For each of our projects we like to create a corresponding stamp to celebrate and promote. Stamps are a wonderful way to showcase and keep new and old projects in circulation in a physical medium.
Sculpture Delivery for to Mystic Seaport Museum
On Novemeber 13th we very happily delivered my most recent sculpture to the Mystic Seaport Museum for Dalvero Academy's exhibit Journey of Transformation.
My sculpture Living in Harmony with an Ancient Being. Sound; Communication is in the process of being installed by Mystic in preparation for the opening November 21st. The sculpture is made from sepele mahogany, stainless steel, and aluminum wind chimes. Measuring 9ft. W x 6ft. H
I will continue with more updates!
Photo by Chris Brody
Photo by Chris Brody
Hidden Pockets Blog
Hidden Pockets is a blog that I developed after my research for the Hidden Pockets sculpture. The blog addresses the unrecognized labor — the hidden pockets of farming. The green revolution addressed the need to increase crop yield for the growing population, but what about the human element of labor needed and used in farming?
Migrant and seasonal farm workers perform numerous tasks necessary for cultivating and harvesting a large share of our nation’s food supply. These undocumented farm workers live below poverty level in shoddy labor camps isolated from the community. These are the real philanthropists, (Labor and the Locavore: The Making of a Comprehensive Food Ethic by Margaret Gray) these workers sacrifice basic human needs to nurture food for others all while knowing they will go hungry.
You can read more about what is going on in the farming community and what you can do to help on the blog site: www.hiddenpockets.info
After enjoying your holiday meal and supporting local business, take part on December 1st for #GivingTuesday. Show your solidarity with farmworkers and plan to donate. The Farmworker Justice is accepting donations: https://www.farmworkerjustice.org/support/make-donation
Hidden Pockets Process Photos
Hidden Pockets
Disparities in farming; the human machine
Anthropologists have long believed that agriculture provided the seeds from which civilization grew. —ejournalusa, 21stCentury Agriculture
Below are process photos of the build of this project. The metal sculpture stands 14’H x 4’D x 4’W. You can read more about the sculpture here.
The Prince of New York Waterways Build & Install
Creation of the sculpture took many hours of bending metal, fusing the armature together, painting, and placing the lucite balls inside the body carefully. When installed lights outline the armature, crown and front/back feet. Lights also shine inside the armature through the Lucite balls and shine through the feet. All the metal is painted gold and green. The sculpture stands approximately 6 feet tall x 4 feet wide.
The Prince of New York Waterways over looks the water. Photos are right after install before his lights and lily pad were put into place.
Read more about the project here.