Dangerhart's Studio Vox 2009-12-20T23:15:57Z dangerhart http://dangerhart.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d414215b4f685e/ The Reliquary of Persistence Christmas Bauble-Icious Neurosis tag:vox.com,2009-12-20:asset-6a00d414215b4f685e0123ddf43dcb860d 2009-12-20T23:05:45Z 2009-12-20T23:15:57Z dangerhart http://dangerhart.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full

Elizabeth spent her days in the loony bin of Graduate School making these little baubles. They began innocently enough, finding a few kits at an upscale garage sale. The Silver Princess below was her second, and according to the Elves that think them up- the hardest. They take days. And days. And a few more days. Plus, maybe, an afternoon lingering into the 10pm hour. But they sure are purdy- I made the mistake of thinking a few more on the tree would really make things Xtra Xmasy. My bad. Now she is combing Ebay for affordable kits...

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]]> Snow-Day Dementia tag:vox.com,2009-12-20:asset-6a00d414215b4f685e01240b86ee31860e 2009-12-20T22:58:22Z 2009-12-20T23:35:18Z dangerhart http://dangerhart.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full

Our first Christmas as Newlyweds in our new-to-us house got us to thinkin about the nice little pine tree out front, and how it was a bit lonely, and maybe would like a bit of holiday cheer. First we wrapped the big gate that was my first project for the house back in June. The bow was looking dapper with a layer of hoar frost this morning.
The outdoor ornaments are made with v-8 cans, Coke cans, holiday paper plates & plastic cups, brought to life with magic of hot-glue and Christmas Cheer.

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]]> Snow Day Projects Begin... tag:vox.com,2009-12-20:asset-6a00d414215b4f685e0123ddcb9f3c860b 2009-12-20T22:48:58Z 2009-12-20T23:32:22Z dangerhart http://dangerhart.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full

Over the weekend where the area mountains saw 48" of snow in 48 hours (and the roads were head-shaking impossibilities) we hunkered down and put on our Elf Caps, Elf Tool Belts, and Elfin sweet-tooth for our first foray into Gingerbread Construction. Luckily, construction specs are very lax for Gingerbread Houses, as all we had for chimney was marshmallows- we see the possible conflagration and loaded the interior space with chocolate just in case a Semore episode of fire occurs. The house has a bit of public art; an interpretive tree, and a simple  modular repetition peppermint stack (so conceptually minimal!)

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]]> Rest Day for my hands... tag:vox.com,2009-12-03:asset-6a00d414215b4f685e01240b80a8af860e 2009-12-03T20:09:12Z 2009-12-03T20:18:32Z dangerhart http://dangerhart.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full

The buck quail has used up nearly all of my remaining clay. I already have around 100 lbs of clay on him, and have only just "skinned" the foam and gave the form some symmetry. Yesterday I went a tad ocd and layed up a vast amount of clay over the wire/foam armature that I had made the day before- now my hands are beat up with bruising under the fingernail from all the torsion of pressing clay into place. I should have kept layering up foam for another day, as the scale of the critter requires huge amounts of clay to backfill areas and/or change a dimension.
I have two five gallon buckets of clay left, but they are a hard clay given to me by a friend who was laying up an aerodynamic bike shell. I guess I'll see how it lays on, then tear down two 1/2 life size figures and feed them to the beast as well.
Considering all that, I also have a foreboding that I should just tear the whole thing down and start over. The weight has already compromised the armature. We'll see how it is going by early next week. If it looks dubious and the gesture of the piece hasn't come together, then I'll rip it down. My welders arrive next week (a week late), and if I go for a re-do then I'll weld an armature together- rather than rely on heavy gauge aluminum wire.
Guess I'll take a trip to the library for more books on tape!

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]]> Montana by Wind tag:vox.com,2009-11-24:asset-6a00d414215b4f685e0123ddc1cc79860b 2009-11-24T01:06:21Z 2009-11-24T01:22:33Z dangerhart http://dangerhart.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full

  Thought I'd share a few images from the drive up to Lewistown, MT for the cattle sale. I tried an alternate route that cut off 100 miles and added 2.5 hours: not quite a short cut after all...

A little snowpack near Yellowstone
A little snowpack near Yellowstone
Before the wind locked things down
Before the wind locked things down
Gallatin River
Gallatin River
Snowy pass
Snowy pass
Taking the alternate alternate route-
Taking the alternate alternate route-
Wind comes from there!
Wind comes from there!
Wind gains momentum back there...
Wind gains momentum back there...
Wind flattens the world here...
Wind flattens the world here...
Note the weird high-wind cloud!
Note the weird high-wind cloud!
MT border heading home
MT border heading home

Continental Divide...again
Continental Divide...again











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]]> Quail: ready for feathers tag:vox.com,2009-11-11:asset-6a00d414215b4f685e0123ddd1244f860c 2009-11-11T23:46:59Z 2009-11-11T23:46:59Z dangerhart http://dangerhart.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full


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]]> Quail Diaries: learning to skate tag:vox.com,2009-11-08:asset-6a00d414215b4f685e01240b7614ae860e 2009-11-08T16:41:52Z 2009-11-08T16:50:13Z dangerhart http://dangerhart.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full
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This is another commission I am working on for a local park. Eventually it will consist of a mated pair of Gambel's Quail on skates with a tower of acrobatic chicks balanced on their backs. Silly? Yes. But it should be pretty keen. There will be another male quail with one or two chicks skating at the opposite end of the park.
This quail may undergo a gender change (involving the removal of the topknot feather). I'm still considering...





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]]> Wench-Ho! (double entendre!) tag:vox.com,2009-11-04:asset-6a00d414215b4f685e0123ddcde5f8860c 2009-11-04T20:42:41Z 2009-11-04T20:46:40Z dangerhart http://dangerhart.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full
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 The Flying Spaghetti Monster appeared upon the prow and led us through a maze of reefs upon moonlit waters, his noodley appendanges touching us all! He was greatly pleased to find our swarthy crew of Pastafarian sea pirates, and ran our pursuing Corsican enemies upon hidden shoals. We came about and loosed a volley of cannon fire, snapping their main mast and opening them amidships to the shark infested waters. A fierce and bloody struggle was avoided, when they offered up their greatest and only treasure: the fairest lady of Atlantis- Elizabeth. FSM pronounced us as "Fork and Spoon before a great Pastafarian feast", then he threw a great meat ball around the moon, and catching it again, created a high tide that carried us far and away.
Here we are at our nuptials, where the FSM did bid me to inspect the wondrous booty, and know his blessings.

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]]> Jack-O-Lanterns! tag:vox.com,2009-10-28:asset-6a00d414215b4f685e0123ddde1311860d 2009-10-28T04:57:24Z 2009-10-28T04:57:24Z dangerhart http://dangerhart.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full


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]]> Commission: Herriman Library Mobile tag:vox.com,2009-10-26:asset-6a00d414215b4f685e0123ddc9ca7a860c 2009-10-26T23:19:33Z 2009-10-26T23:32:12Z dangerhart http://dangerhart.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full


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While I was out of the country two public art commissions came through for me! I made this small mobile last week to play around with some of the concerns that will arise at full scale. The finished form will be 30'x28'x10' and hang in the glass lobby of a new library (the library will be finished next September- they have just poured the foundation...) The disks will be Himalayan Salt Stone inscribed with consonants, and the cubes will be industrial Salt Block, ie salt licks, inscribed with vowels. My next step is to place a small order of salt stone and begin playing with a few hanging methods.
The second commission is for a local neighborhood park- I'll run a post on that soon...

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