Lets briefly return to my future business venture discussed in Trash Tuesday #46. I thought it wise to toast to my new herbal enlightenment by bringing back a box of unused Mikasa “set of 8 etched glass all purpose stemware” also left behind by the previous studio tenants. But before I start off in a new business direction, I need to finish up the Westchester project. To that end I’m using my newly acquired fine stemware to separate my mosaic tiles as I put together the sculptural element that will be placedinside this I-Beam.Remember 90 year oldManny the potter?That’s the finished product (fire hose nozzle)…Black Mountain cone ten with iron oxide. More when it’s finished.
Next stop…. Westchester “Research and Development”
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In my neighborhood, trash collection takes place on a Tuesday. The night before is a good time to canvas the neighborhood for castaways. It’s great sport. I use Tuesday on my blog to post my treasures. The phrase “getting it cheap is part of the esthetic’ was coined by my photographer friend D Gordon
http://www.dgorton.com/
Those tiles look to be water colors. I’m intrigued.
Super duper nozzle!
I’m all agog with anticipation. (The green liquid in the top photo looks a little suspect to me.)
I’ll drink to that! That’s a beautiful layout in your photo montage and Patty Loveless has a voice that can really tear you apart.
We spent a tense hour this afternoon buying travertine for our kitchen countertops. That decision having been made, now I have to grapple with designing the splash back. I’ve done some mosaics but I’m not trained in design. Still, I want something unusual. I see lots of little tiles in my immediate future – sorted, beckoning, waiting. Me, pondering something flashy and glassy.
I can’t think of a better “adaptive reuse” for those wine glasses.
I’ll join PJ in drinking to that.
PS The fire hose nozzle is wonderful, cannot wait to see ze tout de tableau.
Tash, you are taking pics, yes???
This is so cool looking already. (And I hope the canvases are behaving themselves. It must be great to have them up on site.)
Looks like a pretty still-life to me…..
This has to be the most stupid question: why couldn’t you use a real firehose nozzle vs a ceramic likeness? Anxiously
(but patiently…no additional pressure) awaiting pictures of the end result.
Getting trash cheap seems kinda expensive to a dogs way of thinking.
Having a great time following the process. Process Art? Process Blogging?
What a wonderful use for fine stemware!
Adjacent, I have to tell you, all these images of industrial interiors and freight elevators is making me misty-eyed for the good old days of living in downtown L.A.
Suburban life just does not compare (at least through the rose-colored glasses of memory).
Thanks for the treat.
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Linda: It’s going to be a combination of tessera (tiles). Some I’ve made and some are commercial. AH provided some glaze that I’m hoping is the perfect color of blue. I put them into the kiln last night.
AH: The nozzle did come out nicely. It’s a great sheen without being to abstract. That color has more in common with Gatorate then fine wine. What can you expect, their a product of France (the country with the attitude of “what’s the big deal?” when it comes to roaming Roman).
PJ: when I get a chance I’m going to see if I can find some links that might be of help. One local blogger had a Blu Rider painting made into a backsplash. Rather stunning.
Susan: I’ve been looking for that phrase. It’s perfect because the 1932 Olympic Swim Stadium in Exposition Park, was/is an example of that concept. So is Whole Foods in Pasadena. C.W. Driver was the contracting firm on both projects (their specialty; located in East Pasadena).
http://www.cwdriver.com/UIPages/ClientsAndProjects/Template.aspx?PageDetailID=31
Jean: we actually have to return and put up a UV coat. I’ll be the ground crew…Let Mr. V climb the extension ladder. But yes, relieved!!!
Queen V: staging is everything.
D: you just asked what I refer to as a “stump the artist” question. Truth is…I don’t know, I could of. It did occur to me for a nano second; (something on the line of “I wonder if i could find a nozzle on e-bay) then poof…gone. Now if someone asked me that question while in front of a committee, I’d hope i could come up with some BS on the spot that sounded half way intelligent.
CO: Refer to my reply above you (another stumper). The trash is free but the staging will cost you dearly
John E: I think your onto something brotha… Neo-Process blogging.
Virginia: I share those memories. It seems I’m still making them but this ain’t no 7th place. It would be fair to say a that a few members of “Galleria by the Water” (Cam/Walter) led us in a southern direction.
I do appreciate that, PA, but I’m sure I’ll do something fairly traditional. I’m just thinking that I would like to use glass tiles instead of stone. I just have to commit to the color.
They were good leaders, a bit full of themselves but in a good way. They motivated people! And you cannot beat Walter’s art, he is such a master of painting. I hear Cam’s growing tomatoes these days. Perhaps he could make a commemorative Ronald Reagan tomato head.
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PJ: if your considering resale, it’s always best not to follow my suggestions. Have you ever seen that cable show on how to stage your house?
Virginia: Walter still motivates me. He’s one of the sweetest men I know. Now Cam on the other hand, I never imagined would become the East Side Tomato King. He’s amazing too
Both Cam and Walter were vanguards of the Downtown L.A. artists scene, thats for sure!
And the Galleria by the Water should stand as a downtown legend!
Remember when they pushed the bathtub off the roof? Remember when Brett Goldstone hung his self-made airplane across the loading dock?
The house isn’t for resale. It’s all about the me. If there are some quirky sites you know about I’m totally stoked.
Very cool.
I just realized, it IS a fire nozzle!
what glaze is that? its fantastic.
PJ: when I find them I’ll send them your way
Margaret: thanks
Virginia: the clay is Aardvark Black Mountain high fire stone ware. No glaze; a rub of iron oxide.
Your tesserae are beautiful .