional clues. Persistence and creativity are needed to locate images when information is limited or inconsistent. The best searches use specific, distinctive terms rather than subjective descriptions.
The document discusses information architecture and its role in organizing information to support findability. It provides examples of different types of information seeking and how information architecture can help address each type through techniques like tagging, organizing, navigation systems, and search optimization. Finally, it discusses how information architecture can help realize brands by creating good customer experiences through organized information. The summary is in 3 sentences as requested.
Sculpture is the art of carving or modeling three-dimensional forms from materials like wood, stone, metal, clay, or wax. There are two main types of sculpture: relief sculpture, which is attached to a flat surface like a coin, and free-standing sculpture, which can be viewed from all sides. Sculpture serves functions like religious instruction, commemorating heroes, and minting coins. Common materials used in sculpture include marble, bronze, wood, ivory, terra cotta, bamboo, adobe, coral, and plaster. Famous sculptures include Mount Rushmore, the Statue of Liberty, Christ the Redeemer, the Lincoln Memorial, The Thinker, and the Terra Cot
This document provides biographies for various glass artists exhibiting at Vessel Gallery. It summarizes each artist's background, techniques, exhibitions, awards and collections. The artists come from different countries and have diverse experiences, but are united in their exceptional mastery of working with glass through techniques like sandcasting, engraving, flameworking and glassblowing.
Henry Moore was a British sculptor known for his abstract forms and emphasis on the relationship between positive and negative spaces. Sculpture can be created through subtractive processes like carving or additive processes like modeling and casting. Modern sculpture utilizes many materials and techniques, from traditional stone and metalworking to constructed sculpture incorporating found objects and nontraditional materials like chocolate or Styrofoam. Contemporary sculptors continue pushing technical and conceptual boundaries.
The document is Nick Petronzio's resume, which summarizes his experience as a sculptor, mold maker, designer and painter. It lists numerous projects he worked on for companies like Disney, Universal Studios, Nissan and museums. It also provides examples of his sculpting work and describes his educational background and skills.
The document discusses various methods of forming and fabrication in art and design. It describes additive, subtractive, and constructive processes where material is added, removed, or joined together. Specific examples include sculpting with clay or metal, carving wood, and welding or gluing together pieces. The document also covers found objects, readymades, and using existing materials in new ways through techniques like bricolage. New digital fabrication methods are discussed like 3D printing, laser cutting, and CNC routing that allow designs to be replicated from digital files.
This document outlines the objectives and activities for a Year 13 exam project focused on the themes of growth and evolution. Students are asked to develop their ideas through sustained investigations informed by contextual sources. They will experiment with different media and techniques, refining their ideas as they progress. Students will document their observations, insights, and work in progress. The project involves four workshops exploring different artists' approaches to the themes and techniques. Students are expected to make annotated connections between their own work and the example artists. They will assess their work and identify areas for further development.
This document provides guidance and inspiration for developing art ideas. It discusses cultivating ideas through actively thinking about various topics and making connections between different works. Artists are encouraged to look at other artists' works and build upon existing ideas rather than reinventing concepts. The document also recommends specific artists like Vladimir Tatlin, Martin Creed, and Rachel Whiteread as sources of inspiration. Students are given tasks like making structures out of cardboard boxes to homage Tatlin's work and drawing cut vegetables to reference other artists.
a chronology of my 37 year career; This is a lecture designed for general population undergrad students and has presented at The University of Minnesota and 13 other colleges and art centers
Frank Gehry is an American architect born in 1929 in Toronto, Canada. He is known for his innovative designs that feature unusual shapes and dramatic forms inspired by nature. Some of his most famous buildings include the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain (1997), the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles (2003), and the Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis (1993). Gehry established his practice in Los Angeles in 1962 and pioneered the use of new digital design tools to create his distinctive curving, asymmetrical structures. He has received numerous honors, including the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1989, for his revolutionary approach to architectural design.
