For my 3d class.......

Florentijn Hofman

David Miguel Oliveira

All of these pieces required a good amount of patience and perseverance in the making.  I feel at times I cannot teach this but have to have faith the student will find their way to it.  I still find myself a student when I see works like :

Cal Lane

Tim Hawkinson..love love love this piece.

Wim Delvoye

This reminds me of a student named Jasmine who was obsessed with ears.

Sarah Raulerson-love her!  Makes art making look natural.

 Terry Allen

 Daniel Agdag-cardboard!!!

 Kim Sun Hyuk

 Katarina Fritsch

These are painted bronze?!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/20/carole-feuermans-supersiz_n_1900975.html#slide=1549186

Carole Feuerman

Wednesday brought me and my friend John on a 12 hr round trip to Provo to go see our friends at Pacific States for coke for UW.
The drive was beautiful yet smoking from the fires out here.
Once in Utah, however, fall was screaming all over the hills with the changing of the leaves on the maple and aspen trees.

Pacific States makes me proud to be an American.
They are producing over 300,000 tons of metal a week and they take such pride in everything they make.
Its inspiring and always a joy to visit them.

pipe red hot out of the mold

This is one of their ladles. Not sure we will ever get to this scale but its impressive!
Thank you Pacific States!!
Your support means a lot to the students and to myself!
Couldn't do it without you!

Mark Quinn- cast blood

movement and materials

 

  DO HO SUH- amazingly sewn pieces

 Thomas Doyle- love his scale, his vision, his craft!

Balance

Found this picture today and thought it was so thoughtful.  tranquil and meditative.
This is a good thing as equipment and materials continue to shift and change within our UW studios.

thanks John for sending this out- pretty simple but amazing...click on me

crazy start of the semester..one of 11 areas of the sculpture studio. a little tired...

its worth it in the end and will be beautiful by fall 2012.

ooooo lala! life is sweet!

Edwards Ironworker looks good in our studio!

sculptures

It is interesting how so many of these favorite sculptures appear to be moving or mimic a movement.

http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/10-wickedly-cool-sculptures

Check out the new videos I added to the Kinetics list on the left side of this blog. There are several Makers videos that are really interesting and informative. Check out YouTube and type in Makers Profile to find the many different ones available for viewing.

Electronics I

• Electronics is the technology of controlling the flow of electrons.
• Electrons exist as particles swirling around the nucleus of the atom.
• When an electromotive force is present, electrons will move through some materials.
• The force moving electrons is measured in volts.
• A battery is a chemical device, designed to provide the force needed to move electrons.
• Electrons move from the (-) end of the battery and are attracted to the (+) end.
• A circuit is a complete path ( - to + ) for electrons to move on.
• Some materials impede the flow of electrons, this is called resistance.
• Resistors are devices designed to provide resistance in a circuit.
• Resistance is measured in ohms.
• The number of electrons moving in a circuit is called current.
• Current is measured in amperes (amps).
• The relationship among voltage, current and resistance is defined by Ohm's Law.
• Ohm's law: voltage = current x resistance, V = I*R
• V = voltage (volts), I = current (amps), R = resistance (ohms)

A basic circuit:

Supplies:

You have been given cash to go buy these items. You can find Radio Shack on 3rd Street. You are to collect these items and create a basic circuit for Thursday Class. Your toy(s) are also due on Thursday. It would be wise to gather either a swiss army knife, weatherman, or small screwdriver set for taking your toys apart. Good Luck and be imaginative. YOu do not necessarily need to know how you will use the toy but give yourself options when choosing.

• 1 LED (Radio Shack # 276-18)
• 1 - 1000 ohm resistor (Radio Shack # 271-1321)
• 1 - 9V Battery
• 1 - 9V Battery clip (Radio Shack # 270 - 325)

Construction:

LED's (Light Emitting Diodes) are easily damaged if too much current flows through them. For this reason it is necessary to use a resistor to reduce the current flow. Note that LED's have a "+" and "-" lead, the "-" lead is beside a "notch" in the plastic base of the LED. If you connect an LED backwards it won't work. See "Sources" at the bottom for ideas on where you can get more information.

underwater sculpture park

Thanks Stephen for the pic of us! Congrats to all the students of UW. Will post pictures this week of student works.

found this new blog today that is really interesting in regards to kinetic works:

www.rhizome.org

3rd Biannual Cast Iron Art Conference

Hays, Kansas May 23-26th

Come one come all!

Panels, performances, exhibitions, production pours, cupola contest.....

good food, friends, and art making.

Bethany Springer arrives at UW on Tuesday September 13th and will stay until September 18th. She will give her artist talk on Tuesday evening at 7pm in Fine Arts room 111 and has an exhibition "W

atermarks" at Gallery 211 at 211 1st Street. Her exhibition opening is Friday September 16th from 6-8pm. Check out her website at :

www.bethanyspringer.com

safety first!!

Outside work area. 2014 Western Cast Iron Art Alliance Conference here we come!

wood shop and wood shop storage. We will actually have room around to move and work safely.