Large Custom Hanging Mobile for Alaska

We've completed and shipped this mobile, which will reside in a healthcare facility in a remote Alaskan village.

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Traveling to install the mobile was not a possibility for this project, so the client will be completing the installation themselves.

With more than 200 individual shapes, 50 separate sections, and multiple hanging points, it won't be the world's simplest installation—but to make things as clear-cut as possible, we created a thorough set of instructions and videos to walk them through the process..

Here's a peek at installation images for one section of the mobile.

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We can't wait to see images of the fully installed piece—and we hope to trek to Alaska someday to see it in person!

St. Louis Mobile Cleaning

Six years ago, back when iPhone photos were super grainy, Matt and Ben created this ceiling sculpture for a law firm in St. Louis:

The law firm decided it was time to spruce up the sculpture (and they also needed the sculpture moved to do electrical work on the lighting above), so Matt and Ben left town AGAIN to move the piece, completely clean it, and re-install it.

You can see some of the process below. We're happy to report that the entire process (including travels) went 100% smoothly!

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Adventures in Washington D.C.

Crazy weather seems to be following Matt and Ben this winter, because THIS time, a huge winter storm hit New York the morning they were scheduled to fly home. After a week away, they were both eager to get home to their families. (And their families were eager to have them home.)

So instead of risking weather-related flight delays, they rented a car, drove south to Washington D.C., and took a different flight altogether, arriving home just a few hours later than originally planned—and totally bypassing the snowstorm. They even found time to enjoy a few iconic sights around Washington. (Way to turn those lemons into lemonade.)

Ekko Workshop in New York

Matt and Ben are in New York spending a ton of quality time in this booth, selling their Ekko Workshop wares. A few new items have been added to the Ekko Workshop line, including a small, wooden version of this mobile we created last year, plus a few colorful iterations of our Sculpture Squared building kits.

Progression-Style Projects

A few years back, we completed this large hanging mobile, Progression, to span the entry hallway of an Educare facility in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

It was one of those projects where we learned a ton along the way—and we've received so much positive feedback about the end result. The next year, we created a similar design for a YMCA, and we currently have two Progression-inspired pieces in our queue.

We've tinkered with the design, allowing us to make it modular, so to speak, so we can customize it for any space. It's one of our all-time favorite designs, so we're always thrilled to revisit it!

This one is for a healthcare center for a remote village in Alaska:

And this one is for a hospital in Cincinnati:

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Stay tuned to see progress pictures!

Cincinnati Medical Office Mobile Installation

Not to bore you with weather chit chat, but Portland has been hit really hard this winter—ice storms, freezing rain, snow storms, you name it. And this fair city is just not equipped to handle all those extremes.

Matt and Ben have made it into work just fine, but when a historical snowstorm dumped more than a foot on the city last Wednesday, they were worried it would jeopardize their travels the next morning to Cincinnati for an installation—an installation they had already postponed because of weather-related problems.

Well, they braved the elements, drove to the airport in Matt's trusty Subaru, averaging 15 miles per hour on the snow-covered freeways. Miraculously, the flight was NOT cancelled—and the installation occurred without a hitch. Thank goodness.

And here a few pictures to prove it. Enjoy!