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Faculty Focus - Mary White |
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Tuesday, 06 December 2011 11:50 |
by Thea Daniels
How can art illuminate what science cannot?
Mary installing monument in Boulder Creek, Colorado.
In July of this year, The Crucible’s Glass Department Co-Head, Mary White, concluded an ambitious eco-artistic project six years in the making. Five thousand pounds of foundation concrete, stone, and 144 panels of drilled glass now rise 18 spired feet alongside a gushing Boulder Creek in Colorado. At night it glows but in the day it chills, as one glances up and takes in the significance of the 100 and 500 year flood water levels of the Creek that as recently as 1976 killed 140 people and caused thirty million dollars in property damage. The piece moves people, far more potently than words or statistics, to conceptualize the towering water levels when they will have only 45 minutes to leave before flood conditions prevail.
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Faculty Focus – Nick DiPhillipo |
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Friday, 28 October 2011 13:54 |
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by Jennifer Zahrt
Nick DiPhillipo got his start in metal accidentally. Thirty-five years ago, he travelled to Arcosanti, an experimental town in the high desert of Arizona, north of Phoenix. While there, he joined the artisans casting metal wind chimes and bells, and that kicked off his career as a craftsman and artist. He now works as a professional metal caster, and he often builds his own equipment and tools. Nick got involved with The Crucible shortly after it opened by taking classes and eventually teaching in the foundry. He has also played an integral role in creating the foundry, including building the kiln and a couple of furnaces.
His background as an industrial craftsman helps focus his teaching style on imparting skills and tools. He encourages his students to pursue their own work, and he makes sure they learn how to do that work safely and well. He created the Foundry Fundamentals course, which gives students a toolbox of skills needed to create projects successfully in the foundry. He also teaches a bell-making course, which dovetails with his current interest in creating sound sculpture.
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Industrial Artist and New Stanford Freshman, Beatriz Cuevas |
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Tuesday, 30 August 2011 11:51 |
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Right now we have our next generation of industrial artists heading back to school. We recently had a chance to catch up with one of our students Beatriz Cuevas and talk to her about how her industrial arts experience helped her get into Stanford University.
Crucible: Hi Beatriz, can you tell folks a bit about how you got started at The Crucible?
Beatriz: Yeah, sure. I've been at The Crucible since I was 13, when I was in the 8th grade. I got involved with The Crucible because my art and jewelry teacher Ms. Wasserman, suggested that I take a class at The Crucible, so I applied, and I was accepted into the summer program.
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Faculty Focus – Chris Neimer |
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Monday, 01 August 2011 15:08 |
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by Jennifer Zahrt
During a class fieldtrip to Greenfield Village & Henry Ford Museum in Detroit, the ten-year-old Chris Niemer spied a blacksmith smacking on metal with a hammer, and he knew right then that he wanted to become a blacksmith. He didn't get to start working with metal until his early 20s when he came to California and got involved with the California Blacksmith Association. Now, Chris teaches courses in blacksmithing in The Crucible's smithy.
A good part of Chris's art is functional, but he often implements organic shapes. He's done railings, gates, and fences that all have an artistic foundation. He created this particular railing early on in his career, and it's still one of his favorite pieces.
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Fuego! Youth Internship Program |
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Monday, 01 August 2011 14:51 |
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The Crucible is thrilled to announce our second year of our youth internship program, called Fuego, sponsored by CASS, Custom Alloy Scrap Sales, Inc. Fuego, a leadership opportunity for high school students who are excited about deepening their technical skills, learning leadership skills, and supporting The Crucible's youth classes, is The Crucibles' newest addition to our youth program. The summer of 2010 was the first year, and six students were selected to intern with staff who teach youth summer camps in welding, foundry, glass flameworking, jewelry and blacksmithing.
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