2014: Seven Thousand Cords – by Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle

Posted on July 29, 2014 by admin

Seven Thousand Cords – by Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle

2014

Steel and Wood

Seven Thousand Cords [After Beuys] by Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle is a contemporary response to Joseph Beuys’s renowned social sculpture/ecological project 7000 Oaks, composed of seven cords of wood as distinct sculptural elements. For more, read the SAIC website entry, “A Lived Practise”.. click here..

2014: Seven Thousand Cords – by Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle

2014: Seven Thousand Cords – by Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle

The above image shows Manglano-Ovalle’s sculpture, entitled “Seven Thousand Cords (after Beuys), 2014 – ongoing” exhibited in the north lawn of the Farnsworth House, Plano, IL. The piece incorporates wood from the Farnsworth House property.

The installation at Farnsworth House was part of “Architecture + Art: Inspiration Amplified”; a collaboration between the National Trust for Historic Preservation and United States Artists to create a public program for the Chicago Architecture Biennial. The program is the presentation of works by two United States Artists Fellows that have been inspired by the Farnsworth House and its landscape. The two artists are Mary Ellen Childs, a musical composer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, a sculptor based in Evanston, Illinois.

2014: Seven Thousand Cords – by Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle / exhibited at Sullivan Gallery

2014: Seven Thousand Cords – by Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle

2014: Refurbishment of Untitled (2013) – by Christopher Wool

Posted on May 19, 2014 by admin

2013: Refurbished at Vector before installation at the Buckingham Fountain Plaza, Chicago.

[Refurbished] Untitled – by Christopher Wool

Completed: 2013 / Refurbished at Vector: 2014

Bronze

In 2014, the sculpture was temporarily installed at the Buckingham Fountain Plaza in Grant Park, Chicago. It was refurbished at Vector before installation at the Buckingham Fountain Plaza.

2014: Three Graces – by Neil Goodman

Posted on November 25, 2013 by admin

Three Graces- by Neil Goodman

2014

Bronze Casting by Wager Foundry

Assembly at Vector / Patina by Neil Goodman

2014: Three Graces – by Neil Goodman

2014: Three Graces – by Neil Goodman..

2014: Three Graces – by Neil Goodman

2014: Three Graces – by Neil Goodman.

2013: Weather Field No. I – by Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle

Posted on November 17, 2013 by admin

2013: Weather Field NO I – by Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle

Weather Field No. I – by Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle

Installed: 2013

013: Weather Field No. I – by Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle.

: 2013; Weather Field No: I – by Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle

: 2013; Weather Field No: I – by Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle

: 2013; Weather Field No: I – by Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle

: 2013; Weather Field No: I – by Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle

: 2013; Weather Field No: I – by Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle

: 2013; Weather Field No: I – by Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle

FABRICATION – Weather Field No 1

: Fabrication – Weather Field No: I

: Fabrication – Weather Field No: I

: Fabrication – Weather Field No: I

: Fabrication – Weather Field No: I

: Fabrication – Weather Field No: I

: Fabrication – Weather Field No: I

Fabrication – Weather Field No: I

Fabrication – Base for Weather Field No: I.

Fabrication: Base for Weather Field No: I.

INSTALLATION of Weather Field No I.

: Installation – Weather Field No: I

: Installation – Weather Field No: I

: Installation – Weather Field No: I

Installation – Weather Field No: I.

Installation – Weather Field No: I

2013; Weather Field No: I – by Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle

2013: Ecotone – by Barbara Cooper

Posted on October 17, 2013 by admin

2013 Ecotone – by Barbara Cooper / Photo Credit: Ed Chapelle

Ecotone – by Barbara Cooper

Installed: 2013.

Location: Florida Gulf Coast University Library, Fort Meyers, Florida.

Wood, metal / Approximate dimensions: 36’ long x 12’ high x 8’ long

Ecotone is a place where two different habitats meet. While it has some of the characteristics of each bordering community, certain plant species not found in either appear. The influence of the two bordering communities on each other is known as the “edge effect” and it is where much wildlife activity occurs. The library at the nexus of the university is a place where different areas of study meet, overlap, and generate new ideas and energies beyond the confines of the individual disciplines that it supports.

