We're loving these images Ben captured from underneath the ceiling sculpture installation at Niagara Falls last week!
Niagara Falls Medical Center Ceiling Sculpture
Matt and Ben are headed home from New York today, where they finished installing this ceiling sculpture for the Niagara Falls Medical Center. The piece required a lot of on-site assembly, so they put in a long day's work. But they enjoyed seeing how the how much the lighting affected the colored reflections on the wall from day to night.
Matt snapped these pictures on his phone—and you can see Ben trying to capture some non-iPhone pictures in the second image below. We'll get those posted here soon!
Kind Words
You know, we try not to let our self esteem get too wrapped up in our work. But it sure made our day to receive nearly identical e-mails about totally different projects within hours of each other:
"Outstanding conceptual work."
"These are outstanding concepts. Great work!"
We're pretty darn excited about the projects we're lining up right now—stay tuned for details!
Ceiling Sculpture Progress
We've made major headway on the ceiling sculpture we're creating for a new medical center in Niagara Falls, New York. Are those shapes just beautiful?
New Neighbor
A busy little woodpecker has been hard at work on the tree next to our shop!
Large Custom Mobile for Texas Residence
Here's a large custom mobile we're about to ship to some lovely folks in Texas. Not our finest photography work, but you get the idea.
We don't often travel to install residential mobiles, so we provide pretty thorough installation instructions for super-easy assembly. Here's a behind-the-scenes peek at the almost-ready-to-ship mobile.
Standing Circles Mobile
Speaking of modern mobiles for the masses, we've spent the past several weeks prepping a big shipment of these Standing Circles Mobiles for Design Within Reach. Their shelves should be nicely stocked soon, so grab one now!
Ekko Workshop Update
As you may know, when we're not creating large custom hanging mobiles, we're sharing modern mobiles with the masses through our Ekko Workshop line—ready-made mobiles and stabiles for those who value design and quality.
You can find Ekko Workshop pieces at museum gift shops and design stores around the country—well, the world, really. We are thrilled about how well received they've been!
Here are a few notable places you can find our Ekko Workshop mobiles and stabiles.
(Don't fret: If you don't see your city on this list, contact us to find a nearby location.)
Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
Houston, Texas
Dallas Museum of Art
Dallas, Texas
DeYoung Museum
San Francisco, California
Fab.com
Gallerie Maeght
Paris, France
Harvard Art Museum
Cambridge, Massachusetts
High Museum of Art
Atlanta, Georgia
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Boston, Massachusetts
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C.
Peggy Guggenheim Collection
Venice, Italy
Phillips Collection
Washgington, D.C.
San Diego Museum of Art
San Diego, California
SFMOMA
San Francisco, California
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
New York, New York
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
White River Visit
Each year, Matt and Ben head to Bateville, Arkansas to spruce up the White River Mobile. It hangs over a hospital food court, so they de-grease and polish each piece by hand and ensure that each connection point is still in tip-top condition.
As you can see from our progress pictures, cleaning a 40-foot-tall mobile is a bit more complicated than it may sound: it requires some lowering, dismantling, and re-assembly. But it's a nice change of pace, and it's become a fun tradition to revisit it each year.
Chicago Library Mobile
Here's a fun mobile we're about to ship off to a public library in Chicago. It hangs about 6 feet in diameter by 18 inches tall. This type of hanging mobile is great for lower ceiling heights, since it doesn't require much vertical space.
