a different kind of clay artistry

Marlin Clay Model 1965

I'm fascinated by this.  Imagine a car covered in mishima, cobalt decoration, slips, sprigs, whatever.
First of all the design/render process itself is amazing.  It took some rooting around to find out about the clay body; apparently, it's a clay body with some "rubber" compounds in it are used.  It isn't fired, gets steel hard and can take a painted surface.  If it's not painted; they use a very thin sheen that is 'burnished' onto the surface.  The level of detail and intricacy are mind-boggling.

how in the world did I get on this?  I love cars.  I was reading about my current car obsession the One-77....couldn't find a good photo of the clay version of the One-77 - but this is what I found.



Behind the scenes
photos of car modeling in clay
chavant modeling clays

more balls than most

from the Contemporist:  New Zealand designer Fletcher Vaughan has shared some photos with us of the Stratospheric sculpture he created for the Brick Bay Sculpture Trail in Matakana, New Zealand.  link to post

Contemporist website

Fletcher Vaughan's website

love the balls, love that it lights up, goddamn LOVE New Zealand! 

blogs I am lately consumed by

The Contemporist

You have been here sometime

Design nws



they require, no, demand your attention people!
get on it :)

beautiful, like breathing in clean air.


Monument by Architechture Firm Enproyecto to Pedro Almodovar
La Mancha, Spain.

besotted with

SHCH Graphics Group, Kiev.

typeface, design and doodles - rolled into a phenom style

utterly besotted.

infatuated with....

Gentle Pure Space

Madrigalli Market 2009

Madrigalli Market

November 21&22

10-3pm

at the Pacifica Firehouse

Last year's event was SUPER FUN and a great success!

join us again this year for

fun, art, food & wine

if you are interested in more information about this show or any events I am participating in this year; send me note at azureoceanview@gmail.com

:)

house

Master bath - 6x12 glass tile from Australia and Bisazza mosaic blend; there is a green marble on the floor

Guest Bath - Bright Green Bisazza mosaic blend, a grey limestone on the floor and cream limestone lines the walls floor to ceiling.

This is a Wasabi green concrete counter top made by Sonoma Cast - a fabulous company making the best quality concrete surfaces.

I realized in visiting the house that it really deserves a great camera - someone who knows how to use one properly and some staging. So, here are my crappy flybytheseatofmypants pictures (I will spare you the pic with the toilette seat up- mayday); I will hopefully get some 'professional' photos taken in future. I'm really proud of this project and I'd like to see some good pictures too!


The details in the work on this house were amazing and deserve a good look. The process of remodeling and redoing your home is a daunting one; there are literally 1000's of decisions to be made over a long time and after spending a ton of money; and of course every one of them is critical to the final outcome, but it is so easy to want the thing to just be over especially if it goes on for a long time. I work very hard to ensure that THEE best decisions are made for the client and the house and to keep the morale of the thing going.

The last decisions are the ones everyone sees in the end - they are the most important and they are also the ones being made often when the client is just tired of making decisions; bad combination.

moral of the story: if you're doing a remodel of significance - get a grip; realize what you're getting yourself into, do your homework and don't lose it near the end. really. follow through most especially at the end; if you don't; that's when bad things happen....the last thing you want to feel after a long ass project is that you would do things over again.

couple things

I had the great pleasure of doing design consulting working with the owner of this house and the contracter to who built it; I have a few pictures and I will post more about it soon...

I took a ride this weekend to visit with the owner and see the house; I hadn't seen it for at least 6+ months. It's a great feeling to go back to a project I spent over a year on and feel just as happy and good about my decisions as I did then. I like to operate as a collaborative team with the owner and in this case it couldn't have been better! Fabulous project, great results and the owner said to me she wouldn't change one thing.

They wanted to get a spread in Sunset Mag and she turned them down!



One of my neighbors is a landscape artist and designer; she asked me if I'd be interested in doing a balinese/indonesian sculpture for her garden and she will work on my backyard as a trade; what did I say to that? SIGN ME UP!

I am just starting to gather up some imagery to help me work on my design - I'll definitely be posting about this one...super excited!


that's it for today; we're deep in the monday action

a tad ironical

since we're on the subject: here is a dude who had the 'audacity' to actually try something new, the nerve...and it's FAHREEKING out the surfers!

awwwww.