I have a few weeks to complete this piece. Here are process images of the work so far.
I found this Chinese Knot Cording site useful. I am using Tap Plastics' UV resistant Waterclear surfboard resin to coat the wire and paper components.
Friday, April 12, 2013
Monday, March 18, 2013
Wrap It Up Youth Video & Mural Project
I am working on an invite for the Wrap It Up Video & Mural project. There will be a street screening of the youth videos on May 4th in San Jose's Japantown. It has been a real pleasure to work with Mr. D.J. Ashford and his students at Burnett Middle School. I am hoping that we have a lot of people come out and celebrate the students' and public artists' works. The videos are part of the Next Vista video library collection: http://www.nextvista.org/projects/wrapitup/ and all the videos can be seen here.
Lesson plans can be found on the project site: http://wrapitupmurals.weebly.com/
I have 19 mesh murals to sew. I am excited to get them up on the fence mural site. Soon the youth video interviews will be embedded in the Japantown Mural Project mobile app. The app will link to the videos posted on Next Vista.
Thanks to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation Donor Circle for the Arts for funding and thank you to Next Vista for Learning for fiscal sponsorship of the project.
Lesson plans can be found on the project site: http://wrapitupmurals.weebly.com/
I have 19 mesh murals to sew. I am excited to get them up on the fence mural site. Soon the youth video interviews will be embedded in the Japantown Mural Project mobile app. The app will link to the videos posted on Next Vista.
Thanks to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation Donor Circle for the Arts for funding and thank you to Next Vista for Learning for fiscal sponsorship of the project.
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Tipping Bowls and Steaming Rice
Digital sketch of a commissioned wall sculpture for a San Francisco client. The art will be installed in a dining room with a beautiful gold ceiling and an incredible view of the San Francisco Bay. I am very excited to begin this project which will include sashiko stitching and a variety of fabrics and Asian food wrappers.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Youth Film Festival Logo Design
For the past two years I have enjoyed designing logos for Next Vista for Learning's youth video contests.
The upcoming spring contest is called the Creative Flight Video Contest. Students and teachers everywhere are invited to submit their creations (under 90 seconds in length). It has been inspiring and fun to view a diverse range of interesting submissions.
Below: initial rough sketch logo studies
The upcoming spring contest is called the Creative Flight Video Contest. Students and teachers everywhere are invited to submit their creations (under 90 seconds in length). It has been inspiring and fun to view a diverse range of interesting submissions.Below: initial rough sketch logo studies
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Mapping Coummunity & Public Transit Refelctions
This week I am launching a youth art project, Special Spots, that will engage youth in mapping their personal transit routes and destinations. Hopefully the resulting art will inform the design for 11 new bus stops along the Santa Clara/Alum Rock BRT bus route in San Jose, California.
Here is the project site that I am building as we journey through the project: http://specialspots.weebly.com/
Here is the project site that I am building as we journey through the project: http://specialspots.weebly.com/
Monday, December 10, 2012
Using Tiny Planet Mobile App for Teen Art Project
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| Tiny Planet Japantown, San Jose |
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| Tiny Planet Cupertino |
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| Mayfair Community, San Jose Tiny Planet |
A collage of these "neighborhood planets" in a public transit setting would playfully engage the viewer in questioning the existence of distinct edges to communities. These little planets are intriguing distortions of our environments. Perhaps this twisted lens can playfully highlight that we move through many communities in our daily lives and that our neighborhoods really are not islands or worlds onto themselves.
A wall of these planet would engage the viewer (waiting for the train or bus) in trying to identify the locations of the photos. The installation would invite the viewer to think about issues of community isolation, community openness, the youth perspective (as pictures are taken by teens), about the preciousness of neighborhoods, and perhaps can in some way engage the viewer to think about how we move through these spaces and connect them. We connect these dots.
Monday, November 26, 2012
Concept Sketches for Reserch Center
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Below is the beginnings of a small scale model. Each banners will be 7 ft x 3 ft.
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