Frank Gehry is an American architect born in 1929 in Toronto, Canada. He is known for his innovative designs that feature unusual shapes and dramatic forms inspired by nature. Some of his most famous buildings include the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain (1997), the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles (2003), and the Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis (1993). Gehry often uses new technologies like CAD software to design complex curved shapes out of materials like steel, glass, and stone. His unique architectural style has transformed buildings into works of art and has had a significant influence on modern architecture.
An internationally acclaimed artist, Alexander Krivosheiw, creates dynamic metal sculptures that express beauty and motion. He has been passionate about creating art since childhood, when he would build abstract structures out of wood in his father's garage. Krivosheiw strives for perfection and efficiency in his work, and credits his mentor Kevin Barrett, a third generation sculptor, with providing him the tools and skills to advance as a metal sculptor. Krivosheiw's sculptures are curvilinear in form and fabricated through techniques like cold metal hammering and bending. His most prized piece is currently the Moore's Canova monumental commission, a bronze sculpture that will be installed in Taiwan in 2015.
The document provides information for a mock trial where students will evaluate proposed works of art and vote on which one a city should purchase for a community space. The proposed works are Big Bird and Stegosaurus by Alexander Calder, Block Sculpture by Sol Lewitt, The Gates by Christo, Stone Field Sculpture by Carl Andre, and The Umbrellas by Christo. Students will take on roles like artists, city officials, and residents to debate the works. Their performance will be judged by teachers based on criteria for a successful presentation.
A Barrier Progression An Environment Of Sculptures And Paintings An Honor...Cheryl Brown
This honors thesis creative project by Mark B. Schlemmer explores barriers through a progression of paintings, sculptures, and conceptual pieces. It was inspired by the reconstruction of the Fine Arts Terrace at Ball State University, which initially upset the student but later led to deeper self-examination and a body of work probing how people deal with barriers. The project culminates in pieces using materials like orange snow fence, ashes, and wood to symbolize destruction, purification, and the power to both protect and restrict.
This document provides information on several artworks on display at Swarthmore College, including their titles, artists, materials, dates, and brief descriptions. It features sculptures, paintings, photographs and prints from Jake Beckman, David Stromeyer, Steve Tobin, Harry Bertoia, Massey Burke, Charles Hopkinson, Anna Lodge Parrish, Andrew Moore, Celia Reisman, Serena Perrone, and Dong Jiansheng. The artworks represent a variety of mediums and are displayed both outdoors and indoors across the Swarthmore campus.
Frank Gehry is a renowned Canadian-American architect known for his expressive and sculptural designs. He was born in Toronto in 1929 and moved to Los Angeles in 1947. After studying architecture, he established his practice in Los Angeles in 1962. Gehry is known for using innovative materials and forms to create iconic buildings marked by curving shapes and metal panels. Some of his most famous works include the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, and the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto.
This document provides instructions and tasks related to exploring themes of secrets, codes, and conventions through artmaking. It begins by asking the reader to bring an object from home that holds personal meaning to work with. It then discusses artists like Piero Manzoni who incorporated real objects into their work. Later tasks involve wrapping objects in fabric and materials to alter and obscure them, relating to ideas of wrapping and concealing. The reader is encouraged to photograph and document and their wrapped sculpture in various locations. The overall document guides an exploration of themes through a series of experimental artmaking exercises.
This document provides an overview of the Hidden ARTifacts exhibit that will showcase the artistic process of 14 architect artists. It will include their art labels bound into a book along with essays from architects and critics. The exhibit will also host educational events about architecture. The goal is to not only showcase the art but also fund the creation of a permanent peer learning space for architects after the exhibit closes. The exhibit is hosted by Building Bridges Art Exchange and was curated by Jenda Michl and Marisa Caichiolo.
