Sculptures Spring 2008. On this page I show the sculpture projects which I completed in Spring 2008.
Most of the pieces shown were made in one small bronze pour on March 14 at the Sculpture Studio at Binghamton University, but one larger piece, a hypocycloid trefoil knot, was made in a second pour in April. These pictures of the bronze castings show the pieces with gating removed, but not completely polished, so there is more work needed to finish them. In some cases I also show pictures of the wax model before casting. I have made sculptures based on the torus before, some with extra holes punched through making the surface of higher genus. In this sculpture there are three radial pillars coming from the center to the torus, making a genus 3 surface like a steering wheel. I have also made several sculptures based on the trefoil knot, one with hypocycloid cross-section. I also made a small Mobuis band, where the surface reconnects to itself after going through a hole in the surface. Sculpture - Design. To make a sculpture, I begin by contemplating a shape: maybe a familiar solid such as the cube, or a more esoteric one like the rhombic dodecahedron or one of the zonohedra.
Using modeling clay or whatever is handy (paper, toothpicks...), or maybe just visualizing mentally, I think about it and develop possibilities, and eventually something emerges that will be interesting to build. Often I begin to approach something that I can't visualize or model directly - maybe I see it indirectly by abstraction, or I can see only part of the whole.
Those are the most interesting cases, when I'm building the sculpture in order to find out what it looks like. Once I have a model, whether it's in hand or in mind, I work up the design using CAD software. My usual tool is Rhinoceros, which is a 3D modeler for Windows, but I'll use anything that seems useful. 3D modeling, at least for me, is a tedious, technical process. The next stage is to get from the virtual model to a physical object. Lumen Oil Lamp Shadow Projectors. “Lumen is a series of acid-etched, stainless steel, oil lamp shadow projectors.
Each Lumen is sold on adamfrank.com for $48.00 plus shipping and handling. Please allow up to 14 days for delivery due to high demand. For wholesale prices and ordering information please email info@adamfrank.com“ I think these are really cool, especially the “Nest” model. It looks like Corvids to us. Source: AdamFrank., Inc. Pair of Welded Steel Table Lamps at 1stdibs. Steel, Aluminum, Copper, Stainless, Rare Earth, Metal Prices, Forecasting. The Chicago Spring 2010 edition of CS Interiors, part of Modern Luxury magazine, reveals how nationally renowned architectural photographer Michelle Litvin takes it easy: “For relaxation she curls up on her orange Ligne Roset sofa and knits.
Knitting is derived from the word knot, which is an apt metaphor of life. Yarn is maneuvered into consecutive loops of yarn in a contemplative motion. Before lifting her needlepoints, Litvin meditatesâ€an act which carries consecutive loops of its own. At the appointed time afterwards, the meditation becomes material. The emotional scaffolding that Litvin assembles is high contrast: sparse and dense surfaces, open and closed spaces. In a commission by Montana-based furniture and object design studio Caste, Litvin knitted a triptych to festoon patinated steel cylinder lamps designed by Caste designer Ty Best: Another knitted creation was inspired by naturally formed “scholars’ rocks or “spirit stones cherished by the Chinese who call them “Gongshi:
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