Should be lots of fun, and I'll have lots of new work-in the larger and smaller varieties...
http://www.cherrywoodartfair.org/
I'll be showing several of these Loblolly Cubes in 8" and 4" sizes
05 December 2011
Cherrywood Art Fair-2011
Please join JoLea Arcidiacono, Carianne Schulte, loads of other Austin area artist and me, Peter Arcidiacono, for the Cherrywood Art Fair. December 10-11 in Austin, TX.
Should be lots of fun, and I'll have lots of new work-in the larger and smaller varieties...
http://www.cherrywoodartfair.org/
I'll be showing several of these Loblolly Cubes in 8" and 4" sizes
Should be lots of fun, and I'll have lots of new work-in the larger and smaller varieties...
http://www.cherrywoodartfair.org/
I'll be showing several of these Loblolly Cubes in 8" and 4" sizes
21 November 2011
Art on the Boulevard, Houston November 2011
JoLea and I took part in a wonderful art event in Houston this past weekend, gonna subject you to some picts of the show
Gotta have the passive participation of the pups
JoLea's purple rhino, come over the the HomeShow at the Eye of the Dog Art Center in San Marcos, we'll be showing this work and lots more on Friday night and Saturday and Sunday during the day.
Elm sculpture by Peter Arci-blah-blah
Detail of the copper nails in Peter's live oak sculpture
Paintings by Ariane Edmundson being setup
Limestone sculpture by Peter
Carrara marble by Peter
Yule marble with granite base by Peter
Limestone by Peter
Walnut by Peter
Live oak, "Threaded Wood," by Peter
Elm sculpture by Peter
Loblolly pine block sculptures by Peter
Raku sculpture by JoLea
Another of JoLea's raku work, check her work out in the most recent version of
"500 Raku"
Raku by JoLea
Figurative oil lamp by JoLea
Octopus lady by JoLea
Wood lamps by Peter
Gotta have the passive participation of the pups
Raku sculpture by JoLea
"500 Raku"
17 November 2011
"Five-Eight"
"Five" through "Eight"
Recent artwork by Peter Arcidiacono, from the Fall of 2011
Recent artwork by Peter Arcidiacono, from the Fall of 2011
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| "Five" Bois D'Arc 2011 |
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| "Six" Loblolly Pine 2011 |
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| Detail of "Six" |
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| "Eight" Cedar Elm and Silver Maple 2011 |
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| Detail of "Eight" |
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| "Seven" Live Oak and Pecan 2011 |
04 November 2011
"Four"
"Four"
-loblolly pine from Bastrop, TX
We helped out a local potter friend Max, whose property was devastated in the
Bastrop fire. We helped out just a bit-cleaning up, helping him recycle some metal
from his burned up ceramics studio, piddling around through the ashes and sand.
I have to admit, it's hard to wrap your brain
around such intense changes to the landscape and a family's life
This is the loblolly pine that I used for
the sculpture "Four"
I was able to chainsaw mill some of the pine into three and four inch slabs-for future sculpture and furniture. Thanks Max
-loblolly pine from Bastrop, TX
We helped out a local potter friend Max, whose property was devastated in the
Bastrop fire. We helped out just a bit-cleaning up, helping him recycle some metal
from his burned up ceramics studio, piddling around through the ashes and sand.
I have to admit, it's hard to wrap your brain
around such intense changes to the landscape and a family's life
This is the loblolly pine that I used for
the sculpture "Four"
09 October 2011
08 October 2011
"Two"
"Two"
Yard Wood-
Cedar Elm and Persimmon
Come see all this and that in Houston, November 18, 2011
Or, come visit in Austin, December 10-11, 2011
Yard Wood-
Cedar Elm and Persimmon
Come see all this and that in Houston, November 18, 2011
Or, come visit in Austin, December 10-11, 2011
07 October 2011
26 September 2011
"Wilt," R.I.P.
"Wilt" is no longer. The installation was first installed at San Jacinto College in Houston, in 2009. I've been storing the work since, and as of Saturday, the piece is no longer. Epic destruction. I've always found a perverse pleasure in pulverizing sculptures. Not that it's a fun experience, more a cathartic consequence.
The multiple 7ft x 5ft panels are no longer, it's too bad. When they were installed, wow, it was really wonderful.
11 September 2011
Never Ending Summer
September 11th, what a day. I remember so vividly that morning, trying to teach sculpture as we all tried to make some sense of the loss of innocence.
