Justian and I are working the new backdrop to the small stage we are going to add to the Boiler Bar
Justian chalks in the lettering using a over head projector and starts to fill in the shadows.
With the letters now filled in I start to put a base coat down for the boiler bar sign and corners of the pendant.
Justian puts the finishing touches on the shadow of the lettering and I grab a scotch to admire our progress.
Now the Boiler Bar medallion gets painted and I begin the curtain shadows.
The next few hours are spent adding the touches that give it depth.
3:30am and we are beat. Everything is really coming together and standing in front you feel like your looking at a real stage. Justian did a great job! I learned a lot working with him on this and look forward to more banner projects. It amazed me how simple and loose the details could be, but together the layers make it look so complicated when we were done.
Next I have to add the fringe back, clean up a few lines, and begin the aging process to make it look old. Again my thanks goes out to Justian for teaching me the tricks of the trade and all his hours of work.
My wife Kyrsten wanted a unique ride for our desert trip this year, so I built her a trike. The front end is from a mini Penny Farthing, the rear is custom made in my shop. I thought the basket was a nice color/material change and a great place to store our daughter Zolie and her gear. Kyrsten loved it and reported stares from everyone who got a chance to see her riding it. The oil lamp on the front works!
What a night! Here are some pictures I took right before we opened. I was so busy the rest of the night I never got a shot of the 700+ people that came to support Todd Blair.
Getting ready
Enjoying a quite drink, while Alan chums the tip jar
A good tip got a response from the bar tenders
Brian, Ellen, and Amy ready to go
Kent’s Mule artcar. Sorry Todd no one had a horse version.
The Yard space. This space was packed all night.
Steamed Hot Dog raised over $300!
Christopher was the ever present, but never seen fire safety officer.
Posted Under: Boiler Bar and Theater,Todd Blair
This post was written by Form & Reform on December 3, 2007 Comments Off on The Ball
keep checking as we’re still updating as more info comes in!
Saturday, December 1, 2007
8:00 PM – 1:00AM
SomArts Cultural Center
934 Brannan
San Francisco, California 94103
A ball celebrating decadence benefitting Todd Blair who suffered severe head injury after the last SRL show in Amsterdam. He has a long road of medical bills, living and rehab expenses. Todd’s SRL, CCA, and other communities join forces presenting an evening of entertainment, bazaar, silent and live auction of many fine art, kinetic sculpture, peoples’ highly coveted skills, etc.
Cash bar + Food from Foodhacker Marc Powell and Crew
Hot dogs steamed by Neverwas Steam Car!
Art auction with pieces from: Stelarc, SRL, Lynn Hershman, Eduardo Kac, and more
Collectibles + Services for sale/auction:
Make: magazine collectors’ set
Neverwas Steam Car at your next party
Sewing Coaching from Melanie Miguel
Welding class from Kal Spelletich
more…
Holiday Shopping Craft and Electronics Bazaar
DJ Vordo + Joan Jeanrenaud (of Kronos Quartet)
Gibson Pearl Belly Dancers, Kristen, Kyrsten
More bellydancing by Janice Solimeno and her girls
Flaming Lotus Girls
SWARM
Extra Action Marching Band Flaming Art Bars from Jon Sarriugarte the makers of the SS Alpha Fox
more…
See the website for more details and updates:
srl.org/shows/events/todd/
Track Todd’s progress on his recovery blog updated daily by his love Alexandra from Amsterdam: toddblair.wordpress.com/
$10 donation
Posted Under: Todd Blair
This post was written by Form & Reform on November 28, 2007 Comments Off on Todd’s Benefit Dec 1st
I came across a video of my fire garden “An invitation to fire ants” while digesting my turkey dinner.
I’ve been working on vessels for sand fire over the past 3 years. I came up with the idea when I was a kid playing with a fire pit at the Idaho ski lodge where I grew up.
The metal work is all done, and now we are awaiting the plumbing parts for the fire balls, and the chemicals to patina the steel. It’s been really fun to play with rivets and even though most of these are fake there are rules as to where they go to make it look real. I’m really looking forward to finishing this next week complete with logo’s, fire, and draft beer!
Posted Under: Boiler Bar and Theater
This post was written by Form & Reform on November 22, 2007 Comments Off on Boiler Bar
After my trip to Robodock in Amsterdam I got inspired to make an Art Bar. There were some really cool bars there. http://www.robodock.org/2007/
We started last week and the shape is coming together nicely. Think Steam punk with look and feel of the custom fire pit I did last month. Yes there will be fire!
I will be debuting it at Todd Blair’s benefit Dec 1st at SOMAR in SF CA. http://srl.org/shows/events/todd/
Posted Under: Boiler Bar and Theater
This post was written by Form & Reform on November 10, 2007 Comments Off on Art Bar coming soon!