Sculpture can be created through subtractive processes like carving or additive processes like modeling or casting. Common materials include stone, wood, metal, and clay. Modern sculpture incorporates new materials and techniques like assemblage, readymades, mixed media, kinetic sculpture, light sculpture, and land art. Sculpture is an important art form that allows artists to express themselves in three dimensions and create emotional responses in viewers.
This document provides information and advice about developing ideas and structures in art. It discusses how artists cultivate ideas by thinking about different subjects and combining thoughts. Artists are encouraged to look at other artists' works to get inspired but also push ideas in new directions. Examples are provided of artists who have developed interesting structures using materials like cardboard boxes, drawings, and performances. Advice is given to consider humor and audience engagement in creative works. The document emphasizes thinking experimentally and borrowing ideas from other artists.
Sheamus O'Sullivan's selected works include toy and architectural designs inspired by organic "blobitecture" forms. One toy design used silicone shapes connected by magnets to resemble amoeba-like forms. An architectural project took inspiration from the workings of a French press to produce "the perfect cup of coffee" and paralleled its creation process to the formation of planets. The goal was to create a place to experience wonder and marvel at simple things. A group project developed interventions for downtown Geneva, such as a solar-powered amphitheater, to enhance the environment and community.
This document discusses various methods for forming and fabricating artworks and objects. It covers additive, subtractive, and constructive processes using materials like clay, wax, plaster, and metals. It also discusses found objects, readymades, and altered readymades. Modern methods like computer-aided design, 3D printing, laser cutting, and CNC routing are reviewed. Traditional techniques like casting, jigs, and molds are also summarized. The document bridges art and design by discussing how fabrication techniques can blur boundaries between disciplines.
2. Emotion Counter 1974 I as experimenting using LEDs: Light Emitting Diodes, as replacements for precious jewels in my Jewelry Class at Tyler School of Art. I wanted to make a belt worn piece of ornamental art. Men wore their calculators on their belts back then. The number on the top center screen changed at random when you moved the piece. Since it had no set pattern I thought that it was just registering one’s passing emotions through numbers 0 - 9. It was made of cast epoxy, aluminum, a Radio Shack circuit board, LED number display, six volt battery, and, acrylic. I measures about 5” long.
3. Windfluence - 1976 Inspired by watching the wind’s affects on a row of aircraft rudders on the ramp while serving in the Naval Air Reserve. The four panels were connected mechanically with steel chains, sprockets, and mounted on ball bearing bound shafts. Wind moved the panels in unison. I used “Flip-Flop” acrylic lacquer paint that changed color between metallic green and black as the panels moved. The structure was constructed using white pine and plywood. The outside surface was coated with fiberglass and polyester resin laid up on a flat metal surface to give a perfect smooth flat surface. All external surfaces were treated this way. This was my final senior year sculpture. Length: 10’ Width: 1’ Height: 7’
4. Cat Door Knocker 1977 This was one of my first commissions I received through a Philadelphia Gallery after graduation from Tyler School of Art. The center was sculpted in clay converted to victory brown wax and cast in bronze using the ceramic shell process. The outside ring was forged mild steel with hinge elements welded on. The outside ring moved to knock on the door. Approximately eight inches in diameter.
5. OZAM - 1977 After graduating from Tyler School of Art I was employed by the sculpture department to maintain the studio and to offer technical assistance to the undergraduate students. During that time I was asked to build a sculpture for assistant professor, Gilles Guintinni. He wrote and received grant money from Temple University. He sketched the design out and I formalized it through blueprint drawings working out the engineering. How it would be constructed assembled for traveling exhibitions. It was built using in Cor-Ten steel externally and structural steel internally. I cut out and welded the entire sculpture. Gilles and another of his students did some of the external seam welding. The dome and rolled shapes were outsourced. Width: 6’ Depth: 6’ Height: 18’
6. SED 774 “ Lifeline “ Symbols of Emotional Decisions 1977 The forth in the series of sculptures. I was literally making my thoughts and feelings of the time in steel. I was thinking that I reached a point in my life that reminded me of the Venturi effect. I was in a vacuum while being drawn into a new but different path in life. Rather than directing my effort to the rough or crumpled, read difficult, area before me. The stainless pipe is the record of the path that I took. I merged on to a new direction. The new direction at the time was not to attend the University of Maryland read, the difficult, graduate school, but to pursue working in design / art fields that presented themselves in downtown Philadelphia and New York. I also was enlisted in the US Naval Reserve then. I had one more year left on my commitment, this too impacted my making a change.
