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Burning Man 2013, Part I: Pre-Playa Design

October 9, 2013
dang art
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One of my favorite on-going Burning Man projects is the Virgin Letter Project. This year the lovely folks over at VLP asked me to hook up a logo, and here’s what we came up with.  I’m really happy with how it turned out, and even happier to contribute to such a rad project. Participants, check them out.VLP2webOrangeThe 2013 event marked the third year of the Circle of Regional Effigies (CORE).  Four circles, six projects each, representing eight countries, and culminating in one big fire.  The art of dang is proud to have contributed the logo for Portland’s CORE project.  The treehouse was awesome and burned something lovely.  I’m glad to have been a part of it.

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Stay tuned for more dang burning man stuff in parts II and III, where we’ll discuss the art of dang’s honorarium project, my role as an art department volunteer, and my experience as a participant in the 2013 event.  More fun and photo’s to come…

Another day at the office

December 9, 2012
dang art, process, production work
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Here’s an enlargement for George Rivera at Additive Workshop.  The artist’s maquette was scanned and digital artists touched up the resulting digital file, and carved in foam on by a flat-bed CAD and a seven-axis robotic arm.  Sculptors assembled the foam blocks and hand carved the surface before brushing on a layer of oil clay.  Every square inch of the clay surface was gone over by hand; adding texture  and sharpening details.  The piece was then molded, and cast in bronze.

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