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Altar to A Disembodied Cuckoo Clock, Stacy Kelley 2008
This installation was created for Sanctuary143’s Reinventing the Wheel San Diego art event [9.27.08]
Thank you to all who paid her a visit!
Using the theme of clock wheels, the piece comments on the modern interpretation of time. Cultures’ mythologies of the past often saw time as a thread, connected to the female and creation and childbirth. Time is increasingly seen in modern society as industrialized and tied to economy. The thread at this installation was woven along the electrical wiring of the building, embroidered through the insulation down to an altar of disembodied clock pieces. (Also see Study for a Cuckoo Powered Clock.)

A new favorite artist from New York City: Paul Villinski
This is only one collection of many beautiful ones — the “beer can butterflies”, sculptures crafted from found objects — beer cans and records — plus pigments, wire, and candle soot.

For this piece for the S143 Reinventing the Wheel exhibit, I hunted down a vintage German made cuckoo clock, removed the mechanisms (wheels), and modified and painted it to create a Victorian Gothic inspired shelter for the “cuckoo”.

Through research I found that the cuckoo has been a very spiritual being in the mythologies of various cultures, and it accurately predicts the summer rains that signal the beginning of the plowing season. The idea behind the piece is that we’ve increasingly depended on time as a mechanized, industrialized force although there is also an option to strip down to those forces of nature that represent a simple, more spiritual view of time, as recognized by ancient cultures and mythologies.

A highlight from the Milan Design Week ‘08.
Moooi, Rabbit Lamp:

Today’s moon, very yin and yang… Also: the June sighting.

Hey good idea, who thought of this? Above is a cool one from favorite Spanish designer (and food designer) Marti Guixe.

on a trip up to the bay, sean and i paid a visit to nicole hollis interior design (my place of work back in the san francisco days!) the new studio just down the street in downtown san francisco is gorgeous. we love the taxidermy, sleek white/black surfaces, natural textures, and cool vintage pieces.