Meridian City Hall; vote for your fav!!

All three proposals are on display now; stop in to see them & cast your vote...
10/20-10/24 Key Bank, El Dorado
10/27-10/31 Boys & Girls Club
11/3-11/7 Meridian Library

11/10-11/14 Meridian Senior Center

11/17-11/28 Meridian City Hall

12/1-12/5 St. Lukes, Meridian

Galerie Belle Ame

Grand opening party tonight!!! 179 S Eagle Road, 6-9 pm

Just installed this new one there last night....I think it looks pretty cool; & you can see it when driving by on Eagle road; lots of traffic!! I think the patio could do with a couple more pieces like this, to make a nice presence; I guess that will be my project for the next few weeks!!

Meridian City Hall Proposal

I got my proposal done in the nick of time; the deadline was tight, & it hit at a super-busy time; last week!! Here is my proposal: there is a model that goes with it; on public display somewhere in Meridian right now; I'll get the details later.... Anywho, I am 1 of the 3 artists that were chosen to submit a proposal; all 3 proposals will be on display in public for voting for a month, & then will go before the final arts committee where 1 will be chosen....

My take on the project was the name of Meridian; based on the surveyor's meridian of Idaho. My design is based off antique surveying equipment/compasses that would have been used in the days when the state was being surveyed. I think it's a pretty cool design, & would be a fun project; check out the proposal below; just click on the pages to enlarge....

new one; gotta get done today!!!

Will be adding some copper, maybe some stainless....it needs to be done for the opening at Galerie Belle Ame tomorrow!!!

Reception this Friday....

Stop in the see Eagle's newest gallery; fine art from local & national artists. Join us Friday night for the preview party; Kevin & I will be there all evening; check out my recycled concrete & steel benches & new sculpture.... Wine, nibbles, & music; hope to see ya there!!

Green Antelope; Reception & Big Sculpture

gah! What a week! Worked on the big piece all week; finished up on Thursday, Kevin loaded everything up that night & headed out for Bellevue at 6 am on Friday with Read to install. I had to stay & work on the Meridain city hall proposal; got up at 4 am to start,or finsh, rather; worked on it most the day on Thursday: finished it about noon; dropped it off on the way out of town & met them up at the gallery.

It was worth it, I think; the piece looked spectacular; everyone was very positive about it...we'll see how the reaction is to the price; I definitely stepped it up with this one; both in size & price...not really expecting it to sell, but it's so great to have one of this size done for the public art competitions & larger corporate stuff....

It stands 15 feet tall; the cables hold the wheel in place & help strengthen the whole thing. It comes apart in lots of little pieces & can be assembled with a scaffold & lifting winch. Here's Kevin & Read relaxing after a long day....love the big paintings on the shed, by the way. I do have a thing for corrugated metal, but I think it makes a really cool background for the artwork....
The reception went well; not quite as big of a crowd as the summer one, but that's to be expected. The fence & garden now open to the ceramics studio next door; I think it adds to the whole feel of the place. More to look at & explore... Lot's of really nice people stopped by to check things out, & were very complimentary of the sculptures & the jewelry; I saw quite a few of my new necklaces walking around...
So, a long week, but we got everything done. I cant wait to see all the pieces in the snow---not that I'm looking forward to the snow...but it makes for cool pics.

A20 Fitness

A few pics of A20 Fitness; the back patio (during the day)

Delivery Sunday Night

Recap of Sunday evening: Kevin rushed home from work at 3:30 pm. We went to Read's; Kevin picked up the crane truck & I took off in my truck to Boise.... 4:00---Kevin rings my cell; the crane truck is broke: will only do about 25 mph on the freeway, so I turn around, pull off the road & wait till I see him, then follow with flashers on. Make it to my parent's house: we lift the cab, jiggle some wires, & himm & haww: engine stops making noise & seems ok. So, we commence loading of stuff for the install at A20.

5:00 pm: my Mom's slightly strange neighbor starts taking pics of us loading the table with the crane; peeks through the bushes & snaps shots of my licence plates on the other truck: I'm sure he's just itching to report us: for disturbing the peace, commercial operation in residential area, we're aliens from another planet, or who knows what. We'll see what develops; I just smiled & waved.

7:00 pm: still loading stuff & trying to get it all tied down...Mom, Dad, Gram & Gramp show up after a long day of working on the cabin, & get a good laugh out of hearing about the photo shoot earlier in the evening....

8 pm: on the way to A20 with a full load; truck seems OK: 55 mph down the road....

8:15 pm; we arrive at A20, & promptly start installing/unloading stuff with the crane.

10:00 pm; wrapping up install with beers & sighs of relief; A20 is opening the doors Monday morning, & we have things in place just in time (besides the glass orbs that got stolen out of the concrete out front)

11:3o pm: we arrive home after dropping off the crane truck; it decided to throw a tantrum on the way home & only did about 20 all the way....

New Massive Piece in Progress

This one is going up to the Green Antelope for the Reception on Friday night; we were supposed to be taking it yesterday, but at 11 last night, we still had more work to do... Holy cows, this has been a big one; it going to stand about 15 feet tall & has like a bajillion parts & pieces. I'm really liking it; I think it's going to be stunning when all done.... So, we will take it up on Friday morning to be introduced that night at the reception....I hate being so last minute, but it's going to be worth it!! Considering adding a glass detail too......

There will be a big, antique iron wheel mounted on the top...

Grrrrrrrr.....

So, someone stole the glass out of the concrete panels at A20 Fitness: how very disappointing.... I'm going to have to use a lot more steel, obviously, to keep them from walking away....

Looks like we'll be finishing up with the install of the table & planters (& replacement glass) this weekend; I'll be happy to see it all finally done :)
In other news, I took a collection of jewelry to a cute boutique in Eagle: the Black Pearl. It's located just off old State st, next to ReDesign. They have a variety of gift items, including cooking utensils, jewelry, bath products, home decor, & lots more. Grand opening will be next week---more about that later.

Artist Reception...

I Beams & Pipe

New Toy!!!

Kevin, Read, & I spent about 8 hours to get this huge old lathe loaded onto the truck in Emmett, & then unloaded into Read's shop in Nampa....holy cows!! But, totally worth the effort....I bought the lathe from my neighbor's Grandpa, & Read is keeping it in his shop for me: we agreed that he can use it for as long as it's there--he only has to make a thing or two for me when I need it :)
It's an old style piece of machinery: the whole thing weighs around 4000 lbs!! Apparently, Lawrence bought it from Yankee Machine, in Boise years ago & used it a bit, but it's mostly sat in his shop collecting dust....

We had to take it apart; it was too heavy to lift in 1 piece...

So cool looking!! I love old stuff....this thing will last a life-time... After we got it back to Read's & set it up, we turned it on & it works great!!! I'm excited about the possibilities--this is definitely an investment for the future shop!