LAB HOUR SWITCH UP

open lab hours for Friday December 10th will NOT be 9-1 as usual...
they WILL be 4-9 pm

the snow studded field trip

In case you missed the trip...
or if you just want to know more...
Here is the link to Catherine Grisez's website

armor from plastic bottles

more garment/prothesis

nick cave, chastity belts, antique prothesis', and a steampunk leg.

Garment/Prothesis

OK...I admit it...
I love this project.
It inspires me every year.

Here are the beginning of my musings...





Amy Mullins is an athlete, model, actress, and public speaker...she had her legs amputated at the age of one due to a medical condition...here she talks about the changing face of prosthetics and social issues surrounding being "handicapped".
"Quite simply, she redefines what the body can be." (from the Ted website)
Awesome.




Then there is Stelarc



An artist whose work deals with the body...technology and prosthetics...
He just had an extra ear surgically implanted onto his arm that will be fitted with Bluetooth technology to make it operational.
Worth checking him out.

Moving to fashion inspiration...

Alexander McQueen
R.I.P.
was a fashion genius.
There is too much to say about him...so just check out his work.
You can watch his runway shows on his website...
You will not be disappointed.











AND

Maison Martin Margiela
He is a Belgian designer with a non-traditional take on fashion...
He is discreet...avant-garde...and marks his collections with only numbers...
He also has a SICK website.









Stay tuned...
more coming soon.

LAB HOUR CHANGE!!!

PLEASE NOTE!!!

this Sunday...Nov. 7th...
lab hours will be 4-8 pm...
NOT the usual 1-6

plane to MASS

If you don't know Buckminster Fuller...
you should.
Not only is he widely recognized for his geodesic dome structures...
but he also had a very interesting life path...
like getting expelled from Harvard...TWICE.
read a bit about him HERE

this show at the Museum of Modern Art in Luxembourg is worth looking at...
HERE


I bet artist Susy Oliveira knows how to handle her bone folder...
check out her awesome photo to sculpture planar constructions
HERE

AND

get pumped for our inflatable night coming soon and check out these examples...







don't forget artist Jeff Koons...


and this article has a variety of inflatable structures...
pubs...churches...and more...
at Web Urbanist

Wednesday, Sept. 15th Evening Class

Here are the links to SPL's self-guided art tour...
and...
Seattle Metro's bus tunnel stations...where there is also public art at each stop...
you'll find a down-loadable map and info for each one here...

P.S. the tunnel is only free until 7PM...
so bring at least $2 if you'll be taking it back from class.

pocket shrines...literally.

Artist Francois Robert's project Contents

subjects were invited to his studio where...without prior knowledge...they were asked to empty their pockets, purses or bags for a photograph.
Read an article about the project here

Collection...Collaboration...Courage

Cluster One.

"For eons, diverse cultures have created artifacts and images in an effort to codify and interact with compelling but unknowable ideas and beliefs. Over time, many of these images and artifacts have become associated with the major religions. But others, the ones we find most fascinating, are more individualistic, probing the most personal yet uncomprehended knowledge of self, others, the natural world, and the spiritual realms. The creation of shrines and alters is not just of the past, nor only of traditional cultures. Humans are in a continuous process of enshrining that which they value, imaging that to which they aspire, and memorializing ideas and forces from which they gain hope and sustenance..."
source is here


So besides doing a Google image search for shrine, altars, or cabinets of curiosity...
(all of which yield terrifically inspiring results...hint...hint)

You may also want to check out...


Damien Hirst's Pharmacy works...
"By reproducing the area of a pharmacy the public is normally denied access to in a highly aestheticised context, Hirst has created a kind of temple to modern medicine, ironically centred around an agent of death (the insect-o-cutor)."
sited from here


Dario Robleto...a short video of the San Antonio artist who relies heavily on the history of his found and collected materials to saturate his conceptual work...
HERE


Doris Salcedo...a Colombian artist who also works with objects imbued with history. Using furniture and household items to create haunting war memorials...She collaborates with teams of craftsman and architects to realize her often large scale work.
ART 21 video snippet


AND

for some process book inspiration...
this site has a load of international process book examples...
choose a person and watch the mini video that pages through their entire book...
right here

Welcome Cornish Freshman!!!

Hoping this blog can be a source of inspiration...tool for finding stuff you need...and a bit-o-fun.
Here's to a rockin' 2010/2011...

stay tuned...

You want chalk...???

chalk

liquid chalk

Questions and Answers: your independent project

So many questions...
so few answers...
so little time.

What is a question?

Need some outside input...???
Try answerbag

GO HERE.

and never stop asking...




image: Jessica Hagy

Figure and Form

More artist links to inspire your clay forms and final drawings...

found during my trip to Vegas...
when finished eating at their New York Deli...
and after reenactments of scenes from Ocean's Eleven...
you can see these Cirque Du Soleil inspired bronzes at the Bellagio...

Richard MacDonald




also...
Artist Shannon Eakins reminded me of the work of Austrian Expressionist Painter...
Egon Schiele

and some more figure rock stars...

Lucian Freud

Francis Bacon

Jenny Saville

our local Brian Murphy...

and local Tip Toland...

Cluster 7: Art & Chance

Image by Hans Bellmer


get inspired...get surreal.

check out these sites...
Surrealist.com

Surrealism.org

cinematic space inspiration...???

paper/cardboard links

Noriko Ambe

Peter Callesen

Pizza Box Art

Helen de Main

CAKE!

toilet paper tube sculpture

...with lights

cardboard "lumber"

speaking of cardboard genius...

Chris Gilmour

I know this is old but...

...hopefully inspiring cardboard genius...

tonight's open lab movie 5:15PM

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
1985, PG-13
Mel Gibson (Max)&
Tina Turner (the evil "Aunt Entity")

3rd installment in a CLASSIC series

Bucky Balls go Hollywood!

could you use $20, 000...???
try building these...

WELCOME BACK