by import_blog | Jul 7, 2017 | 2017 Windgate ITE Residency, Residency Blog |
This is how Jason assembles one of the laminated cardboard blocks from which his pieces are turned. First, he does a little dance. The stage is set… …and lamination begins. Another piece of cardboard is added. The process repeats. When the stack is...
by import_blog | Jul 1, 2017 | 2017 Windgate ITE Residency, Residency Blog |
Another shot of Felicia stacking. Max trims before turning. Felicia turns. Another shot of Felicia and Marc from NextFab segmenting a log. I don’t know about you, but that look of Jason’s stops my heart every time. Jason stopping someone’s...
by import_blog | Jul 1, 2017 | 2017 Windgate ITE Residency, Residency Blog |
Albert addresses the table at the Echo Lake luncheon. The group outside of an REI in Rockville, MD, in front of a “tall commissioned outdoor work, 28’h x 16′ x 8′, by Foon Sham. Made of 5000+ blocks of Kebony Pine.” Phil Brown, who...
by import_blog | Jul 1, 2017 | 2017 Windgate ITE Residency, Residency Blog |
Daniel in the dorms at UArts. Max ordinarily plans each piece carefully, but in the heat of his frustration after losing an entire morning’s work, he decided to just put a piece of wood on the lathe and improvise. This persistent crack, which ran much deeper...
by import_blog | Jun 28, 2017 | Residency Blog |
Below, please find a small glimpse of the recreational lives and eating habits of the Windgate ITE 2017 residents. Communal eating space at the dorms is at a premium (see lower left corner)… …so Jason fashions a table out of a chair and a dresser drawer....
by import_blog | Jun 26, 2017 | 2017 Windgate ITE Residency, Residency Blog |
I’m going to begin scanning the film properly this week, but for now, please accept these warped images as harbingers of things to come! Anastasia uses a rasp. Jason lives in a world very much like our own, except everything in it is made from cardboard. Jason...
by import_blog | Jun 21, 2017 | 2017 Windgate ITE Residency, Residency Blog |
I dropped off a couple rolls of 35mm slide film last week and today they were ready! There’s a stoneworking shed right outside the door of Furness Hall, where we’re all living. Every morning, I greet this swan (and the swan greets me). Phil Brown and...
by import_blog | Jun 21, 2017 | 2017 Windgate ITE Residency, Residency Blog |
I went to the darkroom at UArts yesterday and developed the first batch of film. I’d like to reiterate how much I like their facilities and how lucky I am to be working there this summer. Below, please find a teaser of things to come–real 35mm black and...
by import_blog | Jun 19, 2017 | 2017 Windgate ITE Residency, Residency Blog |
After the Echo Lake conference, the group went to Washington D.C., where I rejoined them. We were extraordinarily fortunate to stay in the home of woodturner Phil Brown and Dr. Barbara Wolanin, who received us with extraordinary grace and ran us into the ground with...
by import_blog | Jun 17, 2017 | 2017 Windgate ITE Residency, Residency Blog |
Last weekend, following a luncheon held at the Center for Art in Wood for current and alumni Windgate ITE residents, the group headed to Bucks County, PA for the 19th Echo Lake Conference, an annual exercise in collaborative artmaking between thirty to forty artists...
by import_blog | Jun 15, 2017 | 2017 Windgate ITE Residency, Residency Blog |
This summer, the residents will be using the wood shop and facilities at NextFab, a maker space not far from where we’re staying in Center City. Last Tuesday, we went by for orientation, after which Anastasia, Daniel, Felicia, Jason, Max, and Megan were given...
by import_blog | Jun 15, 2017 | 2017 Windgate ITE Residency, Residency Blog |
I’ll be documenting the Windgate ITE Residency this summer primarily on beautifully grainy 35mm and 120 film. This morning, I visited the darkroom which UArts is graciously letting me use for processing, printing, and scanning, and I can’t wait to get to...
