tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65626054885546639832024-03-19T04:51:56.636-07:00Andistani TimesThe sculpture studio blog of Andy Denton. Posting about making sculpture, works in progress, discussion, news, and inspiration. Visit
www.andrewwilliamdenton.com to see portfolio.Andy Dentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17362383206935269513noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562605488554663983.post-7544710727029605322021-04-07T21:00:00.001-07:002021-04-07T21:00:33.995-07:00Agitation 2020<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Agitation 2020</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Artist Statement </span>
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<p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Andy Denton’s sculptures use
metal and ceramics to combine figurative and abstract forms in
representing notions of contemporary spirituality and agnosticism.
Drawing inspiration from artists including sculptor HC Westermann,
and the band, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Denton’s totemic
sculptures bridge sci-fi vernacular and craft traditions while
emphasizing the inherent spiritual and critical values of art.
Denton’s recent fantastical and absurd sculptures address his
experiences with isolation and virtual connectivity during the
COVID-19 pandemic. Distorted pyramidal bodies reference the
all-seeing Eye of Providence, which serves as a metaphor for social
media in all its benevolence and horror. The juxtaposed porcelain and
steel represent the precariousness of our social and environmental
climate.</span> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFJue723GKyzFmqcA79ngWLVgXrJnblpLv09ZCxSn891pDj9GtjJC7LVrc5ikLRyinWLvMH73cQbt4KeLEkq9agsBlR1tAhKO8OhSspky4EMXiqCm62admOOruetLerjXKJ9r8jFiAiIA/s1369/Agitation+Flier.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1369" data-original-width="1054" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFJue723GKyzFmqcA79ngWLVgXrJnblpLv09ZCxSn891pDj9GtjJC7LVrc5ikLRyinWLvMH73cQbt4KeLEkq9agsBlR1tAhKO8OhSspky4EMXiqCm62admOOruetLerjXKJ9r8jFiAiIA/s320/Agitation+Flier.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Exhibit Flier</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip79Z03Nga2rJgLGBU1CtZkVnRKtLOfefp4EtqnxaWDlId0gJCTsHbvW0kaYHwzf1Kcy9yQFjg5eMNxJStNyhzCKWCsQo6PrGcJm2x6MDlJwGITrM9ymqcZh0IWnVUuU3dT8lAXesoeMs/s1800/allseeingdodo1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1350" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip79Z03Nga2rJgLGBU1CtZkVnRKtLOfefp4EtqnxaWDlId0gJCTsHbvW0kaYHwzf1Kcy9yQFjg5eMNxJStNyhzCKWCsQo6PrGcJm2x6MDlJwGITrM9ymqcZh0IWnVUuU3dT8lAXesoeMs/s320/allseeingdodo1.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><i>All-seeing
Do-Do Inside the Citadel</i></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><i> </i></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Porcelain
and Stainless Steel</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgccj0Jh2tuOftHd3i6NziAzi-s7cV1v1rsxEDy6bsM3vaMQTMZY45ACPNY_fDGJqpFRRQnzBP5OfNs9VGzRtEa7i1z2245IgheNRmOoS8-_tIcR17iTcU4M71jXCt2mQm9jeLIf6_00HA/s1800/allseeingdodo2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1350" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgccj0Jh2tuOftHd3i6NziAzi-s7cV1v1rsxEDy6bsM3vaMQTMZY45ACPNY_fDGJqpFRRQnzBP5OfNs9VGzRtEa7i1z2245IgheNRmOoS8-_tIcR17iTcU4M71jXCt2mQm9jeLIf6_00HA/s320/allseeingdodo2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjblhAD1BxBaTXjA91IH_4yj9pqFtBTryYyBS0uiayZQ60un1CzfZGHDOtqK8sxZij4G4BnzBBccgiLJqrqospqXwIKXrXV115PljfVfqqQcJeIzKQPaMvavIXbx6tIBqcRQaxwk7V0k1c/s2048/allseeingdodo3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjblhAD1BxBaTXjA91IH_4yj9pqFtBTryYyBS0uiayZQ60un1CzfZGHDOtqK8sxZij4G4BnzBBccgiLJqrqospqXwIKXrXV115PljfVfqqQcJeIzKQPaMvavIXbx6tIBqcRQaxwk7V0k1c/s320/allseeingdodo3.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3_TWJ1VXSoOVj9bK824AOYNVUoavyijHATkLffRRt3Is37nNIFAeuFmDTRV_qyGA5YhogFui6V6AwvDqENVPkHcATIMPbM6lJ8r0Cj4S56TgQ3CmvAwzphh9s6-5VO4dSw5_MkfCkx-0/s1800/allseeingdodo4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1350" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3_TWJ1VXSoOVj9bK824AOYNVUoavyijHATkLffRRt3Is37nNIFAeuFmDTRV_qyGA5YhogFui6V6AwvDqENVPkHcATIMPbM6lJ8r0Cj4S56TgQ3CmvAwzphh9s6-5VO4dSw5_MkfCkx-0/s320/allseeingdodo4.jpg" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmN0Yh9EwW1DlNKoZHri4T1yww2k_PgKBsqjIIr9EbscEdVJC5P04u02DskkyC1AzlCB0J6Lp3HebRRM6CF8if5q7SHgyhgpzKfF7FrTUrg8Wg5IlMQJMpve3M8mxMb_r8gaIB1NT7KfA/s1800/hungrywatchfulbumpass1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1349" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmN0Yh9EwW1DlNKoZHri4T1yww2k_PgKBsqjIIr9EbscEdVJC5P04u02DskkyC1AzlCB0J6Lp3HebRRM6CF8if5q7SHgyhgpzKfF7FrTUrg8Wg5IlMQJMpve3M8mxMb_r8gaIB1NT7KfA/s320/hungrywatchfulbumpass1.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><i> Watchful Hungry Bumpass</i></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"> Porcelain and Steel</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjABNnkhIB95kzQbRgYYBZ-vwakF9KFlwru2nLDwklna5mnq__GLuDYlS417ohOp_MJ2xXOiC0QeVm-6DPCmVwd7-A2XCA9xHFDivJlv4oQLvBencp1yxBO9KkPFSVrIqoq_hSMyAH2LsU/s1800/hungrywatchfulbumpass2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1303" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjABNnkhIB95kzQbRgYYBZ-vwakF9KFlwru2nLDwklna5mnq__GLuDYlS417ohOp_MJ2xXOiC0QeVm-6DPCmVwd7-A2XCA9xHFDivJlv4oQLvBencp1yxBO9KkPFSVrIqoq_hSMyAH2LsU/s320/hungrywatchfulbumpass2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1yhdbgt92snddnnOJz-BUyaLqVYbQJtSJaoKFZM6RzXdJ-yl_tKhz2J-VBCsB_wKSLXAbgVGtTWbszrN5wiPLo1ru13hkD6WNngw0A5N2kYUIGGtGzxAviPH1rtZbTrLvKfvXaAi0QEU/s1800/hungrywatchfulbumpass3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1357" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1yhdbgt92snddnnOJz-BUyaLqVYbQJtSJaoKFZM6RzXdJ-yl_tKhz2J-VBCsB_wKSLXAbgVGtTWbszrN5wiPLo1ru13hkD6WNngw0A5N2kYUIGGtGzxAviPH1rtZbTrLvKfvXaAi0QEU/s320/hungrywatchfulbumpass3.jpg" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwV4YI-3lmwUa2xi9-VKvSXVwVpIBX_sHoW3d2Xr4zX7vnkpHlCbpabHDGkPDWWeFaCrnzKv8nlL-V_dpTskaJRVQVzBZcu6bGDPTXckqTq69K7uj3Bvr_fll8LRuoeWcWWHxiRR05lt8/s1500/Peekingout.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1125" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwV4YI-3lmwUa2xi9-VKvSXVwVpIBX_sHoW3d2Xr4zX7vnkpHlCbpabHDGkPDWWeFaCrnzKv8nlL-V_dpTskaJRVQVzBZcu6bGDPTXckqTq69K7uj3Bvr_fll8LRuoeWcWWHxiRR05lt8/s320/Peekingout.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Peeking
Out At Each Other</i></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"> Porcelain and Stainless Steel</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlS6OqXlqSqITvi-rK_JdYvlksnYvz0cEmM-3g0artpie8wRuN7LVUalb7Qemf7MNQXqxalk-5FlKal3rfNlF14dezHW49_Z7ZblaOFG4_lR5FbGP1sIgrzPDlgmDdaWaK5BHehS2OTEM/s1800/providecialshitstorm1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1254" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlS6OqXlqSqITvi-rK_JdYvlksnYvz0cEmM-3g0artpie8wRuN7LVUalb7Qemf7MNQXqxalk-5FlKal3rfNlF14dezHW49_Z7ZblaOFG4_lR5FbGP1sIgrzPDlgmDdaWaK5BHehS2OTEM/s320/providecialshitstorm1.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1350" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimzfk36fapcqprFrPGayeVSTSRATJoC7riV5G4btMIAt7Z2_JXxbRzxOjqoBAeMjhPTHvJPob2V8K3mSnkIq4kwJ0Z4mzowy__g8OdwY5fAQzT-zqJzh2pD9L7upyRV5pOf1XWz6KGQyc/s320/Supershitstormoneyeballmountain3.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Super
Shit-Storm on Eye-ball Mountain</i></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><i> </i></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Porcelain
and Aluminum</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9yzTRn08PVAY-ZjaHwlJeFa-rFKdMIEVwFidmh5UB7nVV9sQ9Fz0qO6s24Fs_UxNUuMWxrmUEu2j2TiXpXDtHKaq8hpbGC9WGkw2nK_2nLatWp2yRY8X3T31zi2eqhrvFFP3nq0datDg/s1800/Supershitstormoneyeballmountain1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1350" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9yzTRn08PVAY-ZjaHwlJeFa-rFKdMIEVwFidmh5UB7nVV9sQ9Fz0qO6s24Fs_UxNUuMWxrmUEu2j2TiXpXDtHKaq8hpbGC9WGkw2nK_2nLatWp2yRY8X3T31zi2eqhrvFFP3nq0datDg/s320/Supershitstormoneyeballmountain1.jpg" /></a></div></div><br /><p>These are all pedestal sized sculptures no higher than 24 inches. Made and shown during the 2020 Covit-19 pandemic isolation. They were on exhibit in a gallery but not seen by many people due because covit-19 cases were running rampant during November. </p><p>I'd like to make one of these in an outdoor size. Comment below which one you would like to see bigger. Thanks for reading. </p>Andy Dentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17362383206935269513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562605488554663983.post-53710519748137059092019-10-15T22:12:00.000-07:002019-10-16T10:39:28.900-07:00How I started to BudgetMaybe it was turning 40 this year and having a new job in a new town that made me start monitoring my spending like a fiend. In my previous blog post I mentioned that I was motivated by student loan repayment, which has led me to think about retirement. What will retirement look like when you haven't had a cushy corporate job for 30 years?<br />
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I've been watching a bunch of YouTube videos and reading blogs and listening to podcasts while I'm grinding steel at my day job (probably another blog post). I decided I want to stop living in the dark side of my financial moon. I want to scatter the roaches of ignorance about my finances. This is what I've come up with for the past few months.<br />
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<b>Auto-pay up sucka!</b><br />
