Shot on film by Dean Liaw.

Wonder bundles.

Remember those? We gathered an assortment of unique anodizing experiments. There are 17 of these that we pieced this afternoon. Each one has 2 items! Grab one if you want!

Wonder Bundle in Stock

Art spottings.

If I've seen a Ron Mueck sculpture before in person, I didn't spend much time with it. Maybe it caused me discomfort, but more likely I cached it away, not for lack of respect, more a disinterest in hyper-realism.

Last week we saw Dead Dad on show at the Montreal Museum of Fine Art. I entered the room alone after our kids and their cousins exited with gasps and squeals. If you've never seen it before, it is a 3 foot, perfectly scaled and detailed sculpture of Mueck's deceased father. It rests alone on the floor in a dark room, spotlit.

It's the sort of work you can talk about as conceptually and technically strong, about the shift in scale, the use of Mueck's own hair, and the intimacy inferred from that and so on. Many refer to it as a masterpiece (it is and I get that now).

But as someone who usually dismisses this type of work, I was surprised by the actual sensory experience of it. It is way more than technique and concept. Upon inspection, even though you are kind of far away, you feel an intimacy and closeness to it that you would expect from Mueck's oversized sculptures, not this small thing. The closeness however is not aggressive or in your face, or uncomfortable. It's kind of just there.

I'm always curious about artwork that requires intense resources, whether through time, technique, materials, space etc. And the ability of an artist to anticipate the experience of a work in advance of that resource depletion.

A lot of work gets done that are just about concept, or technique and that is ok. But other times, like here, the experience is just as strong..

Speaking of art.

We visited Mass Moca this week. Aside from meeting friends there.

Above is Che-Wei on EJ Hill's Brake Run Helix.

Our favorite part of this were the wax markers on all the bolts that get checked every morning to see if one has come loose.

Studio on Fire.

Tree and I were in Minneapolis for 2 days this week. We got to drop in on Studio on Fire, the print shop we've been working with. Was fun to meet them and check out their operation.