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		<title>I&#8217;m Not Sure And So I Ask You</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bender</dc:creator>
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Pictured here is one of my many hammers. It is my smallest hammer and thus, creates a unique situation related to how I organize my tools.
The studio that I work in currently is about 60- 75 feet away from the actual space where I do all of my fabrication. This was problematic for me as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Work in Progress</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are some shots of a few pieces that I am prototyping to be sound makers. The wheel pictured here holds several firm rubber flaps. The whole thing will mounted on a small motor which, when rotating,  will cause the flaps to slap a piano string held under tension. My hope is to create a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trimpin Workshop &#8211; Building Reactive Sculpture.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 06:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bender</dc:creator>
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I recently attended a workshop taught by Sound/Kinetic artist Trimpin. Over the course of two weeks we dismantled three pianos, two electric organs, many woodwind and string instruments and a few electrical appliances. We used the  parts to rebuild an interactive sound environment and composed a performance for the culmination of our time spent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congradulations To The Crucible For A Successful Fundraiser.</title>
		<link>http://www.backbonemetals.com/blog/?p=592</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 21:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bender</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was informed a few days ago, that the piece I donated to the Crucible&#8217;s annual  auction, (&#8221;Steady Diet&#8221; &#8211; seen here)  sold for more that it was listed for &#8211; Woot! The funds raised in the auction will support the free community programs they offer such as the youth bike building classes.

I made this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Almost Science, Always Art</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 18:42:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bender</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend and collaborator Alan Rorie &#8211; Founder of Almost Scientific, has a nice interview in the online publication &#8211; ASBMB (American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) this week.
See it here:
Almost Science, Always Art.
-Stay Tuned
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		<title>The Crucible&#8217;s ERV Featured On Local ABC</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 18:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bender</dc:creator>
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The Crucible is an industrial arts school in West Oakland. Since 2007, I have been teaching various classes in Blacksmithing and Kinetics there.
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		<title>Reactive Sculpture Workshop Begins</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 02:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the next two weeks I will be attending a &#8220;Reactive Sculpture&#8221; workshop led by these two artists:
Trimpin 
Mark Allen
-Stay Tuned
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		<title>Cathedral Gallery Show Friday 9th &#8211; Postponed</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bender</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Due to the expected social unrest revolving around the shooting of Oscar Grant and the resulting trial of Officer Johannes Mehserle,
the Cathedral Gallery will postpone its show &#8211; FLUX &#8211; until:
Tuesday,  July 20th show opens (regular gallery hours)
Thursday, July 29th Artist Reception 6-9pm
Friday August 6th First Friday Art Walk 6-9pm
Friday August 13th  Closing, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Backbone Work On Display This Friday</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:23:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Torch Cutting At Backbone</title>
		<link>http://www.backbonemetals.com/blog/?p=554</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 20:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bender</dc:creator>
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I made this video to illustrate how dramatic the processes of metalworking can look in the right conditions.
Several posts earlier is a series of photos that demonstrate the construction of three steel eyeballs. Those eyeballs and the pipe being cut in this video are part of the same kinetic sculpture.
More to come as the piece [...]]]></description>
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