Here are some snippets from projects that I created in April and May of 2022. There are more at my Instagram account.
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Glow In The Dark TV Pins, Now On Etsy
My glow-in-the-dark TV pins have moved to Etsy! Etsy has a built-in social community, better shipping options, and easier inventory control than what I was using before. I still doodle on the packing slips and put the pins in the mail ASAP, so if you’re in the market for my brand of television-themed enamel pins, please stop by the Etsy store to see them all.
Read MoreExperiments with Oscilloscope Art
Last month, a friend of mine lent me an oscilloscope. I wasn’t sure exactly how to use an oscilloscope to make art but apparently everything is a researchable sub-genre on the internet and “oscilloscope art” is no exception…
Read MoreProject Examples from Jan-Mar '22
Here are some snippets from my projects using vintage televisions, "Pepper's Ghost" illusions, and synthesizers over the past few months. See my posts for longer versions and follow to see more because apparently I can’t stop making these.
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Window at ATA San Francisco
Some of my video projects are on display through the end of October 2021 at ATA (Artist Television Access) in San Francisco’s Mission District. ATA has a window display that features different artists each month. I’m honored to have been asked and it’s been great to see people stop by and check out the projects.
You can see the work every night from 5pm-1am (it looks better after sundown) at:
ATA Gallery
992 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110.
Further along with "Pepper's Ghost"
Since the initial lockdown of 2020, I’ve been spending a lot of time exploring the “Pepper’s Ghost” reflection illusion that I described in my 2019 post. I’ve tried lots of different combinations of video sources and reflective vessels. I’ve learned so much about photographing these experiments, using live video software to manage them, and just generally what works and what doesn’t…
Read MoreWoodgrain Television Glow In the Dark Enamel Pin
In October 2019, I shipped out the first batch of Glow In The Dark TV pins to Indiegogo campaign backers. It was the culmination of months of a random series of events, a collaboration with friends, and a wildly successful crowdfunding effort from supportive patrons. You can read about the first run of TV pins here on my blog. Since then, I’ve experimented with many different designs of the pins and the sticker sets that come with them.
Read More"Pepper's Ghost" Projection Experiments
Lately, I’ve been experimenting with “Pepper’s Ghost” illusions. It’s a very old effect used by magicians and stage performers for hundreds of years and it’s simple to do. Mainly, you just need a piece of clear plastic or glass and a lighted object or a video of an object on a black background.
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TV Pins
In August 2019, I launched an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign to raise cash for a pin based on my black and white TV. I was only asking for $500 and by the end, I raised almost $10,000 from 500+ contributors. The pin features a sheet of clear stick-on screens printed by Factory 2, a maker-space in Flint, Michigan. The pins also glow in the dark, and that led me down the path of all kinds of experimentation with photo-luminescent materials.
Read MoreMural at Factory Two in Flint Michigan
I'm back from Flint, Michigan where I painted a new mural. It was part of Flint Public Art Project's goal to bring 50 murals to Flint this year (another fifty are planned for next year). I was born in Flint and grew up mostly in …
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