7. SED 784 “The Touch” 1978 Symbols of Emotional Decisions, forth in the series Using steel left over from the construction of OZAM. I was working on depicting decisions one makes in life through three dimensional shapes in steel. The element on the left was an old elevator shaft rusted and pitted from years underground. The I-beam touches it and moves forward in it’s direction. This had a lot to do with my discussions with my Grand Parents back in the day. The other side of the bisected cylinder is clean and precise but partially hollow. The touching element is like a hand but made to like look structural connection and is bolted with four heavy bolts. The rusted cylinder was waxed and the I-beam was gun blued and waxed. It was about eight feet long.
8. Black Wing - 1980 The last sculpture I made before moving into center city Philadelphia. This photo was taken during an exhibition of my sculptures at the Philadelphia Art Alliance. I was influenced by the Stenberg Brother’s work. They were Russian artistswho worked in the constructivists movement in the early twentieth century. Their work celebrated the achievementof mankind through the new technology an materials of the day. The Stenberg’s were some the first artists of the day to implement modern materials in sculpture. My work was more about distressed structures. I called my work at that time “ Alluring / Alarming ”. Which was to say; formally it is a nice eye pleasing composition only upon further contemplation it might be recognized as representing a destroyed building or a crashed airplane. This was symbolic of my thoughts about nuclear destruction that I felt at the time. The upper area was constructed in mild steel and treated with graphite stove paint. The bottom base shape was cast in bronze with a green patina applied. Length: thirty inches, Depth: fifteen inches, Height: thirty Inches ,
9. Lucky Legs II – WWII Inspirited Nose Art - 1982 I was interested in the artwork painted on military aircraft in the twentieth century called “nose art”. I created this painting in 1982 as a series using the same materials: enamel paint on an aluminum riveted section copied from a B-24 fuselage. I used a image of Betty Grable. These served as talismans to bring luck to the crew. This panel measures 40” by 40”. In the permanent collection of the Dover Air Force Museum Dover, Delaware
10. 2x2 Animals and Arks in Toyland 1983 This was one of my favorite exhibits. I was contracted by the Philadelphia Maritime Museum to design and build their Christmas exhibit in 1983. My company, Art Lab, built exhibits for the non profit community in Philadelphia. I hired several of my artist friends to help with the construction and installation of the exhibit. The museum wanted to display forty antique Noah’s Ark toy sets. A central ark was built with two internal display cases built in and the rest of the sets were displayed in cases attached to the walls or free standing. Large “Stieff” stuffed animals were corralled in a corner. Large colorful two dimensional animals were installed throughout the museum to bring the people to the ark display. An enlarged copy of “Peaceable Kingdom” by Edward Hicks hung from the ceiling.
11. Tyco Toys Typhoon Hovercraft 1988 I was working at HMS Associates 1988 - 1989 when I received this assignment to work with Tyco Toy designers and engineers to design and develop a radio controlled hovercraft toy. HMS Associates was one of the original product development model shops in the Philadelphia area. They were known for their work with Lionel, Revel, and other plastic model kit makers. I polished my skills working with master European trained model makers employed there. I was a Journeyman model maker at the time. I sculpted and machined all the plastic parts that housed the electronics and motors that made the successful toy work.
