Alexander Rodchenko and the Russian Avant-garde

A short film on the artists work. This work was way ahead of its time.


Aleksander Mikhailovich Rodchenko (Russian: December 5, 1891 – December 3, 1956) was a Russian artist, sculptor, photographer and graphic designer. He was one of the founders of constructivism and Russian design.

Rodchenko was one of the most versatile Constructivist and Productivist artists to emerge after the Russian Revolution. He worked as a painter and graphic designer before turning to photomontage and photography. His photography was socially engaged, formally innovative, and opposed to a painterly aesthetic. Concerned with the need for analytical-documentary photo series, he often shot his subjects from odd angles—usually high above or below—to shock the viewer and to postpone recognition. He wrote: "One has to take several different shots of a subject, from different points of view and in different situations, as if one examined it in the round rather than looked through the same key-hole again and again."

Over 1000 sales!

My supply store, The Automat, just reached 1006 sales. That's a huge milestone for this shop. Yeah, that gives me a perk me up, uh or maybe it's this second cup of joe. Did you read that kiddo? 1006 sales.

Time for the happy squirrel dance.

So, what is CHOLLA you ask?

I love dried Cholla branches from the Cholla Cactus of the southwest desert. It is skeletal in nature and a sun bleached silver white wood. It is raw, structural and such a great example of how nature and design connect. I collect it when I travel to Apache Ridge, Santa Fe. You can see its texture in this photo of one of my jewelry pieces. http://www.desertusa.com/mag99/may/papr/chollas.html

My banner needs tweaking, can't seem to get it centered.

Here is what it should look like.



Today I will be brave and attempt to rewrite html code for this banner/header that should appear at the top of my blog. Seems any format I try, even the default, shifts to the right.
Now it could be that it is centered and by blog columns are off, but that is to be determined. wish me luck and patience.

Also today I need to make three necklaces for the shop display, my brick and mortar shop. Tomorrow I meet with a client on a custom order.

I am such a do it yourselfer, but when in real desperation I call on the kid.