Cleaning shop

Now that I'm back from Franconia I plan to have an open studio night on Friday, August 6th. Send an e-mail to skuypers@sculptureguy.com for more information. Please come visit me while I prepare for shows at both CAVE Detroit and Macomb Community College.

Ten Minutes Towards Enlightenment

I put the final touches on my piece for Franconia Sculpture Park the morning before I left. All that is left is to wait for the grass to grow.

Wardriving at Franconia Sculpture Park

This was the first step for my FSP piece. I had to determine how far out I can connect to the internet. I was surprised to find that I can connect to a standard household router from nearly a quarter mile away. When complete an internet information booth will be out in the field atop a man sized mountain. Below is the original proposal.

Franconia Fellowship

I am currently participating in the Franconia Sculpture Park Intern Artist Fellowship program. FSP is located in Minnesota an hour north of Minneapolis. The park selects twelve fellows a year to help conduct everyday activities and to contribute a piece which will be on display for at least a year. My ten week section will conclude mid June.

A2 MechShop Residency

For three weeks in March I was honored with the opportunity to create work at the MechShop in Ann Arbor, Michigan. I spent most of my time in awe of the collective's broad knowledge base. Through this I was able to create pieces for a future show at CAVE Gallery (details to be posted shortly). Here is small example of what the MechShop residency allowed me to accomplish.

Interactive Laser Visual Display

"A2 MechShop is a Technical coworking facility for entrepreneurial Engineers and currently houses 7 separate engineering enterprises; Current Motor Company; Corsa Instruments, Rocks & Robots, Peter J. Jensen llc. Red Cedar Electronics, Right Brain Fabrication and Appropriat Technology."

~ A2 MechShop's webpage
www.a2mechshop.com

This Week in Art's Fifth Year Anniversary Show

The anniversary show celebrates collectively the great diversity of art in our area featuring small scale work from many past and future featured artists.

Teaching CE RHINO in January

Rhino is an excellent tool for any maker. If you want to get your feet wet now is your chance. I'll be teaching the Continuing Education course starting in January at CCS. I need at least 5 students to run the class so sign-up and tell your friends. It's going to be fun!

3D Modeling: Rhino®
This course introduces 3D software used widely by designers, entertainment artists, craftsman, and sculptors. Emphasis will be placed on building confidence in your capacity to navigate the program while demonstrating a variety of potential uses including: Accurately modeling fairly complex 3D models, Applying materials and rendering scenes for proposals, Creating 2D layouts and cut-lists, Exporting STL files for use in CNC machines and rapid prototyping systems. You are encouraged to have original designs/project ideas ready to be prototyped during the class.

AVIS 261 A
Tuesday, 7:15-10 pm
January 26-April 6, no class March 9 (10 sessions)