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Axe Workshop 2019
Another great time building Axes with this wonderful group. Third Window Brewing loaned us this space and looked after us as the sun went down and the axes got sharper. These guided workshops are so much fun to do and it is always a new experience every time we do it.
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Build An Axe Workshop
In collaboration with Steven Soria of Makesmith we created a build an axe workshop. We had eight participants who sharpened a vintage axe head, then shaped the top of a new hickory handle and then hung the axe head. They installed permanent wood and metal wedges in the top to hold the head on the […]
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Patrick Melroy Online Portfolio
Online portfolio. 1) Build an Axe Workshop – participants assembled an axe and sheath, then learned to split wood. 2) How We Carry – Fabric and wood wall hangings installed at Elephant Project in Los Angeles. 3) Author’s Hammer – a new hammer half submerged in 126lbs of concrete that the artist then unsuccessfully attempted […]
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Funk Field Station
Funk Field Station: Oct 6th 2012 On Saturday Oct 6th artist Patrick Melroy, working with young artists from Santa Barbara’s Museum of Art, in collaboration with the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission and Youth Interactive, with support from Montecito Bank and Trust and the Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club transformed a standard shipping container into public art […]
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Home Depot Sculpture Class
Unreasonable Objects – The Home Depot Edition Instructor Patrick Melroy Exercise – Team Sculpture Build Execute a sculpture in-store with materials available for sale. Students will work in teams to assemble projects from items for sale at Home Depot. Students should assemble their sculptures on the shopping carts, buckets, or baskets that the company provides […]
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Folding Table
Folding Table 2011 Exhibited at Los Angeles BOOM at LAMart. Patrick Melroy