You gotta understand how much easier everything is now with the internet and being able to automate payments. This has been a godsend to me since about 2006 (this is old news for me). Before that, I wrote checks and paid late fees. If I can automate it, I do it. I even pay rent through automatically having my bank send a check to my own landlord's mailbox in my apartment building...instead of writing a check, finding an envelope, walking down 5 steps to the mailbox. Sounds lazy, but its one less thing to think about. If you're still wasting time on this, you're still living in the 1990's! This is old news, but worth the mention because it was such a crucial baby-step for me.<br />
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<b>Budgeting 101 for dummies </b><br />
The more I read about how to save for retirement and paying off student loans, the more I hear about how you need to have a monthly budget. A few year ago I tried to keep one on Google's excel, but I don't know how to use it right. Fortunately there's a App called <a href="http://everydollar./">Everydollar</a>, a program started by Financial granddad guru Dave Ramsey. If you're a standard issue MFA-er you probably have never heard of him like me (but my Veteran brother sure does). So instead of spending 99% of my phone time on Instagram, I decided to use this keep my shit in check.<br />
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I get paid every month from my day job, but also get some "side hustle" flow from pottery sales at farmers markets. Usually I would deposit this into my checking account and spend the extra on cocoon deliveries and so I've decided to become an adult moth and fly...to the light of financial freedom.<br />
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<b>Everydollar Budget Bro</b><br />
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While I was at the <a href="https://nceca.net/" target="_blank">NCECA</a> conference in Minneapolis, I went to a lecture by Nicole Gugliotti about how to budget and save for retirement for artists. Sounds familiar? It was right up my alley! I took some notes and pictures of her presentation. I also left the lecture feeling like I actually had a better grip on PF than what I perceived of myself.<br />
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Fast forward months later and I'm looking for a budgeting app, I dug up my notes and found Nicole's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fuPtUxlRKw2epRvTlJSxQ" target="_blank">Art of the Budget</a> YouTube channel. She has been learning how to budget in real time showing us her weekly expenses and income. There's a bunch of other videos of folks doing similar things, but what I like about Nicole's is that she is so relate-able A) she's a ceramic artist too B) she's a teacher, even though I'm not one now, I relate to that way of life C) her income is similar to mine. Many of the other PF YouTuber's are making way more me. Its nice to watch someone budget that's isn't making $100k a year. At first I was thinking, why am I watching this random person do her finances online? But as I started to play with the app, it was helpful seeing someone else navigate it.<br />
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Here's a <a href="https://youtu.be/Qp_gepB7uWU" target="_blank">link </a>to her demonstrating how to use Everydollar, also I get a mention! haha!<br />
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I've only been doing using this since August 2019. How has budgeting helped me?<br />
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1. Instead of guessing at how much I'm spending, I can really see it is! Wow $150 in gas!<br />
2. I can see how much I'm spending on booze versus food. I can split restaurant bills to reflect this.<br />
3. When I "reconcile" at the end of the month, I can see what I need to work better at. See above.<br />
4. After "reconcilation" I can see what money is left over that I can throw into my student loans or my emergency fund, or my house payment. Normally, I would just guess and spend it randomly.<br />
5. When you're thinking deeply about every purchase you make, it forces you to double-think it. Should I really buy this? My friends already know that I'm a cheapskate, so this is <i><b>validation. </b></i><br />
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There's a few budgeting apps out there. Everydollar is the only one I've tried. Do some research and find the one for you.<br />
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I usually watch some (streaming) TV before I go to sleep. There's a bunch of <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/80002479?source=35" target="_blank">good TV</a> out there now. But now I've added YouTube videos to the mix.<br />
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Art of the Budget. See above. :-)<br />
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Brad Finn. This super hyped fello is a really clear concise speaker. I feel like I'm dyslexic when it comes to numbers and its helpful to have someone break it down for me simply and with enthusiasm. <a href="https://youtu.be/q10vkCx7b0c" target="_blank">Here </a>is a good one to start. If you are thrown off by his "bro-like nature", ummm its free info, Check Yourself.<br />
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Mr Money Mustache. <a href="https://youtu.be/n1JXC_20UcA" target="_blank">(link)</a> Dude is known for his groundbreaking popular <a href="https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/" target="_blank">Blog</a> and for revitalizing the recent FI (financial independence) movement. His YouTube channel isn't as polished as Brad Finn's but it endearing and he's helpful in explaining this stuff succinctly. I just wish he'd do more. It seems he's really taking the retirement thing to heart. His blog is excellent. Note also his environmentalism and anti-car and anti-consumerism is very DIY punk <a href="https://www.soundopinions.org/topic/fugazi" target="_blank">Fugazi </a>to me.<br />
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<a href="http://choosefi./">ChooseFI.</a> (This is a podcast.) These bros have sort of taken over from Mr. Money Mustache. They are very lively with 2 podcasts a week. Every time I listen to them I either learn something about personal finance and/or get pumped to save money. Don't be put off by their "bro-like nature" as they strive to be all-inclusive. Also noted that they are still in their 30's and are clearly still learning as they go. Also noted they are based in my hometown of Richmond VA.<br />
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1) One thing I've learned is to make PF fun. I think having an app to learn and having Nicole to watch has helped me to relish financial planning.<br />
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2) I love how the ChooseFI guys talk about you are influenced by the closest 5 people that you spend the most time with. They posit that if you listen to their podcast then they will become one of the 5 people. Thus their Early Retirement podcast talk will influence you into saving money. I know it might be a insidious way to keep people listening to them, but I think it is true about the rule of 5 or whatever you call it. So I've decided to keep listening and every week I get motivated and learn something about Personal Finance.<br />
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3) Wish I found this last year. Wish I found this 3 years ago. Wish I found this 10 years ago. Wish I found this 20 years ago.<br />
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4) If you think this is something for rich people. I would say, as someone that has lived on food stamps, that budgeting might be for "poverty-level" folks most of all. Fight me. ;-)<br />
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What are your favorite youtubers or blogs or podcasts? Comment below.<br />
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<br />Andy Dentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17362383206935269513noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562605488554663983.post-24328180084184022552019-09-11T19:48:00.000-07:002019-10-02T11:04:10.644-07:00Soul Sucking Student Loan Repayment ResearchOut of the blue, I received a text message from a younger friend inquiring about my<b> student loans.</b> He gently asked how much debt I had and what I was doing about it. He was worried about being able to buy a house or have kids, etc. I told him I hadn't been paying the loan, for years, since I started grad school in 2008! During grad school I deferred them and after graduating I entered into the <b><a href="https://www.debt.org/students/loan-forgiveness/" target="_blank">Income-Based Repayment Plan (IBR)</a>. </b> I reported my meager income to the loan company by way of my annual taxes and they determined my monthly payment would be zero. Which suited me fine, since I started living on an adjunct instructor income at the time. I've kept it this way up until present time (2019).<br />
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My friend asked me if my loan was gathering interest and wasn't I worried about it? Honestly, I just figured I'd be in this program for the rest of my life and probably never get this loan paid off....ever (sound familar?). But his worried texts got me sweating about it again, so I dug up my password and logged into my student loan account to see <i>what </i>was <i>what</i>. In my head, I thought I owed $60k. That's consolidated from undergrad at SAIC and graduate school at East Carolina University. Turns out that these loans <i>had </i>been gathering interest! PALM SLAP! Oh, only $15k extra added to the principle! Its $75k and rising! Yikes. Maybe I should be looking into this!<br />
