Spectrum 18!!!

It has been a while since I have posted. It has been a very busy last nine months. I have learned quite alot and will be sharing it with everyone over the next few months. The first news is I completed two commissioned piece for Fusion-io. It was a very challenging project for me. I work with pieces that are usually 75 to 100 years old. For Fusion-io I work with a futuristic appeal. Next month I'll share some of the process to make the sculpture.

Spectrum 18 hit the book shelves and I am so stoked to have a full page. Needless to say I have more than 1 copy. It seems this year is packed with the greatest illustrators and jaw dropping art. All for now while I get my notes in order.

New sculptures

I have been quite busy since my last post. I started building rocket ships from old tin and WWII flashlight parts. At first I was using musical instruments too but I am now exploring electronics. I have begun putting Blink Ms more specifically Free Ms and the result are great.
For the Spectrum 18 competition this year I wanted to make something that incorporated my new rocket ships. So I sculpted a little boy in his pajamas carrying his favorite rocket ship. As it progressed I decided to turn the p.j.s  into a spacesuit. I fashioned a ray gun out of an old French bicycle light with a telephone ringer. I am finishing lighting up the rocket ship and the kid's jet pack which is an Elgin bicycle headlight set with delta torpedo lights. I named the piece Scout.

I found out last week that Scout was chosen in the 18th Annual Spectrum International Competition for Fantastic Art for inclusion in Spectrum 18 out this November. It is my fourth year to be included and I am very excited to be included. I have more wonderful rocket ships and robots coming out in the next few month and I will post working updates.

Summer time!

Summer is moving along this year but I still find time to think of some new inspiration. I am working on some ideas implementing vintage travel decals - these things are worth a small fortune but wonderful
eye candy. I am working on Florida vintage but you can easily pick just about any other state and find wonderful art. Here is a great one from my friend Sjef. He has a great online collection here.

I could not resist showing another. This is a remake bumper sticker of a Florida Attraction.

They have a HUGE collection of vintage stickers www.surfwagon.com

Marty & Otto a Maker Faire

I just wanted to ta a moment to thank everyone a Macetech and everyone who enjoyed my sculpture at Maker Faire this year. I am glad that I was able to get my sculpture to the Faire and I hope next year I'll be there! You can see more at Mactech flickr page

Marty and Otto Go to Maker Faire MAKER #3032

I am pleased to announce that Marty and Otto took off this morning for Maker Faire: May 22nd and 23rd, 2010 at the San Mateo County Event Center in San Mateo, CA. Garrett Mace of Macetech invited them and they were more than happy to get out of doing chores here. Looks like they are making plans for a interesting spacecraft or it's a grill I am not sure with those two. The event looks quite impressive and full of two days worth of imagination and scientific mayhem.

For more info on Maker Faire

RobotIQ National Tournament Miami April 14-18 at the Shops of Midtown Miami

Prepare for Battle!!!
BotsIQ is an educational program created by the producers of the wildly successful BattleBots television series in which homemade remote controlled robots faced-off in competition. As the television show grew in popularity, so did the number of student fans who wanted to build competitive robots of their own.
For more information please go to their website site:

http://www.botsiq.org/

"The Art of the Robot" Mulvane Art Museum June19-Sept 19

Everything is coming together for at a great exhibit at Washburn University in the Mulvane Art Museum. Participating is Greg Brotherton, Lawrence Northey, Andy Hill, Anne P. Smith, The Nerd Bots, Clayton Bailey, Mark May, Eric Joyner, Nemo Gould, Lynn Wilson, Ozzy Loughridge, Jeremy Mayer and myself.

The reception is scheduled for July 2 5-8 pm.