On August 16, we’re have a party at the Carrie Furnaces! The premiere public screening of The Carrie Deer Documentary will launch a Kickstarter Campaign to fund restoration of the amazing Industrial Arts Co-op Carrie Deer Sculpture! Read more →
Category: Inspiration
Planning Carrie Deer Restoration
Taking a run-through of plans for restoration of the 40′ Carrie Deer salvage sculpture…in the rain no less! On the site Friday to review potential options for restoring the sculpture and creating gallery space in the foundation building. Ron Baraff, Tim Kaulen, Doug McDermott and Rick Rowlands withstood the sudden downpour to go over the details. Always grateful to their… Read more →
AUG 16 – Save the Deer Event
August 16th is going to be an amazing experience! Rivers of Steel is hosting the first public showing of The Carrie Deer documentary amid a fantastic evening of art, performance, music and great food! Check in with the updates on all the activities on their event page! The goal of both the documentary and the event is to raise funding… Read more →
The Forevertron
Dr. Evermore’s Steampunk Art Park….what more can one say? This is simply one of the most gorgeously envisioned use of scrap metal and parts one could hope to see. My absolute favorite? The FOREVERTRON! Art that incorporates the decontamination chamber from the Apollo 11 spacecraft? The Forevertron, a flock of birds made from musical instruments and more are the eclectic… Read more →
Things I Miss…
Yes, I miss the sound of each letter impacting a worn platen and the satisfying click of the perfect little circular key as it’s tapped. On my first day of typing class, we were introduced to motley rows of used manuals and seated in alpha order. The typewriter keys had been replaced with black faces to ensure we memorized the qwerty order. A schematic mounted at… Read more →
Iron Beauty
Courtesy of the NY Digital Library -Found these amazing plans researching foundry and iron works. The gorgeous detailing of functional iron works, just amazing. Read more →