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I started researching this like it was my full-time job. I fired all cylinders on trying to figure out what to do. My friend said he was almost $100k in debt and I remembered I have another art school friend with that much debt too. They were both working multiple jobs and living with roommates in their 30's to try to pay down these loans and I knew many more in the same boat. Maybe I need to stop ignoring this elephant too and start paying it off.<br />
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Another art school friend says he's in the <a href="https://www.debt.org/students/loan-forgiveness/" target="_blank">Public Service Loan Forgiveness</a> program. Which means if he makes minimum of payments for 10 years the rest will be forgiven because he works for a non-profit (a community college). That's great for this friend, but I <b>don't </b>work for a non-profit at present as many of my friends do.<br />
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There are also reports of many many people signed up for this program 10 years ago that aren't getting forgiven! Why? Because they filled out a form wrong! <u>Make sure you are sign up correctly, ya'll.</u><br />
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My generation has a huge problem (I'm an old Millennial). We should be buying homes, starting families with secure jobs, and <i>saving for retirement</i>. Instead we have 20 years of $500 to $1000 monthly payments just to get to zero. College was great! What a party it was! I have many good friends I met there and I learned a great deal! But the system is broken and maybe I would have chosen a different path if I'd known it was going to be such a financial leash. Will we elect a president that will help us? Haha not likely. I seriously doubt any president can POOF make millions of dollars disappear.<br />
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<b>I'm not here to complain.</b> I'm here to find a solution and to help my friends find a solution or at least some camaraderie. These debts aren't going away and I'm not afraid to talk about them or bring them up at a cocktail party (sorry friends).<br />
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In lieu of getting a teaching job (a tempting possibility at this point) I went further down the rabbit hole of how to pay these off, or at all. I found some podcasts and blogs about personal finance. I will use this dusty old blog to talk about this and use it as a way to gather up all the information that I've found useful, just so I can link my friends to it. Especially so that I'm not bombarding them with links and blogs in their facebook comments (haha sorry again).<br />
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So here's what I found out...if you're freaking out and need some guidance:<br />
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<b>1) </b>I found on Spotify an NPR program called <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/0yKEWqaqfaAKlSjYnDuisy?si=BDe_vhclT764zpTHyEZRBg" target="_blank">Death, Sex, and Money.</a> Among other uncomfortable facts-of-life subjects they discuss, they tackle the student loan debate. This helped me realize that I'm not alone. They interview a bunch of different loan takers and loan experts. There are millions of us out there with this problem and some of them <i>way </i>more in debt than me. So many people called that they had to split their show into two parts. Geez! They could have a podcast show just about student loans! I listened to them on Spotify (I think they have more than a couple about student loans). Here's a couple links to their official stories. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/our-student-loan-secrets-part-one-death-sex-money" target="_blank">Part one</a> and <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/our-student-loan-secrets-part-two-death-sex-money" target="_blank">Part two</a>.<br />
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<b>2) </b>Another podcast I would recommend is this <a href="https://www.choosefi.com/078-student-loan-debt-repayment-travis-hornsby/" target="_blank">Choose FI</a> episode. In this episode, a student loan "expert" is interviewed. He recommended that if you don't qualify for <b>Loan Forgiveness</b> then you could get your <b>student loans refinanced.</b> I looked into this and even though this would reduce my interest rate, I would be kicked off the IBR payment plans and never be able to return. Which means if I ever got a teaching job, I couldn't sign up for Loan Forgiveness. Thus I've decided to stay in the IBR program for now to keep that option open.<br />
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Now that I have a lower middle class regular job (instead of a food stamps level adjunct instructor), I decided to return to pay down this monster loan. I think the last time I paid on it was when I had the welding job in Richmond in 2008! So there's a lot of people out there that are paying these off by living very frugally and throwing as much money as they can at paying it off. Like WAY more that the monthly payments. Which seems to work too. But I'm not sure its a good idea to do this if you qualify for loan forgiveness. Then maybe its best to invest that extra money somewhere else...like retirement. But I'm no expert....yet.<br />
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This rabbit hole has led me to an obsession with <b>personal finance</b>. Something that I don't think I've been awful at, but now I'm really going to lock it down! I will post more about that next.<br />
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<br />Andy Dentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17362383206935269513noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562605488554663983.post-33529692222216936322018-05-31T20:57:00.001-07:002019-09-11T10:28:36.077-07:00Papermaking with Veterans Today I finished teaching a 5 week papermaking course through Veterans Affairs with art therapist/metalsmith/fellow AIR <a href="http://maria-tritico.squarespace.com/">Maria Tritico</a>. In addition to making books & personal pieces, they collaborated on a large collage and they cast into my big face mold and we sewed it together with a student's sailor's palm. Given my personal experience with veterans in my family, it was a powerful experience for us all. Art making is therapy.<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span>
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Andy Dentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17362383206935269513noreply@blogger.com1811 Park Pl, West Palm Beach, FL 33401, USA26.6983881 -80.0611458999999851.1763535999999988 -121.36973989999998 52.2204226 -38.752551899999986tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562605488554663983.post-56959704816497846892018-01-13T19:25:00.000-08:002019-09-11T10:46:25.054-07:00Mike Hamer<br />
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This blog post is about Mike Hamer. Whatever I could find online about him. There's some links to his music and some YouTube videos uploaded by his friends. I also sprinkled in some comments made on Facebook when he died.<br />
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Mike was a bright light when he wheeled into a room. I am honored to be his friend. One of the last times I got to see him was at his birthday party in Greenville when I was on my way to Michigan from Florida, it must have been in June 2017. He was surrounded by friends and family and they did a round robin of music-playing in his backyard. It was a magical experience hearing him and his friends play all this great music with guitars and their voices. He was very loved.<br />
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I got to know him from the Maxwell Family aka the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NuClearTwins/" target="_blank">NuClear Twins</a>, whom he often played concerts with the last few years of his life. I was going through my own personal tragedy and, its hard to deescribe, but being around someone like Mike made you feel good. After I heard of his passing that Sunday morning, I found him again on Spotify and even though I was somewhat familiar with his music, I was blown away by the music he had recorded. It reminds me a little of Tom Waits and Bob Dylan because his voice is rough and warbly, but within it are some real gems. I love especially the irrelevant songs and the tragic ones and the tragic/comedic songs. He had a great sense of humor.<br />
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Mike Hamer bio on Reverbnation.<br />
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Mike Hamer has been writing and playing songs for adults and children for over 40 years. Paralyzed in a diving accident in 1985, Mike took up the hammer dulcimer and has continued to entertain audiences young and old alike. Lately, he has been performing on the Casio PT100 and is performing with the Cantankerous Casio Tour.<br />
Mike focuses on classic American folk songs that give people a sense of their roots, and he loves a good sing-a-long. His original work ranges from Americana to lullabies to rock ballads, rhythm and blues, and even the occasional tango. He performs both solo and with various combinations of musicians and has released seven albums of original songs as well as a children's album and the most recent, a collection of lullabies featuring Julie Beutel.<br />
Mike teaches non-fiction writing and the occasional songwriting course at East Carolina University. Living in Greenville, he hopes to record some new songs soon featuring Mike Hamer and the Cantankerous Casio Tour.</blockquote>
