From Painting into Engineering
During the first Inside 3D Printing conference at the Javits Center in New York City in 2013, scores of vendors and speakers showed up to discuss the various applications of the technology. Focused on...
View ArticleA Languid Wander: a catalog review of A Better Nectar
Mid-September saw the publication of A Better Nectar by University Art Museum at the California State University Long Beach: a profusely illustrated 88-page catalog for the exhibition of the same name...
View ArticleTom Burtonwood’s Twenty-Something Sullivan
In the Makerverse, Tom Burtonwood is a familiar name. Since 2014 he has contributed to Make‘s Ultimate Guide to 3D Printing. Scroll Thingiverse, and you’ll likely cross paths with one of his more than...
View ArticleOf Guise and Dolls: a conversation with Melissa Ichiuji
As we spoke about a class she was teaching, and of past events, Melissa Ichiuji toyed with a knife and wasp’s nest. “I am restoring a piece that has to go back to Belgium. It had a wasp nest inside.”...
View ArticleSausage Making: Maker Faires in the Nation’s Capital
The second annual National Maker Faire is happening June 18 and 19 in Washington, D.C., on the campus of the University of the District of Columbia. It’s organized to occur during the White House’s...
View ArticleChange Up Artist
Since April 7, the Hirshhorn has been hosting “All The Rules Will Change.” It’s the first Robert Irwin survey outside of California since 1977, and as such only features work made between 1958 and...
View ArticleDrawn to Puryear
On the subject of his printmaking, Martin Puryear told Art 21 that he tries to “make work that’s about the idea in the sculpture without making a picture of the sculpture.” It’s an aspiration that...
View ArticleReestablishing Rockne
“I got to spend a lot of time on roof tops with my dad,” says Heather Krebs. She recalls a postcard from her father, dated 1974, telling her the laser piece they worked on had been turned on. She...
View ArticleThe Missing Archive of Yuri Schwebler
Now that it is winter, and the east coast of the U.S. is likely bracing for another portmanteau of snow, we’ll take a moment to recall the time the Washington Monument was turned into a sundial....
View ArticleToo Close for Comfort
Sometimes you go to a museum to see one thing, and bump into another entirely unexpectedly. A few months ago I went to see the recently unveiled Obama portraits at the National Portrait Gallery. It has...
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