More pillow progress

So I've been having fun putting these few together.






Braces welded in for bolt pattern












And then to cut and fit the two pillows together. They weren't made necessarily to go together this way so I'm making them go together now. Lots of cutting, grinding, filing, and refitting. Several days of repetitive fitting.











And then welded together from the inside.























On the magic cart of rediculocity.





All my collaborators. I like hammers.

Boat on Fire; really good ideas catch on fire

Nik and Fritz's first movie collaboration; one of them is six

amanda smash!

My ear; a bronze replica

Unsmashed doodle

Mooooooo!

Hello my name is Simon.

Eat yer heart out Andy Goldsworthy

Knife block stools

A sign from god found in the dumpster

Outta site; a site visit

Yesterday, I was able to do a site visit and move the forms around in the actual space. Kinda the thing to do when your in the business of making site specific work. There will definitely need to be a little work with the landscaping and the finished works will be white but this will give you an idea of how the end product will look minus the pole. I am always a little shocked when something made physical can embody the same spirit as the original drawings.

Pillows progressing TWO

So I have been plugging right along at the project mentioned in my previous post here.

Alot of people have been asking about it. To save everyone from a ton of images in their inboxes I'm posting here. I'm excited to share.

This is should bring things up to speed.

You may remember this stack it comprises five of 9-11 pillows in the entire piece. It is to be sited in downtown Seattle.





After things are poured I devest (break the bronze out of the molds)











Then all the extra vents, cups and gates must be removed.






Then I sandblast everything clean. Think of it like coloring the entire surface with a marker. Slowly unifying and cleaning the surface.





Then comes the realigning of any distortion and welding the seams together. Lots of banging and squeezing. Anything goes to het everything back together.





Eventually looking like this





Then everything must be ground out and chased for another blasting. But before that I have to finish assembling the remainder of the stack. So repeat everything again and





























These are next in the pile











This is another of the crew that stands alone.




In the blast cabinet



Post blast pre-paint pillow seat





And these images show the next three pillows preparation for gating, investing, burnout and pour.



























So there you have it. Growing daily.