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Bob Aiken - December 10, 2017 · <br />
"For me...there was no stronger, braver, or better man than Mike Hamer. He was my friend and my brother. And I will miss him immensely."<br />
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"My first clear memory of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mike.hamer.90?fref=mentions">Mike Hamer</a>: I was, for a brief time in my early twenties, his neighbor on Park Drive with two other young ladies. We received an invitation to a Rumi poetry reading in his backyard, and it was one of the most magical afternoons I have spent in town to date. Mike was one of those special people who could brighten the darkest of days. Here's to the next rung on the ladder. Rest easy."</blockquote>
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Megan Maxwell<a href="https://www.facebook.com/megan.erickson.752?hc_ref=ARQClEsJMyeLLrrIrpGxiBnUzCQPxqopfrirMWWNh8nLYbMeOOwNLztAj7shVWMIgLo"></a> shared her photo. December 10, 2017 · <br />
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This Fall of 2016 I began my new life as an <span style="font-size: large;">Artist-In-Resident</span> at the Armory Art Center in West Palm Beach, Florida. Its an 8-month residency. </div>
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Its been a bit of a blur around the country. After Interlochen Summer Camp (a whirl in itself), in Northern Michigan, I drove back to my studio in Greenville, NC and took down my solo show at Emerge Gallery. In about a week's time, I bought a trailer and loaded it up with sculpture and drove it down to South Florida. </div>
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As an Artist-in-resident, I'm supposed to spend half my time working on my artwork and half the time teaching classes for the Armory and doing general maintenance and outreach. It's been a blast so far. Here are some photos from my phone, just to give you an idea of what its like here.</div>
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I brought <i>Jaded Lovers </i>on the trailer and was able to install it in front of the Armory, which is neat because it matches the white star design. Its a very new piece. I made it right before leaving for Michigan last Spring. This is the first time it's been on display and people seem to like it. </div>
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Here is a view of a sunset on the street I live on. That's my trusty Dodge Truck on the lower left. I was super lucky and found (through connections at Interlochen, MI) a small "carriage house" to live in a short walk away from the Armory Campus. Its like furnished guest house and very small. My bed is a few feet away from the kitchen! It is perfect for me. I come home, cook dinner, and read Game of Thrones.</div>
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My first class is <i>Intro to Welding</i>. The class learns the basics of Oxyacetylene Welding, Stick, MIG, and plasma cutting. I picked the Cube Project because they learn how to construct a simple shape. I like teaching here. There's no grades, no attitudes, just learning. The people are so nice. The students sign up eager to learn welding. It seems there hasn't been a welding sculpture teacher here for a while, so people are eager to get in here and learn the equipment. </div>
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Another class I'm teaching is <i>Shadowboxes: the Art of Joseph Cornell</i>. This class was very small at the beginning of the session, but we had fun re-using students' collections of found objects into presentable wall hanging artwork. </div>
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I've been working on a few new sculptures and face-mugs, but a show opportunity popped up real quick. All my sculptures were tied up in other shows here, in NC, or still in progress. So I took stock of the work I had and came up with this sculpture. The show was a last Saturday at Studio 1608 in West Palm Beach. It was a group show and I talked and met many people from Palm Beach. </div>
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I've got some real awesome projects in the hopper, but don't want to spoil it by posting too many Progress shots. Just follow me on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/andydentonsculpture/" target="_blank">Facebook</a> or <a href="https://www.instagram.com/andystani/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> to see more. </div>
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I'll try to post more often here. I'm not sure if the Blog is still a good format for me. There are so many these days. I think sometimes I am "oversharing". The blog is kind of a throwback to Myspace, where I'd share my thoughts and what's going on in my life, before Facebook. </div>
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Anyway. There's the update on my life so far. Hope ya'll are doing well and living the dream, too.</div>
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Randolph County, North Carolina<br />
Schedule of Events <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Wednesday, October 5, 2016</span>10am-4pm:<br />
Installation of sculpture @ Sarah Smith Self Gallery, Asheboro NC<br />
Installation of student sculpture @ Downtown Seagrove Gallery, Conference only<br />
Installation of outdoor sculpture @ CBS Sculpture Park, Conference only unless prearranged<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thursday, October 6, 2016</span> <br />
8am-10am:<br />
Conference Registration Check in @ Carolina Bronze Sculpture (must be registered and checked in to participate in today's events)<br />
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9am-1pm:<br />
Behind the scenes tour of the NC Zoo Design Exhibits and fabrication shop and a tour of art in Africa region of the zoo and art in North America region of the Zoo, free but reservation required</div>
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10am-12 noon: choose one<br />
Conference Registration Check in @ Carolina Bronze Sculpture <br />
Installation of sculpture @ Sarah Smith Self Gallery, Asheboro NC<br />
Installation of student sculpture @ Bank Vault Gallery, downtown Seagrove, Conference only<br />
Installation of outdoor sculpture @ CBS Sculpture Park, Conference only unless prearranged</div>
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1pm-3pm: choose one<br />
Conference Registration Check in @ Carolina Bronze Sculpture <br />
Tour of NC Pottery Center, Seagrove Pottery tour on your own<br />
Installation of sculpture @ Sarah Smith Gallery, Asheboro NC</div>
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4pm-6pm:<br />
Walking tour of downtown Seagrove potteries and TSS Student Show</div>
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6pm-8pm<br />
Reception @ NC Pottery Center hosted by Seagrove Area Potters Association (SAPA), Heavy hor d'oeurves and wine<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Friday, October 7, 2016</span> <br />
8am-10:30pm:<br />
Conference Registration Check in @ STARworks</div>
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8:30am-12 noon:<br />
Vendor tables open<br />
Coffee and donuts available<br />
Vendor raffle tickets sold (for vendor gift baskets)</div>
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8:30am-9:30am: choose one<br />
Presentation # 1 – STARworks – Joe Grant<br />
Presentation # 2 –ACRATECH, Rigging Large Sculptures, Jerry Klinke and Neil Hayes<br />
This session will introduce the participants to a basic understanding of rigging equipment and techniques used in the handling and lifting of sculptures and artwork. It will include the selection, inspection and usage of rigging equipment as well as case studies of the lifting of various art objects.<br />
Presentation # 3 – Artist Estate Planning, Amy Kincaid, Board Certified Estate Lawyer</div>
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9:45am-10:30am: choose one<br />
Presentation # 1 – STARworks Glass Studio, Sculpture building with Thoryn Ziemba<br />
Presentation # 2 – Arts Entrepreneurship at NCSU, Gary Beckman<br />
Presentation # 3 – STARworks Clay Studio, Ceramic Sculpture building with Erin Younge</div>
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10:45am-11-30am: choose one<br />
Presentation # 1 – STARworks Glass Studio, Sculpture building with Thoryn Ziemba<br />
Presentation # 2 – STARworks Clay Studio, Ceramic Sculpture building with Erin Younge<br />
Presentation # 3 – Clay Plaque Making From Photos, TJ O’Connor<br />
Presentation # 4 – Applying for Artist Grants, Jeff Pettus, Senior Program Director,NCDCR</div>
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11:30am-1pm:<br />
Lunch on own: Food trucks available<br />
1pm-2pm: choose one<br />
Presentation # 1 – STARworks – Ceramic Fire Sculpture, Anne Partna, Blue Hen Pottery<br />
Presentation # 2 – Clay and Steel, Merged and Fired, Mark Gordon<br />
Presentation # 3 – Creating Your Own Plasticine and Other Modeling Materials, Joel Haas</div>
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2:15pm-3:30pm:<br />
Roundtable Discussion: Life as an Artist<br />
Share in a discussion with artists Ed Walker, Jim Gallucci, Carl Billingsley, Steve Bickley and David Fernandez who are making a living creating art, teaching art, making art for others, and working in an arts non- profit. How did they get started? What advice can they give you? How do they make time for their own creativity? Join us in a lively question and answer session and bring some questions of your own.<br />
Vendor tables open<br />
Vendor raffle tickets sold</div>
