sloth unleashed

nemomatic:

“Catstronaut”
Tobacco pipe, piano hammers, lab flask, LEDs, cat fur.

nemomatic:

Recently finished up a little Mermaid diorama piece.  She began life as a swimmers trophy.

nemomatic:

Swimmers trophy + tacky fish pendant = Mermaid!

jemayer:

Further progress on Skull I. Almost done. 

I’ll be showing it next Friday at this show.

Come by if you’re in the San Francisco Bay Area. 

nemomatic:

New piece to share: “High Voltage“ 2012 (102” x 65” x 24”)

This sculpture uses an effect known as a “Jacob’s Ladder”.  A high voltage arc is produced by way of a neon sign transformer, and then transmitted up the electrodes in the sculptures head.  I’m personally very pleased with the movement with this one.  All the action is generated within the abdomen.  The little pistons in the ankles act as shock absorbers to smooth out the motion.

Materials:

Industrial water valve, scaffold tubing, street light support arms, glass tube, vacuum cleaners, lamp fixtures, bicycle pedal cranks, neon sign transformer, gears from floor polisher, magnifying lens, drain cover, high voltage vacuum tubes, hydraulic dampers, plastic, phenolic, motor, LEDs

nemomatic:

Brass Knuckles.

nemomatic:

One of my older (2005) insect pieces was included in a pretty cool survey of wasp themed sculptures over at Environmental Graffiti today:

http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/art/news-10-amazing-recycled-steampunk-wasps

nemomatic:

This is the second time Wired Magazine has printed this photo (this time in their UK version) without bothering to credit me or my sculpture. The image is used to support an article about Andy Rubin (he’s the one wearing pants), the man behind the Android operating system. Is it too much to ask that Art be considered as intellectual property, or at least valued in some way like every other business? I mean, come on, they’re printing a picture of a giant, anatomically correct, gun toting robot. Why bother even staging such a photo if it’s image isn’t compelling enough to warrant some kind of interest from their readers? Why not do the honorable thing and at least mention the guy who spent countless hours and dollars creating the thing? How hard is it to print a tiny little image credit?
O.K. done ranting now.

[wow - seriously, WIRED - WTF?!!?!?…]

nemomatic:

“Above it All” and “Conganaut” leaving the nest.  Sometimes the crating of a piece is nearly as challenging as making it in the first place.  

nemomatic:

I’ve been working on a simple little machine to cause an eyeball to track back and forth.  So far so good.  LED light effects coming up next.