Meredith May just wrote a very insightful piece about me in the San Francisco Chronicle. It was an honor to have had an actual journalist come over for an actual interview, with facts! The issue is on the stands today, or you can read the whole thing online here.
Yesterday the New York Times ran an article by Trevor Tondro about the fabulous home of Jonathan and Wendy Segal in San Diego. The impeccable taste of its owners was demonstrated by the placement of two of my smaller pieces: “Psychos-O-matic” and “A Head for Numbers” (Works by Dan Jones were also shown but not credited). Its always a joy for me to see where these pieces wind up, especially when its in homes as lovely as this.
Photo: Trevor Tondro
“Pyschos-O-Matic” 2009 Photo: Cameron Platt
“A Head for Numbers” 2009 Photo: Nemo Gould
My piece “Nowhere Fast” was just featured in American Craft Magazine. It’s always a shame when a large piece like this one (6 feet tall) is slipped into a montage with smaller work. It makes it even harder to judge its size. None the less its nice press.
Here is a video of my short presentation at the Exploratorium in San Francisco last weekend. It takes you through the basic process of making a sculpture, followed by an overview of my work in general.
MSN recently produced a little travel segment about Oakland. I was asked to show Tanya Holland of Brown Sugar Kitchen around my studio and then take a little tour around town. She then returned the favor in her own segment. Check it out!
One of my older (2005) insect pieces was included in a pretty cool survey of wasp themed sculptures over at Environmental Graffiti today:
http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/art/news-10-amazing-recycled-steampunk-wasps
This is the second time Wired Magazine has printed this photo (this time in their UK version) without bothering to credit me or my sculpture. The image is used to support an article about Andy Rubin (he’s the one wearing pants), the man behind the Android operating system. Is it too much to ask that Art be considered as intellectual property, or at least valued in some way like every other business? I mean, come on, they’re printing a picture of a giant, anatomically correct, gun toting robot. Why bother even staging such a photo if it’s image isn’t compelling enough to warrant some kind of interest from their readers? Why not do the honorable thing and at least mention the guy who spent countless hours and dollars creating the thing? How hard is it to print a tiny little image credit?
O.K. done ranting now.
I’ve just added Minotaur, Firefly, and In the Forest to my Blurb portfolio book (available for sale here). It is pretty much the same as my previous book otherwise. This is why I like this service so much. I am able to keep the book fresh as new work comes along.
Homunculus Instructable-
I recently posted a step-by-step document of the process that went into making my sculpture “Homunculus 2010” over at instructables.com. Check it out, and if you happen to be a registered member there, please vote for me in the Craftsman tools contest.
Nice review of my “Nowhere Fast” sculpture on Walyou.:
Nemomatic | Make Your Own Book
In this digital age I don’t find many opportunities to share print media with you all. Yesterday I got an issue of Popular Mechanics (Russian version) in the mail. The scanned pages are below. It looks like a pretty good spread, but I have no idea what any of it says.
SF20 featured on SF Gate: Here is a nice write-up of the SF20 show with photos from the event.
