I’m building a small stool out of leftover butternut, primarily as an excuse to experiment with (and practice making) various types of hand-cut joinery.
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The Millers Falls hand drill I picked up at the Elkhorn Flea Market last weekend.
Super simple bench hook I made this past weekend. Made from plywood scraps, which carries Christopher Schwarz’s stamp of approval!
Robert Indiana’s largest painting—the basketball court for the Milwaukee Exposition Convention Center Arena (MECCA), unveiled in October, 1977. (source: Robert Indiana by Carl J. Weinhardt, Jr.)
The Big Four (Four Fours), by Robert Indiana, 1964.
“Four, Indiana explained to Arthur C. Carr, was an unhappy number and ‘not a lucky number by common superstition’.” (From Robert Indiana: Figures of Speech by Susan Elizabeth Ryan.)
Uh-oh.
Fold Four is excited to begin work on The Essential Robert Indiana catalogue for the Indianapolis Museum of Art. I recently spent some time in the Milwaukee Public Library’s art reference library poring over past publications devoted to the artist.
Michelle and I recently took a ceramics class, where we experimented with throwing on the wheel and slab building. The experience left us with much more appreciation for this delicate craft!
Sample chapter opening of the Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity catalogue, which Fold Four is currently designing for the Art Institute of Chicago.
The knitting needle storage box I recently made for Michelle.
Fold Four has joined Pinterest!
The kiln at Studio Touya. Proprietors Hitomi and Takuro Shibata moved to Seagrove, North Carolina from Shigaraki, Japan in 2005.
While visiting family in North Carolina, Michelle and I had the opportunity to visit several potters in the Seagrove community. Pictured here is Luck’s Ware, with fifth generation potter Sid Luck seated at the wheel in the background.
Another peek at the Quay Brothers catalogue and its puppet string layout.
Text detail from the Quay Brothers catalogue that Fold Four is designing for MoMA. Going to press soon!