Barbara Cooper website

ECOTONE – by Barbara Cooper
Installed at
Photo Credit: Ed Chapelle

: Ecotone – by Barbara Cooper

: Ecotone – by Barbara Cooper

: Ecotone – by Barbara Cooper

Ecotone is the work of Barbara Cooper.
The sculpture was produced at her studio.

Ecotone - fabricated at Barbara Cooper's studio

Ecotone – being fabricated at Barbara Cooper’s studio

I had the immense pleasure of visiting Barbara Cooper Studio and see the work-in-progress. Here is a post on my day-trip to Barbara Cooper Studio.. click here..

ECOTONE and Vector Fabricating

Vector fabricated the custom hardware and suspension system for Ecotone.

The sculpture was also finish coated at Vector.

Ecotone – by Barbara Cooper

Ecotone – by Barbara Cooper [Derick Malkemus at Vector Fabricating]

RELATED LINKS..
Barbara Cooper Studio.. click here..
My day trip to Barbara Cooper Studio.. click here..

2013: [Installation] “Lotus” – by Terrence Karpowicz

Posted on September 27, 2013 by admin

2013: Lotus – by Terrence Karpowicz

Lotus – by Terrence Karpowicz

Installed: Sep 25, 2013

Location: 360 W. Hubbard Street

Commissioned by the Habitat Company in conjunction with Hubbard Place Development.

INSTALLATION of LOTUS by Terrence Karpowicz
Sep 25, 2013 at 360 W. Hubbard Street
For photos of the process of fabrication of Lotus, click here..

Lotus – by Terrence Karpowicz

2013: Lotus – by Terrence Karpowicz

Posted on September 9, 2013 by admin

2013: Lotus – by Terrence Karpowicz

Metal Lotus – by Terrence Karpowicz

Installed: Sep 25, 2013.

Location: 360 W. Hubbard Street.

Commissioned by the Habitat Company in conjunction with Hubbard Place Development

Installation of Lotus

On a beautiful autumn day, Set 25, 2013, Lotus was installed at 360 W. Hubbard Street. Vector Fabricating was closely involved with the installation process. For installation images.. . click here..

Here is a photo Documentation of the different Stages of fabrication of Lotus..

Fabrication of Metal Lotus – by Terry Karpowicz

August, 2013

Assembly of 8″ Pipe Sections – Derick Malkemus

: Pipe Sections ready to be assembeled

: Assembly of sculpture – Erik Lowe, Adrian Calderon & Seth Goddard

: Assembly of 8″ Pipe Sections

: Assembly of 8″ Pipe Sections – Derick Malkemus

: Assembled Metal Lotus

: Assembled Metal Lotus – in Vector yard

July 2013

Fitting the 12″ Pipes – Derick Malkemus

: Stored in the Yard prior to assembly

: Fitting the 12″ Pipes – Derick Malkemus

: Twisting the Pipes into alignment

June 2013

Fitting the Sections – Barry Hehemann & Derick Malkemus

: A complete 12″ Pipe section

: Cutting to length 12 ” Pipe – Erik Lowe

: Fitting the Circumference

June 2013

: Rolled Pipe from CMRP received at Vector

: 12″ Pipe Rolled and cut to length

April 2013
Steel Pipes being Rolled at Chicago Metal Rolled Products [CMRP].. click here..

: Steel pipe bending at Chicago Metal Rolled Products

: Steel pipe bending at Chicago Metal Rolled Products

: Dan Wendt [from Chicago Metal Rolled Products] and Terry Karpowicz

: Steve Mueller, Dan Wendt and Terry Karpowicz at Chicagoi Metal Rolled Products

: Illustrations

: Illustrations

March 2013

3-D rendering by Seth Goddard

3-D rendering by Seth Goddard

3-D rendering by Seth Goddard

: Maquette

: Maquette

: 3-D rendering

: Scheme-A

: Scheme-B

: Scheme-C

Rendering by Ceyda Akosman [March 2013]

