Nine Times
Thursday, April 5, 2012
In January at the Bay Area Discovery Museum in Sausalito CA, I built my 9th sculpture with Patrick Dougherty. CLICK HERE FOR THE MUSEUM'S FLICKR PHOTO SET. The sculpture, Peekaboo Palace, is in the form of serpentine hallways and openings winding around a dome-topped tower.
Patrick had previously built a sculpture at this very location and we incorporated-in some of the living elements from the first sculpture which had rooted themselves and continued to grow after being woven in place. We watered the base with a hose, it also rained a bit, and we hope that some of the structural sticks from this sculpture will take root as well. This living material adds to the longevity of the work because it won't rot at the base. The BADM crew did a great job with upkeep on the last one and it lasted 7 years! This project was driven by Brianna Cutts, the Director of Vistor Experience and Exhibit Design, who really made everything run as smoothly as can be. There was also a great group of volunteers to work with during this build, a lot of jaw-droppingly talented local furniture builders and artists.
Here's a link to a particularly striking image taken of Peekaboo Palace; to view it, click the photographer's name --> Aaron Logan <--.
Richmond Time Lapse is doing another video! Here is the first one segment, hopefully we will see the rest soon!
We also go great press from ABC, check out this scenic location where we were able to live and work for 3 weeks! Here is there news feed:
I stayed a couple days longer and did some touch up work to the last Sculpture I helped Patrick build in the Bay Area, Out Yonder. Here is a before/after of that:
Before:
Labels: Bay Area Discovery Museum, Patrick Dougherty, Richmond Time Lapse Richmond VA
Diamonds in the Rough
Monday, June 13, 2011
I spent the first 3 weeks of May in Richmond, VA, living in an old carriage house and working with Patrick Dougherty at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. The whole process of building the sculpture was captured with time lapse cameras and then edited by Richmond Time Lapse. My band, Election Night, is honored to have the instrumental version of our song Pistons Fire chosen as the soundtrack to the video. Randee Humphrey, the garden's director of education, did a fantastic job spearheading the whole project and Patrick produced an awesome sculpture! The cast of volunteers was a group of hearty, dedicated, tireless people who did a tremendous amount of work and deserve many thanks. Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is absolutely breathtaking. If you have a chance stop in, it's right off of I-95.
Labels: Election Night, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Patrick Dougherty, Richmond Time Lapse Richmond VA
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