So, it's seeming like a never ending summer: the heat, the wind, the fire...rinse and repeat. Must admit, I've been missing the mountains and our dear fiendish friends in Colorado!
Been working in the studio, working around the house, teaching-which is kind of funny, I should be grading some work by my 3D Design students, but that will happen after I get's me some important computer work done.
"Golden Boy" has a new purpose, he is now relegated to using his stupendous member as an extension cord hanger!
And, he has a new cycloptic friend from the Bungled Jungle guys up in Salida
A couple other things going on. I think that a former Texas State University student, Nicholas Hay, is now up at the University of Colorado working on his MFA with our favorite printmaker, Melanie Yazzie.
Also, this week, at TX State, we will be hosting the visiting artist Harrell Fletcher, excellent!
So, it's seeming like a never ending summer: the heat, the wind, the fire...rinse and repeat. Must admit, I've been missing the mountains and our dear fiendish friends in Colorado!
Been working in the studio, working around the house, teaching-which is kind of funny, I should be grading some work by my 3D Design students, but that will happen after I get's me some important computer work done.
"Golden Boy" has a new purpose, he is now relegated to using his stupendous member as an extension cord hanger!
And, he has a new cycloptic friend from the Bungled Jungle guys up in Salida
A couple other things going on. I think that a former Texas State University student, Nicholas Hay, is now up at the University of Colorado working on his MFA with our favorite printmaker, Melanie Yazzie.
Also, this week, at TX State, we will be hosting the visiting artist Harrell Fletcher, excellent!
19 June 2011
R.I.P. Aquarena Spring, San Marcos
If you don't know, the original Aquarena Springs center is going to be torn down and returned to its "natural" state. I don't know about you, but I'm truly going to miss the old structures and all the funky character the place exudes.
Aquarena Springs is the headwaters of the San Marcos River. It was developed in 1900's as an amusement park until it as closed down in the mid-1990's. Most of all the old amusement park structures are going to removed by the Army Corp over the next year and replanted with native grasses, trees and such. I understand many of the reasons why this is going to happen: the old structures are very costly to maintain and very, very unsafe; the area is the recharge zone for the springs that feed the San Marcos river and vulnerable to pollution; and, finally, the area is a hugely significant archeological treasure, it contains one of the longest continually inhabited sites in North America, about 12,000 years.
But, to return it to a pristine state, out with the old, funky character.
When I was a kid, we would hear about Ralph the swimming pig. And the mermaids who would give underwater performances.
And, the site houses some of the most picturesque sculptures in the central Texas area: the sculptures of Buck Winn that surround the cable car. These are art nouveau-esque sculptures are gorgeous creatures. Sublime. They were made in the 1960's. A steel armature, encased in the fiberglass. The pieces originally lite up at night. But, alas, years of deterioration and paint have lessened the transparency of the works. And, I guess, Buck Winn used some home made recipe for his fiberglass construction.
There are glass bottom boat tours, that will continue after the deconstruction
Detail of a column with the steel framework rusting away
Interior detail
The "Swiss Sky Ride." I wish I could have taken a ride in one of those cool glass contraptions
The submarine where the mermaids would entertain their audiences
Ralph the swimming pig
Aquarena Springs is the headwaters of the San Marcos River. It was developed in 1900's as an amusement park until it as closed down in the mid-1990's. Most of all the old amusement park structures are going to removed by the Army Corp over the next year and replanted with native grasses, trees and such. I understand many of the reasons why this is going to happen: the old structures are very costly to maintain and very, very unsafe; the area is the recharge zone for the springs that feed the San Marcos river and vulnerable to pollution; and, finally, the area is a hugely significant archeological treasure, it contains one of the longest continually inhabited sites in North America, about 12,000 years.
But, to return it to a pristine state, out with the old, funky character.
When I was a kid, we would hear about Ralph the swimming pig. And the mermaids who would give underwater performances.
And, the site houses some of the most picturesque sculptures in the central Texas area: the sculptures of Buck Winn that surround the cable car. These are art nouveau-esque sculptures are gorgeous creatures. Sublime. They were made in the 1960's. A steel armature, encased in the fiberglass. The pieces originally lite up at night. But, alas, years of deterioration and paint have lessened the transparency of the works. And, I guess, Buck Winn used some home made recipe for his fiberglass construction.
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