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4pm-5pm:<br />
Walking tour of downtown Asheboro Outdoor Sculpture Show<br />
*15 person shuttle bus to go to downtown Asheboro from conference hotel<br />
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5pm-6pm:<br />
Reception for Tri-State Sculptors exhibition @ Sarah Smith Gallery</div>
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6pm-7:30pm:<br />
Dinner @ 105 Worth Event Center</div>
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7:30-8:30pm:<br />
Keynote Speaker, Noah Scalin, with Coffee and Desert: Open to the public<br />
Lifetime Achievement Award<br />
Vendor Raffle winners – must be present to win<br />
*15 person shuttle bus to return to conference hotel<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Saturday, October 8, 2016</span> <br />
8:30am-10:30am:<br />
Conference Registration Check in @ Carolina Bronze Sculpture<br />
Coffee and bagels available<br />
8:30am-9:30am: choose one<br />
Presentation # 1 – Sandcasting Demo by Carolina Bronze Sculpture<br />
Presentation # 2 – Crossing Barrier, a Mixed Material Collaboration, Jim Davies and Rosie<br />
Presentation # 3 – 10 Questions To Start a Conversation, Ed Walker, Carolina Bronze</div>
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9:45am-10:30am: choose one<br />
Presentation # 1 – Smooth-On Product Demo, Chris Wooten, Reynolds Advanced Materials<br />
Presentation # 2 – ACRATECH, Rigging Large Sculptures, Jerry Klinke and Neil Hayes<br />
This session will introduce the participants to a basic understanding of rigging equipment and techniques used in the handling and lifting of sculptures and artwork. It will include the selection, inspection and usage of rigging equipment as well as case studies of the lifting of various art objects.<br />
Presentation # 3 - Crossing Barrier, a Mixed Material Collaboration, Jim Davies and Rosie Thompson, continued<br />
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10:45am-11-30am: choose one<br />
Presentation # 1 – Patina demo by Carolina Bronze Sculpture<br />
Presentation # 2 – Water-based clay portrait demo, Peter Rubino<br />
Presentation # 3 – Sales Techniques For Artists, Wendy Outland – Art consultant<br />
11:30am-1pm:</div>
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Lunch on own: Food trucks available<br />
1pm-2pm: choose one<br />
Presentation # 1 – The Combination and Integration of Metal With Clay, Michael Hough<br />
Presentation # 2 – Computer Not (In) Control, From Digital to Physical, Austin Sheppard<br />
Presentation # 3 – Moldmaking demo by Carolina Bronze Sculpture and Silicones, Inc </div>
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2:15pm-3:30pm<br />
Roundtable Discussion: Public Art:<br />
Are public art commissions worth pursuing as part of your artistic career? Artists and an art administrator discuss best practices and share anecdotes about gaining success in the field of public art. Jeff York, Jim Galluchi, Chas Fagan, Michael Waller</div>
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1pm-8pm: – open to the public<br />
CBS Sculpture Park – open to the public<br />
Liberty Arts Iron Pour – open to the public, Sundown, approx. 6:30 pm<br />
Don't miss Liberty Arts' Pour Master Tripp Jarvis as he and an amazing team of artists rev up our mobile furnace to 2800 degrees and turn iron into liquid. Create your own scratchblock designs at the afternoon workshop from 2-5 pm, $30 for one, $75 for 3. Watch as the molten metal lights the nighttime sky. It's an event you won't soon forget.<br />
Large onsite clay sculpture firing by Daniel Johnston<br />
Watch as Daniel and his crew fire a large clay sculpture on the grounds of the Carolina Bronze Sculpture Garden. The highlight of the evening is when the kiln is removed to reveal the sculpture in all it’s fiery glory!</div>
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6pm-7pm:<br />
BBQ Dinner<br />
Beer and wine supplied by Four Saints Brewery</div>
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7pm – 8pm:<br />
Keynote Speaker – Daniel Johnston - open to the public<br />
CBS Sculpture Park Dedication<br />
Bingo Game winner announced</div>
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8pm – until:<br />
Tri-State Social<br />
PechaKucha 20x20 by members <br />
Daniel Johnston – Large Ceramic Sculpture Firing<br />
*15 person shuttle bus to return to conference hotel<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sunday, October 9, 2016</span> <br />
9:30-12noon:<br />
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Tri-State Sculptors Business Meeting at Carolina Bronze Sculpture. Open to all members<br />
9am-3pm:<br />
Pick up sculptures from Student Show/ CBS Sculpture Park</div>
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Andy Dentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17362383206935269513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562605488554663983.post-2989936251640768022016-08-16T13:57:00.001-07:002016-08-16T13:57:17.839-07:00Studio space available at Dirty LAM Sculpture Studio<b>Studio
</b>24-7 access to a studio in Uptown District of Greenville NC. Tools available for your use include: MIG welder for steel and aluminum, plasma cutter, air-tank, die-grinder, grinder, table-saw, miter saw, metal chop saw, bathroom, WIFI, rack to store metal, and table space. A place for you to work without bothering the neighbors. Tools are not to be removed from the studio for any reason. This is a work place not a party zone or a hangout spot.<br />
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<b>Price </b>$150 including $150 deposit. You must have a bank account to pay rent through an online system. Available September to May 2016 with chance to re-new. Looking for a 8 month commitment, but month-to-month would be considered with a month’s advance warning.
You are an artist. You work in clay, in metal, painting, metalsmith, etc. You are respectful of the studio and clean up after yourself.<br />
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<b>You </b>share the studio with another artist, <a href="http://www.parahdise.com/" target="_blank">Jordan Parah</a>. We both will interview you about what you intend to make, how much time you will spend there, and how much space you will need. You must provide photos of your work and a reference from someone that can attest to your work ethic. You obey the law.<br />
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<b>About
</b>The Dirty LAM Sculpture Studio is a well-known Greenville institution since 2011. It’s been an art incubator, an artwalk venue, and conference gathering place. On 9th Street near the new 10th Street connector and across the street from where Jefferson’s Flower Shop will be moving, which will provide curious shoppers. Because it is situated between Collide Youth Church and Pitt County Sheriff’s substation giving the studio a virtual 24-7 free security.<br />
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<b>Me </b>(Andy Denton) The Dirty LAM has been my studio since 2011. Because I am going to a residency, I will let 1 (and maybe 2) qualifying, trustworthy, and reliable artist(s) to rent it out until May 2017 with a chance to r<br />
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Jordan Parah manages the space and tools. You will work with her to make sure the studio is kept clean and organized, tools and space are shared respectively and used responsibly. There is a “you break it, you pay for its repair” policy. She is not your maid. We will sign an agreement and I reserve the right to kick you out if there’s any violation of agreement.<br />
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You Always Live Again - Sculpture and Pottery by Andy Denton.</h1>
I am pleased to announce I have a<em><strong> Solo Show </strong></em>which open this June 3rd and through August 19th at <a href="http://www.pittcountyarts.org/" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #2baadf; font-weight: normal; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Emerge Gallery</a> in Greenville, NC. It will feature many new sculptures and pottery that I want to <em>sell sell sell</em>, they gotta go or I will drown in mustache cups and skull mugs. Haha!<br />
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Emerge Gallery is the Pitt County Arts Council and is Greenville's artistic hub in many ways. My CV is filled with different group exhibits at Emerge from over the years, so it is very neat to gain sole access to a whole gallery for an entire summer. Instead of setting up my pottery at various outdoor markets this summer, I have decided to install it all at Emerge and let them reap the benefits of selling my pottery and sculptures.<br />
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On exhibit:
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<li style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">new! large ceramic sculpture featuring a deer on top of a lady's head.</li>
<li style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">new! a wall of small relief sculptures that could double as soap dishes or spoon rests
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<li style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">title: Series of Dreams </li>
<li style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">they are freaky and psychedelic</li>
<li style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">they are being fired at Dan Finch's as I write this, fingers crossed!</li>
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<li style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">new! an outdoor sculpture featuring a bird and a yogi.