12. Mickey Mouse AT&T Telephone - 1993 I worked with the Walt Disney Company’s consumer division for several clients. This one was one of the most visible products I worked on. I was the Art Department Manager at Paramount Industries. I managed the sculpting and pattern development of the Mickey Mouse image. It was a collaboration of: AT&T, Disney, the electronics manufacturer, the toolmaker, and the product manufacturer. Very interesting discussions and creative leadership surrounded the table. After the drawings were approved I divided the parts of the phone up to several model makers and sculptors . My job was to have the figure sculpted in clay and approved as soon as possible by the Disney licensing department in NYC. I did not touch clay rather I coached three junior sculptors to make the parts piece by piece which sped the project. Coaching them using words rather than tools made us all better with our competent skills. I never touched anyone's work on their bench. My words were my art and this was a successful exercise. I see these phones everywhere and was especially proud to see them being used at Disney World while vacationing with my children.
13. Samples of porcelain pattern sculpts I made 1997 - 2003 Miss Piggy as she looked celebrating the turn of the century. Also shown are products I made For Lenox Brands. Products were shaped in clay or machined in dense foam. Molded in silicone rubber then cast in urethane or plaster. Final patterns were molded in record silicone rubber molds and cast in epoxy or urethane plastic. Created Miss Piggy 2000 for the Franklin Mint and The Jim Henson Studio. I developed this sculpt shown still in the rough clay stage. I was using Chavant P 40 clay. Later to be turned into a epoxy tooling pattern for production.
14. The Rebuilt Artlab Studio Building 2003- 2004 I lost my pervious studio due to a fire March 24, 2003.It was situated, on this location, behind my house. Everything I had in the structure was lost or severely damaged. My: machines, tools, drawing tables, work benches, collection artworks; mine and others were destroyed. Within two days of the fire, I started to design a new studio. Not a converted three car garage / workshop as the old one had been but a new from the ground up building. I contracted a local friend to build it and it was completed and in use by the one year anniversary of that terrible day. All the drawings; layouts, plan views, and elevations were drawn by me. I had a certified mechanical engineer confirm the specification of the joists and rafters for the correct size and strength. My friend helped me spec the windows, doors, and utilities. This view shows the Southern and Eastern sides of the building.
15. Lord Of the Rings - Theoden’s Sword - 2004 I was commissioned to make the replica collectors sword for the Noble Collection. The props used in the movie were crafted too rough to be used. They would not hold up to a collector’s scrutiny. Photos of the movie sword prop were sent to me. I copied the design in a blueprint then carved and decorated the pattern with wax details. I molded and cast the parts in urethane. The final pattern was cast in epoxy. The pattern’s length was nine inches long.
16. Arthurian Round Table Goblet 2004 I was commissioned by the Noble Collection to make this goblet. Working from their rough sketches I designed and sculpted the eight scene designs on four panel matrixes using Chavant P 40 oil based clay. The sculpts were molded in rubber and cast in urethane than applied to the two up pattern. The base was machined as separate parts and details added in wax. The final fifteen inch high pattern was cast in urethane using tin cure silicone rubber molds. The final product was manufactured seven and one half inches high and cast in pewter.
17. Coin designs submitted to the U.S. Mint 2005 - 2007 These designs were submitted in to the United States Mint for their “Artistic Infusion Program”. The Jamestown Tricentennial coin design assignment combines the European settlement and ships under the watchful eye of a native inhabitant. The Texas star as the symbol of the state is superimposed with the Monarch Butterfly. The migration of Monarch Butterfly’s cross the state every year. I was thinking about the similarity of the shapes of each element, in this design. Each drawing is six and three quarters inches in diameter and is polymer graphite on vellum.
18. Sam in the Field - 2005 I was inspired by the work of Augustus Saint - Gaudens. After doing creative work for other’s for so long I needed to find a project that would let me find my voice again. Being an artist sculptor for hire working in the commercial was trying and ego killing work. I had a family and a mortgage. I did what I could to use my skills to solve a company’s problems and make their products. I viewed a exhibition of Saint Gauden’s work in Allentown, Pennsylvania in 2004. I was inspired by the painting in three dimensions that I saw on the walls. I used this as my start to finding my voice again. I had a great model for this work, my Yellow Labrador Sam. I knew him so well I wanted to bring his spirit out in my work.
