Things I've been working on

So I do a lot of work for myself on the side as well as making a few things for customers and friends now and again but I don't really publish them so I thought I might start putting a couple out there now and again just to kind of put myself out there. most of you have seen this one. It is a chandelier that I made. Entirely paper and thread, its 15 feet 9 inches long and nearly 3 feet wide at the head. Its not as fluid as I would have liked but it came out fine. I could imagine about six of these in any open air setting pretty easily.

this one is not as extravagant as the light but it did come out well. This is a chess/checker board made out of solid marble and granite. The offset of the mounting gives it a floating effect while still being totally stable.

This last one was just fun. This was a cardboard letter from a previous project that I turned into something else. I removed the facing and replaced it with paper then put a light inside for fun to look like the A from Avengers. It is currently in my office and gives me a laugh every time I see it.

how to capture an idea

So as the lost post just stated I am building a box. But this box has to hold something that I hold near and dear to my heart  including ideas. But how do you go about doing this without the vessel becoming altogether just a sculpture? Well that is the delicate dance we will play isn't it?

BAND SAW BOX!!!!!

HOLY CRAP I LOVE DOING THESE THINGS!!!! There is nothing more simple or complex than a container. The purpose is simple yet complex just like the design. They are functional art. There is so much that you can do with a container that it is really easy to go over board and have a over engineered horrific piece of junk. But as museums around the world will show they can also be one of the most beautiful things humans have ever created.

Art

Art comes in many forms most commonly the two dimensional variety. On some levels I do consider myself and artist but the problem is that I prefer to work in the round as opposed to making pictures. So when I see someone that can really draw I get depressed, impressed, and frustrated all at the same time. I can do CAD all day long and do it well but I cant sketch to save my life. So as a designer I feel like this is going to hold me back at some point and that I day I fear is creeping ever closer.

inspiration

Haven't posted in a while and thought I would talk a little bit about how I get inspired. I have always felt like a guy out of my time period so I tend to gravitate towards history and the future. So to get fired up I'll watch ten or twelve episodes of Sons Of Guns or The Highlander or watch something like Blade Runner. I really love watching how its made, especially when they are doing heavy equipment or something really simple like ball bearings. Of course the side effects of shows like this is I tend to not want to work on what I'm supposed to and move in the direction or working on something else that I want to build.