Our two glass mosaic fish sculptures glisten in the early morning haze at the new Ortega Branch of the SF Public Library Wowhaus was honored yesterday when our Abundance project was officially unveiled to the public at the opening of the new Ortega Branch of the San Francisco Public Library near Ocean Beach. Commissioned by […]
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Installing Abundance
Looking towards Ocean Beach from the new Ortega Branch of the SF Public Library Ene and I spent the early part of this week installing our Abundance project at the new Ortega Branch of the San Francisco Public Library, just up the hill from Ocean Beach. We had been living with these sculptures while making […]
Wowhaus Projects Update
‘Rockfish’, one of two monumental fish sculptures to be installed at a new library in SF Ene and I have been preparing to install two major wowhaus public art projects we’ve had in development over the past year. ‘Abundance‘, which consists of two monumental, ceramic tile mosaic sculptures honoring the significance of ‘feeder fish’ to […]
Wowhaus Projects Update
Ene and me reflected in Anish Kapoor’s ‘Bean’ sculpture, Chicago, earlier this summer Before I launch full bore into documenting A Year in Surf I wanted to update current wowhaus projects. I will maintain a running log of projects as they accumulate, but will soon shift the focus of deepcraft to my active pursuit of […]
Fish Sculpture Progress
Our hand-printed wedding invitations were an auspicious omen of the fish theme Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish. ????? ??????? ?????? -Ovid The theme of fish has been a constant touchstone for Ene and me since we first met […]
Fish Sculpture Progress
Ene works with Tami Stewart to apply the first coat of concrete to the rockfish sculpture After Kevin Cherry welded up the steel armatures for our two fish sculptures, they were hot-dip galvanized and delivered to our studio compound for final shaping and completion. We have hired our friend Tami Stewart, a Berkeley-based sculptor/artist, to […]
Fish Sculpture Progress
Metal artist Kevin Cherry fabricates the steel substructures for our fish sculptures With minor revisions, the San Francisco Arts Commission has approved our clay/wood models of fish sculptures for the new, Ortega Branch of the San Francisco Public Library, and we are rapidly proceeding with full scale fabrication. Using templates generated from sections of the […]