Paper Airplanes Mobile

Here are renderings of a project we're working furiously to finish up:

This large custom hanging mobile will hang 20 feet tall by 8 feet in diameter in the lobby of a Vancouver B.C. business. The "paper airplane" design is inspired by an airplane design in the company's logo. The paper airplanes will actually be made of acrylic. Stay tuned to see pictures of the process!

Niagara Gazette Newspaper Article

The Niagara Gazette recently ran an article about the artwork at their local Golisano Center for Community Health. Prominently featured was the ceiling sculpture we installed earlier this year!

Here are some of our favorite excerpts:

[Judy] Powell, the vice president of the Memorial Medical Center’s Foundation, finds herself frequently passing through the Golisano Center and she says the mobile and a permanent photographic art installation are inspiring.

“The mobile is a subtle way to give our patients a calming object to look at,” Powell said. 

Read the entire article

Installation Complete. Relief Found.

There is a poem written by Michelangelo, where he describes the pain and agony—both physical and mental—of painting the Sistine Chapel.

First lines:

I've already grown a goiter from this torture
hunched up here like a cat in Lombardy
(or anywhere else where the stagnant water's poison).

(You can read the whole thing here.)

Not to compare Matt and Ben to Michelangelo or anything, but after working several long, grueling weeks to complete the large custom mobile for the Portland-based office building, it was validating for them to hear that even Michelangelo himself wore himself ragged painting his masterpiece.

Fortunately, the guys' pain and agony dissolved after completing the installation and seeing the final piece. And, after getting some much-needed sleep, reading this e-mail from the client: "WOW. It looks so great in the space. I really couldn't be happier with it."

Now if only they had penned a poem to document the process. :)

Seattle Mobile Installation

Back in June we mentioned a large hanging mobile we were creating for a high-end apartment building in the Seattle area. Matt and Ben finally got to install it this week!

The mobile spans an entry hallway, and we designed the mobile to for each shape to move freely and independently AND to allow plenty of light through by adding lots of small perforations to each shape.