Our current project is our first foray into the exciting world of lighting. We're creating a large mobile for a hospital in Clear Lake, Texas (near the NASA campus), out of three translucent acrylic rings, 12 feet, 8 feet, and 6 feet in diameter. Each ring will have LED lighting instead to create a glowy effect. (Is "glowy" a word?)
Here's a "before" shot of the materials:
As we mentioned last month, we've been working with the PTA of a nearby elementary school to provide the students with an art-literacy program.
Now maybe we're biased, but as a couple of artists with design and engineering background, we think mobiles are a fantastic art form to incorporate into a classroom curriculum, because not only does it encourage creative thinking, but it also integrates math, physics, problem solving, and analytical thinking* in general.
Thing is, art, math, and science are each individually important subjects. But introduced together, it create meaning, relevance, and a tangible learning expience.
And besides, as these kids could tell you, it's just plain fun.
*Matt half-jokes that he uses more engineering to make mobile than in his past life as a natural-gas pipeline engineer.
Ekko Workshop now has its own little corner of the internet. Be sure to check out the new website at www.ekkoworkshop.com. (If you're so included to buy something, we're providing free shipping on all orders within the US.)
And if you really want to humor us, you can like our Ekko Workshop Facebook page or become a devoted Twitter follower. (And stick around this here blog for updates on commissions and projects and other fun stuff!)
Be sure to check out our gallery ! We've finally updated it with a few commissioned mobiles (including the one below) that we've completed in the past year or two.
New mobiles in our gallery:
Ruby 2
Progression
White River
Nature Mobiles
Incendiary
Our Ekko Workshop mobiles are on the shelves and ready to ship! If you'd like to buy one, visit our friends at Hanging Mobile Gallery.
(If you'd like to carry them in your retail store, e-mail info@ekkoworkshop.com for wholesale information.)
Matt and Ben got a taste of celebrity last month when they presented to a crowd of adoring fans. The venue was Lee Elementary in nearby Canby, Oregon, and the adoring fans were a group of school children, eager to learn about the school assembly's subject matter: Art is Important.
The students were gracious resection, and so enthusiastic. As Ben put it, if you need an ego trip, just show your artwork to a bunch of elementary students.
We just got our hangs on photographs of our recent installation in Cincinnati!
Check out 3form's blog to see more images.
Matt and Ben spent last weekend with the folks at Little Engine, a new Portland-based production company that's creating a short (2-ish minute) film about our Ekko Workshop project. The film is coming soon to YouTube users everywhere!
Stay tuned!
You've heard us obsess (and celebrate) over boxes before. We took the Ekko Workshop packaging very seriously. After all, the box is the first thing you'll see when you get one of these mobiles, so we thought they should represent everything that was important to us as we developed the Ekko Workshop line: high quality, durable, well designed, and absolutely beautiful. We hope you'll agree.
View the Ekko Workshop Catalog
For more wholesale information or to pre-order, e-mail info@ekkoworkshop.com.
True to its name, Vectored Array has direction and magnitude (and attitude). It hangs 20" wide, and its height is easily adjustable by spreading out each shape. It comes in white, blue, or red.
p.s. If this photo seems familiar, here's why.
View the Ekko Workshop Catalog
For more wholesale information or to pre-order, e-mail info@ekkoworkshop.com.
