the love, life & work of Blake Johnson
The second project I got to work on this summer with Mitch Ryerson was a boat house structure, dock, and boat for a playground in Brookline Village. It was a blast. This was a unique experience because we couldn’t get on site until way later in the season, so we spent the bulk of the […]
Katherine Glover contacted me about making a crate for one of her pieces, and I humbly obliged. It was a new venture for me, and somewhat nerve-wracking to think that I’d be responsible for somebody else’s delicate work traveling across the country from studio to show to gallery and eventually to client’s house, but it […]
I’ve had the privilege to work with Mitch Ryerson for two summers now, and this was my first project with him in May-July of 2015. This was a huge undertaking, and it took quite a while to work all the pieces into the final thing; many days of beating sun and humidity, no shade on […]
Always a fan of experimenting and playing, I took on this project (and this class) as a last-minute thing, and it became a pivotal part of my semester. Funiture Design, taught by Peter Thibault and Judith Hanson, ran alongside the new Furniture Certificate program, a collaboration with the North Bennett Street School, the MassArt portion […]
I began the semester wondering what I’d make. Last year I made a few interactive pieces, trying to address the intangible connection people can form. From laying on their backs in the dark, simply knowing someone else is there, to tapping on the back of a chair from someone sitting behind you. Not annoying or […]
Last semester I tackled wood from as many points of view as possible. I made a wave-shaped bed form using an ArborTech grinder, I made some thin bent kinetic straps, a cradle that rocked diagonally, a creature head from a basswood log, and finally, this chair. I’d been tempting myself toward furniture for some time, […]
Hey all, been a crazy year. Just now as things are ramping up to reviews and winding down from classes, I thought I’d shoot a bunch of things online that I hadn’t shown off yet. So along with two other posts about major projects, and more of those to come, here are some little things […]
The Virignia Military Institute conducted a timberframing project near their campus in Virginia, and members of our Sculpture department were lucky enough to participate.
Mid-second semester, I became interested in the idea of creating spaces, especially spaces that are completely unusual in their context. Like converting a work studio space into a cave that’s still completely functional as a work studio, so trees and rocks would open to reveal cabinets and drawers, etc. That would be a far more […]