Images from A Day Trip to Vector
March 6, 2013
Vector and Friends: Metal Pour
Continued from the post, 2012: Pig Roast & Exhibit..click here..
VECTOR and FRIENDS: The Art of Fabricating
The ISC Chicago Conference, Oct 4, 2012.
As a gesture of expressing gratitude to all the artists that have employed its services over the past 34 years; the Vector Custom fabricating organized an event: Pig Roast and Carnival of Fire.. and also an Exhibit of small-scale sculptures.
For the Exhibit..click here..
CARNIVAL of FIRE: This included iron pour, glass blowing, fire spinning, fire breathing, fire hooping, and more, focusing on the use of fire as a sculptural element. It was presented by Lunarburn Studio [click here..] Ignite Glass Studio [click here..] and Ironhead.
VIDEO: PIG ROAST & CARNIVAL of FIRE
PHOTO GALLERY: CARNIVAL of FIRE / METAL POUR
Oct. 4th 2012.
VECTOR and FRIENDS: The Art of Fabricating
The ISC Chicago Conference, Oct 4, 2012.
In October, 2012; Chicago hosted the 23rd International Sculpture Conference [ISC]. As a gesture of expressing gratitude to all the artists that have employed its services over the past 34 years; the Vector Custom fabricating organized an event: Pig Roast and Carnival of Fire. Vector is an artist owned and operated company specializing in fabrication of sculpture. Along with Pig Roast and Fire Carnival was an exhibit of small scale sculptures.
THE EXHIBIT of small-scale sculptures: The sculptures in this exhibit is by artists who have employed the services of Vector and the artists who provide those services on behalf of Vector. On a regular basis over the past 34 years these two groups of artists have collaborated to make sculpture that has required their mutual efforts. The only exceptions are Professor Gary freeman who inspired the founders of Vector with the potential of fabricated metals at the John Herron School of Art; and Professor Roger Blakely, an artist they admire who was central to their graduate experience at the University of Illinois. Vector Custom Fabricating, Inc. is taking the occasion of the ISC Conference in Chicago 2012 to express it’s gratitude to all the artists that have made its long history of making art possible.
For the list of Exhibiting Artists .. click here..
CARNIVAL of FIRE: This included iron pour, glass blowing, fire spinning, fire breathing, fire hooping, and more, focusing on the use of fire as a sculptural element. It was presented by Lunarburn Studio [click here..], Ignite Glass Studio [click here] and Ironhead.
For Video and Photo Gallery of the Carnival of Fire, click here..
VIDEO: Small-Scale Sculptural exhibit by Vector and Friends
PHOTO GALLERY: Small-Scale Sculptural Exhibit by Vector and Friends
The Exhibiting Artists:
Mike Baur
Roger Blakley
Adrian Calderon
Barbara Cooper
Gary Freeman
Seth Godard
Neil Goodman
Barry Hehemann
John Himmelfarb
Daniel Hunt
Terry Karpowicz
Erik Lowe
Stephen Luecking
Derick Malkemus
Inigo Manglano-Ovalle
Nathan Overley
Christine Rojeck
Bruce White
Rugged Elegance – by Mike Baur and Stephen Mueller
At Fermilab Art gallery
July 16, 2012 – September 17, 2012.
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Interactive Nest – by Christine Rojek
2012
Aluminum, polyurethane paint, bellows & whistles
Location: Nemours Children’s Hospital, Orlando, Florida.
Cardinal and Leaves fabricated by Christine Rojek.
Assembly and structural support by Vector.
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2011: Hulettelujah- by Barry Hehemann
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Hulettelujah – by Barry Hehemann
2011
Galvanized steel and concrete / 20′ x 8′ x 15’8″/ 16,000 lbs.
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2011: Hulettelujah – by Barry Hehemann
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2011: Hulettelujah – by Barry Hehemann
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2011: Hulettelujah – by Barry Hehemann
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2011: Hulettelujah – by Barry Hehemann
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2011: Hulettelujah – by Barry Hehemann
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2011: Hulettelujah – by Barry Hehemann
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2011: Hulettelujah – by Barry Hehemann
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2012 Breeze Keeper – by Christine Rojek
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Breeze Keeper – by Christine Rojek
2012
Aluminum
9 feet high, 42 feet wide and 24 feet deep
The sculpture Breeze Keeper mimics the graceful planting rows and the sway of the rural prairie. It consists of more than 70 wind-activated elements that are suspended from four frames representing prairie landscape.
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2012 Breeze Keeper – by Christine Rojek
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2012 Breeze Keeper – by Christine Rojek
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2012 Breeze Keeper – by Christine Rojek
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BREEZE KEEPER and Vector Fabricating
Vector fabricated the frame for Breeze Keeper
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Breeze Keeper frames
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Breeze Keeper – A section of waves
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Breeze Keeper – fixture
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2012: Breeze Keeper – by Christine Rojek
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2012: Breeze Keeper – by Christine Rojek
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Cross Pollination – by Christine Rojek
2012
Stainless steel
Location: Bridle Brook
Cross Pollination” represents a five-petaled apple blossom in full bloom, topped with a figure representing Johnny Appleseed. The panels on the star-shaped base depict patterns from nature, including rocks, roots, cracked mud, grass and rain.
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Bicycle Racks – by Joshua Height, Derick Malkemus and Lacey Pipher
2012 / Stainless steel
CTA: Morgan Station
City of Chicago Public Art Collection
Unique to the collection of artwork across CTA’s system are the artist-designed bicycle racks by Chicago sculptors Joshua Height, Derick Malkemus and Lacey Pipher at the Morgan Station. Fabricated of stainless steel, the lyrical sculptures provide a functional service to the transit station and the Fulton Market District community. The bicycle racks blend seamlessly with the design and aesthetics of the contemporary steel and glass station-house designed by the Chicago firm of Carol Ross Barney Architects..
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Stone Wobble (2012) – by Derick Malkemus
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