Five Ton Crane's "Oakland Squared" project was originally conceived for public installation in the outdoor window displays of the SF MOMA Artist's gallery. After a six month installation there, they now have a new home in the newly-renovated Latham Square Building in uptown Oakland. Each of...
Storied Haven at Black Rock City, 2015.[/caption]
A few months ago I posted some teasers on the new Five Ton Crane project, Storied Haven. Thanks to Bree Hylkema for envisioning this wonder and leading us down the path to construction. Thank you to everyone who contributed to our fund raising and especially for all the hard work, raw talent, and blood sweat and tears that enabled us to step in to this story book fantasy. The boot house is two stories tall, but countless stories deep. A glimpse of that lays on the bookshelf, a beautiful walnut piece by Gomez. Dozens of carved out art books contain fanciful dioramas and hidden wonders, and the whole house is replete with storybook ephemera:
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I've mentioned that I'll be crowdfunding my jewelry launch at Maker Faire, but this is something else you will want to see. If you have been following me here for long, you may know that I'm involved with a group of Oakland centered artists called...
I'm in Calgary, Alberta for a week with Five Ton Crane and the Raygun Gothic Rocketship. After travel through the Black Rock System, The Crucible Belt, Maker Fair, NASA Ames, and two and a half turns round Sol on the San Francisco embarcadero, our fair...
I'm honored to be a part of a group show that has been housed for several months in several exterior windows of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, or MOMA. The installation is created by the most amazing crew of artists I've personally had...
The Raygun Gothic Rocketship is landing at Maker Faire this weekend, May 22nd and 23rd! Get your tickets here. Visit the world's largest maker event, marvel at the incredible intersection it illustrates between art, science, and engineering and don't miss the chance to tour...
via Five Ton Crane The Five Ton Crane Arts Group proudly announces…! the historic, permanent installation of…! the beloved Steampunk Tree House! This iconic, fully immersive work of art was the first epic creation by the Oakland based arts group Five Ton Crane. First exhibited at the 2007 Burning Man festival in Nevada,...
You may know of the Steampunk Treehouse and the Raygun Gothic Rocketship. Perhaps you have heard tell of a certain famous Sean and other shadowy luminaries of the industrial strength Oakland art scene. But who are these people anyways? And where can you find...