Happy New Year from the house studio at Casa Corteza! We here at studiOmnivorous have been doing the usual New Year-style revelries: travel (and I’m excited to share those soon), friends, family, and a lot of sleeping.
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As process-oriented makers eager to talk shop with other artists (see also: nosy!), we over here at studiOmnivorous are thrilled to discover that Chestnut Square Studios will be holding another Open Studio round tomorrow, from 3-8 (that’s Nashville time, y’all) on a gorgeous Saturday afternoon. I’ve talked before about how valuable the experience of an…
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It’s been a busy week so far here at the house studio at Casa Corteza: prepping materials, work, and artists for the Works in Progress show scheduled for tomorrow has kept us on our toes! There’s a whole series of posts waiting to be written
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Curious about the behind-the-scenes creation of Tēixiptla, a new communal participation installation?
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The ability to work on the Prius Project for ReachNash was a great opportunity, and it’s been a pleasure to share the journey with all of you. As part of the rounding-out, I wanted to share how to consider and create some of the pre-game planning we did that helped us land this project and…
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Prius Project, Day Six: Touches
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Day Three of the Prius Project: Production Today was a heavy production day here at our studio in Casa Corteza, building the basic structure of the sculpture, structurally planning, and creating elements to include as embellishments for the hanging chandelier. ReachNash specified that the chandelier shouldn’t light up: they’re doing exciting things with Global Inheritance so that kinetic…
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Day Two of the Prius Project: Prepping for Paint ReachNash asked us to repaint two themed designs for the Toyota Tent trash and rewards bins, and as painters and designers, Corey and I were glad to oblige. Before we could get started on painting, however, we took fair stock of the condition of the bins to determine…
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Forgive me (or rejoice, one of two) for today’s briefer-than-normal post, the first of a short series: Over the last week I was approached by ReachNash to create hanging sculpture and painted elements to travel with Toyota’s Prius v and Free Yr Radio music festival tents.
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Too often in today’s artmaking society, the studio is separate, even deliberately so, from the public.
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