Consider this: Men mine iron ore; smelt it; turn it into steel; form the steel into sheets; transform the sheets into heavy equipment. At each stage labor and resources add value to the ore. People then use the heavy equipment to transform the earth; plant and harvest food; process that food; transport that food to […]
Category Archives: Tyler Studio
Seth presents a studio challenge
A couple weeks ago Seth Tyler completed two chandeliers. In this particular case Seth felt a “neutral” background would be preferable to their installed environment. We met to discuss how best to photograph them in the studio before they were permanently installed in the commissioner’s home. So the challenge begins with questions like, “Do you want the […]
2010 ABANA Conference, Memphis, TN
Last Tuesday Seth Tyler and I drove to Memphis for the 2010 ABANA Conference. Seth, besides creating very impressive metal work (both sculptural and functional), turned out to be the best studio assistant I’ve ever worked with. We photographed about 120 hand wrought metal pieces, ranging in size from virtual jewelry, to pieces 7 feet […]
Links and networks
How do we make the web we weave work for our clients as well as ourselves? It seems that new terms come into use every day. Recently we discovered the umbrella term “social media.” We’ve been using these media (e-mail, blogs, Skype, discussion groups, etc.) for years; yet didn’t have a term to refer to all of […]
Not for Profit
Some of my efforts go to “not for profit” groups. I’ve developed logos and am currently developing a web site for T:AP (Transcend: Art and Peace). A fellow T:AP member just sent this wonderful link, where we find César López building guitars out of AK-47 assault rifles. Imagine all the weapons in the world converted to musical instruments […]