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<li style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">...if it fits into the gallery!</li>
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<li style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">new! baby doll face mugs. YUMMY!</li>
<li style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">a sculpture with moss never before seen in Greenville.</li>
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I'm really excited about this exhibit and I think it will turn this town upside down. Riot in the streets turmoil. Watch out! ;-)<br />
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Other News:<br />
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My pottery is available at these locations:
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<li style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/PoorMansHole/?fref=ts" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #2baadf; font-weight: normal; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Poor Man's Hol</a>e in Swansboro, NC</li>
<li style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><a href="http://www.lovepineapplestudios.com/" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #2baadf; font-weight: normal; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pineapple Yoga Studio</a> in Wilmington, NC</li>
<li style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><a href="http://artavenc.com/" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #2baadf; font-weight: normal; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Art Avenue</a> in Greenville, NC</li>
<li style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><a href="http://www.wilsonarts.com/" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #2baadf; font-weight: normal; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Wilson Arts Council</a> as part of a group exhibit of Dan Finch's Studio Potters. </li>
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Make sure to like my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/andydentonsculpture" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #2baadf; font-weight: normal; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Facebook Page </a>because I send my instagram photos there.<br />
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I also updated the design on my <a href="http://www.andrewwilliamdenton.com/" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #2baadf; font-weight: normal; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">website</a> for your viewing pleasure.<br />
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I will be going teaching/managing at <a href="http://www.interlochen.org/" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #2baadf; font-weight: normal; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Interlochen Center for the Arts</a> this summer for the 6th year and look forward to another beautiful Northern Michigan summer.<br />
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I have some more exciting news coming soon, but will announce it at the next e-news post. Thanks for following my art practice! I wish you every good thing and have a nice day today.<br />
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-Andy Denton
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<strong>ON DISPLAY:</strong> "Transformation Revisited" now in Valparaiso, Indiana. This is part of the <a href="http://www.msisculpture.com/" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #2baadf; font-weight: normal; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Midwest Sculpture Initiative</a> that installs work all over Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio. I also dropped off another sculpture that they will install for me in just a few a days. It was a long drive to install work, but I made the best of the trip and I realized that it was the closest I've ever installed art to my birthplace (a secret witch's lair in Indiana).
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</html>Andy Dentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17362383206935269513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562605488554663983.post-24150755090323239942016-03-28T06:41:00.001-07:002016-04-07T05:21:27.049-07:00Studio Visit: Mark Chatterley<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I met Mark Chatterley while we were both installing sculptures at Knoxville's Art in Public Places back in 2013. His artwork made an impression on me because it was A) figurative and B) ceramic, both of which, by themselves, is pretty rare for outdoor sculpture exhibitions and something we have in common.<br />
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I looked him up when I got home and kept a bookmark of his website. My artistic journey has been taking me more and more into the world of ceramics and his work was always in the back of mind. </div>
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Lots of people say you cannot exhibit free-standing ceramic sculptures in the out-of-doors because the work will absorb water, freeze, and damage the work. Somehow Mark had figured this out, because his work is made and exhibited in Michigan and can spend months below freezing. Ceramics can withstand the winter as long as the clay body is fully vitrified and doesn't have a place for water to pool. He does have his own recipe of clay, which he was willing to share with me. </div>
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I found out I'd be spending some time within an hour's drive of his studio I was excited to visit with Mark and pick his brain and talk shop. </div>
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Mark's studio is crammed with these tall figures, some draped in plastic, some out in the yard, some in groupings all smooshed together. He has been an active sculptor for 30 years and it was nice to meet someone doing something as similar as I am but with much more experience. He was welcoming to my visit and showed me his studio and we sat and talked about business and life.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He built a kiln large enough to stack these full-size ceramic pieces.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The wall of the walk-in kiln.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I not a good photographer. Everywhere you look are these figures.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I really like these giant heads.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He uses this foam to attach the ceramic to things, such as for installing outside. I didn't think of gluing the pieces down.</td></tr>
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If you want to know more about Mark Chatterley, visit his website <a href="http://markchatterley.wix.com/sculpture#!" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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I'm glad I got to meet a bird of a feather and I thank him for visiting with me. I'm excited to continue working in clay and making sculptures. Thanks for reading. </div>
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I took all these process photos of the "Jaded Lovers" and thought ya'll might like to see them. This is one of the first outdoor sculptures I've made using ceramics instead of cast metal for the figurative portion. I decided to go with two busts of a couple in an effort to keep it simple while trying something new. The "hipster couple" (as I called them while in progress) were coil-built in a cone 6 groggy brown sculpture body. They were began in April of 2015 while working on several other sculptures and pottery. </div>
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As you can see it doesn't look exactly like Speight, but who cares? Its not a commission for his portrait. I don't remember where I got the lady's reference photos, but I think I may have used several different ladies I found online to hobble her image together.<br />
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I recently acquired a chain-hoist and OH MY GOD I can't believe I haven't used one before in the Dirty LAM Studio. I was able to hover the tubing portion so that it could be connected to the sheet metal. I'm not sure how I would've been able to do this without the hoist. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seeing the hipster couple on top of the base for the first time was quite a feeling. This is about the time the idea for JADED came up, because the glaze is green and the couple look less than pleased to be standing together. </td></tr>
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I built this trapdoor under the base to keep vandals from unscrewing the bolts that would hold the figures on the base. This trapdoor would be accessed through a pad lock. </div>
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"Jaded Lovers" completed and photographed. At 7ft 5in tall, it is too large for my photo backdrop.</div>
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This is my studio in Greenville as I was photographing. The pedestal's top and bottom are a skewed octagon. I wanted to jive with all those hipster line drawings of triangles that are all over Instagram and such these days, but as I look it here in this photo on my computer, it reminds of a lotus flower.<br />
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In the end I'm super happy with how it turned out. I'm not the best figure-modeler out there. Going into the sculpture, almost a year ago, I didn't know where it was headed. Originally, I wanted two naked folks having an intimate moment even if that would be a little cheesy. What emerged at the end is like a monument to being burned out, to reluctance, to indifference, to coldness...and that makes it a little more real to me. At least right now in my life. </div>
<br />Andy Dentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17362383206935269513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562605488554663983.post-37946710820897022662015-11-19T09:14:00.000-08:002015-11-19T09:30:29.275-08:00Lovearch wins 3rd place in People's Choice Award.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
My sculpture <i>Lovearch </i>won 3rd place in the People's Choice Award at the Coastal Discovery Museum at Hilton Head Island. </div>
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Thanks to all to my friends that voted online and to the visitors of the beautiful Museum grounds who cast a ballot in person. <span style="font-size: large;">Thank you so much. </span></div>