19. Lenox Collectibles - Baltimore Oriole - 2007 Lenox commissioned me to sculpt a three dimensional version of the Maryland State Stamp. Introduced in 1982, the "Fifty State Birds and Flowers" stamps were destined to become the most popular special issue in the history of United States postage. The stamps were created by a father and son team, and each stamp is a miniature masterpiece. The father, Arthur Singer, designed the birds, and his son, Alan, illustrated the flowers. The oriole is happily at home among a burst of Black-eyed Susan ( Rebeccia ) flowers. The sculpture is mounted on a sturdy base bearing a reproduction of the original Maryland stamp. It was introduced in 2008. Crafted of cold-cast porcelain. Height: 7 1/2” Width: 6 3/4” Depth: 7"
20. Sam in the East Branch of the Perkiomen Creek - 2008 Originally sculpted in clay over a acrylic frame. After molding the rough clay it was cast in urethane plastic. The details were cleaned up and it was cast in bonded bronze. This was later reduced from eight and one half by eleven inches to two and eleven sixteenths by two inches in dimension. It was machined using a pantograph in one quarter inch thick brass. This medallic art sculpt was submitted and accepted to represent the United States in the 2010 Congress Exhibition of the International Art Medal Federation Fédération Internationale de la Médaille d'Art . To be held in Tampere, Finland June 2010.
21. Lincoln Portrait Medallion “Lincoln Log” 2010 This brass medallion is two and one half inches in diameter by one quarter inch thick. This medallion was machined to this dimension using a Deckel G-12 pantograph. The eight inch pattern was traced for the reduction. Original hard copy cast in urethane of the sculpt eight inches in diameter. First sculpted in clay. A silicone waste mold was made then cast in bright white urethane. The surface was cleaned up and details were added during this stage. A record mold was made and a final up size version was cast.
Editor's Notes
The Art Lab chop was developed in 1980 to mark my drawings. The 3 was added later as Artlab went through three phases. It also means I work in 3D.
I as experimenting using LEDs: Light Emitting Diodes, as replacements for precious jewels in my jewelry class at Tyler School of Art. I wanted to make a belt worn piece of ornamental art. In the seventies men wore their calculators on their belts. The number on the top center screen changed at random when you moved the piece. Since it had no set pattern I thought that it was just registering one’s passing emotions through numbers 0 - 9. It was made of cast epoxy, aluminum, a Radio Shack circuit board, LED number display, six volt battery, and, acrylic. It measures about 5” long.
Inspired by watching the wind’s affects on a row of aircraft rudders on the ramp while serving in the Naval Air Reserve. The four panels were connected mechanically with steel chains, sprockets, and mounted on ball bearing bound shafts. Windmoved the panels in unison.I used “Flip-Flop” acrylic lacquer paint that changed color between metallic green and black as the panels moved. The structure was constructed using white pine and plywood. The outside surface was coated with fiberglass and polyester resin laid up on a flat metal surface to give a perfect smooth flat surface. All external surfaces were treated this way. This was my final senior year sculpture. Length: 10’ Width: 1’ Height: 7’
This was one of my first commissions I received through a Philadelphia Gallery after graduation from Tyler School of Art. The center was sculpted in clay converted to victory brown wax and cast in bronze using the ceramic shell process. The outside ring was forged mild steel with hinge elements welded on. The outside ring moved to knock on the door. Approximately eight inches in diameter.