: Rendering by Ceyda Akosman

: Rendering by Ceyda Akosman

: Rendering by Ceyda Akosman

2013: Installation of Maquette of Keplies – by Andy Scott

Posted on August 22, 2013 by admin

2012: Maquette of Kelpies by Andy Scott

Installation of Kelpies from Museum Campus

Keplies are 100-foot high horse-head sculptures by Andy Scott, located within The Helix park, Falkirk, situated between Glasgow and Edinburgh, Scotland. Completed in 2014, these are the World’s Largest Equine Sculptures. Fabricated by SH Structures,

The sculpture is inspired by the cultural heritage of the Clydesdale horses, drought horses which worked hard to help people along the canals and on the land.

The 10-foot tall scale model of Kelpies, fabricated by Andy Scott, were temporarily exhibited in theMuseum Campus, Chicago, from October 2012 to August, 2013. It was part of The 23rd International Sculpture Conference [ISC] held in Chicago in October 2012.

From Chicago, the scale model of Kelpies were moved to the Purdue, North Central [PNC] campus, where they were exhibited till mid-March, as part of the PNC 15th Odyssey Sculpture Exhibition in 2013.

Vector team worked in the process of installation of Kelpies . These were also stored in Vector yard, till they were moved to PNC campus.

Andy Scott website..

2014: Kelpies – by Andy Scott / Helix Park, Falkirk, Scotland

Above image shows the full scale version of Kelpies, 100-foot high, completed in 2014 and located in Helix Park, Falkirk, Scotland.

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The image below shows the scale model at 1:10 ratio of Kelpies, 10-foot high, temporarily located at The Museum Campus, Chicago, from October 2012 to August, 2013.

2012: Scale model of Kelpies by Andy Scott, at Museum Campus, Chicago.

Andy Scott at Vector

2012: Installation of maquette of Kelpies by Andy Scott

Storage of Kelpies by Andy Scott at Vector

2012: Meridian X – by Ed McCullough

Posted on June 4, 2013 by admin

2012: Meridian X – by Ed McCullough

Meridian X – by Ed McCullough

[The concluding piece in the Meridian Series]

2012

Stainless steel

Location: Hines VA Hospital

ARTIST STATEMENT

Having Vector fabricate this sculpture was a pleasure. They have a long history of turning out superior work, so I knew that MERIDIAN X would be in good hands. And was it ever! Two reasons prevail: they are consumate technicians; they have an artist’s grasp of what makes a work of art a work of art.

Ed McCullough
June 15, 2013.

Maquette – Meridian X.

In 2011, Ed McCullough contracted Vector to fabricate ‘Meridian X’. Ed provided a small maquette (approx. 1:12 scale). Mike Wilkie engineered the structure; Nathan Overley made the fabrication drawings and Erik Lowe was the lead fabricator in the shop. Installation was a joint effort on the part of Vector and Barry Tinsley (Sculpture Sources). Vector is particularly proud to have been part of ‘Meridian X’ because the sculpture is a culminating piece in an important series of works by an artist greatly admired and respected by the Vector team.

Meridian X – by Ed McCullough
Erik Lowe, Barry Hehemann, Barry Tinsley, Ed McCullough and Steve Mueller

Fabrication of Meridian X at Vector

Maquette – Meridian X.

Meridian X

Meridian X – by Ed McCullough

Meridian X – by Ed McCullough
Ed McCullough and Barry Hehemann

Meridian X – by Ed McCullough [Internal Structure].

Meridian X – by Ed McCullough

Meridian X – by Ed McCullough
Partial Assembly

Meridian X – by Ed McCullough

High Lake Sculpture Garden

Posted on May 7, 2013 by admin

Deborah and Stephen Mueller

HIGH LAKE SCULPTURE GARDEN
Private collection of Stephen and Deborah Mueller
The collection focuses on outdoor sculpture by contemporary Chicago and Mid-West sculptors.
Visitors by appointment are welcome. Contact: (312) 505-5161

PHOTO GALLERY, click here..

HIGH LAKE SCULPTURE GARDEN

PHOTO GALLERY, click here..