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This sculpture was a lot of work to create. The process took over 8 months. It included modeling the life-sized figures in homemade oil clay, taking plaster molds, casting them in wax, casting them in aluminum and finally welding it together. This was done entirely by myself with the help of support from my graduate program at East Carolina University (alumni '11). </div>
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<i>Lovearch </i>has been exhibited many times and won awards in the past. This exhibit in Hilton Head Island was a fantastic venue! The Spanish Moss covered Live Oaks that surround the sculpture compliment it. Pictures don't do it justice, as the oaks are so big and majestic that they dwarf my 9 foot high sculpture. </div>
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I like the relationship between the limbs of the trees and the limbs of the sculpture. The green of the moss plays off the blue of the patina of <i>Lovearch</i>.</div>
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The Community Foundation of the Low Country were very accommodating to their artists. For the installation dates and for the award ceremony we were given multiple nights in very posh resorts. Usually on these install trips, artists are quick to unload the sculptures, install, and get back on the road to keep costs down. However, if they are offered swank hotels to stay in, then it turns into a little vacation. I used my multiple nights in the hotel to get to know Hilton Head Island's beauty and unique environmentally aware history. I hope I can get into this exhibit again and for this alone it is motivation to keep making large work. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This Weekend will be an intense one for Holiday Sales! </span></div>
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Starting with Friday night of November 6th at the Imperial Center for Arts and Sciences in Rocky Mount NC. I'll have my table set up with some very new pots. They'll have a Raku demonstration and First Friday Art walk type activity. They would like to have more craft table set up for First Fridays, but so far I'm the only one for this Friday. Please come keep me company. Also the Nu Clear Twins (Greenville) will be playing music and they are pretty freaking awesome.</div>
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Second chance to get my pots will be in Greenville this next day at the Jaycee Park Center for Arts and Crafts. This is where I throw and fire my functional pottery. I'll be there with all my Jaycee Squad. Hat-makers, basket-weavers, jewelry, and functional pottery.</div>
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I recently installed this sculpture at the Maria V. Howard Imperial Art Center in Rocky Mount, NC as part of the Salmagundi XIX Outdoor Juried Exhibition. I made the sculpture as part of my thesis back in 2011. The figures are cast aluminum and the bases are steel, they have been powder-coated. I cast and powder-coated these personally while in graduate school at East Carolina University. </div>
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Every time I exhibit this sculpture I get lots of questions about its meaning. Usually people are concerned with the intestinal tract coming from the man's groin and entering the top of his head. It's time to clear up the air a little bit. I have copied the explanation of the piece straight from my thesis document at the bottom of this blog entry. <span style="font-size: large;">Basically that pink business is his inner essence being unleashed or "un-coiled" through yoga practice. </span></div>
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Excerpt from my thesis entitled: <span style="line-height: 200%;">TANGIBLE
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Uncoiled Kundaurasana </blockquote>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;">This cast aluminum
sculpture is of a muscular yet rotund man in an awakened state
brought on by yoga postures. He stands in an </span><i style="line-height: 200%;">asana</i><span style="line-height: 200%;"> that
connotes power and grace as in the previous piece, </span><i style="line-height: 200%;">Coiled
Kundaurasana, </i><span style="line-height: 200%;">but with the addition of a scalloped serpent-like
shape connecting the top of his head with the base of his spine.
This additional appendage to the figure combines the idea of an
external aura with the idea of an internal </span><i style="line-height: 200%;">kundalini</i><span style="line-height: 200%;"> to make a
unique emanation. </span><i style="line-height: 200%;">K</i><i style="line-height: 200%;">undalini </i><span style="line-height: 200%;">is believed to be an
unconscious libidinal force which is coiled like a snake at the base
of the spine. It is believed to be a corporeal energy that can be
unleashed through advanced training in yoga or meditation. With this
sculpture, </span><i style="line-height: 200%;">kundalini</i><span style="line-height: 200%;"> is imagined as uncoiling and emanating
from the figure like an aura. The neon pink emanation references the
inside of his body, where </span><i style="line-height: 200%;">kundalini </i><span style="line-height: 200%;">is thought to lie, and the
unnatural color that does not exist in the human body.</span></div>
<i style="line-height: 200%;">Kundaurasana</i><span style="line-height: 200%;">
in the title is an invented word, derived from three words,
</span><i style="line-height: 200%;">kundalini, </i><span style="line-height: 200%;">aura, and </span><i style="line-height: 200%;">asana</i><span style="line-height: 200%;">. This is appropriate
because this sculpture depicts these three things in synthesis. In
the postural yoga tradition, it is common for names of postures to be
compound words in Sanskrit usually ending with </span><i style="line-height: 200%;">asana</i><span style="line-height: 200%;">. For
example; </span><i style="line-height: 200%;">balasana</i><span style="line-height: 200%;">: </span><i style="line-height: 200%;">bal</i><span style="line-height: 200%;"> means child and </span><i style="line-height: 200%;">asana</i><span style="line-height: 200%;">
means posture. So the meaning I attribute to the term </span><i style="line-height: 200%;">Kundaurasana
</i><span style="line-height: 200%;">is a </span><i style="line-height: 200%;">kundalini aura posture.<br /> </i><br />
<span style="line-height: 200%;">I have chosen an
unrealistically dark coloring to portray that this is not the
figure’s actual skin color. Not only does the black have rainbow
glitter contained within it, but it is highlighted by a saffron.
Saffron is a sacred color in Hinduism, as well as in Tibetan
Buddhism. It is the color used for Tibetan Buddhist monks’ robes
and ceremonial head covering. These saffron highlights, along with
the neon pink </span><i style="line-height: 200%;">kundalini</i><span style="line-height: 200%;"> and the cloud-pedestal he stands on,
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To learn more about Lovearch go to my website <a href="http://andrewwilliamdenton.com/section/98666_Lovearch.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
To learn more about the Hilton Head Exhibition go <a href="http://www.hhipublicart.org/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
To VOTE for my sculpture go <a href="http://hhipublicart.org/artists.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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<br />Andy Dentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17362383206935269513noreply@blogger.com0Coastal Discovery Museum, 70 Honey Horn Dr, Hilton Head Island, SC 29926, USA32.211593 -80.7438030000000146.6895585 -122.05239700000001 57.7336275 -39.435209000000015tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562605488554663983.post-62150917473879238592015-04-26T11:01:00.000-07:002015-04-26T11:11:03.024-07:00International Sculpture Day at WilmingtonApril 24th 2015 was the first annual International Sculpture Day. Find out more about this day <a href="http://sculpture.org/isday/">here</a>.<br />
<br />I celebrated in Wilmington by participating in Pedestrian Art and by riding around in a trolley with really fun people. We had wine and cheeses while we toured around downtown Wilmington to see the sculptures on exhibition. When we stopped at my sculptures, I gave a short explanation on its concept and construction techniques. On the second round of the tour we had a completely full load of riders and I was too busy pouring wine and talking with folks to take many pictures with my phone. I'm sure there are some funny photos of me out they had me get inside one of my sculptures for a hammy photo. <br /> <br /><br /><br /><br />This year's Pedestrian Art was a <a href="http://tristatesculptors.org/">Tri-State Sculptor</a> members only exhibition. <br /><br />People I met or knew along the tour:<br /><ul>
<li>Rhonda Bellamy and Kim from the Arts Council. </li>
<li>Andi Steel, professor at UNCW and local rockstar sculptor.</li>
<li>Jim Gallucci, sculptor extraordinaire from Greensboro.</li>
<li>Eric Isbanioly, participating Tri-State sculptor.</li>
<li>Maria Borghoff Perry, participating Tri-State sculptor.</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Eric Isbanioly's Humpty-Dumpty sculpture.</span></td></tr>
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<br />Andy Dentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17362383206935269513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562605488554663983.post-84348083167470273482015-03-01T18:44:00.002-08:002015-03-01T18:44:20.112-08:00Fugheads at Art Avenue<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Andy Dentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17362383206935269513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562605488554663983.post-42519743610553350422014-12-28T21:05:00.002-08:002014-12-28T21:05:52.108-08:00Lessons in plants Going out to Grifton to see the "succulent dude" was more than I bargained for. I decided to take Nathan, partly because he is a plant enthusiast and will enjoy seeing the greenhouse, but also to be a buffer. This plant dude likes to depart wisdom, so much so that its hard to get a word or question in. I just wanted to go out there and buy some succulents to take back a re-pot into some of my planters that I've been making. Its hard to explain what happened out there but all I know is that I left his greenhouse without any damn plants. Nathan was there, ask him. I left with a boggled mind.<br />
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We returned to Greenville and spent the day hashing out what he had told us. We actually had learned a lot from Rob from the 2 hours we were trapped inside his greenhouse of beautiful plants. We discovered that Nathan had some perfectly good "stock" plants in his house that we could harvest trimmings from. We also learned some basic marketing tricks that I hope to use next time I set up my wares. Here are some photos I took of Rob's greenhouse and then some of what we did when we returned to Greenville.<br />
