2011: Giant Coathanger- by Mark Handforth
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2011: Reinforcement Of Giant Coathanger – by Mark Handforth
The sculpture “Giant Coathanger”, was one of the four sculptures by Mark Handforth that were installed at the Museum of Contemporary Art [MCA], as part of Chicago Plaza Project, July 8–October 10, 2011.
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2011: Reinforcement of Giant Coathanger by Mark Handforth
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2011: Giant Coathanger by Mark Handforth at MCA Plaza.
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2011: Giant Coathanger- by Mark Handforth
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2011 Ratbo – by Erik Lowe
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Ratbo – by Erik Lowe
2011
For other sculptures by Erik Lowe
For Photo Gallery.. click here..
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Making of Ratbo: Lost Wax Method
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Spiral – by Clement Meadmore
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Spiral – by Clement Meadmore [1971]
Location: Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park.. click here..
Spiral was restored at Vector in 2010-11.
[It was originally fabricated at the Lippincott Foundry of North Haven, Connecticut].
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Spiral – by Clement Meadmore, in Vector yard
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Statement by Vector
The restoration of Clement Meadmore’s sculpture “Spiral” was especially gratifying for several reasons. The artists that work at Vector and performed the restoration admire and respect the sculpture of Clement Meadmore. And Lippincott Inc., the company that originally fabricated the sculpture in 1971, was a model for the founders of Vector Custom Fabricating, Inc.. It was also interesting to work with a Corten fabrication and discover how it had weathered over 40 years outdoors.
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Seth Goddard with Spiral [at Vector].
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Adrian Calderon with Spiral [at Vector]
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HMG – by Derick Malkeemus
Image is the exhibition: Unique Castings by Derick Malkemus at the Cliff Dwellers
To answer the frequently asked question..
Yes, I’ve been banging on a guitar for about as long as I’ve been making sculptures. Yes, my guitars are quite playable. I’ve been banging on the first one every day since I finished it, until I finished the second one. Yes, they’re kind of heavy, around 8 1/2#, still they weigh less than the average Les Paul. Yes, you can try one, by appointment.
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2011: Derick Malkemus at Cliff Dwellers
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Unique Castings – by Derick Malkemus
Temporary Exhibition: May 31 – July 8, 2011
Presented by Sculptours
Location: Cliff Dwellers, 200 S Michigan Ave.- 22nd Floor
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Unique Castings – by Derick Malkemus
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There are window installations and wall installations..
Window Installations: HMG, Flock of Thirties, Stick Ball, Vault, Third Shift, Shoreline, Seed and Wink.
Wall Installations: Fast Car, Air War, Big Space/Small Space, and Big Space/Small Space II.
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PHOTO GALLERY
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Derick Malkemus
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A Small Sample – by Derick Malkemus
As a sculptor I’m constantly trying to expand my visual vocabulary.
I’v been casting my own work from Styrofoam patterns from the past 20 odd years. Most of these are cut with hot wire cutters [basically, a resistant wire with electric current running through it] of my own design. Since I moved my studio a few years ago, I decided it was time to finally work out some new cuttters that I’ve been thinking about for a number of years. Spheres have been a key component to my work since the beginning of my sculpture career [the reason for this are a whole other essay].
One of the beauties of working with the hot wire is that when you cut the foam you get positive and negative that fit together. Previously I was limited to “point-to-point” straight line cuts. Third Shift [1990] is a prime example. My new set up allows me to accomplish this with the curves of a sphere as well as other shaped wires that give me compound curves. I’m very excited about the possibilities, as I’ve barely scratched the surface.
I’ve been interested in adjustable pieces for quite sometime. Some of the pieces in this exhibition can be set up in a number of ways. These are things I like to play with. Sometimes the hardest thing for me is to know when to leave them alone for exhibitions. Since the pieces are made of metal, they do have an inherent danger, so I’ve locked down some of the more radical pieces to “protect the innocent”. To get the full experience of a piece like “Flock of Thirties” you’d have to own it.
To answer the frequently asked question..
Yes, I’ve been banging on a guitar for about as long as I’ve been making sculptures. Yes, my guitars are quite playable. I’ve been banging on the first one every day since I finished it, until I finished the second one. Yes, they’re kind of heavy, around 8 1/2#, still they weigh less than the average Les Paul. Yes, you can try one, by appointment.
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Untitled
Fabricated by Gary Freeman in 1973 / Restored by Vector in 2011.
Collection of High Lake Sculpture Garden, West Chicago, Illinois.
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2009 Chicago Totem – by Ed Wicklander
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Chicago Totem – by Ed Wicklander
2009
Black Oxide Steel
Commissioned by Steve and Debbie Mueller for the High Lake Sculpture Garden.
Fabricated at Vector Custom Fabricating by Ed Wicklander with Vector assistance.
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Ed Wicklander and Steve Mueller / 2009 Chicago Totem
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![Chicago Totem [Heating]](http://www.vectortheartoffabricating.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Heatingc.jpg "2009: Chicago Totem - by Ed Wicklander")
Heating / Fabrication of Chicago Totem
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Squashing Bottom Segment / Chicago Totem
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Squashing Level / Chicago Totem
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Chicago Totem [Preparing for clear coating]
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Chicago Totem [Assembled for the first time]
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Chicago Totem [Final fit-up before shipping]
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Chicago Totem in Winter
Chicago Totem at the High Lake Sculpture Garden
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Transitions – by Barbara Cooper
2009 / Riveted brass and stainless-steel sheeting
Location: CTA Station: Paulina [Brown Line].
Commissioned under the CTA Arts-in-Transit program, where CTA stands for Chicago Transit Authority.
The CTA website describes..
Transitions comprises a suspended sculpture and a mosaic, which form an artistic dialogue.
“Transitions is intended to mirror the fluid, ephemeral, high-energy cellular neighborhoods of the city and the connections and intersections between them, which public transportation facilitates…[it] references not only passage to different physical places, but also to other states of being and points in time.”
—Barbara Cooper
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First of John Himmelfarb’s truck series.
Conversion – by John Himmelfarb
2009
1947 International Harvestor KB1 with welded salvaged steel, paint.
11′ x 25′.5″ x 10′.9″
Purchased by Kathy and Marc LeBaron.
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2009: Gravity is a force to be reckoned with by Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle
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Gravity is a force to be reckoned with – by Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle
2009
Structural steel, wood and mixed-media
12″ x 12″ x 30′
Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle’s project Gravity Is a Force to be Reckoned With, is based upon Mies van der Rohe’s uncompleted project, the House with Four Columns (1951), a square structure open to view on all four sides through glass walls. In Manglano-Ovalle’s work, the house is constructed at approximately half scale and inverted, the ceiling of the original becoming the sculpture’s floor, the floor becoming the ceiling, and all interior elements such as Mies-designed furniture and partition walls installed upside down.
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2009: Gravity is a force to be reckoned with by Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle
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2009: Gravity is a force to be reckoned with – by Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle
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2009: Gravity is a force to be reckoned with by Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle
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