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Highlighted Project: Making Gateways and Inspirations
Phase two of the commissioned installation was completed in early 2022. A functional sculptural barrier.
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Title: A New Gateway - Year created 2020
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Title: Waves of Inspiration - Year created 2022
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materials: stainless steel and delrin
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Continue to see the development of this private commission - Phase 3 coming soon
Daytime View
The Gateway is specifically created for the client knowing her desires. She commissioned the work blind and the result was one of our strongest works to date.
The process created new ideas and helped refine many techniques.
The gate portion of the design started in a virtual Computer Aided Design environment to allow for exacting dimensions and tight tolerances to ensure that the sculptural work does not only have aesthetic merit but high functional integrity.
In addition in a virtual environment multiple designs can be explored and modifications can be made easily, without wasting materials and resources.
From the CAD design a flat pattern is generated. The lines are transferred into machining pathways and machined into the actual material. In this case perforated stainless steel.
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For precision folding in the gate a CNC spindle router is used to machine precise grooves.
Although precision machining is an important component for the success of a sculpture so are hand created details.
Phase two of the commissioned installation was completed in early 2022. A functional sculptural barrier.
Title: Waves of Inspiration - Year created 2022
materials: stainless steel and delrin
For Waves of inspiration a small hand made model was scaled up into a full size design using freeform curved sheets.
Design in plastic sheeting below and perforated stainless steel in progress on left.
Phase 3 is in progress
To be continued
Waves of Inspiration was designed in three major modules with smaller units used to tie the major modules together onsite.
Left: Waves of inspiration packaged and ready for transport
The latest News from Healey Studio below:
see the link News and Events for a complete listing.
- Museum Opening
Event Announcement: Museum Exhibition with John Healey’s Optical Glass Sculpture
Burchfield Penney Art Center – Buffalo New York.
Opening: May 12, 2023
Optical Glass Sculpture – title Revolutions Rise by John Healey – Burchfield Penney Art Center Collection – Stanford Lipsey Collection Museum Exhibition Opening: John Healey’s work, “Revolutions Rise” year created 1999, will be exhibited as part of the Exhibition of Stanford Lipsey’s Glass Collection at the Burchfield Penney Art Center from May 12 to December 31, 2023. We will unfortunately not be able to attend the opening due to our current project, but hope to be able to see the collection while still on exhibit.
- Ema Tanigaki’s work published in Museum Collection Book
Book Cover – “Common Ground – Albuquerque Museum Art Collection” Announcement! Museum Collection Catalog Publication:
Ema Tanigaki’s work, “golden eagle necklace” year created 2003 is included in the publication “Common Ground” of selected works from the Albuquerque Museum’s permanent Collection. For those that might be interested the book is available for sale on the Museum Foundations website, and we assume at the Gift Store in the Albuquerque Museum.
the posted image is a screenshot from the Albuquerque Museum Foundation. Please click on the image to be taken to the website.
- Sinusoidal Waves perforated Metal Sculptures by Ema Tanigaki
Latest Public Art purchase of Ema Tanigaki sculptural works by Bernalillo County New Mexico.
Sculpture is scheduled to be displayed in Alvagardo Square, Albuquerque New Mexico. Please subscribe to the newsletter to be informed of events associated with the installation.