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Here are Some Awesome Quotes:<br />
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<li>"F**king Home Depot!"</li>
<li>"Don't ever use fertilizer in plants in your home."</li>
<li>"Take a biology class, if you want to learn about plants, for crissakes."</li>
<li> "...like a hanging a swastika from your neck."</li>
<li> "Those built-in saucers for the planters are a deathwish for the plants."</li>
<li>"Most people are f**king idiots, they know nothing...no, they know less than nothing!"</li>
<li>"If someone handed you the keys to a nuclear power plant after they had had a core reactor melt-down and had said, "I didn't really study this shit, hey you want to run it?" you'd think they were crazy, right? or f**king stupid! The same applies to plant keeping, you gotta study this shit."</li>
<li>"Go to Lowes and look for discounted plants that are dying, get some great deals there."</li>
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I have been hired to be a visiting artist at Pitt Community College to lecture and demonstrate the Raku Firing Process. I really fell in love with the Raku process over the last summer at Interlochen Center for the Arts, where I am the Studio Manager. While there, I got my hands dirty by repairing their Raku kiln and firing some very successful sculptures and pottery. </div>
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While at Interlochen, I would send pictures and talk on the phone with my PittCC buddies back home in Greenville about Raku. I was excited about this new process for me. Jeremy Fineman and Charity Valentine were somewhat inspired by my Raku experiences and decided that it was something that PittCC could do as well. </div>
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Here are some pictures of today's Test Fire #2. The first firing did not go so well as we were rushed and did not get the kiln hot enough to melt the glazes. This time Jeremy brought along his pyrometer and we were better able to adjust the gas, flue, and intake to get to the proper temperature.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The newspaper will protect my gloves but will also aid in the Oxidation Reduction Process.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That newspaper ignited immediately.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Into a trashcan full of newpaper!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Don't litter flaming newspaper.</td></tr>
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After it cooled down, I used a brass brush and scrubbed some of the silver off to reveal a very creepy white color. The piece is half white and half silver and very alluring. I want to do more Raku firing. I feel very similar to the feeling of when I first saw an iron pour. This is why I make art, for this feeling. </div>
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Thank you Jeremy Fineman and Charity Valentine and Matt Amante and BJ Revel (photos of me).</div>
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Saturday, November 22nd 10AM - 4PM at Jaycee Park. </h2>
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I've been fooling around in ceramics these days. Come by and check it out. These are gonna get snatched up quick, so if ya want one don't wait around. </div>
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This summer at <a href="http://www.interlochen.org/" target="_blank">Interlochen</a> I challenged myself to create a sculpture at camp for the Faculty/Staff Exhibition. Since the exhibition is about 2 weeks from when I arrive at camp it is recommended that faculty bring work to exhibit and I usually do. This summer, however, I had to fly from North Carolina to Michigan and decided I'd use that inconvenience to push myself into creating a new piece. </div>
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I decided to combine my two interests in clay and metal. I also wanted to make something funny and lighthearted and wacky. Inspiration for this sculpture was of a friend and his love of taking pictures of his cats. I didn't use a photo of the dude, but used my mind's eye.</div>
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The clay was worked super quick and I managed to take some process shots with my LG G2. This smartphone utilizes Google + to automatically back up my photos on a cloud. This is super handy! For this blog post I was able to transfer these photos directly from the cloud, instead of downloading them to my computer and then back up into the internet. I hope to do more blog posts from now on, because of this.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now that the clay is drying I can work on a base. This is a Torchmate CNC plasma torch cutting out the mystical aura design into sheets of steel.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I kinda wish this was the piece, it is so funny with the cat freaking out about going into the kiln.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Skipped a few processes, due to being super busy. Each side was TIG welded together and painted with a Hammered Texture paint. Also this is a bit out of order because this was exhibited as greenware.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not bad for a couple of weeks. I still might give the head a simple glaze, but since I left it at camp I'll cross that bridge next summer.<br /></td></tr>
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I installed <i>Lovearch </i>in Clayton North Carolina in late May 2014. The city made some nice videos. The first below is an overview of a few artists talking about their sculptures. The second is just me talking awkwardly about my sculpture. Its a little embarrassing. They made one for each artist and I encourage you to check them all out on YouTube.</div>
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<i>Lovearch</i> has enjoyed quite a life since its creation in 2009. Its been almost constantly on exhibit and loved and hated by many. Its been exhibited in a park in Chapel Hill, outside a museum in Portsmouth VA, downtown Charlottesville VA, outside my studio in Greenville NC, in a downtown park in Knoxville TN, and now in Clayton NC outside an entrance to a government building.</div>
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Playing a little catch-up on the neglected blog. The following photos are from Willow Walk in Burlington NC. This is a biannual outdoor sculpture show that features 30-some sculptors. This fine art exhibit occurred this past June 6-8 weekend and I left for Interlochen the Tuesday afterwards. Teaching at Interlochen is such a whirlwind that I didn't have time to post this.<br />
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Also I wasn't sure about posting this because it didn't go all that well for me. Hate to post a "negative" story, but hey, this happened. This is the second time I've participated in Willow Walk and the second time that I didn't sell a damn thing. The nice people at Alamance County Arts Council do a fine job! I don't blame them. They sold something over $80K. Some in the form of purchase awards that are fairly spread out among the sculptures, so the chances seem pretty good that if you bring some decent sculptures that at least one will move. My main complaint is that even though some of the pieces that were selected were <i>excellent....</i>some of them were really <i>less than excellent.</i> So I packed up my sculptures with a real feeling of exasperation.<br />
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Here's a list of possible reasons for my failure:<br />
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<li>I don't have a good eye for art. ie: my art sucks</li>
<li>My work was priced too high....or too low.</li>
<li>Not shiney enough.</li>
<li>Too abstract.</li>
<li>Too representational.</li>
<li>I scared people away with my desperation.</li>
<li>I didn't sell them hard enough.</li>
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Last time I went with sculptures that have since won awards and been accepted into juried exhibitons. No sales. This year I went with three new works. Two big ones (pictured) and one garden sized one that doubles as a planter, my attempt to pander to the masses.<br />
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Pretty sure I'm not attending this type of outdoor sculpture market again. There's another one coming up in Lenior called the "Sculpture Celebration". I did that one too a few years back and failed to move the people with my award-winning <a href="http://andrewwilliamdenton.com/artwork/1594388_Balasana_with_Deer.html" target="_blank">Balasana With Deer.</a> What was great about Alamance County's Willow Walk was that they gave out honorariums of $100 to cover gas. I'm grateful for that, but it doesn't add up to a hotel room for 2 nights and a weekend of sitting around watching the public walk by.<br />
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I did enjoy spending time with some of my sculptor colleagues. ECU was represented very well with about 10 participants all from the same program. Some of them had success at the show and I honestly feel like their work deserved the attention it got.<br />
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But it sure makes you wonder if you are in the right business when you come away empty-handed. So I guess I'll keep shouldering on. I shall continue to believe in my art and believe in myself.<br />
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This is a flier I threw together to promote my course offered at Pitt Community College. Its a great class where students learn more than I can fit into a flier such as this. A couple of new things I'm going to try out for the Fall 2014 semester is having sales commission available for the students to earn while at Art Avenue, where they intern for their lab hours. My hope is that this will motivate students to learn and use marketing skills in a very hands-on real world way.<br />
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Another new addition will be a "ninja-art-installation kit" that comes with everything from drywall anchors, and a multi-tool to white archival gloves for art handling.<br />
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I have some really motivated students this Spring semester and its re-invigorated me to make this course even better.<br />
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