If Matt looks a little fatigued, just blame the 600-pound crate he and Ben just hefted (er...pushed/dragged/inched) across the shop. It'll be en route to Sand Springs, Oklahoma tomorrow!
Healthcare Design Magazine
The current issue of Healthcare Design Magazine highlights the Rapides Women's and Children's Hospital, and it happens to mention the 30-foot mobile we made for their renovated lobby.
The article mentions that one goal of the lobby's redesign was to create a fun and whimsical feel. Call us biased, but adding an enormous colorful mobile into the mix certainly doesn't hurt the fun and whimsical factor!
Trial Run
We just completed a trial run of the pipe project for the Sand Springs, Oklahoma high school. We can't decided which it resembles more—wind chimes or a pipe organ.
Tight Quarters
The other day, we picked up materials for the Sand Springs, Oklahoma project.
And all that pipe now occupies a chunk of valuable real estate in our shop.
California Modern
A pleasant surprise appeared in our mailbox this week: a copy of California Modern Magazine, with an entire cover story devoted to modern mobiles. The article highlights a wide range of mobile artists (including Ekko Mobiles!), and it's an honor to be included with such a talented group.
Here's a little sneak peek.
Totally Tubular
Next up in our queue: This project.
It will be a 25-foot-long by 4-foot-wide by 6-foot-tall ceiling sculpture for the fine-arts building of a high school in Sand Springs, Oklahoma. The piece will consist of 44 various-sized aluminum tubes. Our next step? Acquire said tubes. Stay tuned!
An Education, Part II
Matt joined his daughter at preschool yesterday for an art lesson on mobile making. Turns out he's got some preschool-teaching potential. (And his daughter has some mobile-making potential.)
An Education
Last July we collaborated with local glass mobile artist Leah Pellegrini to create mobiles for the Hong Kong International School. We just received these photos of our mobiles in their awesome library. And it kinda makes us want to enroll our kids. Or ourselves…
(Apologies for the photo overload. They’re all so great, we just couldn’t nail down one favorite.)
Stationary Sculpture Preview
Remember those not-kinetic pieces we mentioned last month (February 23)? This little video shows a model we created of the floor sculpture.
We'll start fabrication in the next couple of weeks. Stay tuned for updates!
Texas Architect Magazine
Texas Architect Magazine featured Austin's Starr Building in its March/April issue. There's a great story about the building's renovation. (Be sure to check out the photos of our mobile on pages 55 and 56!)