A Revolution in Wood: The Bresler Collection - Renwick Gallery

Sphere
Todd Hoyer

Now - 2011 Jan 30
"A Revolution in Wood celebrates the magnificent gift of sixty-six pieces of turned and carved wood to the Smithsonian American Art Museum by the noted collectors, Fleur and Charles Bresler. Works by some of the best-known wood artists in the United States highlight the expressive capacity of craft's most organic material, and display wood turning's growing sophistication. Nearly half of the artworks in the exhibition will be on public display for the first time."

Artisans Open Studio

Several local artists will be holding an open studio / house / sale this coming weekend December 11 and 12^th. Wilmington, Delaware is the location and work will include jewelry, wood objects, furniture, stain glass and fiber arts.

Happy holiday season to all.

Joy of Moving

It is a pleasure and a pain. No matter happenings in-between; the ending is the same as the beginning, an empty truck.

LEAP Award at Society for Contemporary Craft

GOOD NEWS: I have been selected as one of 22 finalists for the LEAP Award at Society for Contemporary Craft in Pittsburgh, PA. The winner of the LEAP Award will have a larger show, a lecture, 1000 USD cash and some promo- support. More details will come out in December 2010.

http://www.contemporarycraft.org/The_Store/Splash.html
http://www.contemporarycraft.org/The_Store/LEAP_award.html

MFA Thesis Show “MILIEU” - A Few Photos from Kipp Gallery - IUP

Works and Installation by Mike Stofiel
All Photos by Kyle Houser – Director, Kipp Gallery at IUP

A flavor of the work… MOTTE

Chair Pair
Title MOTTE 2009
Size 20in D 18in W 29.5in H max. dims. single
Materials Salvaged Oak, Bamboo, Steel and Hair Cotter Pins
Mike Stofiel

PALIMPSEST

Side Table
Title PALIMPSEST 2010
Size 27in L 7in W 17in H
Materials Steel , Salvaged Oak Beams, Jute Woven Rope, Bamboo, Salvaged Masonite, Steel Cotter Pins

POLDER

Coffee Table
Title POLDER 2009
Size 63in L 16in W 17in H
Materials Steel , Salvaged Oak Beams, Salvaged Misc. Hardware, Salvaged Maple Flooring
Mike Stofiel

IN-SITU

Hall Table
Title IN-SITU 2010
Size 64in L 19in W 42in H
Materials Salvaged Oak , Salvaged Misc. Hardware, Salvaged Acrylic, Cork Flooring, Cherry, Jute Rope, a Tree and planting material
Mike Stofiel

STEEL, OAK, AND A TREE

Table
Title STEEL, OAK, AND A TREE 2009
Size 49in L 17in W 16in H
Materials Salvaged Oak, Steel and Tree and planting material
Mike Stofiel

Details

Misc. Details
Mike Stofiel

Artist Statement

Center for Turning and Furniture Design - IUP

"The department’s Center for Turning and Furniture Design is the nation’s first university program to integrate turning and furniture design with a studio emphasis.

The center’s program offers instruction in newly renovated and award-winning facilities. Focusing on the professional development of the emerging artist, the center offers a broad range of instruction in concept development, design and drawing, turning, joinery, and construction applications with the goal of developing entrepreneurs whose output is marked by artistic design and fine craftsmanship. Graduates will be conversant in lathe turning and furniture design/building processes, contemporary digital technologies, and issues related to recycling, reinvention, and renewal."

http://www.iup.edu/page.aspx?id=5195

Manipulated landscape Imagery - West Penn Trail

Much of my work includes imagery I have taken on hikes around the Indiana, Pa region. The photos are of “natural” scenery. The photos are edited and incorporated as laser etchings onto wood furniture structures. This scene is destined for a wall hung/ room divider made from salvaged flooring and cut-offs from my studio work.

Green Design: Harvest to Use - IUP Magazine

"Just outside the Robertshaw building on IUP’s South Campus sits a twenty-by-forty-foot woodshed built by students in May as part of a three-week architectural woodworking class"


Day 1: May 4, 2009—On the first day of the architectural woodworking class, posts and beams prepared for the wood-drying shed back in 2005 were fit together in the Center for Turning and Furniture Design.


Day 14: May 21, 2009—The wood-drying shed;Completed http://www.iup.edu/magazine/exclusives/page.aspx?id=84325

Show Opening – Sept. 7th

2010 Summer - Regional Imagery

Above are a few environmental images from the West Penn Trail, South of Indiana, PA.