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Springville Museum of Art Spiritual and Religious Show

The Springville Museum of Art has an annual spiritual and religious art show.  I entered two sculptures I made last year, and one of them got in!  It was titled, Heaven but I changed it to These are They Who Came Out of Great Tribulation.  Apparently, it was debated among the curatorial staff whether it should be curated in or not.  Anyway, we got to go see the opening on Friday and it was cool, as always, to see my art on display.  Call me narcissistic, but I always think its cool when my art is out for everyone to see.

Nature and Nurture Update: Pictures and Prizes

This is the piece I put in the Nature and Nurture show.  It is entitled 2,358 Nails.  My mother passed away the day after I was born.  There is a nail for each minute we were alive together.  Each nail was pounded by hand.

 

This sculpture also won a 3rd place prize from jurors Madison Smith and Brian Kershisnik.

Nature and Nurture show update

There will be a reception for the Nature and Nurture show on Thursday, October 14, 2010 from 7:30 to 9:30 pm at the HFAC. Come, meet the artists (all of whom are cooler than me), and get some refreshments! See you there!

Nature and Nurture: Narratives of the Family

Awesome news: One of my works was selected to be in the Nature and Nurture: Narratives of the Family show at Brigham Young University.  The show is a collaboration between alumni and current students of BYU, and it is really cool.  I just found out today that I got in, so I will put up some pictures as soon as I can.  The piece I put in is called 2358 Nails.  You should come and see it!  (No, seriously.)  It is in the Harris Fine Arts Center here at BYU from October 12-28.  The whole show takes up the main floor gallery, as well as the 4th floor hallways.  My piece will be on the 4th floor, so come find it!  I will post more information as soon as I know when a reception will be and as soon as I get pictures of it installed.  Bring your mom, dad, or other family and see it!

New Slinky Sculptures

I've been working on a new Slinky sculpture in the last little bit.  I've had the idea for this piece for over a year, but I'm just now getting the engineering down.  I wanted to recreate the motion of a Slinky as you "juggle" it back and forth in your hands.  After a few failed designs, the one below won out. It's not finished yet, but it is in moderately working condition, so here's a picture:

(P.S. This picture is a composite of 4 separate pictures.)

I also made a static (mostly) Slinky sculpture with some steel I found out in the scrap bin.  This one is inspired by one of my friends who, while playing with one of my Slinky toys, draped it over his finger.  I thought "Hey, that's a cool way to look at a Slinky."  So I made it.

There are lots more things on the way.  Stay tuned.

Catalog for Museum of Glass

So the catalog for the Museum of Glass Red Hot Auction is now up. The show happens the 11th of September and Reflections of a Parallel Universe is going on the (silent) auction block. The link is here if you want to check it out: http://www.museumofglass.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/catalog_art.pdf

PS, he's on page 26--item #40.