more fun than driving around in a van solving mysteries...
strawfactory enjoyed it's first annual artist's studio visit with aaron kramer of urban objects in venice beach.
after getting us properly caffeinated, aaron talked his head off for 2 1/2 hours straight saying important things like "keep a notebook!" and giving valuable terminology like "garba-trage". students sat around the carefully staged chaos of urban objects while aaron pulled out past jewelry and sculpture, boxes of old nails, mechanical toys, bars of vintage bakelite, and all his favorite shop tools.
we saw a range of pieces from aaron's earliest work created during a post-baccalaureate bike tour of the US to the new powder coating on his latest commissioned piece.
little was left out of his talk on the glamorous life of the artist. you can see aaron's shop tour here.
we thank aaron for his generosity and willingness to share so much, so fast.
this field trip was sponsored by club dues and support of strawfactory through student participation.
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The studio visit was great and Aaron was generous in sharing his story and insights. If anyone is interested the book he mentioned about automata it is Cabaret Mechanical Movement by Aidan Lawrence Onn. On Amazon there are 4 resellers asking $94 for it. Ouch, that seems a bit steep. The Maker Store has it listed for $19.95. On the Amazon site there is a very negative review of the book with a reference to Rodney Peppe’s Automata & Mechanical Toys. That book gets much better reviews and might be a better choice if one were interested in such things. Kind of reminds me of the Chindogu project; I still have the balancing egg timer. James Mc.
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