Ironwood Industries
Wells Mason http://www.ironwoodindustries.com/ In September, Wells and Lisa opened the doors of their Coupland farmhouse to a fashion photo shoot! The shoot featured exquisite clothing and jewelry from Austin's best boutiques, including Fetish, Julian Gold, Eliza Page, Girl Next Door, Feathers Boutique, and By George. Ryan Slack, the photographer (http://www.rslack.com/), got lots of great shots — in fact, here's a picture of Melanie in the living room!
Ironwood is working on several projects for different clients, including bedroom furniture for an interior designer, metalwork for an historic house in Austin, and a kitchen island for a ranch in Coupland. And they've just completed a mammoth project for a client at the Hilton — a media center that doubles as a home office, with oversized sliding doors that glide effortlessly across the front of the unit. "Blurring the Lines" is an article in The fall issue of Organic Spa magazine. The editors selected The Umasi Collection as a perfect example of alternative, sustainable design. To see the article, http://www.organicspa-digital.com/issues/4/ and turn to page 21. In November, Ironwood was featured on Apartment Therapy! This article shows their favorite kind of commission — lots of projects for one client. Ironwood built the kitchen cabinets, the bath cabinets, the stair system, the copper gate, and a massive ceiling-mounted light fixture! To see the article, please go to http://www.re-nest.com/re-nest/home-tours.
Jim Thomas Bronze Studio http://www.jimthomasbronzestudio.com/Jim was featured in a five-page cover story in the February issue of the Texas Longhorn Journal. Jim was commissioned to produce a series of cast bronze longhorn awards for various 2008 Texas Longhorn Marketing Alliance longhorn auctions. Jim is also at work on a full scale bronze longhorn for the Chisholm Trail Commemorative park in Round Rock. The Studio is completing his latest big door for Don Crowell Homes and Miro Rivera AIA for a private Lake Austin residence. The 500 pound, copper-clad door is 8'-6" x 4'-11" by 7" thick at the apex of its trapezoidal shape, rotating on a hydraulic pivot and secured with custom hand-made wrought bronze deadbolt and keyed cylinder. The picture shows the door core being trial installed in a test jamb at the studio, prior to the copper cladding.
Landers' Studio
Mark Landers http://www.landersstudio.com/As part of the celebration of its 100th anniversary since its founding in 1908, St. Austin Catholic Parish commissioned Landers’ Studio to create new furniture for the church including an altar, ambo, cantor stand, presider’s chair and credence table. Mark Landers won the commission with his proposals that incorporated marble and bronze elements from the communion rail that had been removed years before. The crest rail of the ambo (or pulpit) was patterned after the braided Celtic carving on the columns of the baldachino. Landers used fifteen parishioners to help move and assemble the 700 lb. altar. Once in place, a concealed caster system allows one person to easily move the altar for different liturgies.
Mark Landers is turning one of several large column bases he is creating for the restoration of a residence on Judges' Hill.
Levack Sculpture & Constructions
Chris Levack http://www.texassculpture.com/The surrounding landscape continues to grow around "WIGWAM" and "POLLEN GRAIN" which were installed at the Southeast Greenway in the new Mueller neighborhood this past year.
Blue Genie Art http://www.bluegenieart.com/Blue Genie is currently putting the finishing touches on a 12’ tall Texas A&M ring model in high density urethane foam, to be molded and cast in mirror polish bronze in partnership with Deep in the Heart Art Foundry. This monument will be a featured part of the alumni center on the A&M campus in College Station. The bronze is scheduled to be installed in September of 2009. Blue Genie Art generously hosted the AArC members display in the E.A.S.T. Tour.
Clayworks http://www.clayworks.net/La Vista de Guadalupe apartment signage, designed, executed and installed by Clayworks. Custom tiles and inscription for memorial fountain. Clayworks Studio indulged in Obamamania the day after the election as expressed in ceramic face jugs.
Susan Wallace http://www.susanwallace.net/Susan created Skylite Chain for the Hartel Salon/ Studio, taking advantage of a neglected opportunity to capture shadows and silhouettes. Another interesting project was created for The School of Human Ecology at the University of Texas at Austin. The Tree of Life, a 24ft x 15ft wall sculpture, is central to a donor campaign for an endowed Professorship in Early Childhood Development. Go behind the scenes of this amazing piece of art from production through installation and experience firsthand the magic of true craftsmanship:
http://www.atxedition.tv/blog.
David Amdur Design http://www.davidamdur.com/David has just complete the cones, prop stands and backgrounds for the new Blanton Museum Gift Shop Jewelry Cases. The green linen and white oak fixtures were designed to match the building's architectural styles and cabinetry.
Lars Stanley Metalworks http://www.larsstanley.com/Lars just finished a large 6' dia. chandelier for a lodge in Maine. The ring is made of 1" x 4" solid steel that has been punched and drifted along the 4" dimension. The total weight is about 1000 lbs. The Lars Stanley Metalworks crew at work punching and drifting. Out west, Lars completed 8 sculptures for a public art commission in Oro Valley, Arizona. His foundry created the sculptures which are six to seven feet tall. They were inspired by desert riparian plant forms, set into concrete benches.
Macek Furniture
Mark Macek http://www.macekfurniture.com/Mark created Seminar Tables for the University of Texas at Austin Life Science Library. The Dean of Undergraduate Studies, Paul Woodruff, commissioned the renovation of the lobby of the Life Science Library, located below the UT Tower. Six new classrooms specifically for seminar and discussion classes, were built where the card catalogs had been located. Dean Woodruff also commissioned Macek Furniture to design and fabricate six custom seminar tables. The tables were designed to compliment the 1930's Spanish Revival library interior. Each table top is an ellipse, 14 feet long by 8 feet wide, made of solid walnut with a spalted maple diamond-shaped center and string inlay patterns of wenge and maple. The base is ash lumber, bent laminated to form the curved rails. Each seminar table seats 18 people.
Community: How you can . . . Support the Arts in Texas! Here's another way to show your support for the arts in Texas! When you buy a "State of the Arts" license plate for your car, you help arts organizations all over Texas. The Texas Commission on the Arts has already given more than $4 million to arts and cultural organizations in Texas, and with your help, that number can grow even larger. To learn more, check out the YouTube video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaFbhY7FVPE |
