The Canyon Table -- Part 3

Spanish Bottom carving detail

Main table legs rough-cut and welded

Rough carving detail of the Green River and Confluence

Year of Used

Tired of rampant consumerism? The Year of Used project is set to start Jan 1, 2011.

http://www.yearofused.posterus.com

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Year-Of-Used/172474152775721

The Scoop Table, part 2: Completion

Materials:  Baltic birch, powdercoated steel

Julie Lucus

The following graphic explains how I view the world.  It’s rare that I see something that fits where the red ‘X’ is – there’s a lot of art I like that I wouldn’t want to have.  Julie Lucus’ Burning Man Skull is an exception. 

See her work online or in person at the Sugarhouse Gallery .

http://julielucus.30art.com/ 

http://www.artisticframingco.com/

Nox Contemporary

'untitled', Tyler Spurgeon 2010

There's a new gallery in town.  I had the good fortune to attend the opening of Nox Contemporary and meet John Sproul, one of the directors, and Tyler Spurgeon , an exhibiting artist.  I was especially taken by several of Tyler's paintings depicting (and I'm paraphrasing his comments here) 'the struggles we have with ourselves'.


The current show will be running through Feb 4, 2011.  Please see the 15Bytes article/interview for more information.








http://noxcontemporary.com/default.htm


http://TYLERSPURGEON.COM/home.html


http://www.artistsofutah.org/15bytes/10dec/page4.html

The Canyon Table -- Part 2

I try to prototype like I vote – early and often.  The sooner I can see what the materials/volumes/finishes are going to do, the better design decisions I can make.

The Canyon Table will have a map of the topography formed by the Green and Colorado Rivers.  It is a location that is important to me, as well as a metaphor for our journeys through life, their twists, and confluences with others.

3D modeling programs have their place, and as an artist I find them useful for a quick, inexpensive gut check as to sizes and shapes that might work well.  Google Sketchup is intuitive and has a ton of on-line support.  After that stage, I have yet to find a good replacement for actually trying scraps of the material I will use.