MN Original in the studio
James Brenner Sculpture on MN Original. Very excited to be featured in the summer season. Filming Mississippi Watershed Management Organization Project and a commission for the City of Bloomington.
North Star Performance during the Annual Michaelmas Celebration
A project in conjunction with the Minnesota Waldorf School. James Brenner Sculpture and the 5th + 8th grade classes produced artwork in the form of stars. These stars took the form of five constellations, each defined by an open glowing star and the line of fire, cast during the North Star Performance Pour at the Annual Michaelmas Celebration.
Part of the Michaelmas Celebration and story included a sword and dragon that we casted in iron.
Studio Crew: Jim Brenner, Andrew Fernandez, Julia Sisson, Meagan Daus, Carolina Borja
Waldorf Team: Gideon Weick, Deborah Dornemann, Master Blacksmith Chris Poor, 6th and 8th Waldorf students
Staff: Mr. Craig, Mrs. Amy, Mr. Curt
Casting Crew: Nick Wells, Elena Lavorato, Brighton McCormick, Amber White, Cassandra Rebn, Woody Shauffer, Carl Otstad, Yousif Del Valle
Photos: Vaara Ostrin
Music: Jaxon Vesely
Day and Night pics of The Big Dipper Performance
The North Star Event is a performative Cast iron Pour where each star of the Big Dipper is cast in iron.The resulting sculptures will form part of permanent piece at Franconia Sculpture Park.
Team: Jim Brenner, Andrew Fernandez, Carolina Borja, Meagan Daus, Nick Wells, Amber White, Laura Dettle Nelson, Carl Ostad, Woody Stauffer, Cassandra Rebman, Yousif Del Valle, John Hock, Tamsie Ringler, Elena Lavorato, Brighton McCormick, Amber White and Carl Otstad.
Photographs courtesy of Franconia Sculpture Park.
Epic Photos of The Great Chicago Fire Festival
Honored to be part of the artists that collaborated with Redmoon for The Great Chicago Fire Festival
http://redmoonimages.org/
http://chicagofirefestival.com/
Projection Boat Team: Jim Brenner, Meagan Daus, Andrew Fernandez, Carolina Borja, Julia Sisson, Woody Stauffer, Yousif Del Valle, Brandon J, Kate Nissa Sannerib
Photos courtesy of Redmoon
Minnesota Waldorf School- Michaelmas
In honor of the shooting stars and the iron they bring to earth, Minnesota Waldorf School will host an iron pour on Thursday, September 25th. Students have been working in this project for the last past weeks, this will culminate with the dramatic molten iron pouring in their molds.
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.
