Saturday, July 19, 2008

I Left My Art, In Cincinnati...

We went to Cincinnati recently, and I forgot some little wire doodles all around town. It's kind of like throwing messages in a bottle into the ocean, because I always wonder if I'll hear from anyone who may find one of them. I usually write " 'Bent Objects' - Google it" somewhere on them. In all the times I've done it though, I've never heard from anyone. They might all get lost, or thrown away. That's OK though, because the fun is in the doing!


Made this little fish-like character....



And forgot him outside the Newport, Kentucky Aquarium. That's Cincinnati in the background.



Made this crying eyeball thing...


And forgot him in the cheese section of Jungle Jims Grocery Store (a pretty cool place).


Made this guys little body out of wire and the complimentary bottle of moisturizer from our hotel. I forgot him inside that building in the background- The City Museum (Cincinnati).


I forgot this little character right here on this shelf, which was next to our table in a restaurant. He was an empty box of Boston Baked beans that we bought at the grocery store where we left the crying eye.



Cincinnati is a good town, and we had a good time.

If you ever go there and you like art, make sure you visit their contemporary art museum. Very nice.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Rhett and Link visit my studio!

My pals Rhett and Link dropped in a while back, and here's what happened. They're traveling across America to make entertaining videos, under the hire of Alka-Seltzer. Mostly, the theme is strange foods from different parts of this great land of ours, but they also take the time to interview different characters like lounge singers, people that love buffets, and me. My favorite so far is when they enter a chili cook-off.

Oh, yeah- and the cornflake image that you see in the video is called "Milk is a Cereal Killer".

If you'd like to send this video in an email (which I would encourage!) here's the link to copy and paste-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgDynGCzpjg


Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Here's a fun job I got to do.

Another one for the good people at OXO.


Thursday, July 03, 2008

And then, the search party disappeared too.



I was on Rhett and Links show a few weeks ago, and I was given the job of making an image starring Oreos. The maker of oreos are holding a contest for the best oreo cookie related video on Youtube, so the idea of having a video about the making of this image was brought up. But the prize isn't much to speak of (What cheapskates! Truly unbelievable.), so I didn't bother.

Saturday, June 28, 2008

The Terrific Trapeze Twins

Another tragedy at the Circus Peanut Circus.

Friday, June 27, 2008

Help for our paper tiger problems

 I was invited to be in a group show at a gallery downtown (Indianapolis). Everyone got one large piece of paper to work with. You could do anything you wanted with it- paint, draw, origami, whatever. I procrastinated for 3 months or so, and then yesterday I made this, because I have to drop it off today.

I call it "How to catch a paper tiger"



Saturday, June 21, 2008

Happy S.O.S.A.D. everyone!


Yes, it's Strangely Orange Snack Appreciation Day!

All those months agoI decided to invent my own holiday, and now it's finally here. It's been weirdly strange and fun, I encourage everyone to start their own special day. I'm all for HOLIDAY ANARCHY! I mean- who invented Sweetest Day? We already have Valentines for pity sake!

Anyway, I started my day out like this
Sweet Potato Pancakes (I've yet to get the middle of them done as much as I'd like).


If anyone else would like to share your holiday activities of whatever orange sort, I've decided to direct you to here, the S.O.S.A.D. event page of Facebook. Upload those photos for all the other attendees to see! I'll be uploading there throughout the day.

Now I'm off to have some orange tea. Cheerio!


Our houses' honorary SOSAD mascot-

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

You asked for an ice cube, so here's an ice cube.

"Ice Cube Dreams"



It was a challenge, alright. After several false starts, I figured out that using a drill was the best way to go about putting wire in an ice cube. After I figured that out, the adventure really began. I think this is ice cube number seven or so.


Also-
If you're interested, please remember that I'm making an appearance on Rhett and Links live internet video show Thursay the 19th, at 9:00 E.S.T. I'm promoting S.O.S.A.D. (can you believe it's THIS coming Saturday? I still have shopping to do!). Tune in and watch me embarrass myself! They also have their "Great American Road Trip" site up and running. Funny stuff. Check it out!

I may show some behind the scenes stuff on this next week in my Facebook picture album.

Friday, June 13, 2008

Another accident happened today.

Let us have a moment of silence for "Harry of the High Dive."



Please avert your eyes, and make your way to the nearest exit.

Monday, June 09, 2008

Yet Another Circus Peanut Circus Tragedy

Yeah, haven't settled on an idea for the ice cube yet, so here's the latest installment on the ever tragic Circus Peanut Circus.

More terrible circus happenings here, here, here, here, and it started all here,

Tuesday, June 03, 2008

23rd annual Nominate An Object To Use Event!

[Edit-the button give-a-way is over, but keep the object nominations coming!]


It's been a long time since we've done this. This is your chance to name an object for me to use in a shot.

Mention your one (1) object (spork, lemon, etc. And by the way, these two have been done already), then mention an object that someone else has already named. This way, we get a sort of voting process going on.

I'll tally the votes Saturday at 9:00 E.S.T. in the U.S.

One more thing. I'm holding a little give-away. The first five people to send me an image of themselves eating an orange snack each get a Mini Strangely Orange Snack Day Button. (Warning- I'll probably post them!). Be sure to include your address with your picture!

Friday, May 30, 2008

OXO Moving Card


I was happy to make this image for OXO. They needed an image to send out as a change of address announcement. We already had several pieces of theirs in our utensil drawer, so I knew they made a quality product.

OXO isn't paying me to put this on my blog, I just thought Bent Objects visitors might want to see it. I made this out of two peelers, two pizza cutters, a set of measuring spoons, and one corn cob holder (plus annealed and galvanized wire).

edit- Here's an image where I show the what's what- Details.

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Little Egg sneak peek.


Yeah, this is gonna be like one of those movie previews that you see, where the movie won't be out for over a year. Yeah, it's exactly like that really.
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Some good news- Rhett and Link are coming next week to interview me. They're some funny guys who I met in New York. They have a live internet show every Thursday at 9 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The show is family friendly, if you have kids, or are one.

Anyway, the interview will be on Youtube, and I'll post it here somehow when it's available. I'm sure I'll come off as a total nitwit, but I gotta be me, right?

Sunday, May 25, 2008

First Impressions

Remember, first impressions are important.


Later in relationships...well, check out this link!
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Also, a reminder- Strangely Orange Snack Appreciation Day is fast approaching, and I'm trying to keep it gaining momentum. I'll be eating only orange food that day, and thanks to the menus and ideas of this blogs' visitors, I'm not going to have any trouble at all in doing that.

In honor of this special holiday, I'm selling economy t-shirts at my cafepress store with absolutely no mark-up on my part. A mere $8.99 plus shipping to show your S.O.S.A.D. pride!

Friday, May 23, 2008

Influences for images

This first image is one from my Iron Man series from a couple of weeks ago. Turned out to be far more popular than I expected. Usually the ones that I have doubts about are the biggest hits. I didn't have any doubts about the actual photos, what I was doubtful of was the soundtrack that accompanied it! (look for it over on the sidebar. you're supposed to play it as you look at the series of images.)


Thought I'd show an old comic book cover that influenced me. I just had to search the internet for it so I could post it here, and I forgot how great it truly is! So much more action than how I remembered it! My Iron Man image isn't nearly as fantastic, but I thought I'd share where my brain was at then.


At the moment, I'm working on an image for the book that is directly influenced by an old Muhammad Ali photo. I'm really happy how it's coming along, and I think it'll be a really fun image.