Monthly Archive: May 2014

May 28 2014

Let’s roll

Today is the day to pick up metal! Yeah.

Iyad met me at American Steel and we hit the road around 9:30.

Our first stop was Aaron Metal Company in Hayward where Bella joined us and we hooked up with our new best friend and owner Jesykah Forkash. She bundled up 500+’ …

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May 28 2014

Life in late May

After learning to TIG weld, the next step is to teach all comers. Bella and Sharifa love their new skill.

And while we were at it, we unloaded the rest of the Homeless Homes wood and got the truck ready for work.

I also ran into the cool ~$70 Venue Burst Laser BLG …

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May 20 2014

Evan teaches TIG

Evan spent a couple hours teaching how to use his TIG welder. It was great fun! Now to practice 🙂

Of course after he left I had to see how far I could push it. Evidently, not that far.

Well nothing is gained except through practice. I cut everything …

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May 17 2014

John Talabot – Afrika

John Talabot – Afrika

Never knew Tarzan was so risqué!

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May 16 2014

Come

Come, Come, Whoever you are. Wanderer, Worshipper, Lover of Leaving, It doesn’t matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair. Come, even if you have broken your vows a thousand times. Come, Come yet again, Come.

-Rumi

Rumi poem I love for the Radically Inclusive Caravanserai

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May 12 2014

Getting Decked – Part 1

Greg showed up, agreed to join us on the playa this year and immediately put his considerable talents to work. In the process, Sheri learned she is skilled at the skill saw. Sharifa came by with supplies and screwed a bunch. David scoped out the pipe bender, drew up plans for the stairs and played …

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May 11 2014

Building the second floor

Looks like we are going to be in Bay 3 for a while and the container is going to sit exactly where it is. The next step forward is to build our second floor ‘Club House’ using the container as the base foundation.

Hopefully we can build steps, floor and walls over the next …

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May 11 2014

Playing with lights

We had a great time at the American Steel Studios Art And Industry open house last night. Once again I was inspired by Amphora and their amazing 10,000+ individually addressable LED lights from Cool Neon. Seeing as how we do not have $20,000+ just for lights (not to mention controllers and power supplies), I purchased …

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May 09 2014

Aluminum

By far the best part of this journey into art for me is the learning of new skills. When I am completely out of my depth and comfort zone and exploring a new subject, I just get so happy.

The other night we paid a visit to Buck to pick his brain about how to …

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May 08 2014

Moving the container

We met Sally at 8am to move our container from one side of our space to the other. She used the 10 Ton Crane to lift it while David and I helped her guide it into place. What great fun and now we have a bunch of extra space to build 🙂

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