Fun at Tate Modern!!!

Robert Morris: sculptures you can play on!! It was funny though all the adults were just making their kids go on them?!? How to get adults to play without feeling self-conscious? hmmm....

Functional Forging

So i thought it was about time to start making some functional sculpture since i've got a forge at my finger tips for the summer. :-) Here's a small piece i did for fun (it's an ashtray). 1/4 in. rod and sheet w/ dremel work. plasma cutters are sweet!

brit

New Thought

A steel cone riveted onto the roots of a small tree. Ideally about 2 feet wide and about 7 feet tall. I'm really interested in beginning to marry natural materials and steel.

Morris stole Amandas idea!

Ha! only joking, these pieces just reminded me of Amanda's human washing machine, only hers was way cooler! I'm going to see & play with them for real tomorrow, at the Tate Modern, will post pics!! Morris

Not sculpture but still art.

I also love WebUrbanist. This site is mostly low brow, but very contemporary. 

I found some interesting art on architecture: 3 Kinds of Urban Light Art: From Dorm Room Tetris to Architectural Light Graffiti

I need to make kinetic sculptures.

I love Arthur Ganson because he makes mechanical sculpture that are amusing. They are all a chromosome off from being functional. They do things like take a chair apart, like it has exploded, then puts it back together. The video is long but well worth watching.

The link is to one of his talks via TED

Make sure you surf the site because they have tons of artist's lectures and talks. 

Steel Places in Spaces

This would actually be a series of pieces, probably at least 5.  I want to create spaces and boundaries with steel piping in pre existing natural environments. These spaces can be large involving several trees, or even a self contained space using just one tree. I plan on creating these places in public and private spaces. The hardest part for me will be finding and then gaining access to these spaces. These pieces would hopefully stay in place, and photographs of them is what would be displayed. 

I would like to actually complete a few of these pieces over the summer.