Getting ready for the Franconia Pour
Franconia North Star Big Dipper Constellation Pour.
The North Star Pour is an alignment of myth, art and process. Eight stars will light up the night with molten metal. The stars represented will include the North Star and the Big Dipper asterism. A processional of torch carriers and star casters will simultaneously pour the stars and ignite a fire outlining the constellation.
The iron pour performance will take place briefly after dusk.
The layout :
Groundbreaking work for new sculpture
The Mississippi River Watershed Management Organization (MWMO) has awarded James Brenner Studio a commission to design. fabricate and install a sculpture and sign at their new location at 2522 Marshall Street Northeast. The landscaping is being prepared for the footings to be poured, then the sculpture reflecting the organization's mission will be installed.
Testing Projection Boat
1/15 Looking good. Testing at the lake for the big day October 4 in Chicago.
Back from Paradise
The 8th Annual Paradise Pour has just ended. This exchange between Arts, Industry and community hosted by CE Systems takes place in Columbus Indiana.
Awesome week!!
7th International Cast Iron Conference in Latvia
The 7th ICCCIA is being hosted at the Pedvale Open-Air Art Museum in Latvia during the week of the national Latvian celebration of the Summer Solstice. This conference will explore the conceptual and aesthetic context of sculptural iron casting and its effect on contemporary art, forms of ritual and the transformation of landscape.
