November 2011
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“Don’t do anything by half. If you love someone, love them with all your...”
– Henry Rollins
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WatchInterview with Mike Perry
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Make Something...
This video interview with Mike Perry, pretty much sums up the way I’ve been feeling lately. With a full schedule and so many different obligations to tend to, I’ve recently had little time to make things, post to this blog and (generally speaking) do the things I want to do. From this day forward I am vowing to make time for ART.
Get inspired. Take an hour off. Just do it! Make some...
September 2011
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“…we all exist within our own “package” and can only know...”
– Emma Hardy
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Paperwork in 3D: Emma Hardy, continued
Today I’d like to share one more post about Emma Hardy’s work at the Shelburne Museum in Vermont. Across from the Borneo Shipment installation is Packages, made from brown paper and packing tape. The inspiration for this particular work, came from the sudden loss of Emma’s mother.
The installation itself is made up of five figures modeled from people in Emma’s community of...
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“Basically, I believe the world is a jungle, and if it’s not a bit of a...”
– Bette Davis
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Paperwork in 3D: Emma Hardy
Emma Hardy’s Borneo Shipment, is a whimsical installation that brings the viewer face-to-face with life-sized jungle animals surrounding a bright orange shipping container. The glass eyes give each animal a sense of depth and softness, as if the viewer is being introduced to a new friend, rather than a wild orangutang or leopard.
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“Fantasy, abandoned by reason, produces impossible monsters; united with it, she...”
– Goya
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Paperwork in 3D: Sam Ita & Matthew Reinhart
In the Lighthouse Gallery at the Shelburne Museum there is currently work dedicated specifically to book arts. Among some of my favorites are Sam Ita and Matthew Reinhart. Their combined talent as paper engineers is phenomenal.
One of my favorite portions of the show was the white model and sketch displays for selected pop-up books. Shown were beginning stages of Sam Ita’s book Frankenstein...
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“There is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colors are...”
– Elizabeth Lawrence
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Paperwork in 3D: Michael Velliquette
While I was on vacation in Vermont a few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to have made it to the Shelburne Museum for the show Paperwork in 3D. There were three different buildings completely dedicated to paper artists of all kinds. The first artist I want to share, in a series of posts from the Paperwork in 3D show, in Michael Velliquette.
I have stumbled upon Michael’s work before, in books...
July 2011
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“The utter expanse of it all makes me seem at once pointless and purposeful.”
– Eroyn Franklin, Another Day at the Nothing Factory
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Paper Cuts: Eroyn Franklin
Over the weekend I picked up a book titled, “Another Glorious Day at the Nothing Factory” by Eroyn Franklin. I like the concept and layout of the book as a work of art. I love the black and white pages—her paper cuts paired with a block of text. Each page gives a feeling of vast openness, and reflective clarity. Though what she’s writing about are times of uncertainty, she has a...
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New Print: Weather Patterns
I have a new print available titled “Weather Patterns.” It measures 18”x24” and it is a limited edition series of 25. It’s printed on fine quality heavyweight Hahnemuhle textured fine art paper.
This print was inspired by a cut paper installation that I created of the same name. It is showing at FABPDX Artspace through July 28th. Prints of “Weather...
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“I wanted to play with as many colors as I could. I always have a large palette...”
– Yukio Kobayashi
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Art Life: Joseph L. Griffiths
In keeping with yesterday’s post, I’d like to continue the spirograph theme with Joseph L. Griffiths. I am a huge fan of interactive and kinetic sculptures. When I found this “Drawing Machine” I was mesmerized. My first thought was about the line work of the pens and how the installation was assembled. My second thought was about how cool it would be to use one of those to...
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“Mathematics, as much as music or any other art, is one of the means by which we...”
– J.W.N.Sullivan (1886-1937), Aspects of Science, 1925.
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Art Life: Tony Orrico
Recently I’ve been doing a lot of research for some paper sculptures that I am working on. While combing the wiles of the internet I came across Tony Orrico and have fallen madly for his work. He is a visual artist, performer, and choreographer that uses his body as tool to create large scale drawings. In some instances he moves like a human spirograph, working continuously for upwards of...
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WatchTony Orrico, Penwald: 9: lateral bends lost
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WatchTonny Orrico, Penwald: 2: 8 circles
June 2011
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New AIGA Programming Co-Chair
I’m pleased to announce that I have joined the AIGA Portland Chapter as Programming Co-Chair with partner in crime Brad Smith of Hot Pepper Studios. Check out the Portland AIGA calendar for local events and stay tuned for our new website!
If you are local to Portland and have any feedback about current AIGA events or ideas for new programming - let me know. I’m all ears.
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“..A community needs a soul if it is to become a true home for human beings. You,...”
– Pope John Paul II
April 2011
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“I love spring anywhere, but if I could choose I would always greet it in a...”
– Ruth Stout
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WatchAnd I Shall Have Some Peace There by Margaret Roach
March 2011
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“Art arises when the secret vision of the artist and the manifestation of nature...”
– Kahlil Gibran
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Behold...
For the past year I’ve been working on my side project, Portland Paper City, a collaborative installation made entirely out of paper. The result? Go see for yourself at Disjecta. The show runs until Saturday, March 26th, 2011.
Mt. Hood is definitely something you need to check out in person. In collaboration with Peter Bogart, we crafted nearly 1,000 paper triangles and then suspended them...