A Leave of Presence: Skill and Craft in the Temporary Stay
Things I Made Last Fall: Part 3: Advanced Metals And Mechanisms
May 3rd, 2015
Advanced Metals and Mechanisms is about making things that do things.
This face spins on an axis and the horns rotate, so you can get four different configurations. The body opens to reveal a heart, (heart cast by Matt Mosher in 2014) and the arms swivel at the shoulder.
A bottom piece and a supporting frame is in the works.
Totem Face. (Reversible piece) 2014. Silver, Faux bone/ivory, ammonites. Photo by Victoria Altepeter.
Totem Face. (Reversible piece) 2014. Silver, Faux bone/ivory, ammonites. Photo by Victoria Altepeter.
Totem (body) (Closed) 2014. Silver, Shibuichi, opal, faux bone/ivory, cast bronze.
Totem (body) (Open) 2014. Photo by Victoria Altepeter.
A Tea Infuser about Irremediable Loss. 2014. Sterling Silver. Photo By Victoria Altepeter.
This tea infuser’s pattern of holes is the first few lines of “Marrakesh” by New Model Army, transcribed into music box tape. If you were to slice it open, flatten it out, Xerox it by 50%, punch the Xerox, and run it through a music box like this one, it might still sound like the song.
I used Music Box Composer to transcribe the song by ear.