After graduating from Tyler School of Art I was employed by the sculpture department to maintain the studio and to offer technical assistance to the undergraduate students. During that time I was asked to build a sculpture for assistant professor, Gilles Guintinni. He wrote and received grant money from Temple University. He sketched the design out and I formalized it through blueprint drawings working out the engineering. How it would be constructed assembled for traveling exhibitions. It was built using in Cor-Ten steel externally and structural steel internally. I cut out and welded the entire sculpture. Gilles and another of his students did some of the external seam welding. The dome and rolled shapes were outsourced. Width: 6’ Depth: 6’ Height: 18’
The forth in the series of sculptures. I was literally making my thoughts and feelings of the time in steel. I was thinking that I reached a point in my life that reminded me of the Venturi effect. I was in a vacuum while being drawn into a new but different path in life. Rather than directing my effort to the rough or crumpled, read difficult, area before me. The stainless pipe is the record of the path that I took. I merged on to a new direction. The new direction at the time was not to attend the University of Maryland read, the difficult, graduate school, but to pursue working in design / art fields that presented themselves in downtown Philadelphia and New York. I also was enlisted in the US Naval Reserve then. I had one more year left on my commitment, this too impacted my making a change.
Using steel left over from the construction of OZAM. I was working on depicting decisions one makes in life through three dimensional shapes in steel. The element on the left was an old elevator shaft rusted and pitted from years underground. The I-beam touches it an moves forward in it’s direction. This had a lot to do with my discussions with my grandfathers and grandmothers. The other side of the bisected cylinder is clean and precise. The touching element is like a hand but made to look structural and is bolted with four heavy bolts. The rusted cylinder was waxed and the I-beam was gun blued and waxed. It was about eight feet long.
The last sculpture I made before moving into center city Philadelphia. This photo was taken during an exhibition of my sculptures at the Philadelphia Art Alliance. I was influenced by the Stenberg Brother’s work. They were Russian artistswho worked in the constructivists movement in the early twentieth century. Their work celebrated the achievementof mankind through the new technology an materials of the day. The Stenberg’s were some the first artists of the day to implement modern materials in sculpture. My work was more about distressed structures. I called my work at that time “ Alluring / Alarming ”. Which was to say; formally it is a nice eye pleasing composition only upon further contemplation it might be recognized as representing a destroyed building or a crashed airplane. This was symbolic of my thoughts about nuclear destruction that I felt at the time. The upper area was constructed in mild steel and treated with graphite stove paint. The bottom base shape was cast in bronze with a green patina applied. Length: thirty inches, Depth: fifteen inches, Height: thirty Inches ,
I was interested in the artwork painted on military aircraft in the twentieth century called “nose art”. I created this painting in 1982 as a series using the same materials: enamel paint on an aluminum riveted section copied from a B-24 fuselage. I used a image of Betty Grable. These served as talismans to bring luck to the crew. This panel measures 40” by 40”. In the permanent collection of the Dover Air Force Museum Dover, Delaware
This was one of my favorite exhibits. I was contracted by the Philadelphia Maritime Museum to design and build their Christmas exhibit in 1983.My company, Art Lab, built exhibits for the non profit community in Philadelphia. I hired several of my artist friends to help with the construction and installation of the exhibit. The museum wanted to display forty antique Noah’s Ark toy sets. A central ark was built with two internal display cases built in and the rest of the sets were displayed in cases attached to the walls or free standing. Large “Stieff” stuffed animals were corralled in a corner. Large colorful two dimensional animals were installed throughout the museum to bring the people to the ark display. An enlarged copy of “Peaceable Kingdom” by Edward Hicks hung from the ceiling.
I was working at HMS Associates 1988 - 1989 when I received this assignment to work with Tyco Toy designers and engineers to design and develop a radio controlled hovercraft toy. HMS Associates was one of the original product development model shops in the Philadelphia area. They were known for their work with Lionel, Revel, and other plastic model kit makers. I polished my skills working with master European trained model makers employed there. I was a Journeyman model maker at the time. I sculpted and machined all the plastic parts that housed the electronics and motors that made the successful toy work.