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| Aaron McKenzie - Perspex work |
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Aaron McKenzie - Perspex works
A finished product from Aaron McKenzie's wide media range of design/art/product, hand cut and painted perspex with some old sign writing tricks of the trade from days gone by trained in the old school manner, hand made recycled wood frame salvaged from the old State Library - what a talent, watch out for this one I have a feeling he's up an coming - and for the record - I'm not biased!
Marc Pascal - imagination extends beyond form
Something I truly love about Marc Pascal's work is his ability to trigger a personal memory through his use of colour and form, his work in lighting and his objects are so organic, natural, evolving, and spacious, its like he's picked my vision of the space I would like to create and made a light to hang from the celling with it!
I emailed Marc to ask him in all possibility if we could have some of his lighting in the showroom, he was so relaxed and supportive of our baby beginnings, regardless of his design fame, he was totally connected still to the process, our process, and the next day Aaron went to his studio in Thornbury to meet him, what an inspiration - and the result was a beautiful piece of organic pedant lighting that will be hanging from the Showroom/gallery roof - come and see - its a new range!
I emailed Marc to ask him in all possibility if we could have some of his lighting in the showroom, he was so relaxed and supportive of our baby beginnings, regardless of his design fame, he was totally connected still to the process, our process, and the next day Aaron went to his studio in Thornbury to meet him, what an inspiration - and the result was a beautiful piece of organic pedant lighting that will be hanging from the Showroom/gallery roof - come and see - its a new range!
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| Marc Pascal 'Uleabe Opposite light' - Pendant |
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Artist - Drasko Boljevic
Its been such an enlightening week at Surface - Mariella from Art so Far has been slowly organizing her artists and they have been bringing their works into the showroom/gallery to be exhibited for the Launch on Friday Oct 29th.
An artist I have admired for ages is Drasko Boljevic we have his piece 'Made in Japan' in the showroom gallery space right now, it looks amazing with Aaron McKenzie's small round perspective glass artworks, both these artists bring in this concept of the overall vision which I'm just loving seeing take shape, that thought of challenging the way we see space, and what is art? what is design? whats next!
An artist I have admired for ages is Drasko Boljevic we have his piece 'Made in Japan' in the showroom gallery space right now, it looks amazing with Aaron McKenzie's small round perspective glass artworks, both these artists bring in this concept of the overall vision which I'm just loving seeing take shape, that thought of challenging the way we see space, and what is art? what is design? whats next!
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| Made in Japan - Drasko Boljevic Aaron McKenzie's Perspective Glass Works     |
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Danny Cheung's 1984 Fishbowl
Life inside a goldfish bowl ain't a lot of fun without a little privacy!
The intention with 1984 was to create a true sense of abode for our beloved little friends; solid white walls and three generous (domed) portholes with views from the hallway to the living room.
The fishbowl was inspired by and takes its name from the novel 1984 by George Orwell.
The design is innovative in meeting the needs of a non-human species, a design which ironically engages our own instinctive curiosity. The domed portholes effectively create an ethereal magnifying lens for compelling entertainment. The fish use the opaque walls for refuge and peer out the windows when curiosity strikes."The futuristic fish home" by Danny Cheung.
The 1984 Fishbowl represent WORKSHOPPED's first foray into manufacturing and realises its core objective of assisting designers to move from prototype to production, turning ideas into a commercial reality; ready for the world stage.
We are pretty happy to have Sydney's WORKSHOPPED famous Danny Cheung's Fishbowl in the showroom at Surface - come down and have a look.
The intention with 1984 was to create a true sense of abode for our beloved little friends; solid white walls and three generous (domed) portholes with views from the hallway to the living room.
The fishbowl was inspired by and takes its name from the novel 1984 by George Orwell.
The design is innovative in meeting the needs of a non-human species, a design which ironically engages our own instinctive curiosity. The domed portholes effectively create an ethereal magnifying lens for compelling entertainment. The fish use the opaque walls for refuge and peer out the windows when curiosity strikes."The futuristic fish home" by Danny Cheung.
The 1984 Fishbowl represent WORKSHOPPED's first foray into manufacturing and realises its core objective of assisting designers to move from prototype to production, turning ideas into a commercial reality; ready for the world stage.
We are pretty happy to have Sydney's WORKSHOPPED famous Danny Cheung's Fishbowl in the showroom at Surface - come down and have a look.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Day one - 10/10/10
Totally auspicious day for day one!
So many exciting things happening, so many possibilities, so much flow, this is
the beginning of a beautiful thing!
I was just thinking today as I was mopping the floors in the space, how much love there is out there for a vision as organic as ours! here are some pic's of the evolving space, lets document!
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| Marcos Davidson Silver rings - Dylan McKenzie Photography |
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| Tom Ripon wire Horse |
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| Front Window - Aaron McKenzie Design Hand painted Cabinet & Nicholas Jones cut up book |
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| Showroom- Thomas Place table Setting, Angelucci cane chairs |
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| Showroom -Aaron McKenzie Design hand painted cabinet |
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| Tom Ripon Horse, Angelucci falcon chairs, Aaron McKenzie Design glass art |
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| The Cool Room industrial work desk - all made to order, Aaron McKenzie Design lightbox |
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| Rick From The Cool Room's 'made to order' Industrial desk, and Scout textiles handmade duvet covers |
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| Aaron McKenzie Design handpainted cabinet and glass art |
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| Deb Cotter ceramic eggs and Aaron McKenzie Design handpainted glass on 'made to order' The Cool Room's Industrial hall table |
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| La Contraste - Sexy single speed fixie - Dylan McKenzie Photography |
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| 'The Kiss' by Nicholas Jones hanging over my desk which is The Cool room's 'made to order' work bench |
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| End of day one, Aaron and K X |
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| Mareilla delConte our Arts director and Curator from Art so Far, Rick from The Cool room and our dear friends sharing pizza in celebration of day one. |
Friday, October 8, 2010
surface artists - Nicholas Jones - Book sculptor
Nicholas Jones is a Melbourne based sculptor who uses books and printed paper to make works which question the manner in which books are 'read. I just love love Nicholas work!
I was jumping with joy today when I received a phone call from Aaron this afternoon to tell me he had been to see Nick at his studio and we have some of his magical artwork for the showroom. I fall in love with Nicholas work 2 years ago, when he exhibited in an exhibition Aaron curated in own Studio and ever since have wanted to own one of these exquisite pieces of form, and design, now I get to see them everyday, oh unless you come and buy one!
I was jumping with joy today when I received a phone call from Aaron this afternoon to tell me he had been to see Nick at his studio and we have some of his magical artwork for the showroom. I fall in love with Nicholas work 2 years ago, when he exhibited in an exhibition Aaron curated in own Studio and ever since have wanted to own one of these exquisite pieces of form, and design, now I get to see them everyday, oh unless you come and buy one!
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