Inside / Within
I’m really excited to be included on Inside / Within. Massive thank you to Ashleigh and Kate for stopping by my studio at the end of March to interview me and photograph some works in progress. Check...
View ArticleHybrid’s Paradise at the Evanston Art Center
I’m excited to announce that “Future Biometrics” a 3D printed poem that I was commissioned to produce for the Poetry Foundation earlier in the year will be included in the inaugural exhibition...
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Copy Shop at Northeastern Illinois University
Copy Shop: Tom Burtonwood and Holly Holmes June 8th-July 24th, 2015 Reception: Friday June 12th, 6-9pm Artist Talk: Friday June 12th at 7pm during the reception An exploration of the possibilities of...
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3DP Mold Making PT.1
This last three weeks i have been sitting in on Steve Reber’s mold making and casting course at SAIC. Partly to brush up on my mold making skills and partly to learn some of the work flows our students...
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Centrifugal Casting
In preparation for the fall semester I spent a good portion of last week working on learning a Centrifugal Casting process to translate a 3D scan into Bronze. The form I produced in metal is the now...
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3DP Mold Making PT.2
Last week i posted a short article about a number of experiments to 3D print molds for wax and flexible material casting. While I had quite a bit of success flexible materials like silicone and...
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3DP Mold Making PT.3
In addition to 3D printing molds directly I have also been working on more “traditional” forms of mold making taking 3D printed positives and creating plaster and silicone molds from them. While the...
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Artist in Residence at Maker Media Lab in San Francisco
I’m back in California for a few weeks as Artist in Residence at the Maker Media Lab in the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. While I am here I will work on my third 3D printed book “The Young Man...
View Article“Superstrata” at Compound Gallery in Oakland
“SUPERSTRATA: 3D Printed Art” July 18th-September 6th, 2015 OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, July 18th 6-9pm The Compound Gallery 1167 65th st. Oakland, CA 94608 HOURS: Wed-Sun 12-7pm TOLL FREE:...
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Weft / Warp prototype no. 1
One of the projects I was looking to make some head way on during my artist in residency at Maker Media Labs is/was “Weft / Warp.” Last summer I produced a body of work called “Plotting Curves” the...
View ArticleMy first week at Maker Media Lab
My post on Make’s site about the first week of the residency just went live. Check it out here: http://makezine.com/2015/07/13/first-week-artist-in-residence-maker-media-lab/
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Knotty Objects at MIT Media Lab
I just spent a rapid 36 hours in Boston at Knotty Objects the inaugural MIT Media Lab Design Summit. The event opened at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston with a reception honoring the...
View ArticlePlastic Fantastic: SF Weekly
Jeffrey Edalatpour reviewed Superstrata at the Compound Gallery in Oakland for SF Weekly and mentioned my installation in his piece. Check it out here:...
View ArticleCenter for Lost Arts
This summer I spent two weeks happily ensconced at the Center for Lost Arts, a popup workshop in the West Loop of Chicago spearheaded by design researcher Charles Adler and populated by some of the...
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Physical Photography
Earlier in the summer at The Center for Lost Arts I started working in earnest on a project that had been percolating for some time. One of my main research interests is 3D scanning and the resulting...
View ArticleTwenty Something Sullivan
TWENTY SOMETHING SULLIVAN Architectural Ornament 1881 – 1885 by Tom Burtonwood and Tim Samuelson Louis H. Sullivan is often celebrated as a father of modern architecture. But if given the choice, it’s...
View ArticleTest Patterns at Flux Factory
Flux Factory: 39-31 29th Street, Long Island City, NY 11101 Visiting by subway: We are located on street level near several wheelchair-accessible subway stops. 7, N, and Q trains to Queensboro Plaza E,...
View ArticleElmhurst Art Museum Biennial: Chicago Statements
Elmhurst Art Museum Biennial: Chicago Statements DECEMBER 12, 2015 – FEBRUARY 21, 2016 https://www.elmhurstartmuseum.org/exhibitions/elmhurst-art-museum-biennial-chicago-statements Chicago artists have...
View ArticleThe Creators Project: Test Patterns
Anya Tchoupakov wrote up a short review of Test Patterns which just opened at Flux Factory for The Creators Project – read it in full here:...
View Article“Transmissions” at Cedarhurst Center for the Arts
Transmissions Cedar Hurst Center for Arts February 20th – May 1st 2016 http://www.cedarhurst.org/BeckFamilyCenterGallery.html “Transmissions” is an exhibition of work by Chicago based artist and...
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